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Longhorn Wind Project in Texas Reaches Commercial Operation

EDF Renewable Energy announced today that the 200-megawatt (MW) Longhorn Wind Project in Texas reached commercial operation on May 1, 2015.

4 Jun 2015

ABB to Provide Power Infrastructure for 400MW Rampion Offshore Wind Farm

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won a significant order to provide substations and related power infrastructure for the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm.

4 Jun 2015

Revolutionary Yeast Strain Could Help Accelerate Development of Biofuels

Biofuels pioneer Mascoma LLC and the U.S. Department of Energy's BioEnergy Science Center have developed a revolutionary strain of yeast that could help significantly accelerate the development of biofuels from nonfood plant matter.

4 Jun 2015

Death Rates Among People Over 65 Higher in Regions with More Fine Particulate Air Pollution

A new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that death rates among people over 65 are higher in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) than in those with lower levels of PM2.5.

4 Jun 2015

Penn State and Alstom Sign MOU to Establish Global Center of Excellence for Microgrids

Penn State has signed a memorandum of understanding with Alstom, a leader in smart grid and innovative utility solutions, to establish a global center of excellence for microgrids at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. This center, the first of its kind, will help advance the development of microgrid technologies as part of The Navy Yard’s grid modernization project.

4 Jun 2015

KIT Helps Find Safe, Efficient Home Energy Storage Systems at Intersolar

How do I find the right storage system for my application? This question is asked by many potential buyers. Battery storage systems available on the market differ considerably in terms of safety, price, performance, and, hence, economic efficiency.

4 Jun 2015

Chinese Dominate Procurement of Electric Buses

Industrial and commercial electric vehicles will be a similar market to cars but innovating faster and frequently more profitable for all in the value chain. The most important sector is buses, the subject of this report, where innovation often comes before cars because they are less price sensitive.

4 Jun 2015

Enphase to Supply REPOWER’s Integrated Solar Power and Smart Home Technology

Enphase Energy, Inc., and REPOWER by Solar Universe have signed an agreement that establishes Enphase as the primary solar energy system supplier for REPOWER’s unique integrated solar power and smart home technology bundle.

From Enphase Energy 3 Jun 2015

Southern Power Acquires Community Energy’s 103MW AC Butler Solar Facility in Georgia

Community Energy announced today that it had delivered its second 100-plus megawatt solar project for construction, with the acquisition by Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power of its 103 megawatt (MW AC) Butler solar facility in Georgia.

3 Jun 2015

Carbon Dioxide-Caused Warming Exceeds Amount of Heat Released by Combustion-Caused Warming

The heat generated by burning a fossil fuel is surpassed within a few months by the warming caused by the release of its carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to new work from Carnegie's Xiaochun Zhang and Ken Caldeira published in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. The release of CO2 into the atmosphere contributes to the trapping of heat that would otherwise be emitted into outer space.

3 Jun 2015

Scaled-Up Sheared Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch Device May Help Achieve Sustainable Fusion Reaction

Producing reliable fusion energy -- the same process that powers the sun -- has long been a holy grail of scientists here on Earth. It releases no greenhouse gases, can be fueled by elements found in seawater and produces no long-lived nuclear waste.

3 Jun 2015

TI Receives LEED Gold Certification for Sugar Land Design Center in Texas

Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated today announced the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification to TI's new design center in Sugar Land, Texas, near Houston.

3 Jun 2015

Blue Mountain Power Acquired by Baseload Clean Energy Partners

Baseload Clean Energy Partners (BCEP), a yieldco owned and operated by AltaRock Energy, is announcing the acquisition of Blue Mountain Power LLC. Located in northern Nevada, Blue Mountain Power owns the 49.5 MW Faulkner 1 geothermal power plant supplying electricity to Nevada’s public utility, NV Energy.

3 Jun 2015

Fraunhofer Researchers Develop Contact System for Rapid Recharging of Electric Buses

Electric buses are an eco-friendly alternative to diesel. With several project partners, Fraunhofer researchers have developed a concept to swiftly recharge buses while they operate routes. System testing in Dresden has been underway since November last year.

2 Jun 2015

DEPCOM Power Partners with Southern Power to Serve as EPC Firm on Pawpaw Solar Facility

DEPCOM Power today announced it has reached an agreement to serve as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm on the Pawpaw Solar Facility with Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company.

2 Jun 2015