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New Solar Battery Project Unveiled by Duke Energy Florida and USFSP

Duke Energy Florida and the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP) today unveiled a new solar battery project that will explore how to store and use energy from the sun. A $1 million grant from Duke Energy is funding the research at USFSP.

From Duke Energy 21 May 2015

Arctic Warming Linked with Severe Weather in Other Countries

Professor Edward Hanna and PhD student Richard Hall, from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Geography, are part of a select group of international climate scientists investigating links between Arctic climate change and extreme weather in the northern mid-latitudes.

21 May 2015

BioEnergy Hawaii Partners with Ulupono Initiative to Finance Planned Resource Recovery Facility

BioEnergy Hawaii, LLC, (BEH) a designer, developer and operator of waste treatment and alternative energy systems, has partnered with impact investment firm Ulupono Initiative to finance a resource recovery facility planned for the west side of Hawaii Island.

21 May 2015

Siemens to Supply 21 Wind Turbines to NJRCEV for 48MW Alexander Wind Project

Exclusively today at the AWEA Windpower 2015 Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Siemens unveiled the next step in the evolution of its proven G2 product platform.

20 May 2015

Panasonic to Boost Production Capacity of HIT Solar Modules

Panasonic Corporation announced today that it will boost production capacity of solar cells and modules for its solar panels HITTM at its two domestic plants. The company will invest 9.5 billion yen to expand production lines at the Shimane Factory (Shimane SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.), which produces solar cells, and at the Shiga Factory, a module production site.

20 May 2015

Grounding of Giant Iceberg Reveals Vulnerability of Marine Ecosystems to Sudden Changes

The grounding of a giant iceberg in Antarctica has provided a unique real-life experiment that has revealed the vulnerability of marine ecosystems to sudden changes in sea-ice cover.

20 May 2015

Better Understanding of Relationship Between Stratosphere-Troposphere Layers Could Boost Climate Change Projections

Long range weather forecasts and climate change projections could be significantly boosted by advances in our understanding of the relationship between layers of the Earth's atmosphere -- the stratosphere and troposphere.

20 May 2015

Climate Change Impacts on Water Cycle of Midwestern US Remain Uncertain

Will climate change make the U.S. Midwest drier or wetter during the summer growing season? A new Dartmouth-led study finds that the answer remains uncertain.

20 May 2015

Six Medical Isotope Producers Sign Pledge to Mitigate Xenon Emissions

The world's experts in nuclear explosion monitoring teamed up with pharmaceutical producers from across the globe in Brussels, Belgium, from 12 to 14 May 2015, to address a growing challenge to nuclear test monitoring.

20 May 2015

Ocean Microbes Could Influence Cloud Properties and Impact Climate

A factor that determines the properties of clouds that help moderate the planet’s temperature may be decided in the oceans.

19 May 2015

China Ming Yang Wind Power Enters into Share Purchase Agreements with China Smart Electric

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited ("Ming Yang"), a leading wind energy solution provider in China, today announced that Ming Yang has entered into share purchase agreements ("SPAs") on May 18, 2015 pursuant to which it has acquired a 99% stake in China Smart Electric Group Limited ("China Smart"), a Cayman Islands company.

19 May 2015

Hanwha Q CELLS and GSE Put Two Solar Power Plants in Operation Near Cambridge, UK

Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd. (the "Company" or "Hanwha Q CELLS") and its development partner Golden Square Energy (GSE) have put two solar power plants in operation near Cambridge in the United Kingdom. After having received planning consent for the Fenland Farm and the Green End PV parks in November 2014 and December 2014 respectively, construction and grid connection of both projects took place in the first quarter of 2015, on time to operate under the 1.4 ROC scheme.

19 May 2015

JinkoSolar to Deliver 50MW of PV Panels to Tegnatia Renewable Energy Developer in Turkey

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company"), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it will supply 50 MW of solar PV panels to Tegnatia, one of Turkey's leading renewable energy developers.

19 May 2015

Pattern Energy Acquires 351MW of Wind Power Facilities from Wind Capital Group

Pattern Energy Group Inc. ("Pattern Energy"), today announced it has closed the previously announced acquisition of two operational wind power facilities totaling 351 megawatts (MW) from Wind Capital Group, LLC ("WCG") and its affiliates for a final purchase price of $242 million plus assumed net debt of $102 million.

19 May 2015

Gulfstream Aerospace Enters Three-Year Renewable Fuels Agreement with World Fuel Services

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. and its fuel supplier, World Fuel Services Inc., recently finalized a three-year agreement that provides Gulfstream with a consistent supply of renewable fuels for its daily flight operations in Savannah.

19 May 2015