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Artificially Whitening the Arctic Ocean Surface May Not Result in Substantial Cooling

Some scientists have suggested that global warming could melt frozen ground in the Arctic, releasing vast amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, greatly amplifying global warming.

29 Apr 2015

Some Coral Reefs Managing to Recover

Coral reefs, true reservoirs of biodiversity, are seriously threatened by human activities and climate change. Consequently, their extinction has often been heralded.

29 Apr 2015

Cost of Energy Efficiency Compares Favorably to Cost of New Energy Supply

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have conducted the most comprehensive study yet of the full cost of saving electricity by U.S. utility efficiency programs and now have an answer: 4.6 cents.

29 Apr 2015

Salty Aquifer Below Antarctica's Dry Valleys May Retain Evidence of Ancient Climate Change

Using a novel, helicopter-borne sensor to penetrate below the surface of large swathes of terrain, a team of researchers supported by the National Science Foundation, or NSF, has gathered compelling evidence that beneath the Antarctica ice-free McMurdo Dry Valleys lies a salty aquifer that may support previously unknown microbial ecosystems and retain evidence of ancient climate change.

29 Apr 2015

New Energy Model Examines Link Between Climate, Income Growth, and Air Conditioning Adoption

The continual increase in global incomes means people are living more comfortably, including having the ability to afford air conditioning. Staying cool is good but there's a wealth of fallout. The demand for more "AC" will also cause consumers to use more electricity causing stress on energy prices, infrastructure, and environmental policy, according to a new study.

28 Apr 2015

ORNL Researchers Create Comprehensive 2014 Hydropower Market Report

For the first time, industry and policymakers have a comprehensive report detailing the U.S. hydropower fleet's 2,198 plants that provide about 7 percent of the nation's electricity.

28 Apr 2015

Berkeley Lab, NTU Singapore to Co-Develop Technological Solutions for Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) will jointly develop technological solutions for energy efficiency and sustainable development in the tropics.

28 Apr 2015

Research Shows Aggregated HFC Emissions Are Not Accurately Reported

Reported emissions of a group of potent greenhouse gases from developed countries are shown to be largely accurate, but for the wrong reasons, according to new findings from an international team, led by researchers at the University of Bristol.

28 Apr 2015

Sharp’s PV Energy Harvester Technology Generates Six Times More Power than Conventional Devices

Sharp’s new PV energy harvesting technology generates six times more power than conventional devices for a given surface area, translating to dramatically higher energy budgets for applications such as building automation, wearable devices, wireless sensors, and low-power displays.

28 Apr 2015

Sunpartner Technologies Presents Solar Recharging Solutions at IDTechEX Tradeshow

More than 45 million connected wearables will be sold in 2015 around the world and that number will nearly triple by 2019 according to IDC’s forecasts. They estimate that orders for wearables such as smartwatches, bracelets, augmented reality glasses, clothing, and other wearable accessories will reach 126.1 million units by 2019. The explosion in new uses and on-board apps gives rise to new issues, the first of which is the devices’ power reliability and producing clean, sustainable energy.

28 Apr 2015

World’s First Electric Taxi Built by NTU Singapore in Collaboration with TUM, Germany

Named EVA, the electric taxi is built by TUM CREATE, a collaboration between Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and one of Europe’s top universities, Germany’s Technische Universität München (TUM). The project is supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore.

27 Apr 2015

Research Shows Biodiversity Enhances Multitasking in Ecosystems

A new study of the complex interplay between organisms and their environment shows that biodiversity--the variety of organisms living on Earth--is even more important to the healthy functioning of ecosystems than previously thought.

27 Apr 2015

Shunfeng International Clean Energy to Present Advanced Energy Saving Solutions at SNEC PV Power Expo

Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE), along with its subsidiary companies, Shunfeng Photovoltaic (SF-PV), Suntech, Sunways, SAG Solar, Taiwan Carbon Nanotube (TCNT), Powin Energy, and meteocontrol, will be exhibiting at the ninth annual SNEC PV Power Expo in Shanghai this week to meet with existing and potential customers to showcase its expanding portfolio of integrated and optimized solutions including EPC and operations and maintenance services for PV generation projects, as well as low-carbon energy-savings solutions for cities, communities, and commercial facilities.

27 Apr 2015

13th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference to be Hosted by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

The 13th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT) is awarded to Switzerland and will be hosted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne in November 2016.

27 Apr 2015

Trina Solar Sets New World Record for High Efficiency P-Type Multi-Crystalline Silicon PV Modules

Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) modules, solutions and services, today announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China has set a new world record for high efficiency p-type multi-crystalline silicon PV modules.

27 Apr 2015

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Artificially Whitening the Arctic Ocean Surface May Not Result in Substantial Cooling

Some Coral Reefs Managing to Recover

Cost of Energy Efficiency Compares Favorably to Cost of New Energy Supply

Salty Aquifer Below Antarctica's Dry Valleys May Retain Evidence of Ancient Climate Change

New Energy Model Examines Link Between Climate, Income Growth, and Air Conditioning Adoption

ORNL Researchers Create Comprehensive 2014 Hydropower Market Report

Berkeley Lab, NTU Singapore to Co-Develop Technological Solutions for Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development

Research Shows Aggregated HFC Emissions Are Not Accurately Reported

Sharp’s PV Energy Harvester Technology Generates Six Times More Power than Conventional Devices

Sunpartner Technologies Presents Solar Recharging Solutions at IDTechEX Tradeshow

World’s First Electric Taxi Built by NTU Singapore in Collaboration with TUM, Germany

Research Shows Biodiversity Enhances Multitasking in Ecosystems

Shunfeng International Clean Energy to Present Advanced Energy Saving Solutions at SNEC PV Power Expo

13th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference to be Hosted by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Trina Solar Sets New World Record for High Efficiency P-Type Multi-Crystalline Silicon PV Modules

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