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Levels of Cancer-Causing Radon Rising in Pennsylvania Homes as Natural Gas Fracking Booms

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers say that levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes - where 42 percent of readings surpass what the U.S. government considers safe - have been on the rise since 2004, around the time that the fracking industry began drilling natural gas wells in the state.

13 Apr 2015

Study: Ocean Acidification Caused the Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction

Changes to the Earth's oceans, caused by extreme volcanic activity, triggered the greatest extinction of all time, a study suggests.

13 Apr 2015

U-M Scientists Awarded $250,000 Grant to Track Toxicity of Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Erie

ANN ARBOR--Efforts to reduce the amount of phosphorus and other nutrients washing off farm fields and into Lake Erie shifted into overdrive after high levels of a bacterial toxin shut down the drinking water supply to more than 400,000 Toledo-area residents last August.

13 Apr 2015

Lake Erie's Dead Zones Greatly Affect Fish Distributions, Catch Rates

New research shows that Lake Erie's dead zones are actually quite active, greatly affecting fish distributions, catch rates and the effectiveness of fishing gear.

13 Apr 2015

German Marine Scientists Reconstruct Variations in Past Arctic Climate

In the past decades ferromanganese crusts have been the focus of interest due to their resource potential of valuable metals such as cobalt, nickel or rare earth elements, which are highly enriched in these crusts. For the moment, however, the cost of underwater mining outweighs their cost of recovery.

13 Apr 2015

Climate-KIC Nominates Six Innovators for EIT Awards

Climate-KIC, the European initiative for innovative solutions to climate change has nominated six innovators for the 2015 EIT Awards of the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT). The winners will be announced at INNOVEIT 2015 in Budapest, Hungary, on 6 May.

13 Apr 2015

SunEdison Enters Agreements to Construct Three Solar Power Plants Totaling 262MW in Southern Utah

SunEdison, Inc., the world's largest renewable energy developer, today announced that it has signed agreements to construct and install three new utility-scale solar power plants in southern Utah with a total capacity of 262 megawatts DC.

10 Apr 2015

Wind Capital to Sell 350MW of US Wind Assets to Pattern Energy Group for $244 Million

Wind Capital Group LLC, the US wind business of Dublin-based renewable energy investor, NTR plc, has agreed to sell 350MW of operating US wind assets to Pattern Energy Group Inc. for a total consideration of $244 million. The assets consist of Post Rock, located in Kansas, and Lost Creek, located in Missouri, which have been operating for an average of over three years. The sale of these assets is subject to regulatory approval and certain commercial consents.

10 Apr 2015

Eolus Acquires Stake in Pörtom Wind Power Project in Finland

Eolus expands its operations in Finland by acquiring a stake of 30 MW in the wind power project Pörtom in Närpes in Ostrobothnia. Eolus Finnish subsidiary buys all shares in the company Triventus Pörtom Wind Oy for 500 TEUR from Triventus.

10 Apr 2015

Current Status and Future Outlook Report on Global Tidal Energy

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Tidal Energy: Current Status and Future Outlook" report to their offering.

10 Apr 2015

Marine Research Vessel Aranda to be Fuelled with Domestic Bio-Oil

Finnish Environment Institute's and VG-Shipping Ltd's press release
The marine research vessel Aranda's carbon load will be significantly reduced when she starts being fuelled with domestic bio-oil made from food industry by-products, such as used vegetable oils and fish guts. Early this year, the vessel already switched over to bio-oil for heating.

10 Apr 2015

Gradual, Prolonged Release of Greenhouse Gases from Arctic Permafrost Soils

A new scientific synthesis suggests a gradual, prolonged release of greenhouse gases from permafrost soils in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions, which may afford society more time to adapt to environmental changes, say scientists in an April 9 paper published in Nature.

10 Apr 2015

Mitsubishi Electric Supplies 934 Modules for 247.510kW PV System at Toda America’s San Francisco Headquarters

The Photovoltaic Division of Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., a diversified provider of electric and electronics products and technologies, supplied 934 of its state-of-the-art photovoltaic (PV) modules for a solar electric system to power Toda America’s striking 215,872 square-foot San Francisco headquarters. Toda America, a builder of commercial and industrial properties, is expected to reduce its electric bill by 53 percent with the installation of the 247.510kW PV system.

9 Apr 2015

Trina Solar to Supply PC14 Modules to Solarcentury for 9.9MWp Solar Farm Project in Panama

Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic ("PV") modules, solutions, and services, today announced that it has been selected by Solarcentury, a project developer and EPC, to supply around 33,000 of its PC14 modules for a 9.9MWp solar farm project in Cocle province, central Panama.

9 Apr 2015

SunEdison Announces Groundbreaking for 22.6MW DC Seven Sisters Solar Project in Southern Utah

SunEdison, Inc., the world's largest renewable energy development company, today announced the groundbreaking for the 22.6 megawatt (MW) DC Seven Sisters solar project in Southern Utah. The Seven Sisters are seven separate solar power plants, four of which are located in Beaver County and three in Iron County, Utah.

9 Apr 2015