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Notice of Allowance Received for CGE Energy’s Additional WIND-e20 Wind Turbine Patent

CGE Energy is pleased to announce that it has received a Notice of Allowance for its patent application titled, “Fluid driven vertical axis turbine.”

27 Feb 2015

New Method Makes Solar Cells More Efficient

Scientists of the University of Luxembourg and of the Japanese electronics company TDK report progress in photovoltaic research: they have improved a component that will enable solar cells to use more energy of the sun and thus create a higher current.

27 Feb 2015

Whirlpool and ORNL Collaborate to Design New Energy-Efficient Refrigerator

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Whirlpool Corporation are collaborating to design a refrigerator that could cut energy use by up to 40 percent compared with current models.

27 Feb 2015

Lux Research Adds Benchmarking and Geospatial Analytics with Energy Points Acquisition

Lux Research, a global leader in emerging technology research and advisory services, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Energy Points, a leading provider of data and analytics that gives the most accurate and precise analysis of energy and resources.

27 Feb 2015

Climate Change Affects Crop Production

Climate change is real. Increased temperatures during the growing season result in decreases in soybean and wheat yields.

26 Feb 2015

Helsinki Region Transport, VTT to Launch Joint Pilot to Introduce Light-Weight Electric Buses

Helsinki Region Transport and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd will launch an extensive joint pilot to introduce highly efficient light-weight electric buses. Buses have technology to charge their batteries in operation, in the capital region.

26 Feb 2015

Scientists Observe Increase in Carbon Dioxide's Greenhouse Effect at Earth's Surface

Scientists have observed an increase in carbon dioxide's greenhouse effect at the Earth's surface for the first time.

26 Feb 2015

Study Reveals Soil Temperature Changes Can Have Unexpected Consequences for Lake Ecology

Rising soil temperatures significantly affect autumn leaves and consequently the food web, appearance and biochemical makeup of the lakes and ponds those leaves fall into, a Dartmouth College-led study finds.

26 Feb 2015

Breakthrough Technique Removes Salts and Organic Contaminants from Wastewater, Produces Additional Energy

Oil and gas operations in the United States produce about 21 billion barrels of wastewater per year. The saltiness of the water and the organic contaminants it contains have traditionally made treatment difficult and expensive.

26 Feb 2015

TSEC's Newest "V-Series" High-Efficiency Solar Panels Debut at PV EXPO 2015

DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DuPont) and TSEC Corporation (TSEC), will showcase TSEC's newest "V-Series" high-efficiency solar panels for the first time during PV EXPO 2015 in Tokyo, Japan, from Feb. 25 – 27.

From DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions 26 Feb 2015

New Solar Laboratory to be Opened at KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Stockholm is one of the world's most sunlight-deprived capitals for almost half of the year. But now, the city's premier technical university, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, is home to one of the world's few solar laboratories.

26 Feb 2015

Town of Woodstock Selects OnForce Solar to Execute 650kW Solar Project

OnForce Solar, a leading provider of solar energy systems, announced that the Town of Woodstock, NY has awarded the firm a 650 kW solar project. The planned solar array will be built on 3 acres near the wastewater treatment plant located on state Route 212.

25 Feb 2015

Researchers Optimize Hybrid Solar/Battery Systems Using 'Fuzzy Logic'

How did fuzzy logic help a group of researchers in Tunisia and Algeria create an ideal photovoltaic system that obeys the supply-and-demand principle and its delicate balance?

25 Feb 2015

Ocean Acidification Could Have Negative Impacts on Diatoms in Southern Ocean

In a recent study, scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), demonstrate for the first time that ocean acidification could have negative impacts on diatoms in the Southern Ocean.

25 Feb 2015

Study Results Pave Way for Systems Capable of Producing Hydrogen from Wastewater

Currently, there are treatments in which wastewater can flow out to the river or sea without causing any environmental problems. These technologies however entail high energy costs, mainly in aeration and pumping, and an elevated economic cost in treating the sludge left over from the treatment process.

25 Feb 2015