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Gardner Capital Provides Tax Equity Financing for Six North Carolina Solar Projects

Gardner Capital, Inc., an investment and solar project developer, provided tax equity financing for six solar utility-scale photovoltaic power generation systems totaling 37.5 MW located on rural property throughout North Carolina, it was announced today.

4 Feb 2015

Species-Level Traits Influence Boreal Fire Dynamics and Associated Feedbacks to Climate Warming

For a better understanding of how forest fires behave and interact with climate, scientists are turning to the trees. A new study out of UC Irvine shows that differences in individual tree species between Eurasia and North America alter the continental patterns of fire - and that blazes burning the hottest actually cool the climate.

3 Feb 2015

Researchers Create Stream Biome Gradient Concept to Study Stream Ecology

Kansas State University scientists and collaborators have developed a new method for studying a variety of streams--including tropical, prairie or forested streams--across continents.

3 Feb 2015

Climate Change Linked to Shrinking Range of American Pika

The American pika, a small animal with a big personality that has long delighted hikers and backpackers, is disappearing from low-elevation sites in California mountains, and the cause appears to be climate change, according to a new study.

3 Feb 2015

Starwood Energy Group Reaches Commercial Operation at 211MW Stephens Ranch Wind Project

Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC, a leading private investment firm focused on energy infrastructure, announced today that the 211-megawatt (MW) Stephens Ranch Wind Project in Texas reached commercial operation (COD) in November 2014. In addition, tax equity funding closed with affiliates of GE Energy Financial Services and Santander Bank, N.A. Financial details were not disclosed.

3 Feb 2015

Faster, Cheaper and Cleaner Method to Increase Bioethanol Production Using Nitrogen Gas

Indiana University biologists believe they have found a faster, cheaper and cleaner way to increase bioethanol production by using nitrogen gas, the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, in place of more costly industrial fertilizers. The discovery could save the industry millions of dollars and make cellulosic ethanol - made from wood, grasses and inedible parts of plants - more competitive with corn ethanol and gasoline.

3 Feb 2015

Germany-Wide Registry of Metallic Raw Materials Lying in Dumps

Since metallic raw materials are scarce in Germany, it is reliant on imports. Yet some of these valuable materials are lying around unnoticed in dumps. Fraunhofer researchers are now compiling a Germany-wide registry of these resources, which reveals where these deposits are located and what metals they contain.

3 Feb 2015

Random Fluctuations May Have Slowed Down Rate of Global Warming

Sceptics who still doubt anthropogenic climate change have now been stripped of one of their last-ditch arguments: It is true that there has been a warming hiatus and that the surface of the earth has warmed up much less rapidly since the turn of the millennium than all the relevant climate models had predicted.

2 Feb 2015

Eternity Technologies, NorthStar Battery Partner to Launch New OPzV Battery Range

NorthStar Battery and Eternity Technologies join forces to launch a new tubular 2V OPzV battery range with capacities from 300-3000 Ah, to be sold exclusively by NorthStar for the telecom market.

2 Feb 2015

Missouri S&T Researcher Discovers Bacterium Capable of Producing Hydrogen

A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has discovered a bacterium that can produce hydrogen, an element that one day could lessen the world’s dependence on oil.

2 Feb 2015

New Study Uncovers Intriguing Mysteries of Mussel Life

Ecologists sometimes look to mussel species, a well-studied and foundational genus in estuaries, as model organisms for assessing the condition of coastal habitats, which are crucial for people and well as the broader environment.

2 Feb 2015

Installation of 3.2MW Solar System to Help MillerCoors Control Energy Costs

SolarCity®, the nation's #1 solar power provider, and MillerCoors today announced the completion of the largest solar installation at any brewery in the U.S. The 3.2 megawatt array consists of more than 10,000 solar panels installed across ten acres of the famed brewery's grounds in Irwindale, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The solar system is expected to produce enough energy to brew more than 7 million cases of beer annually.

2 Feb 2015

Aria Energy Partners with Casella Waste Systems for Renewable Energy Project Development

Aria Energy, a leading provider of baseload renewable energy, today announced that it will partner with Casella Waste Systems, a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, to develop, construct, own and operate a 4.8 MW landfill gas-to-energy project located at the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town, ME.

2 Feb 2015

NJR Clean Energy Ventures Increases New Jersey Solar Portfolio Capacity to 72MW

NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), the unregulated distributed power subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, announced the completion of a 9.9 megawatt (MW) grid-connected solar installation in Howell and a 6.1 MW system in North Hanover. With the addition of these projects, NJRCEV’s commercial solar portfolio now totals 19 installations with a capacity of 72 MW of clean energy in New Jersey.

2 Feb 2015

Geronimo Energy Helps Saint Paul Public Housing Residents to Get Solar Power

Geronimo Energy ("Geronimo") is teaming up with St. Paul Public Housing ("SPPHA") to bring solar to their residents under Xcel Energy's Community Solar Garden Program. Residents of multi-unit housing have not traditionally been able to enjoy the benefits of solar energy. However, with the introduction of the Community Solar Garden Program, the barriers to solar power have been removed for SPPHA residents.

2 Feb 2015