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NV Energy Seeks Proposals for Securing Additional 100MW of Renewable Energy Resources

NV Energy has announced that it is seeking proposals to secure an additional 100 megawatts of renewable energy resources for Southern Nevada customers as part of its 2015 Request for Proposals (RFP) for renewable energy resources. The 2015 RFP will be combined with the previously issued 2014 renewable energy RFP for a total of up to 200 megawatts of new renewable energy resources.

27 Jan 2015

Supercomputer Helps Identify Potential Materials to Improve Ethanol and Petroleum Production

Using one of the largest supercomputers in the world, a team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has identified potential materials that could improve the production of ethanol and petroleum products. The discovery could lead to major efficiencies and cost savings in these industries.

27 Jan 2015

CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology Release Climate Change Projections for Australia

The projections are the most comprehensive ever released for Australia and have been prepared with an emphasis on informing impact assessment and planning in the natural resource management sector. Information has been drawn from simulations based on up to 40 global climate models.

27 Jan 2015

Most Climate Models May Likely Underestimate Degree of Variability

A new Duke University-led study finds that most climate models likely underestimate the degree of decade-to-decade variability occurring in mean surface temperatures as Earth’s atmosphere warms. The models also provide inconsistent explanations of why this variability occurs in the first place.

27 Jan 2015

Stream Biome Gradient Concept May Help Conserve Streams and Protect Water Quality

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.

23 Jan 2015

New Next-Generation Sequencing Tool for Studying Responses of Species to Climate Change

Environmental scientists have a new tool for studying the responses of species to climate change. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has made it possible to analyze enormous numbers of short pieces of DNA very quickly, and this technology is already revolutionizing the biomedical sciences. The hope is that NGS may prove similarly useful in ecological studies by providing researchers fresh insight into the way populations are adapting to a changing world.

23 Jan 2015

Dominion Virginia Power Plans to Build Virginia's First Large-Scale 20MW Solar Facility

Dominion Virginia Power filed an application with the Virginia State Corporation Commission today to build Virginia's first large-scale solar facility. The 20-megawatt project would be built on approximately 125 acres of land owned by the company near the Remington Power Station in Fauquier County.

23 Jan 2015

Atmospheric Warming May Affect Critical Zone at the Base of the Ice

A team of scientists led by Cornell University Earth and Atmospheric Sciences researcher Michael Willis, has published a new paper showing for the first time that meltwater from the surface of an ice cap in northeastern Greenland can make its way beneath the ice and become trapped, refilling a subglacial lake. This meltwater provides heat to the bottom of the ice sheet.

23 Jan 2015

AWT Selects Abengoa to Develop Solar-Powered Desalination Plant in Saudi Arabia

Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been selected by Advanced Water Technology (AWT) to jointly develop the world's first large-scale desalination plant to be powered by solar energy, in Saudi Arabia.

23 Jan 2015

Climate Change Could Have Disastrous Effects on Sea Turtle Conservation Efforts

A new University of Central Florida study is sounding the alarm about climate change and its potential impact on more than 30 years of conservation efforts to keep sea turtles around for the next generation.

23 Jan 2015

TerraForm Power and SunEdison Secure Financing to Build Five Large-Scale Solar Farms in the UK

SunEdison, Inc., a leading solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, and TerraForm Power, Inc. (Nasdaq: TERP), a global owner and operator of clean energy power plants, today announced that they have secured financing to build five large-scale solar farms in the UK which will generate 85.2 megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 26,000 homes.

23 Jan 2015