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Tiny Creature Lives in Both Methane Seep and Non-Seep Habitats

You might have this past summer. That's when the national news media featured stories about a recent discovery of hundreds of methane seeps -- where methane gas bubbles up from the sea floor -- in the North Atlantic Ocean. The discussion about this scientific find typically turned to important questions about the methane's impact on climate change, but there is another interesting question about methane seeps.

6 Jan 2015

JA Solar Reports Delivery of Over 100MWp of PV Modules to Solarcentury in 2014

JA Solar has announced that it has delivered over 100MWp of PV modules to Solarcentury, a leading UK solar developer and EPC, in 2014. The modules were mainly used in Solarcentury's ground-mounted solar projects and large commercial rooftops in the UK.

6 Jan 2015

China Sunergy Subsidiary Wins 30MW Solar Module Contract from Enrich Energy

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. ("China Sunergy" or "the Company"), a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, CEEG (Nanjing) Renewable Energy Co., Ltd., has won a 30 MW contract from Enrich Energy Pvt. Ltd ("Enrich Energy"), an integrated solar energy solutions provider and a pioneer in India focused on developing large scale private solar parks across India.

6 Jan 2015

EDF Renewable Energy Places 150MW Wind Turbine Generator Firm Order with Vestas

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) has placed a firm order with Vestas Wind Systems A/S for 150 megawatt (MW) of wind turbine generators. The order closes the books on the Master Supply Agreement (MSA) announced in September 2013 with orders totaling 1,094 MW. Delivery of the 75 V100-2.0 MW is scheduled for third quarter 2016.

6 Jan 2015

Hanwha SolarOne to Provide 258,000 HSL 72 S Poly Solar PV Modules for Project in Chile

Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd. (the "Company", or "Hanwha SolarOne"), a top-10 global photovoltaic manufacturer of high-quality, cost-competitive solar modules, announced it has signed a deal with a leading photovoltaic (PV) developer for the supply of 80 megawatts (MW) of solar PV modules to a project in the Antofagasta Region, Chile.

6 Jan 2015

Bamboo Bicycle Transforms Pedaling Energy into Electricity

Bambootec consortium from Yucatán, state in the south of Mexico, designed a bamboo bicycle that transforms the kinetic energy generated by pedaling into a source of electricity that has the ability to simultaneously recharge mobile devices, smartphone’s external battery and a navigation dashboard located on the handlebars which measures the distance and time, and also has bluetooth connection.

5 Jan 2015

Bioethanol Generated with Waste Obtained During Processing of Corn

From waste generated in the processing of cereals, scientists from the Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design of the State of Jalisco (CIATEJ), eastern state of Mexico, have produced bioenergy in the form of ethanol, and designed a prototype plant that generates 500 litres of bioethanol a day.

5 Jan 2015

Genetic Advance May Help Manipulate Polymer-Forming Processes to Improve Biofuel Production

Plant geneticists including Sam Hazen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Siobhan Brady at the University of California, Davis, have sorted out the gene regulatory networks that control cell wall thickening by the synthesis of the three polymers, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

5 Jan 2015

New Method Produces Accurate 3D Models to Assess Environmental Impacts of Stump Wood Recovery

Tree stumps and root systems are a significant but controversial source of bioenergy in Finland due to their environmental impacts. Now Finnish and Norwegian researchers have developed a new method that can produce accurate three-dimensional (3D) models of recovered stumps and root systems.

5 Jan 2015

MIT Researcher Analyzes Dislocation Defect in Silicon Solar Cells

Since he was a teenager, engineer Sergio Castellanos had the desire to study abroad to prepare and do research in the best laboratories, particularly on solar energy.

5 Jan 2015

India Sets Overall Installed Renewable Energy Capacity Target of 41,400 MW by 2017

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Renewable Energy Market in India 2014 - 2022" report to their offering.

5 Jan 2015

New Report Discusses Global Trends and Forecasts of Wind Turbine Rotor Blade Market

The report provides detailed analysis of the wind turbine rotor blade market, which is growing in sync with the growing demand for turbines used to produce wind energy. The market has been geographically segmented into the regions of Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and South America.

2 Jan 2015

Trina Solar's Honey Plus Multi-Crystalline Silicon PV Module Achieves Record Power Output

Trina Solar Limited, a global leader in photovoltaic (PV) modules, solutions and services, today announced that its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology has set a new world record for power output from a high efficiency multi-crystalline silicon PV module.

From Trina Solar Limited 2 Jan 2015

Pacific Ethanol and Aventine Renewable Energy Sign Merger Agreement

Pacific Ethanol, Inc., the leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States, and Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc., a Midwest-based producer of ethanol and related co-products, announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pacific Ethanol will acquire all of Aventine's outstanding shares in a stock-for-stock merger transaction.

From Alto Ingredients, Inc. 2 Jan 2015

CES 2015 to Feature EnerPlex Branded Solar Integrated and Portable Power Solutions

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into off-grid applications as well as the company's EnerPlex™ series of consumer products, announced today the company’s consumer products division, EnerPlex, will exhibit at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, introducing previously unannounced products.

From Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. 2 Jan 2015