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Microplastics Have Sunk to the Ocean Floor

The deep sea is becoming a collecting ground for plastic waste, according to research led by scientists from Plymouth University and Natural History Museum.

17 Dec 2014

Duke Scientists Develop New Forensic Tracers to Identify Coal Ash Contamination in Water

Duke University scientists have developed new forensic tracers to identify coal ash contamination in water and distinguish it from contamination coming from other sources.

17 Dec 2014

Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Could Provide Clues to Future of Modern Climate Change

The rate at which carbon emissions warmed Earth's climate almost 56 million years ago resembles modern, human-caused global warming much more than previously believed, but involved two pulses of carbon to the atmosphere, researchers have found.

17 Dec 2014

SunEdison to Invest Over $700 Million to Develop 350MW of Solar PV Power Plants in Chile

SunEdison, Inc., a leading solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, today announced that the National Energy Commission in Chile has awarded SunEdison a contract to supply 570 gigawatt hours of clean energy a year. To meet the demand, SunEdison will be investing more than $700 million USD to develop 350 megawatts of utility scale solar photovoltaic power plants throughout the country. SunEdison intends to add the plants to the call right list of TerraForm Power, Inc., a global owner and operator of renewable energy power plants.

16 Dec 2014

Supraglacial Lakes Can Increase Speed of Ice Sheet Melts and Flows

Predictions of Greenland ice loss and its impact on rising sea levels may have been greatly underestimated, according to scientists at the University of Leeds.

16 Dec 2014

Funding Negotiations Nearing Completion for TRUTHS Satellite Mission for Climate Forecasting

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), in partnership with Airbus Defence and Space, is expecting to shortly complete negotiations with the UK Space Agency (UKSA) for the award of the final contribution to funding in excess of £1.25M. This funding will move the proposed TRUTHS mission a step closer to launch, and with it the prospect of the data needed to reduce uncertainty in climate forecasting.

16 Dec 2014

Trees Can Save Home-Cooling Costs and Cut Carbon Emissions

A big tree next to your house can do more than just save home-cooling costs, it will also cut carbon emissions, University of Florida researchers say.

16 Dec 2014

Climate Change Increases Vulnerability of Power Grids in Coastal Cities during Hurricanes

Cities like Miami are all too familiar with hurricane-related power outages. But a Johns Hopkins University analysis finds climate change will give other major metro areas a lot to worry about in the future.

16 Dec 2014

Vehicles Powered by Electricity from Renewable Energy Could Reduce Deaths Due to Air Pollution

Driving vehicles that use electricity from renewable energy instead of gasoline could reduce the resulting deaths due to air pollution by 70 percent. This finding comes from a new life cycle analysis of conventional and alternative vehicles and their air pollution-related public health impacts, published Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

16 Dec 2014

Footprint Power Selects Iberdrola to Build Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Electric Generating Plant

Iberdrola USA announced today its sister company, Iberdrola Engineering and Construction, has been hired by Footprint Power of Bridgewater, New Jersey to build a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) electric generating plant in Salem, Massachusetts.

15 Dec 2014

Invenergy-the Régie Commence Commercial Operations at 21.15MW Le Plateau 2 Wind Farm

Invenergy Wind LLC ("Invenergy") and the Régie intermunicipale de l'énergie Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine ("the Régie") announced today that commercial operations have commenced at their 21.15 MW Le Plateau 2 wind farm ("Le Plateau 2") in Québec.

15 Dec 2014

Eltek to Supply High Efficiency Power Systems for DolWin3 Off Shore Wind Energy Project

Eltek today announced it has secured a key order for advanced power supply systems for the operation of the DolWin3 off shore wind energy project in Germany.

15 Dec 2014

JinkoSolar Supplies 80 MW of Solar PV Modules to China General Nuclear Power Group

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. ("JinkoSolar" or the "Company"), a global leader in the PV industry, today announced that it has supplied 80 MW of solar PV modules to China General Nuclear Power Group ("CGN"), for a solar PV project in Neihuang County, Henan Province.

15 Dec 2014

Stanford Awarded Eight Seed Grants for Promising New Research in Clean Technology and Energy Efficiency

Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded eight seed grants totaling about $1.5 million for promising new research in clean technology and energy efficiency.

15 Dec 2014

Asking Precise Questions May Help Understand Relationship Between Global Warming and Extreme Weather

Extreme climate and weather events such as record high temperatures, intense downpours and severe storm surges are becoming more common in many parts of the world. But because high-quality weather records go back only about 100 years, most scientists have been reluctant to say if global warming affected particular extreme events.

15 Dec 2014

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Microplastics Have Sunk to the Ocean Floor

Duke Scientists Develop New Forensic Tracers to Identify Coal Ash Contamination in Water

Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum Could Provide Clues to Future of Modern Climate Change

SunEdison to Invest Over $700 Million to Develop 350MW of Solar PV Power Plants in Chile

Supraglacial Lakes Can Increase Speed of Ice Sheet Melts and Flows

Funding Negotiations Nearing Completion for TRUTHS Satellite Mission for Climate Forecasting

Trees Can Save Home-Cooling Costs and Cut Carbon Emissions

Climate Change Increases Vulnerability of Power Grids in Coastal Cities during Hurricanes

Vehicles Powered by Electricity from Renewable Energy Could Reduce Deaths Due to Air Pollution

Footprint Power Selects Iberdrola to Build Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Electric Generating Plant

Invenergy-the Régie Commence Commercial Operations at 21.15MW Le Plateau 2 Wind Farm

Eltek to Supply High Efficiency Power Systems for DolWin3 Off Shore Wind Energy Project

JinkoSolar Supplies 80 MW of Solar PV Modules to China General Nuclear Power Group

Stanford Awarded Eight Seed Grants for Promising New Research in Clean Technology and Energy Efficiency

Asking Precise Questions May Help Understand Relationship Between Global Warming and Extreme Weather

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