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Analysis and Forecast Report on Brazil Renewable Power Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Brazil Renewable Power - Market Analysis and Forecast to 2030" report to their offering.

28 Nov 2014

Ballard Felicitates Volkswagen on High-Performance Fuel Cell-Powered Concept Cars

Ballard Power Systems congratulates Volkswagen AG on the fuel cell-powered concept cars the Company introduced at last week's LA Auto Show. The concept cars represent multiple Volkswagen and Audi brand models: Golf SportWagen HyMotion, Passat HyMotion and Audi A7 Sportback h-tron quattro. These fuel cell cars utilize technology and components developed with the engineering support of Ballard Power Systems.

28 Nov 2014

Global Bioenergies Successfully Produces Bio-Sourced Butadiene by Direct Fermentation

Global Bioenergies announces having succeeded in the production of bio-sourced butadiene by direct fermentation. It is the first time ever an entirely biological production process -i.e. without any chemical step- is reported for butadiene, one of the most important petrochemical building blocks.

28 Nov 2014

Market Analysis and Forecast Report on US Renewable Power Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "US Renewable Power - Market Analysis and Forecast to 2030" report to their offering.

27 Nov 2014

Improved Storage Technologies May Help Greater Use of Renewable Energy

The use of renewable energy in the United States could take a significant leap forward with improved storage technologies or more efforts to “match” different forms of alternative energy systems that provide an overall more steady flow of electricity, researchers say in a new report.

27 Nov 2014

Study Findings Provide New Insights into Microbial Ecosystem

An international team of scientists from the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) have completed a first-of-its-kind microbial analysis of a biological wastewater treatment plant that has broad implications for protecting the environment, energy recovery and human health.

27 Nov 2014

Solarcentury Procures Yingli Solar Panels for Projects across the UK

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, the largest vertically integrated solar panel manufacturer in the world, known as "Yingli Solar", today announced that the Company will supply 72 megawatts of multi- and monocrystalline solar panels to Solarcentury Holdings Ltd., a leading solar company in the United Kingdom.

27 Nov 2014

Magnolia Solar Receives US Patent on Roll-to-Roll Process for Fabricating Solar Cells

Magnolia Solar Corporation announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar, Inc., was recently issued a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

27 Nov 2014

SPI Solar Enters Agreements to Develop Two Rooftop Sites in China

Solar Power, Inc., a vertically-integrated photovoltaic developer, today announced that two of its wholly-owned subsidiaries in China, have entered into agreements to develop two rooftop sites; one in Sheyang City, and another in Suzhou Industrial Park, both in Jiangsu Province, China.

27 Nov 2014

Geoengineering Not a ‘Quick Fix’ for Global Warming

The deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system is not a “quick fix” for global warming, according to the findings of the UK’s first publicly funded studies on geoengineering.

26 Nov 2014

KU Leuven Researchers Successfully Convert Sawdust into Gasoline

Researchers at KU Leuven’s Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis have successfully converted sawdust into building blocks for gasoline. Using a new chemical process, they were able to convert the cellulose in sawdust into hydrocarbon chains. These hydrocarbons can be used as an additive in gasoline, or as a component in plastics. The researchers reported their findings in the journal Energy & Environmental Science.

26 Nov 2014

Study on Impact of Waves on Sea Ice Vulnerable to Climate Change

University of Adelaide-led research will help pinpoint the impact of waves on sea ice, which is vulnerable to climate change, particularly in the Arctic where it is rapidly retreating.

26 Nov 2014

Mining in Headwaters Can Affect Fish Habitats Downstream

Anglers across the nation wondering why luck at their favorite fishing spot seems to have dried up may have a surprising culprit: a mine miles away, even in a different state.

26 Nov 2014

Montana-Dakota Utilities to Purchase North Dakota Wind Farm to be Developed by ALLETE

Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a division of MDU Resources Group announced today that it has signed an agreement to purchase a North Dakota wind farm to be developed by ALLETE Clean Energy, a subsidiary of ALLETE, Inc.

26 Nov 2014

Researchers at Tokyo Tech Develop Efficient Light-Harvesting System Based on Natural Photosynthesis

Scientists have long been trying to emulate the way in which plants harvest energy from the sun through photosynthesis. Now, Osamu Ishitani at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, along with researchers from Toyota Central R&D Labs, Inc., has created an efficient, artificial light-harvesting system based on the natural two-step process of photosynthesis.

25 Nov 2014