Cleantech News

RSS

Hybrid Micro-Grid to Integrate Multiple Large-Scale Renewable Energy Sources to be Built at Semakau Landfill

Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU Singapore) will be building a hybrid micro-grid which will integrate multiple large-scale renewable energy sources.

30 Oct 2014

UAE DEWA Awards ABB Contract for Substation to Connect Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $55 million from Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA), the leading power utility in United Arab Emirates (UAE), to build a substation that will integrate power from the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park. The order was awarded in the third quarter of 2014.

29 Oct 2014

Lely Aircon to Launch 30kW Wind Turbine System at EuroTier 2014 Exhibition

Lely Aircon, part of Lely’s Energy division and a global leader in manufacturing 10kW wind turbines will launch a new 30kW system - the Lely Aircon 30 - at the EuroTier 2014 exhibition in Hannover, Germany. With this new and more powerful addition Lely Aircon fulfills the need of many modern farmers who face an increasing demand for energy.

29 Oct 2014

Conergy Completes 1.5MW Solar Installation on Sutter's Landing Park in Sacramento

Good news for residents of Sacramento. Conergy, one of the world's largest downstream solar companies, recently completed a 1.5 megawatt solar installation on Sutter's Landing Park, a regional recreation area in Sacramento, Calif. The solar installation will produce approximately 2,300 megawatts hours of solar energy annually for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), which will be used for residential and commercial business consumption.

29 Oct 2014

Weight of Penguin Chicks Connected to Weather Conditions

Adélie penguins are an indigenous species of the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), one of the most rapidly warming areas on Earth. Since 1950, the average annual temperature in the Antarctic Peninsula has increased 2 degrees Celsius on average, and 6 degrees Celsius during winter.

29 Oct 2014

Global Tidal Energy Market Forecast to Grow at 24.0% CAGR

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Tidal Energy Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

29 Oct 2014

ContourGlobal to Purchase Around 201MW of Renewable Energy Plants in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic

ContourGlobal and affiliates of Austria's Raiffeisen Banking Group announced that they have signed agreements for ContourGlobal to purchase approximately 201 MW of renewable energy operating plants in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic for an undisclosed sum.

29 Oct 2014

Using a New Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Chemical Plant Reduces Emissions, Carbon Footprint and Operating Expenses

Pure Terephthalic Acid (PTA) is a white powder-substance used extensively in the production of plastics and polyester products like fibers or films. The material is produced in a pressurized reactor where acetic acid and xylene are combined chemically in the presence of catalyst.

From Anguil Environmental Systems 28 Oct 2014

SolarReserve Acquires Aerojet Rocketdyne's Concentrating Solar Power Business

SolarReserve, a leading global developer of large-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal technology, today announced its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne's Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) business.

28 Oct 2014

SES to Introduce Advanced Fluidized Bed Gasification System at 2014 Gasification Technologies Conference

Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. (SES), a global energy and gasification technology company enabling clean, high-value energy and chemical products from multiple feedstocks, today will introduce its latest state-of-the-art SES' XL3000 advanced fluidized bed gasification system at the 2014 Gasification Technologies Conference in Washington, D.C. SES' XL3000 product offering provides higher syngas capacity and delivery pressure with lower specific capital costs, while maintaining SES' proven capability of high carbon to syngas conversion ratios with high syngas generation efficiency on both high and low quality coals.

28 Oct 2014

REG Produces Commercial-Scale Quantities of Renewable Hydrocarbon Diesel at Louisiana Biorefinery

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced today that commercial-scale quantities of renewable hydrocarbon diesel (RHD) produced at the company’s Geismar, Louisiana biorefinery are now available for sale.

28 Oct 2014

Chromium Pollution Decreases Across the UK

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have detailed the changing levels of chromium pollution across the UK Heavy Metals Monitoring Network, which celebrates 10 years of NPL operation this month.

28 Oct 2014

Citizen Scientists with Smartphones Deliver Accurate Data of Atmospheric Dust

Measurements by thousands of citizen scientists in the Netherlands using their smartphones and the iSPEX add-on are delivering accurate data on dust particles in the atmosphere that add valuable information to professional measurements.

28 Oct 2014

JBEI Researchers Identify Microbial Genes That Can Improve Biogasoline Production in E. coli

In the on-going effort to develop advanced biofuels as a clean, green and sustainable source of liquid transportation fuels, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified microbial genes that can improve both the tolerance and the production of biogasoline in engineered strains of Escherichia coli.

28 Oct 2014

Stricter Fisheries Management Overcomes Detrimental Effects of Climate Change Disturbances

A new study has found that implementing stricter fisheries management overcame the expected detrimental effects of climate change disturbances in coral reef fisheries badly impacted by the 1997/98 El Niño, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

27 Oct 2014