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Climate Change Affects Predators and Whole Ecosystems

Predators play important roles in maintaining diverse and stable ecosystems. Climate change can push species to move in order to stay in their climatic comfort zones, potentially altering where species live and how they interact, which could fundamentally transform current ecosystems.

12 Aug 2014

Saudi Arabia Could Offer Low Levelized Cost of Solar Energy

Solar power costs have fallen dramatically over the last five years, thanks to lower module prices, lower balance of system costs, and increased competition at the development and EPC level. Financing costs have also decreased as investors recognize the low-risk profile of solar assets. As a result, solar power is now cheaper than most alternative power sources.

12 Aug 2014

Innovative Solar Systems Receives Approvals to Build 35 MW Solar Farm in Maxton, NC

Innovative Solar Systems, a large developer of solar farm projects based in Asheville, NC has recently received approvals on a 35MW (AC) solar farm to be built in Maxton, NC. This state of the art solar farm project will incorporate 120,000 solar PV panels on almost 200 acres of farm land.

11 Aug 2014

ComEd Collaborates with CenturyLink Technology Solutions on Multi-Year Energy Efficiency Project

ComEd today announced it is working with CenturyLink Technology Solutions on a multi-year energy efficiency project that will help the global communications and IT services company reduce the energy use of its Chicago CH2 data center by 7.4 million kilowatt hours (kWh) annually, or the equivalent of powering 800 homes.

11 Aug 2014

New Market Research Report on Global Coal-fired Power Generation Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Coal-fired Power Generation Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

11 Aug 2014

DEP Awards over $750,000 in Annual Coastal Zone Management Grants to 22 Pennsylvania Organizations

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded more than $750,000 in annual coastal zone management grants to organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving Pennsylvania's coastal zones along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary.

11 Aug 2014

Southampton Project Aims to Improve Energy Efficiency, Cut Costs and Reduce Carbon Emissions in the UK

Southampton researchers are aiming to improve energy efficiency, cut costs and reduce carbon emissions in the country’s non-domestic buildings.

11 Aug 2014

ReneSola to Deliver 22 MW Virtus I and II Solar PV Modules for Two Projects in the UK

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic products, today announced ReneSola UK will supply 22 megawatts of its high-efficiency polycrystalline Virtus I and Virtus II solar modules for use in two ground-mounted, utility-scale projects in the United Kingdom.

11 Aug 2014

US Demand for Wind Turbine Systems to Skyrocket 55% Annually through 2018

Reportbuyer.com has added a new market research report: US Wind Turbine Systems Market

8 Aug 2014

NSF-Funded Study to Explore How Climate Change Affects Agriculture in Missouri

A $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow a consortium of Missouri universities and research institutions, including Saint Louis University, to study how climate change is likely to affect agriculture in the state.

8 Aug 2014

Commonly Used Anxiety Drug May Have Serious, Cascading Ecological Consequences

A drug that is commonly used to treat anxiety in humans and which regularly finds its way into surface waters through wastewater effluence has been shown to reduce mortality rates in fish.

8 Aug 2014

Lumos LSX Frameless Solar Modules Selected to Cover TD Bank's Retail Drive-thru Structures

Lumos Solar, a Boulder, Colorado based design-centric solar product company, announced today that TD Bank has chosen Lumos LSX frameless solar modules to cover their retail drive-thru structures.

8 Aug 2014

New Report Analyzes, Estimates and Forecasts Global Biofuels Market in Terms of Volume and Revenue

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Biofuels Market - Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2013 - 2019" report to their offering.

8 Aug 2014

GSSG Closes Financing of 4.75 MWdc Solar PV Projects in Denver Metro Area

GSSG Solar, LLC (GSSG) has completed the financing of a 4.75 MWdc portfolio of solar PV projects in the Denver metro area. The last of the seven ground-mounted, fixed tilt projects was interconnected in July of 2014 and all are now delivering electricity to the users at costs significantly below retail electricity rates.

8 Aug 2014

Illinois Researchers Develop Regulations to Keep Invasive Biofuels Crops in Check

If the hottest new plant grown as a biofuel crop is approved based solely on its greenhouse gas emission profile, its potential as the next invasive species may not be discovered until it's too late.

8 Aug 2014