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R&D Magazine Honors NREL’s Innovative Work in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

A growth system that can produce thin solar cells quickly and at low cost, and an ultra-efficient supercomputer platform – both developed or advanced by the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its partners – have been named among this year's most significant innovations by R&D Magazine.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 7 Aug 2014

Fraunhofer Develops Information Technology to Improve Efficiency of Water Power Generation Systems

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB in Ilmenau are developing information technology to make water power generation systems more efficient.

7 Aug 2014

SPI Solar and WIRCON Enter JV to Develop Solar PV Projects

SPI Solar (“SPI”), a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with WIRCON GmbH ("WIRCON"), a Germany-based diversified renewable energy company, to develop solar PV projects in the United Kingdom.

7 Aug 2014

Audi Launches Comprehensive Program to Improve Electric Vehicle Ownership Experience

Audi of America today announced the launch of Audi energy®, a comprehensive program designed to help improve the electric vehicle ownership experience and reduce the carbon footprint that comes with vehicle production, distribution and driving.

From SunPower Corporation 7 Aug 2014

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Makes it Easier for Industry Partners to Work with the Lab

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is accelerating the availability of next-generation energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in the marketplace by making it easier for industry partners to work with the laboratory.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 7 Aug 2014

ContourGlobal Acquires Additional 122.6 MW of Installed Wind Capacity in Brazil

ContourGlobal, an international power generation company, announced today that it has acquired an additional 122.6 MW of installed wind capacity in Brazil through a transaction with Casa dos Ventos.

7 Aug 2014

Culver-Stockton College Installs Telkonet EcoSmart Energy Management System

Telkonet, Inc., a leading developer of the EcoSmart Energy Management Platform featuring EcoCentral Virtual EngineerTM, is pleased to announce the Company's EcoSmart Energy Management System has been installed in Culver-Stockton College's Johnson Hall.

6 Aug 2014

Methanol-Fuelled Home Generator System in Off-Grid Residential Application Launched by Ballard and Anglo American

Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum, the world's largest primary producer of platinum, today announced the launch of a field trial of a methanol-fuelled home generator system in an off-grid residential application.

6 Aug 2014

Robot Sub Discovers Deep-Sea Corals on the Hebrides Terrace Seamount

Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered new populations of deep-sea corals growing on the slopes of the UK’s highest underwater mountain, a site recently added to the list of Scotland’s new Marine Protected Areas.

6 Aug 2014

Satellite Data Helps Analyze Effects of Aerosol Levels on Climate

Of all the factors that influence Earth's changing climate, the effect that tiny particles in Earth's atmosphere called aerosols have on clouds is the least well understood. Aerosols scatter and absorb incoming sunlight and affect the formation and properties of clouds.

6 Aug 2014

Paper on Dynamics of Assembling Food Webs Wins Ecological Society of America Award

Humans are known to alter the planet. One efficient way is by adding new species to ecosystems. People accidentally (and oftentimes deliberately) transport species from place to place in airplanes, boats and cars. Humans are known, too, to even remove a species entirely from its ecosystem by overhunting or by destroying the species’ habitat. What, if any, are the consequences of such actions? How do they impact ecosystems?

6 Aug 2014

University of Minnesota Selects Zircar Zirconia’s High Temperature Insulation System for Solar Thermochemical Reactor

Zircar Zirconia, Inc., a global leader in high temperature insulation products, was chosen to manufacture custom alumina and ceria components by the University of Minnesota for a solar powered reformer that will produce hydrogen or syngas from cerium oxide redox reactions.

From Zircar Zirconia, Inc. 6 Aug 2014

Georgia Tech Student Team to Participate in EcoCAR 3 Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition

A team of about 35 undergraduate and graduate students is about to embark on an ambitious four-year project to redesign a Chevrolet Camaro into a hybrid-electric car.

5 Aug 2014

Versatile and Efficient Method to Convert Lignocellulosic Biomass into Biofuels

A team of researchers, led by Professor Charles E. Wyman, at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have developed a versatile, relatively non-toxic, and efficient way to convert raw agricultural and forestry residues and other plant matter, known as lignocellulosic biomass, into biofuels and chemicals.

5 Aug 2014

Lake Junín National Reserve in Peru Contaminated with Heavy Metals

Hydraulic engineering is increasingly relied on for hydroelectricity generation. However, redirecting stream flow can yield unintended consequences. In the August 2014 issue of GSA Today, Donald Rodbell of Union College-Schenectady and coauthors from the U.S. and Peru document the wholesale contamination of the Lake Junín National Reserve by acid mine drainage from the Cerro de Pasco mining district.

5 Aug 2014