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Great Whales Enhance Predictability and Stability of Marine Ecosystems

"Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part," wrote Herman Melville in Moby Dick. Today, we no longer dread whales, but their subtlety remains. "For a long time, whales have been considered too rare to make much of a difference in the oceans," notes University of Vermont conservation biologist Joe Roman. That was a mistake.

4 Jul 2014

Vestas Receives Order from EDF Renewable Energy for 450MW of Wind Turbine Generators

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) has placed a firm order with Vestas for 450 megawatt (MW) of wind turbine generators, for projects in New Mexico and Kansas. The order is part of the Master Supply Agreement (MSA) announced in September 2013.

4 Jul 2014

Phase 1 of Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Farms Enters into Service

After three years of construction, Boralex Inc. ("Boralex"), Gaz Métro Limited Partnership ("Gaz Métro") and Valener Inc. ("Valener") are pleased to officially open Phase I of the Seigneurie de Beaupré Wind Farms, a 272-MW project commissioned in December 2013 and one of the biggest wind farms in Canada.

4 Jul 2014

Major Air Pollution Studies Help Understand Air Quality Over Metropolitan Areas

Two NASA aircraft are participating in field campaigns beginning this month in Colorado that will probe the factors leading to unhealthy air quality conditions and improve the ability to diagnose air quality conditions from space.

4 Jul 2014

Ground-Mount, Fixed Tilt 5.86MWp Lancaster Solar Project Reaches Commercial Operation

EDF Renewable Energy today announced that the 5.86 MWp Lancaster Solar Project has reached commercial operation. EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) and Urban Green Technologies LLC (UGT), a utility-scale solar developer, signed the Membership Interest Purchase and Sale Agreement (MIPSA) in October 2013 and subsequently started the construction phase in December 2013.

4 Jul 2014

Xinyu Xinwei New Energy Signs Development Agreement for 50MW PV Project in China

SPI Solar (“SPI”), a vertically integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xinyu Xinwei New Energy Co., Ltd. (“Xinwei”), has signed an agreement with the government of Fenyi County (Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China) to build and develop a 50 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) project in Yangqiao, Fenyi County.

4 Jul 2014

Pattern Energy Group Announces Panhandle 1 Wind Project Acquisition

Pattern Energy Group Inc. ("Pattern Energy"), today announced it has closed on its commitment to acquire 172 megawatts (MW) of owned interest in the 218 MW Panhandle 1 wind project from Pattern Energy Group LP ("Pattern Development") for a total cash consideration of US$124.4 million.

4 Jul 2014

PSEG Solar Source to Increase Portfolio Capacity to 106 MWdc with Acquisition of 13 MWdc Solar Energy Facility

PSEG Solar Source announced today that it will acquire a 13 megawatt (MWdc) solar energy facility near El Paso, TX from juwi solar (JSI). The project was originally developed by JSI and has a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with El Paso Electric Company.

3 Jul 2014

Intersolar North America 2014: SPI to Showcase Solar Residential PV Systems and Turnkey Business Solution

SPI Solar (“SPI”), a vertically integrated photovoltaic (PV) solar developer, today announced that the company will exhibit at the Intersolar North America 2014 conference and tradeshow in San Francisco, California.

3 Jul 2014

NASA Successfully Launches Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2

NASA successfully launched its first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide at 2:56 a.m. PDT (5:56 a.m. EDT) Wednesday.

3 Jul 2014

Vanguard Space Technologies Selects Ascent Solar’s Flexible Lightweight PV Modules

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, announced today that its flexible, lightweight PV modules were selected by Vanguard Space Technologies (Vanguard) for their NASA Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program.

From Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. 3 Jul 2014

U.K.-Based Anaerobic Digestion and Integrated Biogas-to-Energy Business Provider to be Acquired by GE

GE today announced that it has agreed to acquire Monsal, a private U.K.-based water, waste, advanced anaerobic digestion and integrated biogas-to-energy business.

3 Jul 2014

Eolus Acquires Two Finnish Wind Power Projects Under Development from Auria Wind

Eolus Vind AB’s expansion outside Sweden continues with startup of the Finish subsidiary Eolus OY. As a first move in the expansion to the Finnish market Eolus OY has acquired two wind power projects under development from the project developer Auria Wind OY.

3 Jul 2014

IKEA Plugs-In Expansion of Solar Array Atop Perryville Distribution Center

IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in an expansion of the solar array completed last April atop its Perryville, Maryland distribution center, the state’s largest such solar energy system. Installation of the new panels began Fall 2013, and since then have nearly doubled the size of the original project, which already was the state’s largest rooftop array.

2 Jul 2014

Efficient Method to Harness Sunlight to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Alternative Fuel

Research to curb global warming caused by rising levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, usually involves three areas: Developing alternative energy sources, capturing and storing greenhouse gases, and repurposing excess greenhouse gases.

2 Jul 2014