Cleantech News

RSS

NPL Leads Metrology for Earth Observation and Climate Project and Receives €2M Funding

The National Physical Laboratory's work on Earth Observation and Climate Change has been highlighted by David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, during an event today at the Royal Society in London, entitled 'Space: The new view on climate change'.

17 Jun 2014

El Paso Electric Doubles Utility-Scale Solar Portfolio, to be Coal-Free by 2016

El Paso Electric Company (EPE), a Texas-based utility servicing 395,000 customers in both west Texas and southern New Mexico, is well-positioned for the new carbon standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPE will be coal-free by 2016 and, in less than one year, has doubled its utility-scale solar portfolio, making this west Texas-based utility a national leader in solar development.

17 Jun 2014

UNU to Explore Link Between Human Health and the Planet's Health at Kuala Lumpur Institute

Study in Uganda shows under-18s most vulnerable to cholera, typhoid, acute diarrhea, other water-related health risks rising with climate change

17 Jun 2014

Gov. John Kasich to Decide on Retaining Wind Industry in Ohio

Gov. John Kasich has an opportunity to retain a wind industry in Ohio if he uses his line-item veto on Monday to remove an anti-wind-energy provision from the budget bill – with $2.5 billion in current investment, hundreds of millions in local leases and tax payments, over 60 factories, and thousands of Ohio jobs on the line.

16 Jun 2014

New Sustainability Assessment Tool for Construction Projects Now Available

A new version of SméO, the tool specifically developed for assessing the sustainability of construction projects in Switzerland, is available now.

16 Jun 2014

New Market Research Report Analyzes Global and China Solar Battery Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Development Status and Investment Prospect of Global and China Solar Battery Industry, 2014-2018" report to their offering.

16 Jun 2014

Ohio State University Earns Top Honor at EcoCAR 2 Competition

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors Co. announced the winning team of the competition, The Ohio State University, as they took home the overall winners title at the EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future finals.

16 Jun 2014

Scientists Reveal Historic Link Between Ocean Currents and Climate Change

Scientists have discovered a relationship between climate change and ocean currents over the past six million years after analysing an area of the Atlantic near the Strait of Gibraltar, according to research published today in the journal Science.

16 Jun 2014

Moose Power Sells Three Solar Projects to NewWorld and North Sky

Moose Power Inc., along with its partner Nautilus Solar Canada Inc., has sold three projects to an investment vehicle of NewWorld Environmental Infrastructure, L.P. and North Sky CleanTech Alliance Fund, L.P..

16 Jun 2014

New NRG Community 1 Solar Generating Facility to Power Nearly 2,200 Homes in California

NRG Energy, Inc. one of the nation’s largest renewable energy developers, today introduced the NRG Community 1 Solar Generating Facility.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 16 Jun 2014

Pattern Energy Commences Operations of 115 MW El Arrayán Wind Project in Chile

Expanding its commercial operations into Chile, Pattern Energy Group Inc., today announced that the 115 MW El Arrayán Wind project has completed construction and is fully operational. The El Arrayán Wind power project is the largest wind project in Chile and all of South America.

13 Jun 2014

N.C. A&T and NORESCO Enter Guaranteed Energy Savings Agreement for Greensboro Campus

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) and NORESCO, a national leader in energy efficiency and energy infrastructure solutions, have entered into a $3.8 million guaranteed energy savings agreement for work on the Greensboro, North Carolina, campus.

13 Jun 2014

NASA to Launch Dedicated Spacecraft for Measuring CO2 Levels in Earth’s Atmosphere

NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere is in final preparations for a July 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

13 Jun 2014

Logging, Mining, and Forest Fires Will Affect Aquatic and Terrestrial Food Chains

Debris from forests that washes into freshwater lakes supplements the diets of microscopic zooplankton and the fish that feed off them – creating larger and stronger fish, new research shows.

13 Jun 2014

TASC, Massachusetts Utilities and DOER to Participate in Common-Ground Language Briefing on Future of Solar

The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC), additional solar industry groups, Massachusetts utilities, and the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) will participate today in a public briefing on common-ground language regarding the future of solar in Massachusetts.

13 Jun 2014