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Michigan State University Receives Project of the Year Award from the American Biogas Council

Anaergia Inc., is pleased to announce that Michigan State University has been presented a Project of the Year Award from the American Biogas Council for the Michigan State University South Campus Anaerobic Digester. The innovative facility, designed and built by Anaergia, not only generates renewable energy, but also provides new sources of revenue and serves as an educational and outreach platform for one of the largest Universities in the United States.

21 Apr 2014

USGBC LEED Gold Certification to Sheetz Center for Schwellness

Sheetz, Inc. will formally accept the gold certification (second-highest level attainable) from the USGBC's LEED program for the environmentally responsible design of its Sheetz Center for Shwellness in Claysburg, Pennsylvania, at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22, kicking off a daylong Earth Day celebration for Sheetz employees.

21 Apr 2014

PG&E Credited with Helping the Industry Curb Methane Emissions by the White House

A new White House strategy paper on reducing emissions of methane—a powerful greenhouse gas—named Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) as one of five natural gas utilities nationwide "collaborating to address key technical and regulatory factors affecting methane emission reduction opportunities from natural gas distribution systems."

From Pacific Gas and Electric Company 21 Apr 2014

Global Information Systems Adds Market Report on Wind Turbine Systems

Global Information Inc. announces the addition of a new market research report "Wind Turbine Systems (US Market & Forecast)" at GIIResearch.com

21 Apr 2014

IREC Training Program Accreditation Awarded to Everblue for its Solar Professional Courses

Everblue, a leader in renewable energy training, recently received Training Program Accreditation from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) for its Solar PV Installer and Solar Sales Professional courses. Everblue, which provides training programs in a variety of fields around the United States and abroad, is one of 42 training providers nationwide and one of only two providers in the state of North Carolina to receive this accreditation.

21 Apr 2014

Locus Energy Signs Agreement with Amicus Solar Cooperative to be its Preferred Vendor

Locus Energy, a solar monitoring and analytics company, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Amicus Solar Cooperative to be its preferred vendor of solar monitoring hardware, software and solar data analytics.

21 Apr 2014

Trina Solar Announces Two UK PV Power Plants Complete Grid Connection

Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a global leader in photovoltaic ("PV") modules, solutions, and services, today announced two of its PV power plants in the United Kingdom have successfully completed connection to the grid. The company is an investor in and sole project developer for these projects, which have a total capacity of 23.77 MW.

From Trina Solar Limited 21 Apr 2014

Discovery Enters JV with Syngar for Technology to Use Non-Food Grade Cellulose Material in Biofuel Fermentation Process

Discovery Minerals Ltd. has agreed to form a Joint Venture (JV) partnership with Bio-fuel Technology company Syngar Technologies, Inc. (SGI) of Alberta, Canada.

18 Apr 2014

Rice CENHS Hosts 'Cultures of Energy' Symposium

Leading local, national and international scholars working at the intersection of energy, the environment and the humanities will gather at Rice University April 24-26 for the third annual Cultures of Energy Spring Symposium.

18 Apr 2014

Cornell Releases Updated Climate Action Plan

As the global importance for a low-carbon economy grows urgent, Cornell has posted its most aggressive carbon-reduction strategy to date: the Cornell Climate Action Plan Update and Roadmap 2014-15.

18 Apr 2014

Reversible Electrochemical Processes in Wetlands Storing Methane May Cause a Greater Greenhouse Effect

The recent Yokahama IPCC meeting painted a stark warning on the possible effects of gases such as methane – which has a greenhouse effect 32 times that of carbon dioxide.

18 Apr 2014

New Smart Power Solution with Solar Charge Control from Victron Energy

Victron Energy announces the launch of EasySolar, an integrated, smart, total power solution. All that is needed to reap the full benefit of solar energy is EasySolar, some solar panels and batteries.

18 Apr 2014

Rice Solar Car Club Prepares for Shell Eco-Marathon

That could be the motto for the Rice Solar Car Club, which is preparing its entry for the Shell Eco-marathon in downtown Houston later this month.

18 Apr 2014

Nuclear Plants Built on Floating Platforms Could Overcome Tsunamis, Earthquakes and Potential Meltdowns

When an earthquake and tsunami struck the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant complex in 2011, neither the quake nor the inundation caused the ensuing contamination. Rather, it was the aftereffects — specifically, the lack of cooling for the reactor cores, due to a shutdown of all power at the station — that caused most of the harm.

By David L. Chandler 17 Apr 2014

UTSA and Microsoft Partner to Develop Sustainable Technologies for Data Centers

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) announced today a three-year agreement to research and develop sustainable technologies to make data centers more energy efficient and economically viable.

17 Apr 2014