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KB Home Presents Masco Home Services with Sustainability Leadership Award

In recognition of their role in advancing home sustainability and energy-efficient home construction, Masco Home Services (MHS) has been awarded the 2013 KB Home Sustainability Leadership Award for their efforts to transform how builders view energy efficiency and indoor air quality.

21 Jan 2014

BYD’s Chuanfu Wang Recognized with Zayed Future Energy Prize in Abu Dhabi

Over the course of this month’s World Future Energy Summit BYD’s Chuanfu Wang was presented with the 2014 World Future Energy Prize. The Founder and President of BYD Company Ltd. was honored with the lifetime achievement award at a ceremony held in Abu Dhabi on January 20th.

21 Jan 2014

North Coast Tidal Turbines Could Power Half of Scotland, Say Researchers

Renewable tidal energy sufficient to power about half of Scotland could be harnessed from a single stretch of water off the north coast of the country, engineers say.

21 Jan 2014

New Research Report Provides Full Picture of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure 2012-2022" report to their offering.

21 Jan 2014

Water Cycle Changes are Main Drivers of Environmental Change in Western Europe, New Study Reveals

The role of the hydrological cycle during abrupt temperature changes is of prime importance for the actual impact of climate change on the continents. In a new study published in Nature Geoscience online (January 19, 2014) scientists from the University of Potsdam, Germany and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences show that during the abrupt cooling at the onset of the so-called Younger Dryas period 12680 years ago changes in the water cycle were the main drivers of widespread environmental change in western Europe.

21 Jan 2014

Primozone to build mobile pilot ozone system for treatment of textile after receiving additional funding

The Swedish ozone generator supplier, Primozone, has been awarded further more funding. This time for a project for removal of dye and harmful substances from wastewater from the textile industry.

From Primozone 21 Jan 2014

NASA's Global Hawk on a Climate Change Study Mission

NASA's uncrewed Global Hawk research aircraft is in the western Pacific region on a mission to track changes in the upper atmosphere and help researchers understand how these changes affect Earth's climate.

20 Jan 2014

Sonoco Dedicates New Biomass Facility at Hartsville

Sonoco, a global provider of industrial products, consumer packaging, protective solutions and packaging services, today dedicated the new biomass facility at its Hartsville, S.C., plant. The biomass boiler is part of a $100 million investment in the Darlington County compound.

20 Jan 2014

Territory Biofuels’ Darwin Biodiesel Plant Receives International Sustainability and Carbon Certification

Lignol Energy Corporation today announced that Territory Biofuels Limited has recently received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification and US Environmental Protection Agency approval as a Renewable Identification Number-generating foreign producer for its Darwin biodiesel plant, paving the way for exports to markets in Europe and the US.

20 Jan 2014

Etrion Meets 2013 Production Target of Over 100 Million kWh of Solar Electricity

Etrion Corporation, a solar independent power producer, announces an operations update, including preliminary production results for the year ended December 31, 2013.

20 Jan 2014

Outlook Report on Turkey Solar PV Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Turkey Photovoltaic (Solar PV) Market: Outlook 2014 - 2025" report to their offering.

20 Jan 2014

Blue Sun Energy Implements Enzymatic Biodiesel Processing Technology

Blue Sun Energy announced today the implementation of its enzymatic biodiesel processing technology, making the Blue Sun St. Joe Refinery the most advanced biodiesel production facility in the world.

20 Jan 2014

Isolux Corsan Receives 31.7 MW of ReneSola’s Virtus PV Modules for UK Project

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic products, today announced it has provided Isolux Corsan Servicios, S.A., a global benchmark in the areas of concessions, energy, construction and industrial services and a leader in engineering, procurement and construction projects for solar PV plants, with 31.7 megawatts of Virtus PV modules for a commercial PV project in the United Kingdom.

20 Jan 2014

MIT develop solar device that uses heat to enhance efficiency

A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional photovoltaic cell.

20 Jan 2014

Better Understanding of Geochemical Processes in Deep Repositories for Storage of Radioactive Waste

Chemical reactions will change the nature of the deep repository and the surrounding rock (clay rock); that much is certain. But to what extent and with what impact on safety? Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute are looking to answer this question with the aid of a combination of experiments and computer simulations.

17 Jan 2014