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New Institute for Energy and the Environment Opens at Drexel University

Drexel University is opening a new research institute that will strive to answer some of the most challenging questions about energy and environmental sustainability facing the nation today. The A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment will look at the science, economics and politics that influence decisions about energy and the environment; and serve as a resource for decision makers both in the region and around the world.

19 Dec 2013

Narcotics Substances and Drugs Traced in Wastewater from Swedish Sewage Treatment Plants

Chemists at Umeå University in Sweden have been able to trace narcotics substances and prescription drugs in measurements of wastewater from 33 Swedish sewage treatment plants. Cocaine, amphetamine, and methamphetamine, in measurable concentrations, were found in a total of half of the locations.

19 Dec 2013

BASF and Renmatix to Scale up Plantrose Process for Production of Lignocellulosic Biomass-Based Industrial Sugars

BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and American technology provider Renmatix Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will jointly scale up the Renmatix Plantrose process for the production of industrial sugars based on lignocellulosic biomass. The two companies signed a non-exclusive joint development agreement.

19 Dec 2013

Gasmet FTIR Gas Analysers Help Test More Plants, More Quickly in Germany

Power generation from Germany’s enormous biogas industry produces emissions to air that are regulated by the Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control (TA Luft). As part of the approval process, the emissions from each plant have to be tested every three years. Formaldehyde is one of the pollutants of greatest concern because of its carcinogenicity and the TA Luft emission limit is 60 mg/m³.

From Gasmet Technologies Inc. 19 Dec 2013

New Publication on Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare

Effective infection control and decontamination in the healthcare sector is vital to public health.

18 Dec 2013

ABB Supply Fast Electric Vehicle Chargers for Danish Company CLEVER

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, announced today that it has been selected by the leading Danish electric-mobility operator CLEVER to supply 50 CCS (Combo) compatible DC fast chargers for CLEVER’s country-wide network.

18 Dec 2013

Renewable Energy Group Enters Agreement for Syntroleum Acquisition

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.® and Syntroleum Corporation announced today that they have entered into an asset purchase agreement pursuant to which REG would acquire substantially all of the assets of Syntroleum Corporation, and assume substantially all of the material liabilities of Syntroleum.

18 Dec 2013

Ecomax Japan to Procure 20MW of SunPower’s High Efficiency Solar Panels

SunPower Corporation, a leading solar technology and energy services provider, today announced that it has signed multiple supply agreements with Ecomax Japan Inc. to purchase SunPower Corporation's high efficiency E20/327 solar panels totaling 20-megawatts (MW). In 2014, Ecomax plans to install the solar panels at several locations in Central and Northern Japan.

From SunPower Corporation 18 Dec 2013

Mesocore’s New Sustainable Technology Provides Solution to Multiple Social Issues Simultaneously

Threatening to dramatically disrupt philanthropy and charity as it has been known so far by rocketing the ROI and impact nonprofits can make with every dollar, new sustainable technology from Mesocore combines the solution to multiple social issues simultaneously.

18 Dec 2013

Major Internet Technology Company Places Order for Envision Solar’s EV Charging System

Envision Solar International, Inc., ("Envision Solar," or the "Company"), the leading renewable energy Media and Branding product company, announced today that it has received a new order for its fully autonomous, fully mobile, fully renewable Electric Vehicle Charging system from a prominent and well known global internet technology company. The customer has placed the first of potentially multiple orders for EV ARC™.

18 Dec 2013

GE to Supply 38 1.6-MW Wind Turbines to Kinangop Wind Farm

The Kinangop Wind Farm in Kenya, developed by Aeolus Kenya and constructed by Iberdrola Engineering, will be powered by 38 GE 1.6-megawatt (MW) wind turbines. The Kinangop facility will be one of the largest wind power generation projects to be built to date in sub-Saharan Africa. Following its commissioning, the 61-MW wind farm will generate enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent of 150,000 homes in the country.

18 Dec 2013

Global Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Market to Grow at 44.2% CAGR During 2014-2018

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) Market 2014-2018" report to their offering.

18 Dec 2013

Siemens Energy Receives World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbine Order from MidAmerican Energy

Today, Siemens Energy confirmed that the 1,050-megawatt (MW) wind turbine order it recently received from MidAmerican Energy Company is the largest onshore wind turbine order in the world. The news was announced at a commemoration event at Siemens’ blade manufacturing facility in Fort Madison, Iowa.

17 Dec 2013

First Wind and Massachusetts MWEC Enter Contract for Hancock Wind Project Energy

First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, and the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) today announced an agreement that will bring clean energy from First Wind’s planned Hancock Wind project near Ellsworth, Maine to 17 Massachusetts municipal utilities.

17 Dec 2013

Kyocera’s Kagoshima Sendai Manufacturing Plant Receives Global Warming Prevention Activity Award

Kyocera Corporation announced that the company’s Kagoshima Sendai manufacturing plant (Kagoshima Prefecture) has received the 2013 Environment Minister’s Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity (implementation of countermeasures / dissemination category) in recognition of its environmental protection activities.

17 Dec 2013