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Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award Recipient VOTO Generates Electricity Using Fuel Cell Technology

The latest recipient of the Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award, VOTO, uses fuel cell technology to transform heat into electricity that can be used for cell phone charging or LED lighting. This handheld device is helping bring affordable electricity to developing countries.

20 Nov 2013

Natural Reserve System’s Climate Monitoring Network Helps Answer Climate Questions

Climate shapes the life around us. At the poles, thick fur coats and layers of blubber enable animals to withstand bitter cold. In deserts, small and drought-resistant leaves help plants survive extreme aridity.

20 Nov 2013

GSEP Launches New Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Electricity Development Program

The first hybrid wind-diesel electricity park in Ecuador's famed Galápagos World Heritage Site, built by the private sector in partnership with the national and local governments, has for the past five years successfully reduced costly diesel imports to San Cristóbal Island by a third while mitigating oil spill risks in a priceless, fragile marine ecosystem.

20 Nov 2013

Textured Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathode Improves Charge-Discharge Performance of Li-ion Battery

The ever-increasing market for portable electronic devices such as laptops, cell phones and MP3 players has resulted in an equally heavy demand for secondary batteries -- more commonly known as rechargeable batteries -- Lithium-ion (Li-ion) being among the most popular.

20 Nov 2013

Berkeley Lab Researchers Demonstrate High-Performance, Long Cycle-Life Lithium-Sulfur Battery

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have demonstrated in the laboratory a lithium-sulfur (Li/S) battery that has more than twice the specific energy of lithium-ion batteries, and that lasts for more than 1,500 cycles of charge-discharge with minimal decay of the battery’s capacity. This is the longest cycle life reported so far for any lithium-sulfur battery.

20 Nov 2013

New Report Discusses Solar Power Opportunities in Top 10 European Markets

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Solar Power Opportunities - Europe Top 10

19 Nov 2013

Canadian Solar Enters Sales Agreement for Four Utility-Scale Solar Plants in Ontario

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has entered into a sales agreement with a fund managed by DIF ("DIF"), whereby DIF will acquire from Canadian Solar four utility-scale solar power plants located in Ontario, Canada, totaling 40 MWAC at a valuation comparable to other recent project sales completed by Canadian Solar on a per megawatt basis in the Ontario market.

From Canadian Solar 19 Nov 2013

Researchers Work on Developing Advanced Biocatalyst Technologies for Biofuel Production

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories will use their expertise in protein expression, enzyme engineering and high-throughput assays as part of a multiproject, $34 million effort by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) aimed at developing advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation.

19 Nov 2013

Global Emissions from Burning Fossil Fuels Set to Rise Again in 2013

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels are set to rise again in 2013, reaching a record high of 36 billion tonnes - according to new figures from the Global Carbon Project, co-led by researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

19 Nov 2013

Toshiba and ORIX to Jointly Establish Geothermal Power Generation Company

Toshiba Corporation and ORIX Corporation, a leading integrated financial services group, announced today that they will jointly establish a geothermal power generation company on November 19 and to proceed with a geothermal power generation business in Nakao, Okuhida Onsen, Gifu Prefecture through this new company.

19 Nov 2013

Efficient Extraction of Uranium from Seawater Using Novel Sorbents

Uranium mining for the nuclear industry causes immense environmental damage, which becomes more severe as reserves are depleted. The isolation of uranium from seawater would be a much more environmentally friendly alternative. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, American researchers have now introduced a process by which they can produce tailored, highly effective adsorption agents to do this job.

19 Nov 2013

EBI's Initiative to Develop Natural Gas Public Service Stations Receives Gaz Métro’s Praises

Gaz Métro salutes EBI's initiative to establish a network of public service stations that will supply natural gas as fuel. The Gaz Métro network is contributing to the project by distributing, at the company's fuelling stations, the renewable natural gas produced by EBI in Berthierville. Gaz Métro is pleased to use its gas network to link producers and consumers in order to facilitate access to locally produced renewable natural gas.

18 Nov 2013

Aluminum Beverage Can Industry Recycles 178,099 Pounds of Cans to Raise $133,695 for Charities

The aluminum beverage can industry raised $133,695 for local charities by recycling 178,099 pounds of cans, which equates to more than 5.7 million beverage cans, for the Can Manufacturers Institute's (CMI) Great American Can RoundUp Industry Challenge. Ball Corporation came in first place in the annual competition by recycling nearly 50 percent of the entire amount collected – 88,473 pounds of cans. Rexam and Crown Holdings came in second and third place, respectively.

18 Nov 2013

GoMRI to Fund Study on Impact of Hydrocarbon Releases on the Environment and Public Health

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) announced today that it plans to award up to $105 million to support research consortia investigating the effect, and the potential associated impact, of hydrocarbon releases on the environment and public health, as well as to develop improved spill mitigation, oil detection, characterization, and remediation technologies.

18 Nov 2013

EPA’s Tinkering with RFS, Corn Ethanol Mandate Will Not Help Relieve Impacts of Artificially-High Food Prices

A mere tinkering with the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and the corn ethanol mandate by the Environmental Protection Agency will not help relieve the impacts of artificially-high food prices, according to a grassroots food coalition.

18 Nov 2013

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Proto Labs Cool Idea! Award Recipient VOTO Generates Electricity Using Fuel Cell Technology

Natural Reserve System’s Climate Monitoring Network Helps Answer Climate Questions

GSEP Launches New Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Electricity Development Program

Textured Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathode Improves Charge-Discharge Performance of Li-ion Battery

Berkeley Lab Researchers Demonstrate High-Performance, Long Cycle-Life Lithium-Sulfur Battery

New Report Discusses Solar Power Opportunities in Top 10 European Markets

Canadian Solar Enters Sales Agreement for Four Utility-Scale Solar Plants in Ontario

Researchers Work on Developing Advanced Biocatalyst Technologies for Biofuel Production

Global Emissions from Burning Fossil Fuels Set to Rise Again in 2013

Toshiba and ORIX to Jointly Establish Geothermal Power Generation Company

Efficient Extraction of Uranium from Seawater Using Novel Sorbents

EBI's Initiative to Develop Natural Gas Public Service Stations Receives Gaz Métro’s Praises

Aluminum Beverage Can Industry Recycles 178,099 Pounds of Cans to Raise $133,695 for Charities

GoMRI to Fund Study on Impact of Hydrocarbon Releases on the Environment and Public Health

EPA’s Tinkering with RFS, Corn Ethanol Mandate Will Not Help Relieve Impacts of Artificially-High Food Prices

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