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DNV GL Study to Assess Key Factors Including Wind Potential, Environmental Impact and Grid Interconnection

Jun 20, 2016

At a signing ceremony today in Ho Chi Minh City, DNV GL Americas entered into a contract with Phu Cuong Group (PCG), to deliver a feasibility study for a near-offshore wind farm under a grant from the United States Trade and Development ...

Tags: PCG, DNV GL, wind power project

Tetra Pak Commits to 100% Renewable Electricity by 2030

Jun 6, 2016

Tetra Pak has joined RE100, committing to increase its use of renewable electricity from 20% today to 100% across all global operations by 2030. The announcement was made at the Clean Energy Ministerial forum yesterday in San ...

Tags: Tetra Pak, Renewable Electricity

Ford to Use Captured CO2 to Develop Foam and Plastic for Vehicles

May 19, 2016

Ford Motor is formulating and testing new foam and plastic components using carbon dioxide as feedstock. Researchers expect to see the new biomaterials in Ford production vehicles within five years. Formulated with up to 50 ...

Tags: Ford Motor, foam components, plastic components

Canada Launches New Electric Vehicle and Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Initiative

May 16, 2016

Canadians will soon have access to more electric car and alternative fuel infrastructure with the support provided by the government through Budget 2016. This will result in more charging and refuelling stations for electric and ...

Tags: Electric Vehicle, Alternative Fuel Infrastructure

Sol Voltaics Achieves Alignment and Orientation of GaAs Nanowires in Thin Film

Apr 22, 2016

Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has confirmed the successful alignment and orientation of nanowires in a thin film. The firm reckons that the achievement ...

Tags: Nanowire GaAs PV

Work Begins on a 13.6 MW PV Plant in Chihuahua, Mexico

Apr 21, 2016

Alex Hinojosa, Deputy Managing Director of the North American Development Bank (NADB), was joined by the Governor of Chihuahua as the first of 52,000 solar panels was installed in the Los Santos I solar park in Moctezuma, Chihuahua. Upon ...

Tags: Alex Hinojosa, NADB, 13.6 MW PV Plant

Austin Marathon Earns Fifth Gold Rating

Apr 6, 2016

The 2016 Austin Marathon and Half Marathon presented by NXP earned Gold certification by the Council for Responsible Sport for its social and environmental initiatives. The race, which has been owned and operated by Conley Sports ...

Tags: Austin Marathon, NXP, Gold certification, Responsible Sport

Vestas Wins Large-Scale Customised Service Order in China

Apr 6, 2016

The service order comprises a one-year Active Output Management (AOM) 4000 service agreement and a four-year Portfolio Support agreement, which is a flexible Vestas service offering tailor-made to meet specific customer needs. The order ...

Tags: Active Output Management, AOM, Hanas Group, Vestas

Apple: Climate Change Is Our Greatest Challenge

Mar 22, 2016

At today's Apple event, the company talked about the growing threat of climate change, and its strides in tackling the issue. Lisa Jackson, Apple’s VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, turned up on stage to discuss how ...

Tags: Apple, Climate change, Lisa Jackson

Wheat Researcher Says Stem-Rust Disease Is Spreading

Mar 21, 2016

WASHINGTON (FERN's Ag Insider) - This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $24 million grant to Cornell University, funding a global wheat research group, known as Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat. The aim is to develop new ...

Tags: Stem-Rust Disease, Wheat

SolarCity And Balfour Beatty Communities Build Massive Solar Power Project On Five Navy Bases In Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island

Mar 18, 2016

Balfour Beatty Communities and SolarCity have completed more than 1,300 rooftop solar installations at Balfour Beatty Communities-managed Navy housing communities located in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. SolarCity ...

Tags: SolarCity, Balfour Beatty Communities, Solar Power Project

US DOE Grants $80m For Supertruck II Project To Develop Long-Haul Tractor-Trailer Truck Technology

Mar 7, 2016

The US Deparment of Energy (DOE) has granted $80m fund under the SuperTruck II initiative for the research, development and demonstration of long-haul tractor-trailer truck technology. More than $12m was also granted for three new ...

Tags: DOE, Supertruck II Project, Long haul tractor-trailer truck technology

Ontario Province in Canada Increases Incentives for Electric Vehicles

Feb 15, 2016

The state of Ontario, Canada has hiked the incentives for electric vehicles to a maximum of $14,000, making it attractive for car buyers. As per the new program, the incentive has been increased for electric vehicles from $5000 to ...

Tags: Electric Vehicles, Incentives

Massachusetts Increases Funding for EV Rebate Program by $2m

Feb 8, 2016

Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Commissioner Judith Judson announced today at the New England International Auto Show that the Baker-Polito Administration is adding $2 million in funding to DOER's electric vehicle (EV) rebate program. ...

Tags: electric vehicle, Zero emission vehicles

British Marine Scientists Explore Ocean's Twilight Zone to Better Predict Climate Change

Dec 29, 2015

A group of British marine scientists are digging into the ocean's "twilight zone" to understand the processes involved in carbon transport in the oceans. As CRI's Victor Ning reports, the scientists are hoping that the research will ...

Tags: Marine Scientists, Twilight Zone

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