cleantech
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * Researchers from Kingston University in London are spearheading a drive to help older householders reduce their carbon footprint and cut their energy bills at the same time; * The European Science Foundation has scheduled a conference on “Global Change Challenges: Transforming
wave energy
Orecon, the Cornish wave energy device firm, is establishing a joint venture company with Portuguese developer Eneólica. The partnership aims to build and deploy Orecon’s first full-scale 1.5-megawatt Multi Resonant Chambers (MRC) wave energy buoy. The installation will be connected to the Portuguese electricity grid and deliver power
cleantech
Still trying to catch up on all the latest cleantech news after the weekend? Here’s Greenbang’s daily review of headlines you might have missed: * Berlin-based Braun Schaltgeräte & Service and LED specialist Future Lighting Solutions are upgrading historic gas street lamps in cities like Berlin, Prague and Warsaw
energy
David Clarke, CEO at the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), will offer a lecture on “Keeping the lights on — affordable engineering and technology solutions.” The free lecture is scheduled for 5 to 8 pm 8 June at Cranfield University. The programme will focus on pressures facing the UK energy system, requirements
A recent study by European and US researchers has found that aviation emissions have a greater impact on global warming than has been estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The research says aviation’s contribution to human-caused climate change is about 4.9 percent. That’s nearly
biofuels
The European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E) is challenging the EU to follow the lead of California, which recently approved the world’s first law taking into account the indirect changes in land use caused by the production of biofuels. California’s “Low Carbon Fuel Standard” (LCFS)
railways
Siemens Mobility will install six static frequency converters for traction power supply on the Swedish Rail Administration’s Banverket system. The project is worth about €33 million, with work expected to be completed in the summer of 2011. Siemens’ newly developed Sitras SFC converters, each of which has a 17-megawatt
solar energy
Photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer Suntech Power Holdings will supply solar panels to solar system integrator Sunergic SA of Switzerland for a 1-megawatt solar system for Services Industriels de Geneve (SIG), a Swiss utility. The project will be one of the largest solar installations in Switzerland to date. “Switzerland has demonstrated
fuel cells
A hydrogen-powered municipal street-cleaning vehicle — the first of its kind in the world — made its debut in Basel, Switzerland, last week. The “Bucher CityCat H2” was developed by the Swiss materials science organisation Empa, the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Bucher Schoerling, Proton Motor, BRUSA Elektronik AG und Messer Schweiz. The
cleantech
Cleantech news as it happens — check back for regular updates: * A new type of air-fuelled battery could give up to ten times the energy storage of designs currently available; * Researchers at Spain’s Universitat Jaume I are undertaking the design, preparation and characterisation of low-cost materials for capturing solar energy;
sustainability
Despite winning plaudits for their internal sustainability achievements, Europe’s top telecom operators aren’t providing their customers with a compelling range of sustainable telecom offerings, according to new research from Verdantix. The analyst firm reached that conclusion after comparing the internal sustainability strategies with the market-facing products and servcies
cleantech
Can’t keep up with the ever-growing outpouring of cleantech- and climate-related news stories? You can skim the recent headlines here: * An article in The Irish Times this week reported that attempts to make buildings more energy-efficient by installing expensive green technologies have resulted in the rise of costly “eco-bling”
