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Three ISU researchers present their work in sustainable energy

Despite a number of key issues such as land use and competition for feedstocks supplies for traditional food and feed uses, global use of biofuels is excepted to more than double from 2009 to 2015

South Africa has the intellectual capital and natural resources to produce renewable bioenergy to power cars, contribute to the national power grid and create thousands of jobs

Optimization of new and existing conjugated polymers for solar cells helps bring inexpensive renewable electricity closer to reality

LDK Solar's chairman and CEO, Peng Xiaofeng estimates that new PV installations in 2010 will hit 1GWp in China and 10GWp globally

Several projects that aim to produce ethanol from waste materials have gained traction in recent months

Following the approval of the companies’ first two contracts with PG&E in August, the CPUC has now approved all 1,310 MW of contracts between BrightSource and PG&E

The European Commission releases a new technology plan to curb carbon emissions, and includes a Smart Cities Initiative for the first time to promote energy efficiency measures

Location: Victoria, Australia

Dr. Henry Boyo, Senior Lecturer and Head Hardware Development Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Lagos, recently automated the production of bio-gas for efficient energy use and environmental friendliness