News you might have missed: 3 June 2009
So many headlines, so little time … that’s why Greenbang presents its daily roundup of cleantech news and developments you might have missed:
- The German high-tech company dilitronics has unveiled its ESoLUX controller unit for solar-powered LED lamps to provide eco-friendly and efficient operation of off-grid lighting systems;
- SunPodsTM, a developer of transportable and modular, plug-and-play solar power platforms, plans to unveil its revolutionary photovoltaic array system at Launch: Silicon Valley 2009;
- Since last week, 15 black-tailed godwits in Fryslân, in the north of the Netherlands, have been flying around with tiny transmitters in their abdominal cavities;
- A study of the EU and USA transport research coordinating bodies, ECTRI (European Conference of Transport Research Institutes) and TRB (Transportation Research Board) has surveyed for the first time the role of research in relation to the transport market and innovations in the sector;
- New research shows how bridging organisations and effective networking can improve ecosystem management;
- University of Leicester researchers have taken a step forward in helping to create a defence for earth’s technologies from the constant threat of space weather;
- Bloomberg reports that up to €100 billion in planned investments in German offshore wind farms could be in jeopardy due to tight funding;
- Researchers were stunned to discover recently that Earth is losing more of its atmosphere than Venus and Mars, which have negligible magnetic fields, according to the Environmental News Network;
- Agence France-Presse quotes Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe as urging big cities to act immediately to change urban dwellers’ lifestyles to help stop global warming;
- The countries of the former Soviet bloc face huge challenges in the next decade to avoid the worst ravages of climate change, the World Bank has warned;
- Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the Volvo Car Corporation are launching an industrial joint venture partnership to introduce plug-in hybrids on the market.
