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Archive for February, 2008

Trinity Solar reaches milestone with installation of 500th solar electric system

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Suppression of New Ideas & Innovation

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Human history is riddled with examples of innovations and research that had been suppressed and derogated by the leading science community and the accepted scientific conventions of the time. Throughout human history, many innovators became the victims of the insults ...

‘Green’ motor oil shipping to stores

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The end of the 3,000-mile oil change?

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Mercedes-Benz claims battery breakthrough

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How to Start Your Own Country

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Imagining the Future | Comments Off

Paul Raven hooks us up with this primer on how to start your own country. For real: Step 1: Make sure you are eligible As tempting as it might be to declare your cubicle a sovereign state, customary ...

Samantha Power on stopping genocide

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transparency and Human Rights | Comments Off

Samantha Power has a hell of a resume. She’s a celebrated journalist, a Pulitzer-winning author, a Harvard professor and an Obama advisor. She deserves the recognition she gets - she’s one of the smartest people in ...

Biofuels: Driving in the Wrong Direction?

Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments Off

My ethanol car is not looking so good these days. I don't mean the scratch on the right rear bumper, caused by a nice lady who was distracted by her kids while backing out of ...

Microsoft enviro chief: Software integral to clean tech

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Clean-tech VC investing tops $3 billion, but ‘funding gap’ looms

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Grants for Green Energy Grow

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Feds Pick Up Pace on Energy Ideas

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‘Marketplace’ Report: Renewable Energy

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Not All Bioenergies are Created Equal

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Bioenergy is emerging as one of the most reliable, diverse and cost-effective forms of renewable energy. The seemingly ubiquitous industry encompasses a whole range of technologies and feedstocks, from advanced pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion to wood pellets and firewood.

DOE Selects Novozymes for Ethanol Project

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Novozymes' Project DECREASE (Development of a Commercial-Ready Enzyme Application System for Ethanol) to receive DOE funding. The project aims to improve performance of the company's advanced cellulase system which could help to ...

EDF & Energies Nouvelles Sign Development Deal

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Electricite de France (EdF) and its 50% subsidiary EDF Energies Nouvelles have formally agreed to a development partnership focusing on the decentralized and renewable energies market. The companies plan to creation of a new 50-50 joint venture called EDF Energies ...

Xcel Energy Launches Battery Project

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Xcel Energy has announced that it will begin testing a technology to store wind energy in batteries. It will be one of the first projects to use the technology in the United States for direct wind energy storage.

Raser Completes Geothermal Well in Utah

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Raser Technologies, Inc. has announced that it has completed drilling on a geothermal production well in southern Utah for use in a binary-cycle geothermal power plant for generating renewable electric power. Preliminary readings of well 21-34 indicate the existence of ...

Vestas Gets 82-MW Order from Poland

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Vestas has received two orders for a total of 33 wind turbines for two projects in Poland. The order for the Dobrzyn project consist of 17 units of the V90-2.0 megawatt (MW) wind turbine, and the order for the Wronki ...

Two new hybrids from Honda in 2009

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