An Aggregation of News about Green Living!

Archive for February, 2008

Green-tech news harvest: Solar batteries for home electronics

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

...

Modifications to Oregon’s Business Energy Tax Credit

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

On February 22, the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed HB 3619, which will modify the Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit ("BETC"). Based on the bill's overwhelming support in both the House and Senate, it is expected to be signed by the ...

UniRac receives award for innovation and excellence

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

UniRac Inc., North America's leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting architecture, is pleased to have been named recipient of the Duke City Dozen Award, awarded by the Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce. The Duke City Dozen Award recognizes 10 companies ...

Hydrokinetic Permits Abound Despite Objections

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The nation's first hydrokinetic pilot project proposal has come in an unexpected place -- the Yukon River.

Nordex Signs Contract With Eolia

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Nordex has announced that it has signed a new contract with Eolia. The contract calls for up to 86 large scale turbines to be delivered for a wind farm under development in Spain.

China Solar Raises $11 Million

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

China Solar & Clean Energy Solutions, Inc. has announced that it has entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with institutional investors pursuant to which China Solar agreed to issue and sell up to 4.7 million shares of common stock at ...

aleo Module Joint Venture With Sunvim

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

aleo solar AG has signed a joint venture agreement with Sunvim Group Co. Ltd. for the construction of a solar module production plant in Gaomi in China's Shandong province. The module production plant is on schedule to be completed by ...

Smoky Hills I Wind Farm Open

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Enel SpA, through its subsidiary Enel North America, Inc., has announced the completion of a 101-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Kansas. The Smoky Hills Phase I project will produce energy sufficient to power more than 37,000 average Kansas homes annually ...

Phoenix Solar Signs Deal with Signet

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Phoenix Solar AG has signed a framework contract with module manufacturer Signet Solar, to run until 2011, for the supply of thin film solar modules with a peak output of approximately 50 megawatts (MW). Production of the solar modules is ...

NY Plans to Encourage Renewable Energy

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

City of Glenwood Springs Explores Geothermal

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Push for Windfalls from Wind Power

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Feed-in Tariffs: Getting off the Renewables Roller Coaster

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

We in the U.S. all owe Adam Browning a big "Danke" for his work in support of solar energy both in California and around the country. The California Solar Initiative (CSI) is the largest solar program so far in the ...

Saving Zipcar

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments Off

I hate dealing with most companies. But I loved Flexcar. Last October, Flexcar announced it was merging with the larger Cambridge, MA-based Zipcar--an occasion I wrote about, optimistically but with some trepidation, for this site. The ...

Intrago to offer on-demand electric bike rentals

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

...

Startup aims to keep boat waste out of waterways

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

...

Carbon offset providers jockey for credibility

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

...

Cascade on Wheels

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Arts, Green News | Comments Off

Working together with Cristóbal Castilla, José Hernández, Ricard Marxer, Julian Oliver and Nicolas Tremeaud, Steph Thirion developed a gorgeous traffic data visualization project during the Visualizar workshop which took place at MediaLab Prado in Madrid last ...

Alertness Enhancing Device

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Arts, Green News | Comments Off

The theme of Susanna Hertrich's thesis at the Design Interactions department, RCA, in London, is a reflection on humans and animals in the context of "Human Enhancement": How much do we want to borrow from animals ...

Wal-Mart telegraphs its clean-tech needs

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

...