EnerWorks’s New Controller and Monitor Enhance Functionality
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEnerWorks has brought a new level of functionality to solar water heating with the introduction of its new Thermal Energy Controller and Thermal Energy Monitor, enhancing not only current uses, but also facilitating future applications.
Resource: ThetaNoon, the Solar Energy Calculator
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Community | Comments OffHere in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is now at its most northern point in the sky and it’s officially summer. As the rays beam down from our closest star, thousands of people are choosing to ...
Resource: ThetaNoon, the Solar Energy Calculator
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Community | Comments OffHere in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is now at its most northern point in the sky and it’s officially summer. As the rays beam down from our closest star, thousands of people are choosing to ...
GM’s Big Bet: the Chevy Volt
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffThe Atlantic has a fun piece on GM's ambitious plan to bring the Volt to market by 2010. I generally don't go in for overripe tales of corporate heroism, and I definitely don't go in ...
Scenius, Innovation and Epicenters
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Movement Building and Activism | Comments OffAlly Kevin Kelly has a terrific piece up about Brian Eno's concept of scenius: Brian Eno suggested the word to convey the extreme creativity that groups, places or "scenes" can occasionally generate. His actual definition is: ...
Sudden Oak Death Pathogen Is Evolving, Restriction On Movement Of Infected Plants Urged
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak Death first got its grip in California's forests outside a nursery in Santa Cruz and at Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County before spreading out to eventually kill millions of oaks and tanoaks along the ...
Wind Expo News: Free registration to the exhibition area before July 31th
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWIND POWER CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Guadalajara, Mexico November 5 - 7, 2008
New York Event to Show Bi-Partisan, International Support for Geothermal Energy in America
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDemonstrating the widespread support for renewable, geothermal energy, the President of Iceland as well as officials of the current Bush and former Clinton Administrations are scheduled to speak at a workshop in New York City, July 23rd. DOE Assistant ...
Easton Becomes a Connecticut Clean Energy Community and Earns a Solar Array
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffRocky Hill, Conn., June 26, 2008 – Today it was announced that the town of Easton, Connecticut, has joined a growing list of municipalities in the state that have become "Connecticut Clean Energy Communities." Easton earned this designation by ...
Storing the Sun: Molten Salt Provides Highly Efficient Thermal Storage
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDespite their widespread use, solar technologies suffer the limitation of most renewable technologies: an unpredictable operating profile due to weather variations. However, using the highly efficient properties of molten salt for heat transfer, one technology insulates electricity production from weather ...
Juhl Wind Goes Public
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffJuhl Wind Inc, a community-based wind power developer has announced that it is now a publicly traded company. Its shares will be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the ticker symbol JUHL.OB.
DOE To Invest US $90 Million in Advanced Geothermal Energy
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for up to US $90 million over four years to advance the research, development and demonstration of next-generation geothermal energy technology.
SolarWorld Signs Indian Wafer Contracts
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffA ten-year contract for delivery of crystalline silicon wafers has been signed between SolarWorld AG and Solar Semiconductor Pvt. Ltd. from India. With a total volume of over EUR 750 million [US $1.175 billion], this latest contract gives the SolarWorld ...
Raser Receives First 50 Power Generation Units from UTC Power
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffRaser Technologies Inc. announced that it has taken delivery of 50 UTC Power geothermal power generating units that the company ordered for the first geothermal power plant to be built in the state of Utah in more than 20 years.
REC & Suniva Sign US $300 Million Deal
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSilicon wafer company REC ASA has entered into a long-term agreement for the supply of mono-crystalline silicon wafers to Suniva Inc. Under the agreement, REC will deliver wafers worth more than US $300 million through 2013.
Politicians Intervene in Iberdrola Merger
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffNew Jersey Dealing With Solar Policy’s Success
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWanna buy a Prius? It’ll cost you
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Seeing the African Challenge in a Single Graph
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Sustainable Development | Comments OffOur allies at the Global Footprint Network and WWF have released their new report Africa: Ecological Footprint and Human Well-Being, on pathways towards sustainable development. It's a sharp piece of work, with explanations of the broader ...