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Archive for June, 2008

EnerWorks’s New Controller and Monitor Enhance Functionality

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

EnerWorks 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 Off

Here 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 Off

Here 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 Off

The 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 Off

Ally 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 Off

The 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 Off

WIND 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 Off

Demonstrating 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 Off

Rocky 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 Off

Despite 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 Off

Juhl 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 Off

The 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 Off

A 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 Off

Raser 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 Off

Silicon 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 Off

New Jersey Dealing With Solar Policy’s Success

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Wanna buy a Prius? It’ll cost you

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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For green buildings’ payoff, look inside

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Seeing the African Challenge in a Single Graph

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Sustainable Development | Comments Off

Our 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 ...