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Archive for September, 2008

SANYO Introduces New HIT Power® Series

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

SANYO Energy (U.S.A.) Corporation, a subsidiary of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (SANYO), a leader in providing environment- and energy-related products, today introduces the HIT Power® series of solar panels featuring SANYO’s proprietary HIT® technology. The hybrid solar panels with ...

Solectria Renewables Expands Management Team

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Solectria Renewables has added two new members to its growing management team. Scott M. Bowden joins as Business Development Manager and Brad Sherman as Sales Associate.

UPDATE - US Senate To Vote on Renewable Energy Tax Credits Today

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The United States Senate is set to vote later today on legislation that would extend tax credits for renewable energy. In a surprise move, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) said in a statement that the tax extensions will be ...

Solar Paint on Steel Could Generate Renewable Energy Soon

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

In three years, buildings covered in steel sheets could be generating large amounts of solar electricity, thanks to a new photovoltaic paint that is being developed in a commercial partnership between UK university researchers and the steel industry.

Unirac Chosen by BP Solar for 1.2-MW Project for Colorado State University

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Unirac Inc. has been selected by BP Solar to supply a custom ground mount solution for a 1.2-megawatt (MW) solar array at Colorado State University - Pueblo. When completed, the array will be one of the largest at an education ...

Poet Opens Second Ethanol Plant in Ohio

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Poet held a grand opening at its second ethanol production facility in Ohio, making Poet the largest producer of ethanol in the state. Poet Biorefining – Fostoria will process 22 million bushels of corn from the area to produce 65 ...

PV Powered Receives US $5M Award

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

PV Powered Inc. announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and contract manager, Sandia National Laboratories, for an award under the Solar Energy Grid Integration System (SEGIS) program. SEGIS is a US $24 million ...

Suntech to Power 1.6-MW PV Project at Arizona State University

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. announced it has been selected to supply 1.6 megawatts (MW) of solar panels to Sun Devil Solar LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrys Energy Services, for its project with Arizona State University (ASU). The ...

DOE To Grant US $17.6M for Solar PV Development

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it will award up to US $17.6 million, subject to annual appropriations, for six early stage solar photovoltaic (PV) module incubator projects that focus on the initial manufacturing of advanced solar PV ...

Half of Global Electricity Could Come From Renewables IEA Says

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Nearly 50% of global electricity supplies must come from renewable energy sources in order to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in its latest study, “Deploying Renewables: Principles for Effective Policies.”

Garrad Hassan - for the first time ever - organises unique 2 day Wind Energy training in Chennai, India

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Garrad Hassan, working in association with WISE (World Institute of Sustainable Energy), will be presenting two days of training in Chennai on 27-28 November, after the Wind India 2008 conference. The course will cover Wind Farm Development and Financing.

Worldchanging Retrospective: Finale

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

Five years ago, on October 1, we launched Worldchanging as a venue to find, discuss and imagine the world's most innovative solutions to the planet's most pressing problems. Since then, we've found a great and diverse ...

Combining Smart Grids and Product Service Systems

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

This article was written by Joy Green in March 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. What happens when disruptive ideas combine? We’ve heard a lot about distributed energy generation and smart grids ...

Worldchanging Interview: Influential Thinker Clay Shirky

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

This article was written by Jon Lebkowsky in March 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. Clay Shirky is an influential writer, consultant, and teacher focused on the Internet as a ...

Optimism is a Political Act

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

This article was written by Alex Steffen in March 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. I've written before about my belief that in times like these, optimism is a powerful political ...

Moving From Rhetoric to Reality: Clean, Green Jobs

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

This article was written by Joel Makower in March 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. The promise of the green economy and the clean-tech revolution is that they will bring a ...

Solastalgia and the Mental Affects of Climate Change

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

This article was written by Sanjay Khanna in March 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. A small yet growing body of evidence suggests that how people think and feel is being ...

Cool Hybrids, Smart Grids and Renewable Energy

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

This article was written by Alex Steffen in January 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. This is interesting: In an analysis of the potential impacts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles projected for ...

Green Building, Compact Communities

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

This article was written by Alex Steffen in March 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. Here's a debate where none is needed: the argument about whether green building, compact communities, or ...

Seeing Chinook as Indicators

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Worldchanging Retro | Comments Off

This article was written by Alex Steffen in March 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. To get a sense of how complex and tangled the task is of managing the planet, ...