Green Transmission Superhighway Needed for Renewable Energy to Reach Full Potential
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) have released a white paper titled "Green Power Superhighways: Building a Path to America's Clean Energy Future," detailing current inadequacies of the U.S. electric transmission infrastructure ...
The Prospects for Carbon Capture and Storage
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLodewijk Nell points to the series of pipes and valves attached to the flue of a 1.1-gigawatt coal plant that supplies electricity to the Port of Rotterdam in South Holland. The gigantic, steam-spewing columns dwarf this system of scrubbers, ...
Study: Global shipping pollution ain’t pretty
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Turning Shipping Containers Into Customizable, Affordable Housing
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffWe recently started following the development of a cool new project taking root at Clemson University in South Carolina. Architecture faculty Martha Skinner and Doug Hecker and Landscape Architecture faculty Pernille Christensen are working with their ...
Bloomberg Puts Forward A Bold, Transformative New Vision For Broadway
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Urban Design and Planning | Comments OffBy Aaron Naparstek Before and After: A rendering of a car-free Broadway at 7th Ave., Times Square, looking north. Download a larger image. New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled plans to pedestrianize a large swath of ...
Obama Budget: Climate Fairness
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments OffAdministration's budget angles for carbon auctions, protections for working families. Here's President Obama, in his state of the union address on Tuesday, asking Congress to send him legislation that puts a cap on carbon emissions: And his budget ...
Mascoma makes ethanol from wood–at small scale
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Videos: Sustainable Innovation
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in About Worldchanging, Green News | Comments OffWhat does low-carbon innovation mean to you? Leading thinkers from around the world answered this question at the Sustainable Innovation '08 Conference, which took place in Malmo, Sweden in the fall. Among those interviewed at the ...
Complete Streets Require Complete Visions
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffBy Sharon Hoyer Complete streetscapes allow everyone to enjoy using public roads safely. A number of international organizations and coalitions are appearing on the lobbying scene to encourage local governments and communities to focus their new street ...
Iowa finalizes cellulosic partnership with POET
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIowa has once again shown its leadership in alternative energy, POET CEO Jeff Broin said today after the Iowa Power Fund Board approved a $14.75 million contract with POET for development of a commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, ...
Gazprom Sponsors Wall Street Green Trading Summit
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffRussia's Gazprom, the biggest gas producer in the world is sponsoring the New York-based Wall Street Green Trading Summit VIII on April 1 and 2. They see a synergy in the emergence of environmental markets and their carbon development ...
Spire to Give a Press Conference at PV Tech Europe 2009 in Munich, Germany
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffBEDFORD, MA — February 26, 2009 — Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules worldwide, today announced its senior management will introduce the Come to America ...
Michigan Utility Proposes Pilot Solar Tariff
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffConsumers Energy, one of Michigan's principle investor-owned electric utilities, has filed a petition with the Michigan Public Service Commission that contains a proposed "pilot" feed-in tariff for solar PV.
SMA America Employs the Sun at Corporate Headquarters
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffROCKLIN, Calif., Feb. 26, 2009—SMA America, Inc. has installed a carport solar power system at its U.S. headquarters in Rocklin, Calif. The new array is designed to serve as a demonstration system for SMA's popular Solar Academy while off-setting ...
Crown Estate Awards Scottish Offshore Wind Sites
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe UK Crown Estate is offering exclusive agreements to 9 organizations to develop offshore wind farms at 10 sites within Scottish territorial waters. In total the sites have the potential to generate more than 6 gigawatts (GW).
DOE To Expedite Disbursement of Funds Received via Stimulus Act
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEnergy Secretary Steven Chu has announced a sweeping restructuring of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) processes for issuing direct loans, loan guarantees and other funds to expedite the disbursement of the DOE funds received via the American Recovery ...
Oil Companies and Ethanol Plants: Slash, Burn and Buy
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWith all of the corporate bailouts and economic disasters our country is facing at present, it really is easy to welcome the wallet-relief provided by currently low transportation and heating fuel prices. As the saying goes, "Why look ...
Air Products Signs Gas Supply Deal With GET
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAir Products announced it has begun supplying bulk and specialty gases to Taiwan-based solar energy company Green Energy Technology's (GET) new thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) production facility in Taiwan. GET plans to reach an annual capacity of 30 megawatts (MW) ...
Biofuels Startup SarTec Announces New Production Facility
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLast year, Augsburg College and SarTec Corporation announced the discovery of a chemical process that could help develop a new type of biofuel. Researchers said this method, known as the Mcgyan Process, recycles the catalyst and alcohol necessary to make ...
2.8-MW A3 Highway Solar System Nears Completion
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEvergreen Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR) announced that the first phase of construction of an installation placing more than 16,000 solar panels on the roof of the tunnel of Germany's A3 highway using Evergreen Solar panels is nearing completion. When finished, ...