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Archive for February, 2009

Ontario Unveils Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Just one week after U.S. President Obama signed into law the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with billions set aside to promote the build-out of new renewable energy capacity and make the U.S. more energy efficient, Ontario's ...

Genencor Releases new Cellulosic Ethanol Enzyme

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Genencor, a division of Danisco A/S, has launched Accellerase 1500, the next generation of its cellulosic ethanol enzyme product. Genencor introduced the product at the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) National Ethanol Congress in San Antonio, Texas.

Bionavitas Announces New Algae Growth Technology for Biofuels Production

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Bionavitas Inc. has unveiled its patent-pending Light Immersion Technology (LIT), which could dramatically increases algae yields in a cost-efficient and scalable model. Capable of using both the sun or an artificial light source, when immersed in a culture, LIT ...

New Spanish Feed-in Tariff Level Set

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Spain's National Energy Commission (CNE) has received 392 applications from new solar projects to qualify for the country's new feed-in tariff level. The rate given to facilities whose applications are accepted will be EUR 0.34/kilowatt-hours (kWh) [US $0.43/kWh] for ...

Sen. Reid Announces Introduction of Major Energy Transmission Bill

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

In his remarks to the National Clean Energy Project forum at the Newseum this week, U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that he will introduce a bill that will make it easier to carry renewable energy from often remote locations ...

NRG Energy To Develop 500 MW of Solar Thermal

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

NRG Energy has signed an agreement with eSolar to develop solar power plants with a total generation capacity of up to 500 megawatts (MW) at sites in California and the Southwest. The first plant is expected to begin producing electricity ...

PG&E Launches 500-MW Solar Power Initiative

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced plans for a five-year program to develop up to 500 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) power in its northern and central California service area, one of the largest undertakings of its ...

ICP Solar Provides Preliminary Fourth Quarter Results

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA – February 24, 2009 – ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ICPR.OB, FRANKFURT: K1U.F), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary solar panels and products, today announced preliminary financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended January ...

Key Questions At Copenhagen

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments Off

By CS Kiang and Luo Rui Can a new relationship between China and the United States help form a new climate-change agreement in Denmark this year? CS Kiang and Luo Rui report. Last year's United Nations-led climate-change talks ...

California utility PG&E buys big into solar power

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Walk, Baby, Walk

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Health | Comments Off

By Benita Beamon Is muscle power an overlooked climate solution? What would happen if Americans got all the exercise they were supposed to – and they did it by replacing short car trips with walking or biking? Would ...

Dial4Light to turn off street lights with your phone

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Media Literacy: Is the New York Times Coverage of Global Warming Fatally Flawed?

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments Off

Two dreadful, tunnel-vision articles in the New York Times suggest the “paper of record” must rethink how it covers the most important issue of our time. Yes, the NYT has the biggest climate team, but their ...

Book Review – Digital by Design: Crafting Technology for Products and Environments

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Resource - Stuff | Comments Off

Digital by Design: Crafting Technology for Products and Environments by Troika, Conny Freyer, Sebastien Noel, and Eva Rucki (Amazon UK and USA) Publisher Thames & Hudson says: 'Digital By Design' is a wide-ranging survey that considers the ...

Solar-power prices slide toward ‘grid parity’

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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War Stories, Cultural Bridge-Building and Sustainability

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments Off

Field Notes of an Accidental Eco-Tourist, Part 4: Holiday Reading I will say this, right off the top, for the Houston airport: it has excellent shopping. Houston was my transit point en route to Costa Rica ...

Masses to Marvell at tiny wall plug computer?

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Philadelphia’s New Green Future: A Guide to Surviving and Thriving

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments Off

By Paul Glover The Dark Season closes around Philadelphia. Wolves howl, "Tough times coming!" Young professionals with good jobs study budget cuts, watch stocks flail. Career bureaucrats are laid off; college students wonder who's hiring. Old-timers remember ...

SEPA Statement on PG&E Launch of 500 MW Photovoltaic Initiative

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Further substantiating the Solar Electric Power Association's prediction that electric utilities will quickly become the largest and most important customer for the solar industry, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced plans for a 500 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic ...

NHA applauds Secretary Chu’s comments on pumped storage

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off