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Archive for March, 2009

Spire Corporation Reports Record Results for Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2008

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

BEDFORD, MA — March 31, 2009 — Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic modules and cells worldwide, today reported record revenues for the year ended December 31, ...

Western U.S. Entities Move Quickly on Geothermal Mapping

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Several large geothermal resource mapping projects are heading toward conclusion so that finally, the power source can be more accurately considered in siting new electricity transmission lines for renewable power development.

ScM Selects iTi Solar for Inkjet Cell Manufacturing

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

iTi Solar, a manufacturer of industrial inkjet technologies has been selected by Solarcoating Machinery GmbH (ScM), a supplier of turnkey production line solutions for flexible solar cell fabrication, to provide the first digital inkjet system for its integrated roll-to-roll solar ...

Chemrec Moves Forward in Swedish Grant Process

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Chemrec AB was invited to compete for SEK 875 million [US $105.9 million] based on the proposal to the Swedish Energy Agency for a biofuels plant at the Smurfit Kappa mill in Pitea. The Chemrec proposal together with five others ...

Gorbachev Calls for More Solar, Grades Nations

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Green Cross International and former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev are urging world leaders and the private sector to make big investments in solar energy to help the world economy recover from the current economic crisis and as part of a ...

PPL To Expand 34-MW Rainbow Hydro Plant, NHA Conference Coming Up

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved PPL Montana's request to nearly double the amount of renewable electricity produced at its 34-megawatt (MW) Rainbow hydroelectric plant on the Missouri River. The project, scheduled to begin next year, would include ...

State Solar Update: FIT Regulatory Boost in California, Bills on the Docket in Arizona

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Solar Alliance and the Vote Solar Initiative announced support for four bills designed to advance solar energy in Arizona. The new legislation would allow Arizona's schools, homes and businesses to take full advantage of the state's strong solar potential.

Climate Legislation Introduced in Washington, Includes RPS Provision

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Chairman Henry Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee and Select Committee on Global Warming have released a draft of clean energy legislation. Called the American Clean Energy and Security ...

Navigant Consulting Announces The Launch of New Concentrating Solar Quarterly Newsletter

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Navigant Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: NCI), a specialized consulting firm providing dispute, financial, regulatory and operational advisory services, announced today that its Photovoltaic (PV) Service Program has launched a new newsletter, Concentrating Solar. The newsletter addresses issues specific to ...

Reader Report: Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments Off

By Kristin Hayden I've just returned from a very inspiring three days in Oxford, England, at the 2009 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. This annual mega-event for the world's leading social entrepreneurs was started by Jeff ...

Riding the Bx12 Select Bus Service

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Off

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Riding the Bx12 Select Bus Service

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments Off

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A Green Future Where You Can Borrow Cars And Drink Rainwater

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Imagining the Future | Comments Off

By Alok Jha A low-carbon economy will be the culmination of thousands of decisions by governments, businesses and individuals about how we choose to balance environment and economy. There isn't one correct future but many, with each ...

A Green Future Where You Can Borrow Cars And Drink Rainwater

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Imagining the Future | Comments Off

By Alok Jha A low-carbon economy will be the culmination of thousands of decisions by governments, businesses and individuals about how we choose to balance environment and economy. There isn't one correct future but many, with each ...

Temporal : The Art of Stephan Doitschinoff

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Arts, Green News | Comments Off

The Scion Space teamed up with Choque Cultural Gallery to set up São Paulo, an exhibition that celebrates the emerging art culture in the Brazilian city. The artists invited are Calma, Carlos Dias, MZK, Ramon Martins, Silvana ...

Temporal : The Art of Stephan Doitschinoff

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Arts, Green News | Comments Off

The Scion Space teamed up with Choque Cultural Gallery to set up São Paulo, an exhibition that celebrates the emerging art culture in the Brazilian city. The artists invited are Calma, Carlos Dias, MZK, Ramon Martins, Silvana ...

Bad Shrimp!!

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments Off

Hungry copepods eat climate change experiment. I have a great idea for a common sense, sober, and reserved approach to climate change -- let's do nothing at all to curb our fossil fuel use, and simply ...

Introduction To Climate Economics: Why Even Strong Climate Action Has Such A Low Total Cost — One Tenth Of A Penny On The Dollar

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments Off

Since the nation is about to launch into a long debate about the costs of climate action versus the cost of inaction, here is an overview of the major cost analyzes of global climate action. In its ...

Introduction To Climate Economics: Why Even Strong Climate Action Has Such A Low Total Cost — One Tenth Of A Penny On The Dollar

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Business, Green News | Comments Off

Since the nation is about to launch into a long debate about the costs of climate action versus the cost of inaction, here is an overview of the major cost analyzes of global climate action. In its ...

Living Walls And Green Roofs Pave Way For Biodiversity In New Building

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments Off

By Felicity Carus Otters could return to urban rivers, bats could roost under bridges, swifts could flock to office blocks and peregrine falcons soar above cathedrals under recommendations from the UK Green Building Council. What do the Westfield ...