If Geeks Ran the Electric Grid
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffOnce we thought the phone network was a "natural" monopoly. But history proved otherwise. Look beyond the electric grid's "natural monopoly" and look backwards at telecom deregulation and the internet to see how big the Smart Grid ...
Wartsila Engines Running on Biofuels
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn recent tests conducted at the VTT technical research centre in Espoo, Finland, a Wärtsilä Vasa 4R32 engine was operated on jatropha oil, fish oil and chicken oil, the company says.
Alstom Wind Turbines for Japanese Project
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffTokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is to use Alstom wind turbines for the new Higashi Izu wind farm in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
National Semiconductor & SunEdison Conduct SolarMagic Field Trials
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffNational Semiconductor Corp. and SunEdison LLC, announced that they are conducting field trials in California using National Semiconductor's SolarMagic power optimizers.
Solar Forecast Sees Industry Bounce Back
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffA new report on the solar photovoltaic industry from the perspective of semiconductor industry participants has concluded that the rapidly changing balance between supply and demand for high-purity silicon is contributing to a rethinking of priorities in the solar PV ...
New US Rooftop Wind Turbine Lab
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn partnership with the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust, the Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Science, is installing a rooftop Wind Turbine Lab this summer.
Vermont FITs Become Law: The Mouse That Roared
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffVermont's feed-in tariff legislation became law at the end of business on May 27, 2009. H. 446 is the first legislation calling for a full system of advanced renewable tariffs in the US to pass the legislature and become ...
Intertek Illuminates A Quicker Path To Certification – And Revenue – For Solar Panel Manufacturers
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAdvancing technology, increasing demand and government incentives are giving rise to a heavy influx of new and improved photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. That current slows to a trickle, however, when these advances get stuck in a bottleneck awaiting the ...
Boston Power plans battery plant for cars, laptops
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Hara: Software for a carbon-constrained economy
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“The Rocketship Wonder of Earlier Decades is Gone”
Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Imagining the Future | Comments OffA great round-up of the talks at worldchanging ally and writer Geoff Manaugh's London conference, Thrilling Wonder Stories. Here are some interesting tidbits (all quotes are paraphrases): Peter Cook: "He stood up to talk about “Weird Shit ...
Solar Plan Could Revolutionize India’s Energy Sector
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffA leaked early version of the Indian Government's national solar energy plan indicates that India may be thinking more ambitiously about a "clean energy" road map than was previously anticipated. The draft strategy, first published in The ...
The Future’s Made Of Straw
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Shelter | Comments OffBy Anna Pigott North Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire is to become the first local authority in the UK to use straw bales to construct social housing, when they begin a pilot project of two semi-detached properties ...
Closing The “Climate Gap”
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Planet | Comments OffBy Anna Fahey Climate change will pick winners and losers unless lawmakers intervene. A new report out today reveals a real and urgent problem related to the impacts of global warming. It's what the report's research team from ...
Roundup: New Biosphere Reserves, Energy Barn Raisings and Cloud Control
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffUN Names New Biosphere Reserves UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves grew by 22 this week. The recipients, from 17 countries, include straightforward conservation areas in India’s biological hotspots to a reserve in the Chiapas region of ...
SOLAR 1’s REVELRY BY THE RIVER JUNE 2nd
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSolar 1’s annual Revelry By The River Benefit to build enthusiasm, awareness and help raise funds needed to break ground in 2009 for Solar 2, Green Energy, Arts and Education Center in New York City. This will be the first ...
SolSource 3-in-1: An Alternative Energy Solution
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIn rural regions of the Himalayas, a new lightweight, low cost, portable solar cooker called the SolSource 3-in-1 is poised to transform the health and prosperity of entire villages. The device, which can replace the hazardous ...
SolSource 3-in-1: An Alternative Energy Solution
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIn rural regions of the Himalayas, a new lightweight, low cost, portable solar cooker called the SolSource 3-in-1 is poised to transform the health and prosperity of entire villages. The device, which can replace the hazardous ...
Using Human Rights Law to Address Climate Change
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffWhat are the legal and human rights implications of climate change?" As the evidence becomes stronger and the science more serious, people in countries, companies, institutions and professions everywhere are taking up the issue of climate change ...
Graphic Series: Earthly Ideas, Cooking Stoves!
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffThis week's cartoon describes alternative cooking stoves. New, affordable and effective methods for cooking and heating homes in the Global South have the potential to improve the quality of life and health for millions of people ...