The Ruins of the Unsustainable: Searching For Answers to the Suburbs
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off"The ruins of the unsustainable are the 21st century's frontier." We've been pondering that statement by Worldchanging ally Bruce Sterling for nearly two years now. In North America, several decades of bad development (and the government ...
Cash for Clunkers could raid renewable-energy loans
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Chinese To Launch First Ever Green Lawsuit Against Government
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Offby Tania Branigan China should see its first lawsuit by an environmental group against authorities within weeks, state media reported today.A member of the All-China Environmental Federation - which is backed by the central government - ...
Arctic Tundra Undergoing Major Changes As it Warms, Studies Show
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments OffSeveral recent studies show that the rapid warming of Arctic tundra is leading to a host of sweeping changes, including more extensive fires, the growth of larger vegetation, more absorption of solar energy, melting permafrost, and ...
What’s in a Name? For the Slimehead and Toothfish, the Extreme Makeover Leads to Rampant Overfishing
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Food and Farming, Green News | Comments Off“If the slimehead were still a slimehead, it wouldn’t be in this kind of trouble,” begins a good WashPost story today on overfishing of the Orange roughy and other fish with popular nom de plumes. ...
VIDEO – EJN to Send 15 Young Environmental Journalists to Cover the COP15 Talks
Friday, July 31st, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments Offby Austin Davis We’ve heard plenty about the mainstream media’s complete inadequacy when it comes to covering climate change (see links here). At least one organization, the Earth Journalism Network (EJN) — whose mission is to “establish networks ...
Sun power: Army unveils giant solar project
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E.ON UK’s Robin Rigg Offshore Wind To Power Up
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffE.ON UK's offshore wind farm Robin Rigg is expected to begin producing electricity within the next week, reports the Cumbrian Times & Star. Energy firm E.ON is building the £330 million [US $543 million] scheme of 60 turbines on a ...
U.S. Treasury Now Accepting ITC Grant Applications
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced that it is now accepting applications for the estimated US $3 billion that will be made available for the development of renewable energy projects around ...
Media Advisory/Invitation to Attend
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWhile Congress votes on energy initiatives, states are acting quickly to adopt policies and incentives designed to generate investment. The current political climate presents great opportunities for developing solar energy despite the slow rate of economic recovery; yet ...
Pfeiffer Vacuum Introduces New OmniStar Gas Analysis System
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPfeiffer Vacuum, one of the world's leading producers of vacuum products and services, introduces the new OmniStar™ gas analysis system. It offers precise monitoring of up to 128 gases and is faster, smaller and easier to use than ...
Treasury Announces That Applications for Grants in Lieu of ITC and PTC Now Being Accepted
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe US Department of the Treasury announced today that applications are now being accepted for grants in lieu of income tax credits pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). ARRA, which was enacted in February, ...
SunWize Offers New Residential Solar Financing Program
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSunWize Residential Power Systems, the premier installation division of SunWize Technologies, Inc., has made available to its customers a financing program that effectively overcomes one of the biggest barriers to the widespread adoption of solar: the upfront cost of ...
SunWize Commercial Power Systems Completes Largest PV Installation in Texas
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSunWize Commercial Power Systems, the commercial installation division of SunWize Technologies, Inc., recently completed a 337-kW DC solar electric system for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at their Dallas Medical Center. The installation is the largest PV installation ...
Apollo Solar Awarded DOE Contract to Develop Smart Grid Inverter
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffApollo Solar, which specializes in the design and manufacture of power electronics for solar energy systems, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a less expensive, more efficient Smart Grid Inverter to enhance the value ...
How PV Manufacturers Are Driving Down Costs
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFor the last two years, solar companies have been buzzing about how they would soon reach "grid parity," or the point at which renewable energy would be price-competitive with conventional electricity. In those years – during a silicon shortage ...
China Wind Systems Signs US $14M Contract to Supply Wind Tower Flanges
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffChina Wind Systems Inc. has signed a $14 million contract to supply wind tower flanges to Chengxi Shipyard Co. Ltd. The agreement with Chengxi indicates that the company will deliver wind tower flanges from September 2009 to June 2010 in ...
Hydrogen Gets More Funding from US Congress
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe U.S. Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill (S. 1436), which includes the Department of Energy's (DOE) FY10 budget, passed on the floor of the Senate this week by a vote of 85-9. The bill contains hydrogen and fuel ...
Spire Delivers Module Manufacturing Line to Sova
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSpire Corporation has delivered a PV module assembly line to Sova Power Limited located in Durgapur, West Bengal, India. Spire has provided Sova with a semi-automated crystalline silicon module manufacturing line capable of producing up to 12 megawatts of solar ...
ACE and JCP&L to Seek 61 MW of Solar
Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAtlantic City Electric (ACE) and Jersey Central Power&Light (JCP&L) are conducting a Request for Proposal (RFP) to secure Solar Renewable Energy Certificates (SRECs). A total of 61 megawatts of solar generating capacity - 19 for ACE and 42 for JCP&L ...