Colexon & tnp MFB Sign 15-MW Solar Deal
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffColexon Energy and tnp Mitteldeutsche Fonds Beteiligungs GmbH (tnp MFB), a fully-owned subsidiary of tnp Mitteldeutsche Anlagen Leasing AG, have signed a framework contract for the planning and construction of solar power plants with a peak total capacity of approximately ...
Siemens & Winergy Open Wind Turbine Manufacturing Plant
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWinergy Drive Systems Corp. and Siemens Drive Technologies officially opened a second wind turbine production facility plant in Elgin, Illnois last week. The new plant, representing an investment of more than US $20 million, will create approximately 300 new jobs ...
Clear Skies Solar Signs US $32M in Deals
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffClear Skies Solar Inc. (CSS) has announced the much-anticipated development of their 34-acre property in the Cantil section of California's Mojave desert has started. The project will be a minimum of 6 megawatts (MW) in capacity and will cost close ...
Spectrolab Hits 41.6% PV Cell Efficiency Record
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSpectrolab Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company has set a new world record for terrestrial concentrator solar cell efficiency. The cell can convert 41.6 percent of concentrated sunlight into electricity.
Indianapolis Power & Light Proposes Modest Midwestern Feed-in Tariff Program
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIndianapolis Power & Light (IPL), an electric utility that provides retail electric service to 470,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in and around Indianapolis, Indiana, proposed a pilot feed-in tariff program in a regulatory filing earlier this year.
WoodPellets.com stocks coffers for winter
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off...
Japan’s Yukio Hatoyama and Climate Change
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments OffGood news, potentially, for those of us who've been looking to Japan for more leadership in the lead-up to Copenhagen: today's landslide for the Democratic Party of Japan means that Yukio Hatoyama will be the next ...
Los Angeles Wildfires Fueled by Heat
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFirefighters battling four wildfires around Los Angeles saved hundreds of homes in an affluent coastal community but struggled against a larger fire coming down the mountains toward another exclusive suburb. ...
BIKE-O-RAMA: A Roundup of the Best in New Bikes, Bike Infrastructure, Blogs, Books and More
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffFor decades, citizens and officials have been working together to create the infrastructure necessary to change mindsets about who gets to use the roads and why. It's no secret that bicycling is the most eco-friendly, inexpensive ...
BIKE-O-RAMA: A Roundup of the Best in New Bikes, Bike Infrastructure, Blogs, Books and More
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffFor decades, citizens and officials have been working together to create the infrastructure necessary to change mindsets about who gets to use the roads and why. It's no secret that bicycling is the most eco-friendly, inexpensive ...
Ideas to Roll With: Bike-Related Innovations We’d Like to See Flourish
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffProbably the most fascinating part about the bicycle revolution is the people behind the movement. Ideas to Roll With is a collection of innovations from the bicycling community that we'd like to see succeed and spread. ...
Ideas to Roll With: Bike-Related Innovations We’d Like to See Flourish
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffProbably the most fascinating part about the bicycle revolution is the people behind the movement. Ideas to Roll With is a collection of innovations from the bicycling community that we'd like to see succeed and spread. ...
Bike-frastructure 101: Sharrows, Street Parking, Superhighways and More
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIncreasing the number of bikes on the road is becoming a serious goal for forward-thinking leaders. As Elisabeth Rosenthal recently wrote in the New York Times, there will soon be only two kinds of city leaders: ...
Bike-frastructure 101: Sharrows, Street Parking, Superhighways and More
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIncreasing the number of bikes on the road is becoming a serious goal for forward-thinking leaders. As Elisabeth Rosenthal recently wrote in the New York Times, there will soon be only two kinds of city leaders: ...
Bicycle Reading List: Of Books and Blogs
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffInterested in learning more about biking or bike culture? These thought-inspiring books and blogs will prepare you for the roads, keep you informed of urban cycling achievements and challenges, and give you a glimpse into the ...
New Bikes (bling!)
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffThough the simple mechanics of the modern bicycle seem to leave little room for improvement, new materials and technologies continue to refine this human-powered machine. Our suggestions for your next zero-gallons-per-mile vehicle are functional, socially responsible ...
Agroforestry Found On Nearly Half The World’s Farms
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Food and Farming, Green News | Comments OffFor centuries, farmers have placed trees among their crops to enhance soil health, raise marketable fruits or nuts, and protect row crops from damaging winds. Yet agroforestry, as the practice is known, is generally considered a ...
Wanted: Cool Roofs For Hot-And-Bothered Town
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Cities, Green News | Comments OffBy Garry Campbell With urban green space at an absolute premium, Groundwork is taking it to the rooftops. High above Hammersmith’s frenetic high street sits an oasis of calm. Right there on the top of the Lyric Theatre ...
The Case Against Organic Food Does Not Stand Up
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Food and Farming, Green News | Comments OffBy Peter Melchett There really are nutritional benefits, as research to be published next year will show Ben Goldacre says the Soil Association's criticism of the recent Food Standards Agency research on nutrients is "not about organic ...
Videos Of Chu, (Bill) Clinton, Gore, Pickens, Reid, Van Jones, Villaraigosa, Wirth, And Zoi At The National Clean Energy Summit 2.0
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffVideos are now available (here) for the “National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 on Jobs and the New Economy” at UNLV in Nevada August 10. Participants at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 in Las Vegas, NV, ...