Pret-a-Rouler? Paris to Launch Electric-Vehicle Sharing Program
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffBy Kirstin Butler From two-wheel ride to four-wheel drive, the French capitol wants to add a new low-emissions option to the urban transportation mix. In addition to its already successful bike-sharing plan, the Parisian government recently announced ...
Pret-a-Rouler? Paris to Launch Electric-Vehicle Sharing Program
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Transportation | Comments OffBy Kirstin Butler From two-wheel ride to four-wheel drive, the French capitol wants to add a new low-emissions option to the urban transportation mix. In addition to its already successful bike-sharing plan, the Parisian government recently announced ...
Even Buildings Have Twitter Accounts
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe social media craze has hit building automation, as the campus at the University of Mississippi will soon be broadcasting its energy consumption via Twitter and Facebook updates.
China Will Sign Global Treaty If U.S. Passes Climate Bill, E.U. Leader Says
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments OffMuch of the fate of the U.N. climate treaty talks now rests in the U.S. Senate, according to a leading E.U. official, who says China would “lose its last reason” not to support an international pact ...
See it Before it Disappears: Reconciling and Regulating Disaster Tourism
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIn 2007 The New York Times wrote a snarky piece on disaster tourism. “Vanishing” was the watchword that year as the media compiled must-see lists of disappearing landscapes and publishing companies raced to put out guidebooks ...
See it Before it Disappears: Reconciling and Regulating Disaster Tourism
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments OffIn 2007 The New York Times wrote a snarky piece on disaster tourism. “Vanishing” was the watchword that year as the media compiled must-see lists of disappearing landscapes and publishing companies raced to put out guidebooks ...
Home appliances to get Cash for Clunkers-like rebate
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Think to resume making electric city cars ’soon’
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Solar Energy Boom in Florida
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States (GACC South), in conjunction with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association (FlaSEIA) as well as Enterprise Florida, is holding a one-day ...
Solectria Renewables LLC signs distribution agreement with Matrix Energy, Quebec Canada
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLAWRENCE, MA, August 27, 2009 – Solectria Renewables LLC, a manufacturer of grid-tied photovoltaic inverters and auxiliary components, announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Matrix Energy Inc to distribute and market the company's grid-tied inverters ...
Spire Solar Offers Input for Department of Energy Tax Credit & Loan Applications
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffBEDFORD, MA — August 27, 2009 — Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules and turnkey manufacturing lines is offering technical and financial modeling support to companies applying for the ...
Ocean Energy Industry Road Map for Scotland Released
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffA Marine Energy Road Map which was published this week by the Scottish Government's Marine Energy Group (MEG). The road map suggests that the marine energy industry could provide up to 12,500 jobs contributing £2.5 billion [US $4 billion] to ...
ITC & NorthWestern Sign Green Power Express Agreement
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffITC Holdings Corp. and NorthWestern Energy have signed an expression of interest to collaborate on the development of ITC's seven-state Green Power Express transmission project.
Denver Airport To Expand Solar Use by 1.6 MW
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDenver International Airport (DIA) said that it will will ask the City Council to approve construction of a new solar photovoltaic system that will power the airport's fuel-storage and -distribution facility. DIA has filed the ordinances necessary to obtain council ...
Helix Wind To Offer Financing for Small Wind to Individuals and Small Businesses
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffHelix Wind Corp. has established a joint venture with Atoll Financial Group (AFG) to develop products and financing mechanisms to offer individuals, small businesses, commercial users and its distributors' financing for small wind turbines.
LDK & CSI Each Sign 500-MW PV Project Deals
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLDK Solar has entered into an agreement with Yancheng City of Jiangsu Province for the development of PV power projects. According to the agreement, LDK Solar will develop a number of PV power projects, including PV ground-power stations, and roof ...
Fluor Wins Contract for 46-MW eSolar CSP Plant
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFluor Corporation has been awarded an engineering services contract by eSolar for the design of a 46-megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant. Fluor will provide design optimization to rapidly scale eSolar's 46 megawatt power plants. The undisclosed contract ...
Prism Solar Technologies to Present at 8th Annual NanoBusiness Conference in Chicago, September 8-10
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPrism Solar Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of a unique holographic solar technology for solar-electric modules, today announced that Tom Kacandes, Director of Operations, will speak at the 8th Annual NanoBusiness Conference in Chicago on September 10 at 11:30am. "As ...
The Bioluminescent Metropolis
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Planet | Comments Off[Image: "Lightning Bugs in York, PA," by tom.arthur, courtesy of a Creative Commons license]. While staying in the Blue Mountains outside Sydney for a few days last week, I managed to re-read W.G. Sebald's book The Rings ...