Side effect of plastic: Aggressive Kids
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPlastics containing Bisphenol-A linked to child misbehavior ...
Researchers ask how best to engineer the planet
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Food, Music, Friends and Essential Information: Our Town Hall Event
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn less than two weeks, Alex Steffen will be at Town Hall Seattle presenting Worldchanging's latest thoughts about the planetary challenges we face and his cutting edge ideas about bright green solutions, sustainability and urban ...
Bringing Farms to the Heartland — of Suburbia
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffImage Caption: In St. Louis, some farming goes on right next to the airport by Sarah Goodyear Today on the Streetsblog Network, St. Louis Urban Workshop looks at the concept of "agriburbia" -- a way to bring some ...
Parking Done Right
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLet’s talk parking. Recently I suggested that building new parking garages isn’t an environmentally friendly thing to do, even if such garages are nicely landscaped and have energy-efficient lighting systems. The environmental impact of the structures ...
India Summit Strives for Global Access to Climate-Friendly Technologies
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAnna da Costa India hosted a high-level technology summit in Delhi last week with the aim of supporting progress toward a global agreement on "climate-friendly" technologies. Among the areas of consensus outlined in the summit's final ...
Solar Power Potential Is Huge in Developing Countries
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe developing world, where 44 percent of people lack access to electricity, could soon be one of the biggest markets for solar power, according to participants at the Solar Power International conference in California. To ...
IBM sees overhaul coming for trucking industry
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Q&A: Will the Chevy Volt make money for GM?
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Solar Calculator Add-on for the Web Released
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSolarInsure, a green energy insurance brokerage in Southern California, has created a comprehensive solar calculator that allows industry specialists and customers the ability to calculate the cost of going solar in a matter of minutes. For the first time, ...
SunWize Initiates First City-Wide Solar Challenge
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSunWize Residential Power Systems, the premier solar installation division of SunWize Technologies, Inc., has expanded its acclaimed Neighborhood Solar Program to include city-wide Solar Challenges. It has chosen Corvallis, home to its Oregon operations, to commence the program.
SunWize and SOLON Establish Strategic Partnership
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSunWize Technologies, the solar industry's leading wholesale distributor, will be a strategic distributor of SOLON Corporation's top quality, made-in-the-USA modules in North America. The SOLON Blue 220/01 is in stock and available for immediate shipment.
Fronius and SunWize Expand Partnership
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSunWize Residential Power Systems, the premier solar installation division of SunWize Technologies, Inc., has entered into an agreement with Fronius USA, LLC to utilize Fronius IG Plus and DATCOM as their preferred inverter and monitoring solutions for residential and ...
SolarTech Aims To Simplify Solar Financing
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSolarTech, an initiative of Silicon Valley Leadership Group formed to create a Solar Center of Excellence in Silicon Valley, recently announced its plan to help make PPAs simpler to implement.
Brazil Ups Mandatory Biodiesel Blend to 5% in 2010
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEffective January 2010, Brazilian diesel fuel vehicles will be required to run on a 5 percent biodiesel blend, up from 4 percent at present. The announcement was made last Friday by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and is expected ...
AE Introduces Solaron 250 Inverter; Announces Alliance with SGEG in China
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThis week at Solar Power International, Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AE) introduced the Solaron 250, expanding its line of high-efficiency, transformerless, grid-tie photovoltaic (PV) inverters. With a power level of 250 kW, the company says its Solaron 250 is ideal ...
NSP’s “Perfect Cell” Said To Harvest More Solar Energy
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffTaiwanese solar cell manufacturer Neo Solar Power (NSP) announced at Solar Power International 2009 that it has begun production shipment of 156mm full-square mono-crystalline solar cells, named "Perfect Cell."
Firestone Building Products Branches Into Solar Energy
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffFirestone Building Products Company, LLC introduced a new business division – Firestone Energy Solutions – at Solar Power International. This new division will provide products, systems and services that will help in the development of solar energy on commercial buildings.
CFL bulb with safety skin keeps mercury inside
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Solar power execs bullish on 2010 despite earnings
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