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Archive for October, 2009

Meat: Not on the Menu of the Future says Lord Stern

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Any passionate vegetarian can quickly tell you why eating meat contributes to global warming: methane from cow farts and carbon from deforestation for cattle land and cattle crops are a significant source (18 percent) of ...

Google PowerMeter available to U.K. residents

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Book Review – Installations by Architects: Experiments in Building and Design

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Installations by Architects: Experiments in Building and Design, by Sarah Bonnemaison and Ronit Eisenbach (Amazon USA and UK.) Publisher Princeton Architectural Press says: Over the last few decades, a rich and increasingly diverse practice has emerged in ...

EU starts clampdown on gas-guzzling vans

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Powermeter: Google’s Household Energy Monitor Arrives in UK

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

By Adam Vaughan Online tool allows householders to monitor energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, thereby reducing consumption and saving money Google may be best known for helping you find things on the web, but the online ...

Green Collar Jobs Start With Basic Skills

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

By Roger Valdez Recent study reviews challenges and opportunites in renewable energy jobs. <img alt="image_preview.jpg" src="http://www.worldchanging.com/image_preview.jpg" align="right" width="320" height="240" / A study released over the summer found that there are some great opportunities in Washington state for green ...

Tesla breaks record for going the distance

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Smart Grid to be Stimulated

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

President Barack Obama will announce the largest investment of economic stimulus funds in clean energy during a visit to Florida, an Obama administration official said on Monday. The announcement will involve the smart grid, which will help bring energy from ...

Mannvit Engineering Enters Partnership with Technip for U.S. Geothermal Projects

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Mannvit Engineering has signed a partnership with Technip to develop geothermal projects in the United States, using Technip's Claremont, California operating center.

Hungarian Geothermal Development Reaches Key Milestone — First Well Completed

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Last week, an important milestone for Hungary's new geothermal home heating utility was reached - drilling was completed for the first geothermal well. The first well, in the town of Szentlörinc, Southwest Hungary, will be part of a series ...

SEPA Announces Winners: 2009 Solar Business Achievement Awards

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Anaheim, CA—The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) today announced the results of the 2009 SEPA Solar Business Achievement Awards. In the midst of today's challenging solar market conditions, the SEPA Board of Directors and staff are proud to recognize ...

Another Wind Farm for Tehachapi Pass

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Western Wind Energy Corp has secured approximately 575 contiguous acres near Tehachapi, California through land purchases and ground leases and plans to develop 30 megawatts of capacity at the site. The new project will be named Windswept. Western Wind is ...

SolarCity Developing Largest U.S. Community Solar Project

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

SolarCity is helping to create one of the nation's largest distributed, community-wide solar power systems at Soaring Heights Communities at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Poll: Prospects Good for the US Solar Industry

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

A new opinion poll shows that U.S. solar executives expect to see significant growth for their businesses in 2010 and 2011.

We Actually Can?!

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

As a researcher and writer, one naturally gets to read a few books. However, I was absolutely astonished to find that it was one of my own, A Renewable World, that actually gave me, for the first time as ...

Mending the Rift Between the Solar Community and Ontario

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

If you haven’t heard, the international solar community is frothing at the mouth over the most recent regulations and edicts issued by the province of Ontario.

Solea Starts Construction on 1.3-MW PV System

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Solea AG has started building a 1.3-megawatt (MW) solar project in Neuburg am Inn in the district of Passau in southern Germany. The investor and operator of the project is Chorus CleanTech Solar GmbH.

Vibrant Solar Introduces SunCube CPV Module

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Vibrant Solar Inc. has introduced SunCube Mark 9.2 CPV module, which the company said is 31% efficient. The module is licensed by Vibrant's sister company Helios Solar LLC from Green and Gold Energy (GGE) for the southwestern U.S. and Hawaii.

Greenest Place in the U.S.? It’s Not Where You Think.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

By David Owen Green rankings in the U.S. don’t tell the full story about the places where the human footprint is lightest. If you really want the best environmental model, you need to look at the nation’s ...

Can Finance Save Forests?

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

By Martin Wright If rainforests are so valuable, why can’t we make them pay? For years, that was a rhetorical question. Not any more. Martin Wright on our last, best hope of saving forests – and the ...