Looking for an Affordable Online Solar Training Certification Class?
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Arizona Solar Power Society, the largest solar association in Arizona, announced that it has opened registration the registration for its next online solar training class, which begins on January 12th. Students can sign up with a credit card at: ...
Southwest Windpower Names R. Dixon Thayer as CEO
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffCEO of Southwest Windpower, Frank Greco, announced today that he has found a successor. "The company has positioned itself as a global leader and is prepared to take its next generation step in growth. R. Dixon Thayer has accepted ...
SMA Inverters Take Top Honors at Solar Decathlon
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe future of solar technology was on display at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, held in Washington D.C., where teams utilizing SMA inverter technology took four of the top five spots, including two-time overall winner Team Germany.
REC Solar Receives 1.7-MW PV System Order
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffREC Solar has signed an agreement to build 1.7 megawatts (MW) of solar power systems at U.S. federal facilities in California, Arizona and Nevada. When completed at the end of spring in 2010, the systems will be the largest solar ...
Development of Montana’s First Community-Owned Wind Project Starts
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffNational Wind, working with area ranchers and Montana Wind Resources LLC, has formed Judith Highlands Energy LLC, which plans to develop more than 500 megawatts (MW) of community-owned wind projects in the central-Montana counties of Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley, ...
Silfab Installs 5 MW of Solar Farms
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEarlier this month, Silfab opened five solar farms near Bari and Taranto, Italy. The new farms were completely funded by Silfab, with a total investment of more than €20 million. Each solar farm has a capacity of 1 MW each.
Clemson Lands US $98M for Wind Turbine R&D
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffNext-generation wind turbines and drive trains will be tested by the Clemson University Restoration Institute, thanks to a US $45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Clemson University Restoration Institute and its partners will combine the ...
Ontario Will Pay Farmers 14.5 cents per kWh for Their Wind Generation
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has confirmed that it will pay Ontario farmers $0.145 CAD/kWh for their wind generation under the province's new feed-in tariff program launched October 1, 2009.
OTB Solar & Trident Developing Inkjet Printing Technology for Solar Industry
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffOTB Solar and Trident Solar have released details about a partnership that the companies said will bring inkjet technologies to the solar market. As part of this collaboration, Trident's 256Jet-S inkjet printhead will be integrated into OTB Solar's PixDro open ...
Expectations Remain Low for Copenhagen
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe United Nations is not expected to reach a binding climate change agreement when it meets in Copenhagen next week, despite new emissions reduction targets by the United States and China.
POET welcomes EPA response to the Growth Energy Green Jobs waiver for E15
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPOET, the world's largest ethanol producer and a leading developer of cellulosic ethanol, welcomed a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Growth Energy Green Jobs Waiver.
Google hosts energy experts amid climate talks
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Danes Propose Emissions Goals
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDenmark, host of the upcoming climate summit, is proposing that global greenhouse gas emissions be cut by 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, with emissions peaking by 2020, according to Reuters. A draft of the ...
Copenhagen conference: The view from America
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffBarack Obama may be judged harshly by history if the US does not show its hand at the talks This month, South Korea pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 30% below "business as usual" levels by ...
Spencer Weart on Climate Science and Its Skeptics
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSpencer Weart: My most interesting conversations were with historians who have been studying the history of the tobacco companies that did their best, and quite successfully for many years, to cover up the fact that smoking ...
Does Climate Change Cause Armed Conflict?
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffNot everyone agrees that there is a direct link between climate change and increased conflict, in an academic debate that goes all the way to the top of the United Nations. Does climate change cause ...
Alex Steffen on Live From the Left Coast
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLast Wednesday, Alex was on the Live From the Left Coast radio show to talk about the so-called 'scandal' over the hacked emails of global warming scientists. Alex and Richard Littlemore of DeSmogBlog joined the independently ...
Microturbine-powered hybrid supercar to debut in Los Angeles
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Lancet Study: We Must Reduce Auto Dependency
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Offby Sarah Goodyear Lots of catching up to do after the holiday weekend. Here's a sampling of what's been coming in over the network: Austin on Two Wheels threw a link up on Twitter to ...
The Effects of Climate Change: Stories from Around the World
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPresident Obama and other world leaders will gather in Copenhagen next week to discuss climate change. Though this is a global issue, it’s also a profoundly local one. For this reason, the Op-Ed editors asked writers ...