Top 6 Utility-scale Fast-tracked Solar Projects
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn June 2009, the Department of Interior announced a fast-track program for renewable energy and transmission projects on public lands under BLM management. The agency designated fast-track projects as those "where the companies involved have demonstrated to the BLM that ...
Top 6 Utility-scale Fast-tracked Solar Projects
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIn June 2009, the Department of Interior announced a fast-track program for renewable energy and transmission projects on public lands under BLM management. The agency designated fast-track projects as those "where the companies involved have demonstrated to the BLM that ...
Peace Corps to Tackle Grassroots Energy Issues
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Peace Corps announced late last month that the U.S. Department of State will provide $1 million to fund the program in support of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). The money will help Peace Corps efforts ...
Peace Corps to Tackle Grassroots Energy Issues
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Peace Corps announced late last month that the U.S. Department of State will provide $1 million to fund the program in support of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). The money will help Peace Corps efforts ...
SEO for Manufacturers: Ranking Well in Google
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffInternational PV experts gather in San Jose Nov 30 –Dec 1 to discuss how to drive down LCOE and boost MW output through improved balance of systems engineering
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWhat is the future for utility scale solar? According to recent reports and commitment from utilities in the Southwest and East coast USA, the future is optimistic. SEIA recently announced that utilities' solar megawatts added to the grid grew ...
CSP cooling options: Workarounds for water scarcity
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffCSP Today speaks to Babul Patel, senior consultant at Nexant Inc., about the cost implication of plant cooling options and how to operate plants effectively under increasingly stringent water restrictions.
Biofuel Co-Production: Will it Scale Quickly?
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWe've heard many promises about large-scale facilities for cellulosic ethanol and diesel, but so far we haven't seen many promising results. This week, Honeywell and Rentech said they'll be working together to build a co-production facility that will produce ...
Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Capacity Continues Growing Despite Economic Uncertainty
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffUsual suspects Spain and the USA lead the industry with a combined market share of over 90% of projects under construction. New markets open up in MENA, Australia and India where 1.9 GW of CSP have been announced, according ...
The Facts About Wind Energy and Emissions
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffRecent data and analyses have made it clear that the emissions savings from adding wind energy to the grid are even larger than had been commonly thought. In addition to each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of wind energy directly offsetting a ...
Solar Home Design Manual for Cool Climates
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffA house is the biggest single investment most of us will make in our lives - the way it is built and how it operates can reflect a long term investment in both the building and the planet.
Free Webcast: Spatial Planning & Governance for Climate Change
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWednesday 8 September 2010 17:00 (UK time – GMT +1), 12:00 (EDT), 9:00 (PDT)
INNOVATION FOR BIOGAS IN FRANCE
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWhilst its European neighbours are forging ahead, France is today beginning to realise the potential of this highly versatile and renewable energy form. With its vast and well structured agriculture and agro-alimentary sector, France in reality has an outstanding ...
Water and Security in Iraq
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe New Security Beat is on a roll of late, most recently running this short interview with Iraq’s first Minister of the Environment, Mashkat Al Moumi: NSB: Iraq’s water minister recently called the water infrastructure situation “a ...
HafenCity: A Case Study on Future-Adaptive Urban Development
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffCities need to plan for the future now by developing infrastructure and communities that make them resilient, rugged and adaptable to planetary changes. Coastal cities are particularly vulnerable to increased flooding from larger storm surges and ...
Copenhagen – Malmö Loop City
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAn interesting idea by our friends at Bjarke Ingels Group to use a proposed new rail line to link Copenhagen and Malmö and their surrounding cities into a binational metropolitan area. What I find compelling about these ...
Cape Wind gets key green light on state permitting
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Infiniti’s first hybrid to debut in Los Angeles
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Municipal trash-to-ethanol plant opens in Canada
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Adaptation vs. Prevention, and Climate Model Consensus
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLooking back one and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 The Lessons of Katrina: Global Warming Adaptation is a Cruel Euphemism and Prevention is Far, Far Cheaper Joe Romm adds an update to his writing about climate adaptation ...