What Would An Optimistic Forecast for Renewable Energy Look Like?
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffImage credit: Wikipedia Ramping up policies that encourage the investment in and distribution of renewable energy could help energy sources like wind, solar and hydro overtake coal more quickly. The International Energy Agency (IEA) released their annual World ...
Stuff I Want: Home Appliance Edition
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffSimple ideas can save water and energy. Like many folks these days, I'm really in no financial position to be adding to my list of home projects. Still, it's hard for me not to daydream a ...
10% by 2010?
Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffIn a conversation the other night, a friend made the point that it is a natural tendency of politicians everywhere to put off action, to make plans that their successors will be trusted to implement, to ...
Obama’s Cruise to the White House Puts the Wind Back in Green Sails
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffImage via WikipediaAfter Bush's years of neglect, the new president promises the planet a fresh start by Terry Macalister The election of Barack Obama has put the wind back into the sails of the renewable energy sector, where ...
Light Bulbs? Screw ‘Em.
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffObama gets it on energy and climate. Like a lot of people, I've been reading obsessively through election postmortems, fascinated by the inside stories on the national campaigns. And for some reason, this tidbit at Newsweek ...
Europeans Form Renewable Energy Agency
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffA consortium of European governments is developing the world's first International Renewable Energy Agency. The agency, known as IRENA, will serve as a global cheerleader for clean energy. It plans to offer technical, financial, and ...
Organic Chlorophyll Battery
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffCool-sounding innovation in the lab, low energy-density, but cheap & non-toxic: A scientist in Taiwan has invented the world's first chlorophyll organic battery that can supply electricity within 10 seconds of being wetted with water, beverages or ...
The End Is Nigh (Now With Charts!)
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffGeologists predict that oil production will decline within a decade. As I'm sure you've noticed by now, gas prices have fallen back from the phenomenal highs of last summer. The immediate cause has been the economic ...
What’s in a Name?
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffThink you can tell the difference between a think tank with a straightforward name and one that's misleading? Nonprofit organization Consumer Reports lets you test your ability to see through green murketing with their ...
Turning Waste to Energy in Downtown Seattle
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffSeattle Steam Co., a major supplier of heat to buildings in downtown Seattle, Washington, is going to begin turning waste into a source of energy. The company began construction yesterday on a hybrid heating plant, with ...
And Maybe Unicorns Will Save Us
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffBecause there's no such thing as clean coal. by Eric de Place Apparently, everybody loves clean coal. Barack Obama loves it and John McCain loves it. Joe Biden really loved it during his VP debate -- and ...
Off-Shore Wind Power Set to Expand
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffIn South Korea, wind power would be a likely resource to help the world's tenth largest energy consumer meet government goals to lower fossil fuel dependency through greater investment in renewable energy. Yet efforts to ...
GE and Google Call for Clean Energy Policies
Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffThe recently announced alliance between technology giants General Electric and Google may provide the lobbying arsenal necessary for the U.S. to overhaul an outdated electric grid widely considered as a barricade to a low-carbon future. The ...
Energy Efficiency: Rational Exuberance
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffDuring market turmoil, efficiency upgrades are an attractive investment. Here's a thought. Wall Street is in turmoil. Real estate doesn't look like it'll be a good investment for a while. Commodity prices have been falling like a stone. ...
The Locavolt Movement: Pushing For Energy Independence
Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffPeter Asmus at the San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday on the "locavolt" movement. The growing trend is catching on in communities nationwide, where residents seek freedom from the energy grid through reliance on local generation points ...
Reader Report: The Carbon Footprint of Research at Caltech
Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffThis piece is by Asa S. Hopkins, a graduate student studying physics at Caltech. We're happy to share his ideas about how to make this major research institution more sustainable. We encourage submissions from members of ...
African Renewable Energy Gains Attention
Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffThe potential for renewable energy development in Africa is experiencing an increase in attention lately as investors and world leaders seek a new clean energy frontier. The continent could become a gold mine for renewable energy due ...
U.K. Biofuels Sources Are Largely Unknown
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffAs biofuels imports increase in the United Kingdom, policymakers remain largely uninformed about the true environmental and social costs of producing these fuels, posing a significant challenge for efforts to mandate their sustainable use. In the first ...
Mapping the World’s Renewable Energy Potential
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffAs renewable energy technologies become more competitive, investing in them is becoming a more viable venture. Yet, uncertainties about cost and ROI are still keeping some investors at bay. Wind blows, rain falls and the sun shines, ...
Biomass Charcoal in Eastern DRC
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffOne of the challenges of innovation in the developing world is getting innovators to work on the right problems. This is especially tough when trying to work with folks in the developed world on developing world ...