Solar Takes America Block By Block
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments Offby Claire Baylis So you think small-scale solar remains the preserve of die-hard environmentalists? Think again. A new movement gathering momentum in the US could make photovoltaics a common feature on residential streets. ‘One Block Off The ...
Solar Takes America Block By Block
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments Offby Claire Baylis So you think small-scale solar remains the preserve of die-hard environmentalists? Think again. A new movement gathering momentum in the US could make photovoltaics a common feature on residential streets. ‘One Block Off The ...
US Interior Department Report: Wind could supply enough power to meet US electricity needs
Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffWind turbines off US coastlines could potentially supply more than enough electricity to meet the country's current electricity demand, the US interior department reported today.Simply harnessing the wind in relatively shallow waters - the most accessible ...
US Interior Department Report: Wind could supply enough power to meet US electricity needs
Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffWind turbines off US coastlines could potentially supply more than enough electricity to meet the country's current electricity demand, the US interior department reported today.Simply harnessing the wind in relatively shallow waters - the most accessible ...
World’s Second* Largest Solar Plant To Be Built in Florida
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffConcentrated solar-thermal power (CSP) is a core climate solution. It is probably the zero-carbon form of electricity with the most potential, since it can be easily integrated with thermal storage and provide power reliably throughout ...
World’s Second* Largest Solar Plant To Be Built in Florida
Monday, March 30th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffConcentrated solar-thermal power (CSP) is a core climate solution. It is probably the zero-carbon form of electricity with the most potential, since it can be easily integrated with thermal storage and provide power reliably throughout ...
India Joins International Renewable Energy Agency
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffIndia joined the International Renewable Energy Agency last week, becoming the largest energy consumer in the recently launched organization. India is the 77th member of IRENA, a multinational agency that formed in January to help governments ...
Stewart Brand is Rethinking Nuclear
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffBy Lisa Chacón Monday night Stewart Brand spoke at UC Berkeley on “Rethinking Green.” He went through the requisite slides on climate, population and energy – but with a few twists. He was involved in the ...
Solar PV Market Doubled to 6 Gigawatts in 2008 — U.S. Left in Dust, Having Invented the Technology
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffAfter growing 19% in 2006 and 62% in 2007, world solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations exploded by 110% last year to a staggering 5.95 GW, according to Solarbuzz’s Annual Report, Marketbuzz 2009: Europe accounted for 82% of ...
Super-efficient, Locally Fed Power Station Comes To London
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffBy Chris Alden First ‘intelligent’ combined heat and power plant chalked for capital Work is set to begin in East London on what is billed as the country’s first ‘intelligent’ combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The “super-efficient” ...
Super-efficient, Locally Fed Power Station Comes To London
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffBy Chris Alden First ‘intelligent’ combined heat and power plant chalked for capital Work is set to begin in East London on what is billed as the country’s first ‘intelligent’ combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The “super-efficient” ...
ETech 2009: RedMonk on Smart Grids
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffJames Governor from RedMonk talked about smart grids, with the interesting conclusion that not only will they make renewable power more feasible; but they will also make it cheap. On wholesale electricity markets, apparently, the ...
A New Military Mission: Clean Energy
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffThe solar panel below powers a series of spotlights that highlight the New Mexico National Guard sign outside the Guard’s compound in Rio Rancho, NM. The Guard is making clean energy the focus of a mission ...
Energy Company Brings District Heating to North American Community
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffNorth American renewable energy company, EnerWorks, of London, Ontario, is preparing to launch its latest project, which meshes district heating systems with solar panels and geothermal tubing. The company has been testing its plan to create district ...
Obama’s Grid: New Electricity Transmission System Coming Soon
Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffThink a new electricity transmission system is coming soon? You can bet on it. The New York Times speculates: President Dwight Eisenhower is remembered for creating the nation’s system of interstate highways. ...
Solar Panel Prices to Fall by up to 40 Per Cent by Year End
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffThe long-awaited drop in prices for solar photovoltaics (PV) appears to be close at hand. Soaring demand for PV and high prices for silicon have kept PV prices up for the past several years, but ...
Utility Bill Smackdown!
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffNeighbor-vs-Neighbor Competition Can Motivate Conservation This is interesting: the New York Times is reporting on a great way to motivate people to trim their energy and water consumption: tell them how much their neighbors use. See, for ...
What is a Smart Grid?
Friday, January 30th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffOur future grid will pull together a complex and far-flung set of technologies The trouble with writing about the smart grid is that the news is moving so fast. Witness: Obama just announced plans to modernize 3,000 ...
We’re Working Longer Than Ever to Pay for Fossil Fuels
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffHot off the presses: these popular charts are now updated to include final energy price data for 2008. Take a look: Americans are falling behind -- most of us anyway. We're working longer than ever before to maintain a ...
New International Body to Promote Renewable Energy
Monday, January 26th, 2009 Posted in Energy, Green News | Comments OffImage credit: Wikipedia by Kate Connolly in Berlin and David Gow in Brussels A new international body to promote renewable energy is to be established today, in a move that its supporters insist has the potential to ...