Untangling the ‘Environmentalist’s Paradox’: Is It All About Speed?
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWe need a better understanding of the 'environmentalist's paradox' - Why is human well-being improving globally when our environmental woes appear to be worsening all the time? by Leo Hickman We hear lots of concerned chatter ...
Portugal Redux: Trade Winds and Sound Policies Push Portugal to the Renewable Energy Forefront
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEditor's Note: A couple weeks ago we posted a piece by Alex Aylett reporting on Portugal's impressive percentage of renewable electricity supply. Below, we revisit Portugal's renewable energy success and explore how their planning policies helped ...
Crisis Commons, and the Challenges of Distributed Disaster Response
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffHeather Blanchard, Noel Dickover and Andrew Turner from Crisis Commons visited the Berkman Center Tuesday to discuss the rapidly growing technology and crisis response space. Crisis Commons, Andrew tells us, came in part from the ...
Residential Solar, Investing in the Environment, and Cargo Bikes
Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffLooking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Solar Panels To Boost Property Prices Joe Romm argues that "as peak oil kicks in and the reality of human-caused climate change becomes painfully clear, energy efficiency, ...
Facebook reacts to Greenpeace anticoal campaign
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Iberdrola wins 258 MW contract for 9 wind farms in Brazil
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIberdrola Renovables, in a consortium with local energy company Neoenergia, is to supply Brazil with electricity from 9 wind farms over 20 years for €60 million ($77 million) a year.
New construction strategies emerge for farshore, deepwater wind farms
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDespite a buoyant European offshore wind market, offshore construction & installation contractors that fall short of budget and technology challenges risk falling by the wayside. Utility scale developers at the forefront will be seeking out only companies capable of ...
Growth Energy Gains Four New Producing Members
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffGrowth Energy, the coalition of U.S. ethanol supporters, today welcomed four new producing plants to its membership. The four new producers bring total plant membership up to 64 and will join Growth Energy's 41 Associate Members and more ...
France Mulls FiTs, Analysts Mull Impact
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffReports indicate France is mulling a 12% reduction in its feed-in tariffs. Analysts break down the reasons (not unexpected) and possible impact to regional solar efforts and individual vendors.
The Best Peak Oil Investments: PTRP
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffMany investors find the prospect of selecting individual stocks simply too daunting. For those investors interested in investing in peak oil, but uncomfortable with the risks and moral dilemmas inherent in oil company stocks, there is another option: ...
6 Characteristics of a Perfect B2C Energy Efficiency Company by @greenLdistrikt
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffChina Working Toward Green Energy Solutions
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe huge turbines at the Guanting Wind Farm are popular backdrops for photos of newly married couples who find the 60-meter-tall structures a symbol of modernity; an endearing addition to the distant mountains, corn fields and lake a few ...
Intertek Announces Free Webinar on “Cost of Wind Integration”
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe tremendous growth of wind power in the United States is the result of several factors including state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) as well as the nation's Smart Grid implementation, which requires the electric grid to accommodate and encourage ...
Free Download: The Tough Realities of Marketing and Sales in Green Tech Businesses
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffCraig Shields, editor of 2GreenEnergy.com, offers a free report on today's principles of marketing and sales – and how they apply to clean tech businesses. Though Shields is best known for his wide-ranging comments on the clean energy ...
2010-2011 Hydrogen Student Design Contest Theme Announced
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAsia Making Gains on Germany’s Inverter Market Leadership
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPhoton International is reporting that similar to German module manufactures, German inverter manufacturers are feeling the heat from China as well. Even though 6 of the top 10 inverters solar worldwide are manufactured in Germany, the organization says ...
Schneider Electric to showcase solutions at the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSchneider Electric announced today its participation at the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC), the world's largest international conference for solar technology, in Valencia, Spain, from September 6-9, 2010. Schneider Electric will display its global ...
Passive Building of the Week: Lodenareal Housing
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffMichael Eliason and Aaron Yankauskas, of Brute Force Collaborative, have a great case-study up on a recently completed 'Passivhaus' housing project in the Lodenareal complex in Innsbruck, Austria Developed by Neue Heimat Tirol and designed by architekturwerkstatt ...