published July 30, 2010 and has No Comments
Musician Christopher Willits performs in "The Illuminated Forest." Photo by Jessica Resmond via Soundwave . What does "green" sound like? Artists and musicians in San Francisco are attempting to answer that tricky question with a series of avant-sound performances and shows, including a month-long installation that allows visitors to explore an illuminated "forest" that changes with their presence, reflecting ...
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published July 12, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: Solar4Schools The Solar4Schools Initiative has already seen hundreds of UK schools fitted with PV panels producing clean, renewable energy. Now, with the launch of the Government's solar feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) we should see a massive expansion of that program - with companies using the FIT funding to finance installations at little to no cost for the ...
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published July 12, 2010 and has No Comments
Image Source: kylemac Dear Pablo: I work for an international organization for development cooperation. In our projects, we frequently receive requests to provide small generators to be used as back up during power outages, which are quite frequent. The problem is that these small generators are very polluting, very noisy and provide a low quality electric current. I am ...
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published July 9, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Ryan Somma via flickr A number of sources have outlined new plans of India's Tata Power Company to help electrify rural India through deployment of small-scale wind turbines , the same general type that are marketed throughout the US for rooftop and backyard usage. It's a great idea in India, where rural electric grid access is spotty and ...
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published July 6, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Sydney City, via Energy Efficiency Council "The International Energy Agency estimates that energy efficiency will deliver 65 per cent of worldwide carbon cuts in the energy sector by 2020, and 54 per cent by 2030. This means that in 2020 energy efficiency could have almost twice the impact of renewable energy, nuclear power and clean coal combined." Such ...
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published July 5, 2010 and has No Comments
Veteran Jonathan Powers writes in CNN about how the U.S. thirst for oil threatens its economic and national security. This year, as Americans across the nation celebrate July Fourth with barbecues and fireworks, those most responsible for defending our independence, the military, will continue to fight two wars. And it is a shame that we will let yet another ...
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published July 1, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Julian Menichini via flickr Never to be left out of the action, New York has joined other northeast states in marching down the path towards building offshore wind farms: Reuters reports the New York Power Authority will soon be applying for a lease from the federal government required to build a 350-700 M... Read the full story on ...
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published June 30, 2010 and has No Comments
Microalgae testing, photo: Steve Jurvetson via flickr If it sometimes seems that second generation biofuels, and especially algae biofuels , also seem to be commercially just over the horizon, after just one more demonstration or pilot plant is completed, you're not mistaken. According to a new report ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published June 30, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Michael Graham Richard Project NINA Moving Forward Just like Tesla 's future depends on its second car, the Model S electric sedan , the future of Fisker probably rests more on its second model (codename: NINA) than its first. Why is that? Because both companies are starting way up-market and, because of their hefty price-tags, those cars are ...
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published June 30, 2010 and has No Comments
Image via Cargolifter.com, via the Guardian The role of airplanes have long been a tough piece to fit into the puzzle of transitioning to a low-carbon future -- the huge amounts of jet fuel they burn make them some of the most notorious emitters on the planet. But, industrialized societies have also grown accustomed to the convenience of air ...
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