The International Energy Agency’s has just released it’s annual publication the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2008. IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said that the report highlights that current trends in energy supply and consumption are …
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The San Francisco startup Virgance has acquired a solar-power cooperative effort called 1 Block Off the Grid (or 1BOG) that will give homeowners in 20 cities the financial leverage to go green.
1BOG is about bringing communities together towards a common good. Under the plan, consumers who want to install solar panels band together into coordinated buying groups to cut a deal for their own home’s installation. The resulting savings can be excellent. According to co-founder Sylvia Venturane one of the participants in 1BOG’s inaugural program in San Francisco cut 43 percent off the list price. However the average benefit will probably be closer to 20 percent off, or $1.50 per watt that’s installed. Apply that to a $25,000 solar system, and it equates to $5,000, and rebates will reduce that still further. Read the whole story »
Russia is heading towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted today, following the news that oil had collapsed to under $50 a barrel. The collapse in the value of oil is likely to have several …
President-elect Barack Obama said he would push for carbon-cap legislation immediately upon entering office, and he did just that on Tuesday with an address to a meeting of state governors in Los Angeles.
Despite business spokesmen …
Kyushu Electric Power (KEPCO) and lithium-ion battery manufacturer Ener1, Inc. have signed a memorandum of understanding on working together to develop rapid recharging systems for electric vehicles. Kyushu Electric is the fourth-largest publicly traded power …
US Sugar Corp. has agreed to explore building a 100-million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida with Coskata, Inc. The plant, if built, would be the world’s largest second-generation ethanol facility. It …
‘Solar Impulse’, a 1500 kilogram solar plane with a 61 meter wing span, will be undergoing its first test flight in April, prior to attempting the first trip around the world in May 2011.The attempt …
In an executive order signed on Monday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed to getting a third of California’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Schwarzenegger made the announcement while speaking at a solar panel factory …
Two rings of magnets (blue-gray), one within and the other outside a series of copper coils (red and green), turn to generate electricity.
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A startup based in Vancouver, Canada, called ExRo Technologies, has developed …
The passage of the Offshore Petroleum Amendment Bill by the Australian Senate last week established the world’s first regulatory framework for CO2 capture and geological storage (CCS).
The legislation establishes access and property rights in Australia’s …
A team of researchers at South Korea’s Hanyung University led by professor Cho Jaephil (pictured), has claimed a breakthrough that could extend lithium ion battery charge life up to 8 times current values that means …
Duke Energy Corp. plans to produce more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity from wind projects located primarily in the West, Southwest and Midwest. That’s more than 2.5 times the power generated by Rocky Mountain Power’s …
‘Solar Impulse’, a 1500 kilogram solar plane with a 61 meter wing span, will be undergoing its first test flight in April, prior to attempting the first trip around the world in May 2011.The attempt …
A group of serious, respectable organisations, had just published a serious and respectable report, in a serious and respectable venue stating:
The effects of peak oil will be felt in the next five years.
The risks to …
