Article Archive for February 2009
Cyclone Power Technologies Inc., the developer of the external combustion Waste Heat Engine (WHE), has formed a separate division called WHE/Generation to market and manufacture WHE systems for applications such as small-scale cogeneration, solar thermal …
President Obama said that the days of just building sprawl are over. This was in response to a question from a city councilwoman about transportation and infrastructure in the stimulus bill during a town hall …
A joint biofuels study by Sandia National Laboratories and GM’s R&D Center in 2008 concluded that the large-scale production of advanced biofuels produced from plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops in volumes well …
More than seven million homes in the UK will be offered a complete eco-makeover under ambitious plans expected to be announced this week to cut fuel bills and reduce global warming emissions from power plants.
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Massive investments in renewable energy and clean tech will ensure that workers in the solar power, wind power, green building, sustainable development and recycling industries are in demand for decades to come. This short primer …
Google has announced the Google PowerMeter, a program that displays real-time information about home energy consumption on your computer The program is in closed beta right now, but Google hopes that it will eventually be …
Today, there are only about 50,000 acres of federal geothermal leases in production across the USA which support about 1,200 MW of power capacity. In California, geothermal energy produces more power in than wind and …
When power hungry equipment like air-conditioning units and heating systems are all switched on at once, as often happens in commercial buildings. Power consumption spikes, and a building’s owners are left with hefty peak-demand charges …
It was the states hardest hit by contractions in manufacturing industries years ago that began laying the groundwork to land green jobs and may now be poised for the biggest gains, depending on federal economic …
Boulder aims to become the world’s first smart grid city this year, taking the first step towards President Barack Obama’s vision of a “smart” electrical grid that is key to America’s energy future. In his …

