Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered that a particular type of algae produces a substance that can be used to make inexpensive, non-toxic, simple-to-build, flexible, thin and durable batteries that, after optimization, are …
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We just got back from the Intersolar show on Friday and what an amazing experience it was to see the scale of solar energy industry. More than 1,400 manufacturers, suppliers, dealers and service providers from …
I admit it, I have dropped the ball lately as far as updating this site and I would not be surprised if some of you are never going to come back.
I apologise, but I have …
Shai Agassi, of Better Place, the electric car charging infrastructure company says electric cars are the only solution if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire …
One of the US oil industry’s most successful chief executives has warned that Washington’s energy and environment policy risks plunging the US into an economic tailspin that could turn it into “the world’s cleanest third …
A Florida developer unveiled plans today to build the nation’s first solar-powered city. The ambitious plan announced on Thursday is for a 19,500-home city with energy-efficient buildings that will be “the first city on earth …
The $2,000 cap previously required on the 30-percent federal tax credit available to homeowners who install geothermal heat pumps at their residential property has now been eliminated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of …
Chicago has just unveiled the first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station. The Solar Plug-In Stations will be used daily by the City of Chicago Department of Fleet Management to power the city’s electric cars.
Scott Emalfarb, …
Copenhagen wants to bring carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions down to zero and become the first carbon-neutral capital city by 2025. The target was announced by the seven mayors of the city while launching Copenhagen’s new climate …
Renting people’s roofs to deploy solar panels could be a safe source of income for Pension funds, under renewable feed-in tariffs set to come into force in April 2010 in the U.K. Jeremy Leggett, the …
Sustainable biofuels could provide Hawaii with enough fuel, food and fiber to significantly reduce it’s dependence on foreign sources of fossil fuel and imported food.
Biofuel plantations could revitalize Hawaii’s agricultural sector, anchoring a cluster of …
University of San Diego researchers have discovered that carbon nanotubes don’t have to be perfect to do a better job. Prabhakar Bandaru, a professor in the UCSD Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have discovered …
V2G technology or Vehicle-to-grid, would enable electric car owners to make money while storing power for the grid. The technology was unveiled at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Diego …
Offshore renewable energy development new rules and regulations could be introduced in the U.S. this year, potentially cutting the red tape for companies looking to put their wind, wave, or tidal projects in the water. …
For all those who missed the excellent BBC documentary on Peak Oil and it’s potential impact on farming broadcast, last night, Friday 20th called A Farm for the Future. It will be repeated tomorrow, on …
The government’s new chief energy scientist Professor David MacKay told the BBC that reductions in carbon dioxide emissions since 1990 are “an illusion”. Greenhouse gas emissions created by Britons are probably twice as bad as …
The scientific and political stage for the success of solar energy is set. Markets are huge. Management of growth is the key. Once demonstration plants run according to plans and expectations, just two years should …
Despite the tightness of global credit markets the Chinese are showing a willingness to finance renewable energy projects wherever they may be. A consortium of Chinese businesses backed by Chinese banks have committed $1.5 billion …
