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COLUMBUS, Ohio – New York had its Silicon Alley, Michigan its Automation Alley and Illinois its Silicon Prairie.
Now comes Ohio in the parade of Silicon Valley wannabes.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Gov. Ted Strickland, both …
The Sunday Business Post will be holding the inaugural Alternative, Sustainable & Renewable Energy Summit in Croke Park, Dublin, on April 23 and 24.
This year is likely to become a boom year for alternative energy, …
Prime Minister Prodi & President Bachelet
Chile’s presidential Palace La Moneda put out the red carpet this week for a quick official visit from Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi. During the day-long visit Prodi announced his …
Energy issues have been front and center over the past few days, what with the escalating tensions with Iran, the run-up in crude prices, and the release of a GAO (Government Accountability Office) report on the threat posed by peak oil.
Energy issues have been front and center over the past few days, what with the escalating tensions with Iran, the run-up in crude prices, and the release of a GAO (Government Accountability Office) report on the threat posed by peak oil.
If you read this blog regularly (thanks, Mom!), you may have gotten the impression (correctly) that I’m not terribly bullish on ethanol. Renewable, domestic, clean n green: What’s not to like?
If you read this blog regularly (thanks, Mom!), you may have gotten the impression (correctly) that I’m not terribly bullish on ethanol. Renewable, domestic, clean n green: What’s not to like?
So the Pres met with the CEO’s of the big three automakers today. I’d love to have been a fly on that wall… did he give them the tongue-lashing they deserve?
So the Pres met with the CEO’s of the big three automakers today. I’d love to have been a fly on that wall… did he give them the tongue-lashing they deserve?
This past week I paid a visit to what is perhaps the ultimate sustainable house-in-progress. It’s a multi-million dollar project, way beyond the means of financial mortals like myself, but sure was fun to do a walk through.
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 …
As concerns about climate change and energy security escalate, as government incentives for harnessing solar energy expand, and as these costs decline while those of fossil fuels rise the harnessing of solar energy is expanding …
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 …
