Power cuts are a very common phenomenon in most of the developing and underdeveloped nations. Addressing the issue Japanese solar company XSOL has come up with a portable solar-powered generator that can not only be used an electricity back up within your home but can also be transported to outdoor camps to illuminate your tent Continue reading →
In the past few seasons many NFL stadiums have begun to install green energy technologies to offset the massive amounts of energy they consume during the season. From solar panel arrays and installing LED lighting to composting trash and using recycled plates and cups, several stadiums have been boosting their green rep by taking steps Continue reading →
President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney faced off at New York State’s Hofstra University October 17 with polls tightening and each man eager to make their appeals to the country’s remaining undecided voters still available in the 2012 election’s last few weeks. While the first presidential debate saw little mention of energy as Continue reading →
Peggy Liu, chairwoman of the Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy, or JUCCCE, said that she often gets asked if China really wants to go green. “Of course China wants to go green,” she said. “But it’s for a different reason than America. The Americans are coming from a moral standpoint, but in China it’s Continue reading →
ECOtality, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, has announced it will offer its Blink® smart charging stations free to residents and commercial host sites of the greater metropolitan Chicago area as part of its expansion of The EV Project, a public-private partnership with the Department of Energy. via EV Project Continue reading →
APC by Schneider Electric, in partnership with France-based Energy Pool, has launched a major project which modulates the energy capacity of large industrial consumers to promote renewable energy development. EnR-Pool, launched in association with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), aims to assess ways that industrial customers can adjust their energy consumption Continue reading →
A presentation will be made to city council Monday by a consortium wanting to establish a pilot green-energy project in Sault Ste. Marie. It will centre on establishing a Smart Grid Generator Project in the city. The “generator” would ultimately monitor and improve how green energy is used and managed on the grid through the Continue reading →
I was heartened to see U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse corrected by the Providence Sunday Journal’s PolitiFact for his “mostly false” assertion “that the development of solar power and other forms of renewable energy will ‘get us off’ foreign oil.” It won’t. Not by a long shot, and not anytime soon. It seems the “hope” in Continue reading →
The race to renewable energy is on, and despite heavy marketing campaigns on the part of the federal government and corporations, the United States continues to fall behind. China has rapidly increased its investment in solar and wind power, becoming a leading player in the green energy space. via America is losing the green energy Continue reading →
The U.S. media is abuzz over last week’s bankruptcy of thin-film solar manufacturer Solyndra LLC, with some conservative politicians trying to use the demise of the start-up to argue against federal financing for green energy. But the Chinese media is focusing on a far more important solar power development: two major energy plans that will Continue reading →
New Jersey has embraced cleaner ways of generating electricity, such as solar and wind power, but now legislators are looking at other ways to produce energy without increasing global climate change. Could wave power provide an inexpensive and cleaner way of creating energy? George Ventz of Clean Wave Energy LLC, based in Surf City, believes Continue reading →
AT THE Scottish Renewables annual conference later this month, the focus will be on realising the country’s ambitions. The Scottish Government has set out a vision for the nation to become a leader in renewable energy generation and the strategy to deliver on the potential is building momentum. But the nature and structure of the Continue reading →
A new Greenpeace report claims to demonstrate how Europe can switch to a smooth-running electricity grid powered almost entirely by green energy. The report, launched on Wednesday, says it shows for the first time what an “intelligent” grid for Europe by 2050 could look like. It says “smart grid management, control technology and a network Continue reading →
Most people believe cleaner and alternative forms of energy should be produced in Ontario, and want governments to support initiatives that provide domestic economic benefits and reduce reliance on fossil fuel. But are we willing to pay the cost of this massive paradigm shift? Investment in wind, solar and hydroelectric generation have made Ontario a Continue reading →
Professionals are approaching energy efficiency in a multitude of ways ranging from hybrid or electric cars to energy generated by algae. Most of those methods are focused on ways to create greener energy or making vehicles and devices more efficient. Building on that, what if devices and appliances could monitor the electric grid and make Continue reading →
We’d all rather make environmentally sensitive choices about our energy use, especially given the financial incentives for energy efficiency. And with large-scale changes like Nova Scotia’s plan to increase its provincial renewable energy targets from 25 to 40 per, there’s strong evidence that these changes can be made on a considerable scale. via Keeping “Green” Continue reading →
Electric vehicles make most sense if their batteries are charged using electricity from renewable energy sources – but the supply of ‘green’ electricity is not always adequate. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Germany have now developed an intelligent charging station, which can adapt recharging times to suit energy supply Continue reading →
General Electric said Wednesday it will create 400 new high-paying jobs in Cobb County where it will locate its $15 million Smart Grid Center of Excellence, a project supporters say establishes metro Atlanta as a focal point for the green energy industry. To open by this fall near the Cobb Galleria and Interstate-75, it will Continue reading →
The pieces are now in place for the next great burst of business in Washington. There is a new wave of government activism underway, and with it, new opportunities for the private sector: Cutting down on paperwork in the health-care system, developing greener energy supplies, making information more secure, overhauling education. And following the last Continue reading →
With the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day this week, I am reminded about the considerable potential Nebraska has to move our country forward along the road to a prosperous, green energy economy — with wind. While wind energy is just one type of clean energy we produce, it shows a lot of promise in Nebraska. Continue reading →
