Top Ten Cleantech Highlights of Mitsubishi

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The Mitsubishi Group is a large Japanese conglomerate that contains a number of businesses sharing the Mitsubishi brand, legacy and trademark. Probably most well known are the Mitsubishi manufactured vehicles. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation is a multinational automobile manufacturer with (more…)

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IGCC Series: Star Gazing in a World of Light Pollution

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The International Green Construction Code (IGCC) is a model code for cities seeking to promote sustainable building practices through their building codes. The IGCC promotes transition from the current voluntary green construction certifications, like USGBC’s LEED, to mandatory green (more…)

Wind Mills, Bans, and Possible Ill Effects

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Wind mills are a clean alternative energy supply but not everyone agrees. The Rhode Island General Assembly’s newly enacted laws facilitating the siting, construction and power-purchase agreements for commercial-grade renewable energy projects took a big hit this week. On September 12th, the town of (more…)

Large-Scale Solar Sector Surges in U.S. as Panel Costs Drop

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

A steep drop in the cost of solar panels in recent months has spurred a significant increase in the number of planned non-residential projects in the U.S., an energy research company reports.

According to Solarbuzz, the number of new, industrial-scale solar projects being planned has (more…)

Top Ten Cleantech Highlights of Cargill

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Cargill is an American private multinational corporation that is involved in a number of businesses, including agricultural commodities, sale and manufacturing of feed and livestock, food ingredient production such as glucose syrup, starch, and vegetable oils and fats used in processed food (more…)

We’re Headed to Hell in a Handbasket – Can Clean Energy Help?

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

I’m generally pessimistic about the quality of life that I see for most Americans in the foreseeable future. There are so many general reasons for this: lack of American competitiveness in the global marketplace, our failures in education, declining work-ethic, dogged adherence to clearly unsustainable business (more…)

Small Wind Turbines Create Jobs Across the US

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Small wind generation is not only good for the environment; it creates jobs too.

A few days ago we wrote about Sauer’s WindCharger, a new, small wind generation turbine that is attracting a great deal of interest from potential distributors. (more…)

Is the Smart Grid Useful in Disasters?

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

During Hurricane Irene I found myself outrunning the storm as I drove from Washington, DC to my home north of Boston after delivering my son to college. With more family in New Jersey and New York, including another son living in a NYC evacuation zone, I listened to the news throughout the 10-hour drive (more…)

Windows of the Future: Saving Energy and Consumer’s Money

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

With an impending energy crisis, the need for modernized insulation methods has reached an all-time high. Currently, almost half of the nation’s energy is used to heat and cool commercial and residential buildings. However, a typical home loses around 30 percent of this energy through its windows and (more…)

Australian Firm to Provide Jatropha Biofuel to Lufthansa for Testing

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Australia’s Jatenergy Limited energy company is to provide crude jatropha oil to Lufthansa for flight trials.

The Lufthansa tests are the world’s first, long-term trial of renewable jet fuel and will be used on Lufthansa’s regularly scheduled flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt. (more…)

 
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