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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The launch of new “plug-n-play” solar panels has generated buzz in recent weeks. The manufacturer, Colorado-based Onyx Service & Solutions Inc., introduced the product earlier this month.
The new 330-W system will offer homeowners the option of purchasing a complete, pre-packaged solar (more…)
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
One village in Germany is producing more energy than it needs. Best of all, it’s alternative energy sourced from clean sources.
Wildpoldsried, located in the southern German region known as Bavaria and where 2,600 people live, produces 321 per cent more energy than it (more…)
Posted in Europe, Renewables | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 12th, 2011
A new report from ExxonMobil predicts that nearly half of the world’s cars will either be hybrids or powered by alternative fuels by 2040.
While hybrids now account for just about 1 percent of all vehicles worldwide, the oil giant forecasts that hybrids and alternative energy vehicles will move to (more…)
Posted in Renewables, Transportation | 4 Comments »
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
The internet really is a territory of limitless possibilities. Almost on a daily basis we can find something that amazes and inspires us.
Springwise, a website dedicated to spreading the word on new entrepreneurial ideas, has an article on Do The Bright Thing, which certainly has amazed me.
The Dutch website invests 10 per cent of every (more…)
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
If you own a clean energy business in the Midwest of the United States, or currently studies a related subject, you have until December 5th to enter the Clean Energy Challenge. The main objective of the initiative is to help businesses brings their innovations to the marketplace. (more…)
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Friday, November 11th, 2011
Last week New Energy Technologies went on the road to try out its MotionPower-Express system, which it calls the world’s first electricity-generating rumble strip. The test took place in the City of Roanoke, Virginia.
The demonstration took place at the Roanoke Civic (more…)
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
ConocoPhillips Company is an American-based multinational energy corporation that has their headquarters in Houston, Texas. It is the fifth largest private sector energy corporation around the globe. (more…)
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Anyone vaguely interested in international news is probably aware of Greece’s economic crisis. But despite that, or perhaps because of that, the country’s Energy Minister has big plans for solar power.
According to a report on Bloomberg, Minister George Papaconstantinou said he expects that an (more…)
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
With all kinds of new data out there demonstrating U.S. solar growth (here, here and here), we wanted to offer our insights into how these successes are playing out in one of our key campaign states: Pennsylvania.
Over the past couple years, Pennsylvania has become a real solar powerplayer. Having developed (more…)
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Biofuels remain the orphan child of western energy interests – like adopting children, everyone agrees that it’s a good idea, but not many want an alien rugrat in the house.
Now China, arguably the world’s most influential and dynamic economy, is beginning to eye renewables as (more…)
Posted in Asia-Pacific, Biofuel | No Comments »
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