When Will We Wake Up
Ernst & Young has made it official: China is the most attractive location to invest in renewable energy projects.
via fastcompany.com
California's First MCT Solar Cooling Project
via marketwire.com
"The lightweight, low-profile MCT module is a utility-scale solar collector packaged for rooftop deployment. The technology is designed to offset summertime peak loads by utilizing solar energy for commercial and industrial cooling needs. A demonstration system was recently installed and commissioned at SCU as part of the school's solar-powered house, which won third place at the U.S. Department of Energy's 2007 Solar Decathlon. In this demonstration, Chromasun's MCT is providing clean renewable thermal energy for air conditioning, space heating and hot water."
HSBC: bigger growth for low-carbon cars than renewables
The report predicts that 8.65m electric vehicles and 9.23m plug-in and hybrid electric vehicles will be sold globally in 2020, up from around 5,000 and 657,000 respectively in 2009.
When fuel-efficiency measures and switches to lower-carbon transport such as trains and coaches are included, the report for investors predicts that the market will be worth $677bn (£440bn) a year in 2020 – up from $113m in 2009. In contrast, HSBC predicts smaller growth in the renewable energy sector, from $203bn in 2009 to $544bn in 2020.
via guardian.co.uk
Fossil Fuel PR Wins Again
via gizmodo.com
"Although there have been no turbine-related security incidents yet reported, Dr. Dorothy Robyn, deputy under secretary of defense, says they cause an "unacceptable risk to training, testing and national security". What with this and Senator Feinstein banning solar panels as well, it looks like the US may as well resign itself to getting most of its energy from setting fire to dead stuff for the foreseeable future. "
Wind Turbines That Generate Power When the Wind Isn't Blowing
via ecogeek.org
"A Colorado company is introducing a system that will allow wind turbines to generate power even when the wind is not blowing. The SmartGen hybrid gas-wind turbine enables wind turbines to produce energy at periods of low wind.."
GE Testing Energy Efficiency Of Smart Homes
via news.cnet.com
"The $5 million Department of Energy program will equip homeowners in the western U.S. with GE's Nucleus home electricity management system, with LED lighting, and with connected appliances. Homes will also be equipped with solar panels.
The project will evaluate whether the combination of on-site power production through solar and energy management technology can reduce energy usage by 70 percent in both new and existing homes, according to GE.
Basing calculations on U.S. averages of about 11,000 kilowatt-hours of power consumption per year and a rate of 11.33 cents per kilowatt-hour, the savings from a 70 percent reduction would be over $850 a year."
The Tidal Turbine
"Dubbed the AK1000 by its developer, the Atlantis Resources Corporation, the one-megawatt turbine weighs 1,430 tons, stands nearly 75 feet tall and has three 60-foot diameter blades that can produce enough electricity to supply more than 1,000 homes."
11th semi-annual World Solar Challenge
"The 11th semi-annual World Solar Challenge (first run in 1987) takes place in Australia next October, and it's a cross-country race for whimsical solar vehicles that are like giant solar panels with wheels."
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