In an effort to help a major developing country (the 4th largest country in the world) deal with climate change appropriately, the new Prime Minister of Japan reportedly agreed to give Indonesia a $400 million loan for this last weekend.
New Japanese Prime Minister Offering Indonesia $400 Million in Climate Change Funding
October 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Abengoa Solar to Supply PG&E From 250 MW in Mojave Desert
October 27, 2009 By 2 Comments
A contract has just been signed to deliver 600 gigawatthours a year of solar power between the US division of Spain’s giant Abengoa, and PG&E in California. Abengoa Solar hopes to succeed where BrightSource recently failed to overcome local NIMBY issues and Senator Feinstein, in its plan to site a 250 MW solar thermal plant [...]
Shop Class for Future Wind Engineers in Plains States
October 26, 2009 By 8 Comments
Kids enrolled in Wind for Schools shop classes in six Great Plains states (CO, ID, KS, MT, NE, SD) are learning hands-on to assist in assessment, design, and installation of small wind systems at their schools, with the goal of creating a knowledge base for wind energy within rural elementary and secondary schools through Wind [...]
10 Practical Suggestions for How a Polluting Company Can Easily Reduce its Greenhouse Gases
October 25, 2009 By 10 Comments
Chances are, if you run a major polluting company, you’re not reading cleantechnica. But you never know. So here’s my advice, based on my experience writing about energy; gathered into one easy quick read for the non-eco reader, on how a polluting company can benefit from the new energy bill requirements to cut carbon emissions.
Sharp Nails a Record 35.8% Solar Conversion Efficiency
October 25, 2009 By 8 Comments
Sharp Corporation has just announced that it has achieved the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency using a compound layered design based on the technology used in the solar cells that power space satellites. Mindful of the link between sustainable energy and the future market for consumer electronics, Sharp has been aggressively pursuing solar efficiency [...]
How You Can End Climate Change by Buying Pollution Permits on the Cap and Trade Market
October 24, 2009 By 23 Comments
Here’s a revolutionary plan from Sandbag that enables you and me to end carbon emissions by simply buying up and destroying European pollution permits by retiring them off the market, at $40 per permit or ton of CO2. Sandbag buys up carbon credits from those who have already made energy efficiency investments and as a [...]
First Polio, Now Mercury: World Unites Against Global Health Threat
October 24, 2009 By 4 Comments
Mercury pollution is next on the list of global health threats to face concentrated action with the goal of elimination. According to Zero Mercury Working Group, yesterday the first significant steps toward a binding treaty to control mercury pollution were announced at a United Nations Environmental Program meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, in advance of negotiations [...]
Underwater Kite Harnesses Ocean Energy
October 23, 2009 By 31 Comments
A completely new concept of underwater wave energy using a simple 7 ton kite turbine design has been developed by Minesto; which is a spinoff from the Swedish military and aircraft design firm Saab. The Deep Green underwater turbine captures the power of the ocean just like a kite in wind. The system could generate [...]
