The proliferation of solar power installations is adding a new twist to fire stations and fire fighting. Solar power is becoming a useful tool for providing low-cost, off-grid power for fire stations, lookouts, and other fire fighting operations, especially in remote locations. Fire departments are also beginning to
A potential government shutdown is all the news right now, as it should be. The U.S. government could grind to a screeching halt due to Congress’ inability to agree on a budget. But many of the news agencies covering this possible shutdown are painting the picture much too evenly. (i.e. “Is it the Democrats? Is it the Republicans? Who’s causing this potential disaster?…”)
Stand on the outside and it’s difficult seeing what makes this four-story home under construction in north Denver so innovative. That is, until looking at the list of energy-conscious materials and technologies that are part of the package.
Top cleantech news from the last day or two.
One of our readers and I are putting together a comprehensive resource page for all things wind (will do the same for solar power, tidal power, and more eventually as well). As we create each section, I thought I’d post them (or parts of them) here. The first section we’re tackling is installed wind power capacity around the world. Here’s the main part of that (but have some extra, unique parts to be added soon).
The Space Shuttle hasn’t even gotten its last flight off the ground and already NASA has embarked on a new mission. This time, the goal is a little closer to Earth. The agency is dedicating $16.5 million to a set of four projects to develop more
At Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s annual conference in New York this week, industry executives and representatives indicated that solar power installations are going to continue growing rapidly and the cost of solar, which may soon be competitive with the cost of coal in general, is low enough in some regions that it is already competing with coal.
Way back in the 1980’s, the U.S. Department of Defense devised a program that saved the American semiconductor industry from the grave, and now that same kind of model has been revived to benefit domestic solar manufacturing. Well, maybe zombie isn’t quite the right
A lab at MIT, led by Dr. Daniel Nocera, have invented a new and novel form of storing energy that may prove to be an important milestone in the development of alternative energy. In fact, the obvious utility of the process has engendered a bit of excitement, but this excitement has also generated some misconceptions about the process that I would like to clear up, now that I have a more complete understanding of how it works.
Top cleantech news and commentary of the last day or two. Check it out (top of the top is bold, source key is at the bottom)
