Author Archives: Joshua S Hill


About Joshua S Hill

I'm a Christian, a nerd, a geek, a liberal left-winger, and believe that we're pretty quickly directing planet-Earth into hell in a handbasket! I work as Associate Editor for the Important Media Network and write for CleanTechnica and Planetsave. I also write for Fantasy Book Review (.co.uk), Amazing Stories, the Stabley Times and Medium.   I love words with a passion, both creating them and reading them.

Nest Labs Acquires MyEnergy

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Nest Labs are one of the most exciting up-and-coming energy consumer product company around, and as of May 7 they have taken the next step in becoming a heavy-hitter, by acquiring online utility usage company MyEnergy. The news was announced by both companies on their respective blogs on Sunday to much fond feelings between the two companies; Today, Greg and I are thrilled to announce that MyEnergy has been acquired by Nest Labs. Bringing our … Read More

British Support For Renewable Energy Continues To Grow

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A new survey conducted by the British Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has found British support for renewable energies has grown in the past year. The survey, DECC Public Attitudes Tracker, was run from early 2012 through to last March. There were four surveys — one longer survey and three shorter ones — concluded with a face-to-face in-home interview with a representative sample of 2,051 households. Below are the key findings which were taken … Read More

Wales’ First Full-Scale Tidal Energy Generator Receives Funding

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Wales’ First Full-Scale Tidal Energy Generator Receives Funding

Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones announced last week at the Renewable UK Cymru conference in Cardiff that Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator has been awarded a £1.6 million EU grant to find its deployment in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire. The funding comes from the European Regional Development Fund has been provided to Cardiff-based Tidal Energy Ltd for its DeltaStream tidal energy device. The company is backed by Welsh renewable energy company Eco2 Ltd. Invented by Pembrokeshire engineer Richard Ayre … Read More

Lockheed Martin To Build World’s First Ocean Thermal Power Plant Off China Coast

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An artist's conception of a pilot plant off China's coast that will supply a resort with electricity generated from differences in ocean temperatures. Image Credit: Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin have been working for forty years on harnessing energy from the massive temperature differentials in the ocean, and thanks to a partnership between the US defense and aerospace giant and a Chinese resort developer, a 10-megawatt power plant using ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) will be built off southern China’s Hainan Island. The agreement has been signed between Lockheed Martin and the Beijing-based Reignwood Group and will hopefully see the power plant completed by … Read More

Hewlett-Packard’s New Servers “Built For The Planet”

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Nearly a month ago the multinational information technology giant Hewlett-Packard released its latest server system, the HP Moonshot. HP is billing the Moonshot as being “designed for the data center, built for the planet,” and the specs back up the catchy claim; Moonshot uses 89% less energy, 80% less space and costs 77% less than traditional servers. Designed for use with “social, cloud, mobile, and big data,” HP Moonshot is the company’s “second generation” server … Read More

Vestas And GE Tie For First Place Among 2012 Turbine Manufacturers

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Vestas V164 Nears Completion and Increases to 8MW

2012 was a good year for renewable energy installations, and a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that it was a very good year for the wind energy sector, installing a record 48.4 GW of new capacity. This report comes just days after the report from Pew Charitable Trusts was released, which reported that a total of 88 GW of additional renewable generating capacity was installed during 2012. The wind energy sector’s contribution to the … Read More

Annual Renewable Energy Investment Set To Sky-rocket By 2030

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The next 15 years and more are going to be interesting ones for the renewable energy industry, as the cost of manufacturing and installation drop and the public face of fossil fuels continues to be tarnished. Specifically, the rising popularity and efficiency of wind and solar energy will push the renewable energy industry as a whole into a new era of prominence.  According to new research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the future of the … Read More

Nest Thermostat Working Harder To Save You Money

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Covering clean technology has always stemmed from my deep desire to see our world change. I started out covering the science of climate change and global warming, and then stepped across to cover clean technology. I feel it is an important topic that needs unbiased unsensationalised coverage, focusing on the facts and the reality of what clean technology can do. However, there are a few clean technologies that I just love! One of them, is Nest! … Read More

Gamesa Continues Construction Of Spain’s First-Ever Offshore Wind Turbine

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Spain’s first-ever offshore wind project is continuing its slow journey to completion, as Gamesa announced on Friday that it had begun shipping components for the 5 MW marine turbine from the port of Bilbao to Arinaga Quay in Gran Canaria where they will be assembled. The blades are the longest turbine blades ever to be produced and transported in Spain, and some of the largest in Europe. Manufactured at the Gamesa plant in Aoiz, the blades … Read More