According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), about 530 gigawatts, or 51% of all generating capacity, were at least 30 years old at the end of 2010. The U.S. fleet of electric power generators has a very wide range of ages, dependent on technology type.
China’s wind power generation blows away all other nations, including the US.
While no PC is truly Green, Acer is attempting to be as green as possible with its newest laptop, the Travelmate.
Once upon a time… but not so very very long ago… there were no electric cars. Or solar energy. Or websites about cool green technology. Before the engineers began to make them possible, the Science Fiction writers dreamed them up.
A recent column in the New York Times suggested that land use is the greatest environmental problem facing new renewable energy. While getting the facts terribly wrong, it opens a door to talk about the advantages of distributed generation rather than large, central-station power generation. A prime example is a unique proposal by Republic Solar Highways to put solar PV on highway right-of-way in California.
China has implemented it’s first nationwide feed-in tariff scheme for solar power.
Dow Chemical Company and Japanese-based Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have announced the formation of a new joint venture aimed at providing sustainable product solutions to the global high-performance flexible packaging, hygiene and medical markets.
A hydrogen fuel cell-powered hybrid electric bus supplied by UTC Power for the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District has set a performance record by operating for over 10,000 hours. The milestone is another step toward reducing the life cycle cost of hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles, which produce zero emissions and are more than 50% efficient in terms of converting energy to power.
In the latest stage of the historic battle between renewable energy and fossil fuels, the U.S. Army has taken the gloves off: Army Secretary John McHugh announced the launch of the Army’s new Energy Initiatives Office Task Force, at the GovEnergy Conference in Ohio last week.
BYD Co Ltd is on schedule to enter the growing EV market with the E6 crossover in Q2 of 2012. E6 represents the big battery solution to EV range. Other solutions…
