Andrew, Author at CleanTechnica

Andrew

I've been reporting and writing on a wide range of topics at the nexus of economics, technology, ecology/environment and society for some five years now. Whether in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Americas, Africa or the Middle East, issues related to these broad topical areas pose tremendous opportunities, as well as challenges, and define the quality of our lives, as well as our relationship to the natural environment.

Biomass

Report Highlights Importance of Making “Low-Carbon, Water-Smart” Energy Choices

US society needs to make the right choices today in order to assure adequate, affordable supplies of both energy and water. Pursuing a strategic...

AndrewJuly 23, 2013

Clean Power

Mosaic Teams With D-Sun to Offer Investors the Chance to Help Put Solar on Colorado Charter School

Raising the capital to install a 657-kW solar PV system at the Pinnacle Charter School is the first joint project for D-Sun and Mosaic...

AndrewJuly 16, 2013

Aviation

Investors Back Heliae’s First Commercial-Scale Algae Production Facility

Raising $28.4 in new capital from a group of existing and new investors, Arizona's Heliae is ready to prove it can manufacture algae-based products...

AndrewJuly 15, 2013

Clean Power

GE Brilliant Wind Turbines Heading Down Under As Part Of $350MM Boco Wind Farm Project

Fifty-eight GE 1.7-100 and nine 1.6-100 Brilliant wind turbines will be heading to Australia as part of a Downer EDI-GE Australia and New Zealand...

AndrewJuly 9, 2013

Clean Power

Los Angeles Kicks Off Second Round Solar Feed-in Tariff

The Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power is set to accept a second round of applications to its pioneering solar feed-in tariff program....

AndrewJuly 9, 2013

Batteries

GE’s Brilliant Wind Turbine — Wind Power Cheaper Than Coal Or Natural Gas (Part 3)

This is Part 3 of a 3-part series on GE’s Brilliant 1.6-100 wind turbine. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 or the rest...

AndrewJuly 1, 2013

Batteries

GE’s Brilliant Wind Turbine — Wind Power Cheaper Than Coal Or Natural Gas (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on GE’s Brilliant 1.6-100 wind turbine. Read Part 1 here, and keep an eye on CleanTechnica or our GE...

AndrewJune 30, 2013

Batteries

GE’s Brilliant Wind Turbine — Wind Power Cheaper Than Coal Or Natural Gas (Part 1)

Already competitive with electricity produced by coal and natural gas-fired power plants, GE is driving the cost of clean, green, renewable energy down further...

AndrewJune 29, 2013

Buildings

VW’s Vision Of Ecological Sustainability Takes Shape In Tennessee

With ThinkBlue, the world's third largest automaker is raising the stakes in its sustainability drive, including allocating $500 million-$600 million for renewable energy investments....

AndrewJune 22, 2013

Biomass

US Tops In Renewable Energy Attractiveness As Sector Comes Of Age

The US, China and Germany, ranked as the top three most attractive countries for renewable energy investment in 2012, a year in which renewable...

AndrewJune 3, 2013

Clean Power

Google Makes First Renewable Energy Investment In Africa

Upon completion, the Jasper Power Project will be one of the largest solar PV facilities on the African continent, capable of producing enough clean,...

AndrewMay 30, 2013