Did you know that you can put solar on your roof in New Jersey, and earn actual cash for 15 years for doing so? Even though you’ll also get to use that clean power you make – because you can stop paying electric utility bills (that average 17 cents a … [continued]
Need some shade on your company parking lot? Instead of a putting up a dumb structure that merely shades the parking lot, take a look at this solar powerhouse made by Ohio-based ProtekPark Solar. The company builds extremely sturdy pre-engineered covered parking structures specifically designed to support solar panels as … [continued]
Solar is great if you have a good roof. But what if you don’t? Why not make kilowatt-hours in your basement? Small residential Combined Heat & Power (CH&P) boilers that run on natural gas can effectively cut the greenhouse gas emissions in half, because these boilers don’t just make hot … [continued]
On its way to reduce its carbon emissions per unit of economic output 40 percent by 2020, China’s current plan requires it to use 20 percent less energy per unit of economic output than in 2005. [social_buttons] To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Chinese government has tried the usual carrot … [continued]
A simple, cheaply produced thin plastic film placed on top of solar panels that could boost their power by 10% has just passed extensive testing by the NREL. The light-bending film was developed by researchers focused on innovative applied optics and light ray management at Genie Lens Technologies in Colorado, … [continued]
Five years ago, when 17% of Portugal’s energy came from renewable energy – about like California now – the government made a bold decision to aim for 45% during the next five years – by 2010. Sounds impossible, right? Yet, according to Elizabeth Rosenthal at the NYT, they will have … [continued]
The EPA has for the first time moved to control hazardous air pollution from cement plants with the first ever national rules that will protect Americans health. The third largest source of mercury air emissions are cement plants, because they burn coal to fire up kilns. Cement kilns around the … [continued]
Heavy industries like steel mills, paper mills and cement mills have by far the largest untapped potential for energy generation in the wasted heat they generate but do not tap to make electricity. It is not just heavy industries that wastes this potential. Coal-fired power plants lose as much as … [continued]
Of the 16 Gigawatts of renewable energy that the US will have installed once the Recovery Act (ARRA) stimulus funds are all spent, 11 Gigawatts are in California, according to a document released by the CEC enumerating 11,180 MW worth of proposed projects listing an application for Recovery Act funding. … [continued]
California’s first natural-gas plant to make use of Siemens rapid-start technology that reduces CO2 emissions broke ground in Lodi this month. A small utility, the Northern California Power Agency started building a $375 million, 280 MW natural gas combined-cycle plant that is able to ramp up to capacity quickly in … [continued]
