You might be surprised to hear, that after all this time, with so many compelling reasons to make vehicles more energy efficient, that the internal combustion engine still only uses 15% of the energy it receives from gasoline. I sure was. [social_buttons] A century ago, when the internal combustion engine … [continued]
As Europe forges ahead with larger and larger wind turbine sizes for off-shore wind, a design change may now be required. The incentive to build larger turbines is that when you increase the size of the turbines you decrease your costs per megawatt significantly. Another is that the best wind … [continued]
We Can Lead is posting a ticker on its website showing how the US is falling behind the world at the rate of $260 million per day in private investment in clean energy. This is due to the lack of climate legislation from the Senate putting a price on carbon. … [continued]
A very innovative way to make it easy to put more solar on the grid is being pioneered by Tucson Electric Power (TEP) with The Bright Tucson Community Solar Program. By buying $3 shares, individual utility customers can choose to own a portion of a 1.6 MW community solar project, … [continued]
A historic agreement has been signed by a consortium of appliance manufacturers and environmental groups that will keep 550 million metric tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere over 30 years by setting new Federal minimum standards that raise energy efficiency increases nationwide in a range of consumer appliances … [continued]
Nearly all of the globe’s top 30 mega-cities are in the tropics, in developing nations. As they develop – while simultaneously, over the coming decades; the climate heats further, the demand for air conditioning in these gigantic mega-cities (in India, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria) is going … [continued]
A newly developed A/C refrigerant developed by Honeywell for the European market to have 99.7% lower global warming potential (GWP) will be used by GM to cool its entire fleet of 2013 models. The new low emission coolant was developed by Honeywell initially to meet EU standards which have long … [continued]
Solyndra was the very first of the renewable energy companies funded through the (newly renewable energy-friendly) Department of Energy under Secretary Chu, who guaranteed a $535 million loan so Solyndra could build a factory to make its innovative cylindrical CIGS thin film solar modules. That factory is now due online … [continued]
The Center for Climate Strategies has issued a report laying out in detail the cost/benefit analysis underpinning 23 policy options and their expected net cost per ton of greenhouse gases removed. [social_buttons] Like the three climate bills that would have reduced the deficit by about $20 billion by 2020, these … [continued]
It gets mom and pop out of the oil drilling business, and that is a good thing. [social_buttons] While undeveloped countries might have kids slaving over the kitchen fire melting electronics to mine them for lead – in a supposedly developed nation like this, competence should be a sine qua … [continued]
