I just wrote about a solar-powered iPad case and keyboard from Logitech on Friday. But, apparently, Logitech isn’t the only one entering this market. Wireless NRG has also released a solar-powered iPad case — the KudoCase. However, one important difference is that the KudoCase actually powers your iPad, while the Logitech … [continued]
Wind energy is a big economic driver, as our readers know. It’s also a huge and growing source of electricity in many places now, as you know. But it’s under serious threat from an extreme branch of one political party. This terrific video below from Peter Sinclair, his “Renewable … [continued]
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have launched a new online solar and wind atlas project — the Global Atlas for Solar and Wind Energy project. “The Global Atlas for Solar and Wind Energy project aims to create a collaborative internet-based Geographic Information System … [continued]
One of our readers recently reached out to me asking if I could help spread the news about a survey she’s conducting. It’s just a 7-question poll on topics such as recycling and alternative energy on college campuses. If you have a moment, help Ashley Halligan of Software Advice out by answering … [continued]
OK, I won’t keep updating you month after month about this, but seems that we are yet again (4th month in a row) the most-visited cleantech or clean energy site in the U.S. (based on Compete.com statistics). So, yet again, Thank You, and keep hitting those share buttons!! 😀
Some more solar energy news from around the net to wrap up the week: SolarCity & Clean Currents have teamed up to offer fixed-price Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for solar power with as little as $0 down and long-term electricity discounts/savings. The largest city-sponsored solar financing program in the U.S. has … [continued]
Some more top wind energy new from around the internet: Western Wind Energy Corp. is acquiring a whopping 4,000 MW of wind energy projects from Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings. “Cost of the acquisition is $20 Million US, payable by the issuance of 8 Million common shares at a deemed value of $2.50 per share US.” The … [continued]
Some more top energy efficiency news from around the internet: Lighting Science Group has completed the first phase of a relighting project in Washington, D.C. that will “save the city tens of thousands of dollars each year in energy costs” (and a lot of energy). “Already results show these new light … [continued]
Some more top clean transportation news from around the internet: BMW, Siemens, Daimler, the Technische Universitaet Muenchen and many others are working together on joint research project called Visio.M to “develop concepts to produce electric cars that are efficient, safe, and inexpensive,” BMW reports. “Lead manager of the project is BMW AG. … [continued]
Engineers have mostly designed solar power plants using CAD programs, “with every layout and every variation painstakingly generated separately,” a news release from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft writes. Now, however, researchers from Fraunhofer and researchers at Siemens Energy Photovoltaics have developed special software that simplifies this conceptual design. Here’s more from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft: [R]esearchers at the … [continued]
