Halus Power has a unique business model among Bay Area green energy startups.
They buy secondhand Vestas generators from Denmark and Germany that have been ditched in favor of the next size up and then remanufacture them in the US to meet the needs of rural energy users and small farms.
Yesterday, I wrote about the new DH9 from DewPointe, one of the cool eco-innovations to be showcased at West Coast Green October 1-3 in San Francisco. The DH9 is capable of extracting water vapor from the air and converting it to (very) pure drinking water, at a rate of about … [continued]
[social_buttons] With a startling green master-plan that will one day connect North and South Korea, Foster+Partners has won an international competition to design an extensive mixed-use scheme for two Korean islands near Seoul. That it is bold, green and innovative is no surprise. Foster+Partners is known for visionary sustainable architecture … [continued]
Hundreds of thousands of tons of watermelons are tossed every year because they aren’t good enough for market. A new study finds that the juice from these watermelons could easily be used to create the biofuel ethanol and other helpful products.
A leading California almond processor, the Minturn Nut Company, has completed the installation of a 403 kW solar power system on its main warehouse facility in Le Grand, California. The system was designed and installed by Cenergy Power, a specialist in agricultural solar applications. California supplies all – that’s right, … [continued]
[social_buttons] In recent posts on Planetsave and EcoWorldy about moratoria on soya and cattle products related to Amazon destruction, it was mentioned that McDonald’s is helping to save the Amazon. With the company also delving into green building, progressive energy saving software, and charging stations for electric vehicles, is McDonald’s … [continued]
Herbs and spices like thyme, rosemary and mint, usually used to flavor food, can also offer a green alternative to synthetic pesticides. Research has shown that oils derived from the herbs interfere with insect nervous systems, causing them to spasm haphazardly until they die. Best of all, these all-natural pesticides … [continued]
[social_buttons] Necessity is the mother of invention, and real needs will grow with climate change. The most fundamental of these is the need for fresh water. Despite predicted long-term water stress across a wide swathe of agricultural states like California, we will have to find ways to grow the food … [continued]
You’ve seen the headlines: Cows Operate Power Company as Side Business Onion Farmer takes $2.5 Million to Bank For Electricity Production More Carbon Sequestration Needed: Farmers Paid to Not Plant Every day there’s more news of the alternative energy that farms can make. From cow poop. From crop residues. From … [continued]
Those yummy California lemons, avocados, oranges, pistachios or cherries on your table right now could have been very sustainably grown using solar panels. That’s because a giant California grower has just installed 1 MW of solar power to water their 7,000 acre farm. The 6,400 solar panels power pumps to … [continued]
