Weekly Cleantech News Roundup
Our weekly roundup of cleantech stories from around the web. To start you off, here’s a good one from The Onion (on a friend’s site): Big Coal Takes a Big Swing at Big Wind.
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Cleantech Weekly Roundup
Here’s an extremely lengthy end-of-week roundup of cleantech stories. To make scrolling through your interests more manageable, I’m splitting it up into a few pages based on topic.
Page 1 –>> Solar Energy
Page 2 –>> Wind Energy
Page 3 –>> Energy Efficiency & Energy Storage
Page 4 –>> Transportation
Page 5 –>> Politics
Page 6 –>> Other Clean News & Commentary
Japan’s Wicked-Fast Maglev Train Moves Forward, Again
A magnetically levitated train line between Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka has reportedly been in development since as far back as the 1970s. So, it has had its stops and starts. The Central Japan Railway recently got a pretty big go-ahead to “to proceed with construction” from the Japanese government.
2 Miles of Solar Panels Now Cover High-Speed Rail Tunnel on Amsterdam-Paris Line {VIDEO}
A tunnel in Belgium built to protect high-speed trains from falling trees is now covered in 16,000 solar panels (yes, you may remember Tina covering this project a bit as it got underway last October).
Smarter Uses for Displaced Wind Energy
Two designers have created an innovative product meant to capture displaced wind from passing trains or subways and convert that wind power to electricity. Called the T-box, the device was designed by Qian Jiang and Alessandro Leonetti Luparini, winning a silver medal at the 2010 Lite-on awards exhibited in Taiwan.
Top Cleantech News & Commentary (40 Stories)
Top cleantech news from the last day or two.
Top 30 Cleantech News & Commentary Stories (April 6)
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“Mad Men” Make it Clear Why High-Speed Rail is a Winner [VIDEO]
I’ve written about high-speed rail quite a lot on here. Clearly, I think it’s one of the best transportation options we can invest in. Although, while I’ve tried to explain why numerous times, I don’t think I ever did so as well as actors Vincent Kartheiser and Rich Sommer of “Mad Men” do in the clip below. Kartheiser and Sommer teamed up with the U.S. PIRG and Funny Or Die to create this video in order to bring support for high-speed rail into the mainstream (for obvious reasons).
High Speed Rail Meets the Beavis and Butthead School of Transportation Planning
With oil prices spiking and the nation’s rail system in urgent need of an overhaul, it would seem like the last thing we need is more roads and less rails. And yet, that’s just what we’re getting. The governor of one state recently turned down a chance to build a … [continued]
High-Speed Rail Could Get $53 Billion More from Obama Administration [VIDEO]
In addition to the $27 million for solar and $50.5 million for offshore wind Obama just announced, Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood also let us know yesterday that another $53 billion is being proposed for high-speed rail. This is in addition to the $8 billion awarded at the … [continued]
