Olafur Eliasson is trying to illuminate the remote, bringing light and opportunity to those who cannot access or bear the expense of electricity or kerosene. Eliasson, an Icelandic-Danish artist, has created a small solar-powered light, called Little Sun, “to promote economic growth in regions of the world where electricity … [continued]
ABB–GreenVolts’ turnkey CPV system is said to be 30-40x more efficient than comparable silicon or thin-film PV installations, which translates into smaller footprints and lower installation costs. […]
A Drexel University research team has developed energy storage technology that it believes can solve a vexing problem: how to cost-effectively store intermittent electrical energy from renewable sources at grid-level scale. The research team combined the concepts underlying flow, or redox, batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) with those of … [continued]
Just a reminder that we are publishing numerous posts to the “Quick Cleantech News” widget and category that do not show up on the CleanTechnica home page. If you haven’t been keeping your eye on those posts, here’s a quick roundup of recent Quick Cleantech News posts: Solar Flexible … [continued]
The U.S. has to play some major catch-up in energy efficiency according to the first-ever International Energy Efficiency Scorecard, which ranked the U.S. as ninth out of 12 major economies. Meanwhile, the U.K., which has been working hard to green itself, took the top spot in the ranking. The … [continued]
“We saw millions of batteries were being scrapped every year, and set about researching how to take steps towards solving this problem,” says Williams. “What we found was the Nickel-Iron battery.” […]
Who knew that the first weeks of the carbon price would be this entertaining? A bakery chief resigning after urging his franchisees to post coalition propaganda in shop windows and blame the carbon tax and its impact on electricity costs for a stunning rise in the cost of sticky … [continued]
What if they banned a light bulb and nobody cared? Given all the fireworks over the incandescent light bulb phaseout that began earlier this year, there should be another round of outrage over the July 14 deadline for phasing out another highly popular type of light bulb, the T-12 fluorescent … [continued]
By Mark Golden STANFORD, Calif.–U.S. investors in clean energy technology are looking to make only modest financial commitments to startups now, but they still expect nothing less than total passion from entrepreneurs. Most early-stage investing in clean tech today focuses on energy startups that leverage information technology not currently … [continued]
Hotels are notoriously wasteful energy consumers, guzzling resources in an effort to keep guests happy. Scandic Hotels have taken a different route in the lodging business: informing customers of how they can be a part of an environmentally friendly lodging system. In the video above, Jan Peter Bergkvist, developer of … [continued]
