The OECD and IEA are urging global leaders to do more to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, which they say will boost growth, job creation and revenues while mitigating climate change. In a groundbreaking report, the OECD detaisl fossil fuel subsidies around the world, highlighting the key elements of strategies that some governments are using to remove them.
The World Bank’s International Development Association’s RERED program has brought solar power to more than 300,000 homes and small businesses in rural Bangladesh. With the addition of another $172 million credit facility, the IDA and its RERED partners intend to bring that to over a million.
These Global Top 10 are thriving in cleantech industry with innovative technologies and green job creation The Global Cleantech Cluster Association, known as the global voice of cleantech, announced its Top 10 winners of the 2011 Later Stage Award Monday night at its awards gala co-hosted by An sTli … [continued]
QUICK NEWS: The Solar LED Runway Guard Light, the result of a joint development project between Caramanah Technologies Corp and ADB Airfield Solutions, has been named Airport Technology of the Year by the Future Airport, a publication from Global Trade Media International. The combination of cost efficiency and significant carbon … [continued]
Daihatsu is the oldest Japanese automaker, but I know it mainly as the one who makes all the little kei cars – you know, the “light motor vehicles” with engines up to 660cc and 64HP that go 60mph with a strong tailwind and get 50mpg running around heavy city traffic. … [continued]
Working with industrial partners, the UK’s AFC Energy is on the verge of launching the first commercial-scale implementation of a modular, low cost-high performance hydrogen fuel cell system that it believes can jump-start the hydrogen economy and map out a path to a clean, zero-emissions electricity future.
Best Buy has been a green leader for awhile. It has pushed for strong climate change and clean energy legislation, and it has been rolling out more and more clean tech and energy efficiency programs. This all makes me quite happy, since best Buy was probably my favorite shop as … [continued]
In a move to help curb costs and expand sustainability efforts, the city of Stamford Connecticut is switching to energy-efficient LED streetlights. The move will save the municipality more than $146,000 annually. To help jump-start the initiative, the city was awarded an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, an … [continued]
Stationary fuel cells are now being used to power residential homes, which could allow each residence to generate his own power efficiently.
While Minnesota is known for gophers, ice, and a thousand lakes, it is also becoming known a hub for clean technology in the mid-western United States
