Trying to comprehend the net metering wars. Originally Published in the ECOreport. News of rooftop solar’s most recent victory reached me on Friday, April 4. The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) issued a press release stating, “Fresh on the heels of recent ALEC defeats in Utah and Washington, the solar industry … [continued]
Reviewing Environment California’s Report: “Shining Cities: At the Forefront of America’s Solar Energy Revolution” Originally published in the ECOreport. America’s solar capacity has tripled during the past two years. Rooftop solar has been in the van of this development. Environment California’s new report — “Shining Cities: At the Forefront of America’s Solar … [continued]
Wind energy is a tremendous success story world wide, with staggering amounts of innovation. It isn’t given sufficient credit for that and is even unfairly attacked by those opposed to it as old technology. Every aspect of construction, operation, and the business of horizontal axis wind turbines has been subject … [continued]
Hugh Keenleyside Dam, a run-of-river hydropower station operated by BC Hydro, and the Arrow Lakes Generating Station “Run-of-river” hydro power, gentler and smaller-scale than massive hydroelectric projects that irretrievably flood huge areas of land, may become a $1.4 billion-dollar industry in the next 10 years, according to Tocardo International BV, … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. By Zachary Coffey What do you get when you combine four electric motors, a 30,000 rpm fan and a bar? Why, a jet-powered human of course. The name Dreamscience Propulsion may not mean anything to us but this company, coming out of the UK, is developing a … [continued]
Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world live in crowded urban areas that don’t receive much sunlight — largely due to the presence of tall light-blocking buildings. As the global population continues to climb (that’s the prediction) over the coming decades, this problem is expected to worsen considerably. So, … [continued]
Norway could significantly reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions simply by ensuring that the Norwegian housing stock is built according to, or upgraded to, a passive standard, according to recent research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The passive standard is a rigorous, voluntary standard for … [continued]
Take that, Zürich! Last year the Swiss city set a Guinness record for gathering 305 plug-in EVs in one place, but a similar EV rally last Friday in Montreal garnered 431 plug-in EVs of all types. That includes ample representation by one of our faves, GM’s Chevy Volt, and there … [continued]
Originally published on Into the Wind. By Peebles Squire It’s official: Ohioans are big fans of clean energy, according to the results of a new survey released last Wednesday and summarized in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Out of 600 Ohio voters surveyed, 72 percent responded that they favored renewable energy sources … [continued]
Two newly developed europium complexes have demonstrated record high luminescence efficiencies in red, as well as possessing properties that would allow for faster cheaper manufacturing of thin OLED films. The two new complexes were developed by researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences in … [continued]
