During an election season, it’s easy to find huge faults in every politician, so let’s take a look back on one former president that we can all be proud of, Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was forward thinking on many national policies, including (way ahead of his time) his prescient … [continued]
Puma, the well renowned German sportswear company, recently announced the launch of a range of biodegradable shoes and clothes. The company has continually been praised in various reports by the United Nations as being a corporate leader in the development of sustainability, and making a real effort to limit … [continued]
Portland’s utility, the Portland General Electric Company, is requesting proposals for the development of 100 MW of renewable energy. It will consider projects from hydroelectric, solar, biogas, geothermal, and wind energy. Smaller projects must be at least 10 MW. They will also accept proposals for one very large project. … [continued]
According to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, an energy storage system that cools air until it becomes liquid could compete with batteries. The liquid is then stored inside a vacuum flask to keep it in a cold, liquid state until it is needed. Air is a mixture of multiple gases, … [continued]
This is why you should care about energy efficiency: a lot of us look at our utility bills every month with a sense of trepidation (or I do, anyway), but the price we pay for having all the resources we want piped right through our walls is, well […]
Not that they’re going soft on us, but Fox News.com recently featured an article on low-cost electric vehicle technology, and it’s just the kind of news we like to see here at CleanTechnica: good news about emerging clean technology that could break through the affordability barrier. The article profiled a company called Simbol Materials, … [continued]
The world’s largest producer of solar panels, Suntech Power Holdings, has signed a contract with EDP Renovaveis to supply 39 megawatts of polycrystalline solar panels for new projects under construction in Romania. The Romanian solar projects will be connected late this year and early into 2013. “We are pleased to cooperate … [continued]
Market research forecasts are almost never correct, but decent ones do give a good sense for how things are likely to change in various industries. I’ve found that Pike Research does a pretty good job of conducting cleantech market research reports. Its latest is on the growth of electric vehicle … [continued]
The quota model for renewable energy does not work as well as feed-in tariff models. In a report recently published by Germany’s Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien (Renewable Energy Agency), the feed-in tariff system was shown to deliver a lower cost to consumers than quota systems. […]
Rainfresh Harvest’s solar PV–small wind power system was just one of more than 170 green energy sites open to the public during this year’s Green Energy Ohio Tour, which displayed the robust vitality and vibrancy of the state’s fast-growing sustainable development and green energy movement. […]
