Put a US Marine out in the field for any length of time and at some point he’s going to need to recharge the batteries on any number of devices essential to his role. Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Electronics Science and Technology Division are working to … [continued]
When was the last time the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of clean energy? Or agreed with the Senate — and the President — on any legislation in recent memory? Well, the new “Jumpstart Our Business Startups” (JOBS) Act, was overwhelmingly and quickly passed by both houses and … [continued]
In 2011, 2.7 million people across Southern California, Arizona, and Baja California were left without power when a single transmission line in Arizona was lost, which led to a cascading series of failures. Now, a report which was initiated in an effort to determine the cause of the blackout … [continued]
Just over a year since a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake and subsequent tsunami created a series of equipment failures, nuclear meltdowns, and release of radioactive materials at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, technicians closed down the last working nuclear reactor in the country. At … [continued]
Researchers from the University of Basel in Switzerland are developing low cost solar cells made with zinc, a cheap and abundant material. Zinc is an uninteresting gray in its natural state, but the team has figured out a way to use it for creating colorful dyes, which could lead to … [continued]
Solar energy leasing has fast become a major conduit for institutional investors to participate and spur adoption and growth of solar PV on rooftops of US homes. Clean Power Finance has quickly risen to become a leading player in the field.
The National Football League has been falling all over itself in a fierce competition to see which team can lay claim to the most sustainability cred, and it seems like this week’s winner is the New England Patriots. Not only is the team’s Gillette Stadium an early adopter of sustainability … [continued]
Europe’s renewable energy drive is opening up substantial new opportunities for innovative US companies such as Chicago-based smart grid systems provider S&C Electric, which is doubling the size of its factory in Milwaukee as a result of its growing European and overseas business portfolio.
I ran across this album/musician last year. Yes, it’s been in my queue for a looooong time. I just ran across the draft recently and realized it was time to get a post up on this. The story is quite simple — basically, Turtuga Blanku makes its/his music in a 100% … [continued]
Growing up in Florida, I’m well aware of the fact that some air conditioning units can create quite a bit of water from the thin air (actually, if you’ve been to South Florida, you know it’s more like thick air). But I guess I wasn’t as inventive as Marc Parent, … [continued]
