[social_buttons] Sitting in traffic sucks. You know it, I know it, and so does the planet. Although driving isn’t the cleanest means of transportation, minimizing your time on the road is just plain healthy. Here are 5 emerging technologies that can help you not play, “How many state license plates … [continued]
Pope Benedict XVI’s Bavarian house in Pentling next to Regensburg, will be getting almost 600 square feet of photovoltaic solar panels. They were intended to be installed on the roof July 27–31, by local students of a trade school. The panels were donated to the Pope by local workmen. Once installed, … [continued]
Joining the ranks of such green notables as San Francisco and Portland Oregon, the U.S. Air Force has made the top 20 List of On-Site Green Power Purchasers. The quarterly list is a subset of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership program. It includes organizations, businesses or government entities that … [continued]
The workhorse of the microbe world could turn out to be Geobacter, a hairy looking organism that is actually capable of generating an electric current from mud or wastewater. Professor Derek Lovley and a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have announced that they successfully evolved a … [continued]
Sewage treatment plant effluent may finally get its Cinderella moment, thanks to a new process called HYBACS developed by Bluewater Bio International. Up to now, the waste water from sewage plants has been shunted aside for disposal, typically into a nearby waterway. HYBACS transforms it into a reusable water resource, … [continued]
The Pacific Northwest just finished four days of triple digit temperatures, which put the heat on renewable energy sources to keep up with demand. Just as records were being set for power consumption, wind power generation slowed due to the calm air from the locked-in high pressure system. The extreme … [continued]
Clean Tech makes a great teaching tool for those new to the green business world.
The Army knows that extensive alternative energy installations are the best way to ensure continuous, reliable electricity production. That’s why the military organization is building the Department of Defense’s largest ever solar project at the Fort Irwin Base in California’s Mojave Desert.
The cash for clunkers program is already proving too good to be true. The $1 billion in funds allocated for the program is almost gone after less than a week, and now congress is scrambling to get an additional $2 billion to extend the program. With sales up at Ford … [continued]
Building materials giant Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company once best known for its asbestos shingles, has just announced that it is entering the solar roof market in a big way. The company will buy thin film solar laminates made by Michigan-based United Solar Ovonic, a subsidiary of Energy Conversion … [continued]
