US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $68 million in funding Thursday for 540 US renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in the nation’s rural communities. This legislation is part of the “Swiss Army knife” of tools for jobs, innovation, infrastructure, research, and conservation President Obama has been talking about. Of … [continued]
Many Americans think that bicycling is pure recreational fun. Fresh air, exercise, and adventure being the reason that people bicycle these days. But the culture is shifting toward bicycling to work, to the grocery, to a restaurant, and even for long distant travel. Many activities now involve a bicycle. Americans spend about $81 billion a … [continued]
Global prospects for wind power are rising despite disappointing 2013 numbers, say analysts at Navigant Research. Although the wind industry worldwide added 36,134 MW in 2013, for the first time in nearly a decade, new installed wind power fell below that of the year before. The graph below indicates a 20% … [continued]
According to a new survey from WeLoveAnyCar, 40% of UK luxury vehicle drivers are also interested in electric cars like the Tesla Model S.
Scientists at the University of Southern California created a “natural” battery using quinones, organic compounds that can be found in both plants and animals.
Two new reports show that clean energy such as solar and wind power could save consumers tens of billions of dollars a year in coming decades.
Engineering students and a professor at Caltech are receiving support from kitchen and bathroom technology leader Kohler Co. founded in 1873. In 2012, the students won the “Reinventing the Toilet Challenge” which was put on by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They won with a self-contained water purification and … [continued]
Originally published on ClimateProgress by Joe Romm So there’s this new study in Nature Climate Change, “Intra- and intergenerational discounting in the climate game.” Sounds too wonky to get many eyeballs, no? That’s why editors at places like Time magazine have jazzed it up with this sort of headline: “Why We Don’t … [continued]
The annual health and environmental benefits to the United States from geothermal energy have been estimated to be $278 million a year, according to the Geothermal Energy Association. Binary geothermal energy plants produce almost no fossil fuel emissions, and other types only trace amounts of pollutants. Argonne National Laboratories found … [continued]
Lux Research have released a new report which states that grid storage demand will grow to $10.4 billion in 2017, and that “strategic valuable partnerships are key to success”. The grid storage market has grown surprisingly fast, starting from a modest $200 million in 2012, making the $10.4 billion figure … [continued]
