SOURCE: signonsandiego.com
” Over the past year, President Barack Obama has suggested that adopting solar power and other green technologies not only could help the United States improve the environment but also revitalize our manufacturing sector, which has been hard hit by competition from abroad.
“We can remain the world’s leading importer of foreign oil or we can become the world’s leading exporter of renewable energy,” Obama said in the spring. “We can hand over the jobs of the 21st century to our competitors, or we can create those jobs right here in America.” – Dean Calbreath
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August 30th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
SOURCE: time.com
“After Hurricane Katrina flattened New Orleans exactly four years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, the city emerged as an inadvertent symbol of global warming, the first American victim of climate change. Over 200,000 homes were destroyed during the Category 5 hurricane. But in the years since, the Crescent City has quietly embraced a new and unexpected role as a laboratory for green building. Sustainable development groups that range from the international nonprofit Global Green to earth-friendly celebrities like Brad Pitt descended on New Orleans, determined not just to build the city back, but to build it back green…” – Bryan Walsh
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August 30th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
SOURCE: examiner.com
“Colorado is emerging as the focus of nearly all things “energy.” In the past week, the state has been on the travel itinerary of such notables as Senator John McCain, Senator Mark Udall, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, US Representative Betsy Markey. All have focused on energy issues ranging from “renewable energy” to climate change. Generally, their “host” has been Governor Bill Ritter…” – Lee Mossel
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August 30th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
SOURCE: thedailygreen.com
“This will give you a sense of how much green power Southern California Edison (SCE) buys: only five percent of the renewable energy the company purchases is solar, but it is also the largest buyer in the entire United States. The sources supplying SCE represent 65% of the nation’s solar supply. And the company just upped its stake considerably…” – Jim Motavalli
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August 27th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
SOURCE: reuters
“Chinese solar-cell maker Canadian Solar Inc said on Wednesday it obtained development rights for a 500 megawatt (MW) solar power plant system in China.
The news makes Canadian Solar the latest Chinese solar manufacturer to unveil plans for a large solar power project in China since the country last month launched a long-awaited plan to offer subsidies for the industry…” – Laura Isensee
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August 27th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
SOURCE: scientificamerican.com
“Here’s a seemingly simple solar power factoid: the sun bathes Earth with enough energy in one hour (4.3 x 1020 joules) to more than fill all of humanity’s present energy use in a year (4.1 x 1020 joules). So how to convert it? In the world of solar energy harvesting, there’s a constant battle between cost and efficiency. On the one hand, complex and expensive triple-junction photovoltaic cells can turn more than 40 percent of the (specially concentrated) sunlight that falls on them into electricity…” – David Biello
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August 27th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
SOURCE: chron.com
“Houston took a big step toward becoming an energy city, not just an oil city, this past week when the University of Houston officially closed the deal to buy the old Schlumberger Well Services property. On that roughly 70 acres, not far down the Gulf Freeway from the main campus, UH plans to launch its Energy Research Park: an ambitious place where all sorts of bets are being placed on The Next Big Thing…”
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August 25th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
SOURCE: alternative-energy-news.info
“Manufacturers who are concerned not only about profit but about future too are developing such products that are clean and green and run on alternative fuels. Though currently clean and green products are costly, efforts are on to make them easy on pocket too. Solon SE is a Berlin-based solar company that has produced a zero emission solar ship. Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit was present at a ceremony to launch the “SOLON.” It is Berlin’s first passenger ship deriving its power from solar energy…”
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August 25th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (1)
SOURCE: abcnews
“With more than $11 billion in subsidies up for grabs, Congress and state governor’s offices are getting lots of attention from lobbyists as the solar and wind energy industries maneuver for the lions’ share…”
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August 23rd, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
SOURCE: usatoday.com
“Oil giant Chevron Corp. is turning to the sun to help produce fossil fuel, Reuters tells us.
At a city council meeting last night in Coalinga, Calif., the company outlined its plan to build a solar thermal plant to produce steam that would be injected into wells to help extract oil. Natural gas currently creates the steam…”
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August 23rd, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
