Using natural and clean energy sources for providing heat and electricity in the homes is continuing to become popular. It reduces the burden on existing dependency on fossil fuel, which contributes to the global warming to a large extent. Using normal fuel adds to the pollution, and dramatic climate changes. Using renewable natural resources for… Read More
American Superconductor Lands $70 Million Chinese Contract for Wind Turbine Electrical Control Systems
February 4, 2010 By 5 Comments
American Superconductor Corporation announced recently that it has received an initial order for full wind turbine electrical control systems from China’s Shenyang Blower Works (SBW) that is worth approximately $70 million. According to the agreement, the systems will be deployed in the 2 megawatt (MW) doubly fed induction wind turbines that were co-developed with AMSC… Read More
Turn your office expense reports into toilet paper
February 3, 2010 By 6 Comments
If you’ve ever dreamed of sticking all that paperwork on your desk where the sun don’t shine, a Japanese machine can turn it all into toilet paper for you. Appropriately named White Goat, this device designed for the office can take regular letter-size paper or shreds, including that sales report you cursed until you were… Read More
Huge hydroelectric dam approved in Brazil's Amazon
February 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil granted an environmental license on Monday for the construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The $17 billion project on the Xingu River in the northern state of Para will help the fast-growing Latin American country cope with soaring demand for electricity but has raised… Read More
Suzuki Burgman scooter runs on fuel cell
February 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
LONDON–A new hydrogen-powered fuel cell hybrid electric scooter will enable city commuting ease without harming the environment, the chief executive of Intelligent Energy said at the bike’s launch here. The Suzuki Burgman Fuel Cell Scooter, made by clean power systems company Intelligent Energy and Suzuki Motor, will be tested in Loughborough from this month, with… Read More
Obama budget calls for market plan on climate
February 1, 2010 By 4 Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House called for implementing a “comprehensive market-based policy” that includes offsets to fight climate change, but omitted a projection in the new budget that a cap-and-trade market would raise $646 billion in revenues by 2019. The Obama administration has pledged to cut U.S. emissions about 17 percent by 2020 from… Read More
Breakthrough made in nuclear-waste sequestration
January 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
by Candace Lombardi: Researchers at Northwestern University are developing a new method for removing radioactive materials from liquid nuclear waste. The group of scientists led by Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, a Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, announced their breakthrough on Tuesday. The group’s paper described the process metaphorically to… Read More
Is clean tech China's moon shot?
January 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
DAVOS, Switzerland–So far, wind turbines are not Sputnik. But one day they could be. The global race to develop clean technology is not just about who can build the best solar parks or wind farms. It is also shaping up as a contest between Chinese-style capitalism and the more market-oriented approach fancied by the United… Read More
Wind power capacity up in 2009
January 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. wind power capacity soared 39 percent last year but job growth stalled as uncertainty about renewable energy policies and the recession slowed manufacturing, an industry group said. The combined power generating capacity of new U.S. wind turbines installed last year hit more than 9,900 megawatts, up from a gain of over… Read More
Book Review – Climate Cover-Up
January 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
Book Review: Climate Cover-Up By Joanna Schroeder Originally published on DomesticFuel.com This week we’re back to climate change, and the author James Hoggan, lays out the “crusade to deny global warming in “Climate Cover-Up.” For those of you familiar with the online green space, you may have come across the blog DeSmogBlog, which is co-founded… Read More
