Leave it to MIT to blow our little eco-friendly minds with another bit of research that pushes the energy limits. A new essay from professor Daniel Nocera in the recent issue of the ChemSusChem scientific journal explores his “personalized energy” plan for individual electricity and fuel generation from sunlight and, according to Green Light blogger [...]
Economic woes have hit the solar energy industry harder than most these past few months, but even as most companies are in wait-and-see mode now, a welcome flow of stimulus funds next year looks to potentially jump-start the industry once again. So what do we have to look forward to? PV companies are popping up [...]
Agency Expands Green Technology Practice with Support for Prestigious Entrepreneurship Competition
Providence, R.I. – May 11, 2009 — SVM, one of New England’s most well-respected and longest-standing marketing communications and public relations firms, today announced that it is sponsoring the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Clean Energy Prize, a student business plan competition designed to stimulate [...]
Renewable energy company Genifuel Corporation today announced a license from Pacific Northwest National Labs for a process to turn algae into natural gas. The company began as an algae biodiesel company, but discovered that making liquid fuel wasn’t feasible, given the problems presented by genetic modification requirements, leftover biomass, and the arduous water separation process. [...]
The EPA released its list of the top 50 purchasers of green power today, naming Intel as number 1 due to its purchase of 1,301,200,000 kWh of wind power a year in order to run 46% of its total operation. This is Intel’s second year in the number one spot. Other tech bellwethers on the [...]
As a biofuel, the advantages of coffee over alternative biofuels are numerous: it does not diverting crops from being a food source because it’s made from the left over coffee grounds. it’s consistently available globally, it can easily yield 10-15% of biodiesel by weight, it requires little or no tinkering because it has lower viscosity, [...]
No doubt in recognition of Earth Day, InfoWorld today released its annual Green 15 list, which recognizes sustainable IT efforts from organizations in every industry that reduce costs and help improve the bottom line. There are big and small names on the list, which runs the gamut from Aramark, GlaxoSmithKline and Intel, to Niagara Catholic [...]
There’s no denying that green tech has become sort of a buzzword in the industry, but beyond the millions of great ideas, is the reality of turning those ideas into successful business ventures. To address this and the various other issues surrounding the economic implications of clean-energy policies, Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs, [...]
In yet another interesting application of Google Earth, the National Audubon
Society and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have joined forces to create an interactive map designed to help environmentalists, clean energy developers and utility companies identify the optimal areas for sitting renewable power generation and transmission facilities. The mapping project, which covers 13 western [...]