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France Building EV Charging Network

France is going after one of the key obstacles to getting electric cars on the road: the need for a charging infrastructure. The country is changing all that by spending $2.2 billion to build a network of charging stations. Taxpayer money will go to fund the project that will install the initial nation-wide network, but beyond that, the country is putting t… Continue

Added by Steven Horvath on October 5, 2009 at 11:50am — No Comments

Why all the requests for paperless billing lately?

Feel like just about every utility, bank, and service company you use is asking you to sign up for their paperless option? It's not your imagination. And you're about to be inundated with even more requests to opt-in to paperless communications, according to an IDC survey released Thursday. Ninety-two percent of the 300 U.S. com… Continue

Added by Allysa on September 29, 2009 at 5:13pm — No Comments

The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget

The $150 Space Camera.

Bespoke is old hat. Off-the-shelf is in. Even Google runs the world’s biggest and scariest server farms on computers home-made from commodity parts. DIY is cheaper and often better, as Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh found out when they decided to send a camera into space. The two… Continue

Added by Steven Horvath on September 15, 2009 at 11:06pm — 1 Comment

Kindle e-Reader: Potential of Green Technology!

From cnet.com - August 28, 2009 Study paints Kindle e-reader a dark shade of green by Martin LaMonica Claims that the Amazon Kindle electronic reader is more environmentally friendly than paper books hold up, according to an analysis by the Cleantech Group. The research and media company drew on existing studies to do a lifecycle analysis and found that the carbon emissions from electronic books are far lower than traditional book publishing. Taking into account the manufacturing and mining r… Continue

Added by Stesco Consulting on September 1, 2009 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Smart-Grid Trials Start with Government Funding

From cnet.com July 20, 2009 by Martin LaMonica DOE opens wallet for smart-grid trials The Department of Energy on Monday awarded $57 million in funding to modernize the electricity grid with projects designed to make transmission more reliable and reduce pow… Continue

Added by Stesco Consulting on July 21, 2009 at 9:40am — No Comments

First Carbon Trapping Plant Back on Track

From NationalGeographic.com First Major Carbon-Trapping Plant May Boost Green Jobs, Posted on June 15, 2009 The already blossoming green jobs sector may get an added growth spurt with the U.S. Department of Energy's recent announcement that the FutureGen project is back on trac… Continue

Added by Administration on July 14, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

The Smart Grid is the Future - What Does it Mean to You?

The basic idea: be more efficient, resilient, and able to use more renewable energy. (Graphic Credit: Department of Energy) Article from cnet.com July 10, 2009 by Martin LaMonica FAQ: What the smart grid means to you Yet again, the tech industry has a buzzword everyone seems… Continue

Added by Steven Horvath on July 11, 2009 at 10:09am — No Comments

Desert looks towards future move from Oil to Green Energy

Article By Amy Kellogg on FoxNews.com

Image from Gensler The United Arab Emirates won’t run out of oil for about a century, but it’s already committing billions to help wean the world off the very product that made it rich. The UAE, which pumps millions of barrels of oil every day… Continue

Added by Administration on July 6, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

Affordable Fortwo - only $99 per month!

Smart USA is hoping to take advantage of the recently passed "Cash-for-Clunkers" program by offering its own joint incentive to lure buyers. The car hasn't been selling as well in the US as the company hoped, but now with the new incentives making it possible to get one for cheap, t… Continue

Added by Administration on June 30, 2009 at 10:52am — No Comments

Most Refuse to Give up iPod, Even if it Ruined the Environment!

Over 1,000 people were surveyed across the United States and over 60% of Americans said they would refuse to give up their iPod, even if that resulted in damage to our environment! The survey indicated that while greener products are desired, that focus would be secondary to convenien… Continue

Added by Administration on June 22, 2009 at 4:45pm — No Comments

Small Hydrogen City Car Will be Open Source

A new concept for a hydrogen city car is being unveiled next week in England, and you can help to finish the design. The car has been designed up to this point by Oxford and Cranfield University professors and students, but now Riversimple is planning to manufacture the car and the… Continue

Added by Stesco Consulting on June 12, 2009 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Paint the World White to Fight Global Warming!

Posted from the Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk, May 27, 2009 Article: Professor Steven Chu: paint the world white to fight global warming

Mark Henderson, Science Editor As a weapon against global warming, it sounds so simple and low-tech that it could not possibly work. But the idea of using millions of buckets of whitewash to avert climate catastrophe has won the backing of one of the world’s most influential scientists. Steven Chu, the Nobel prize-winning phys… Continue

Added by Steven Horvath on June 2, 2009 at 7:43pm — No Comments

Using Wind and Solar Power for Street Lights!

From ecogeek Written by Megan Treacy Friday, 22 May 2009

French company Windela has created a street lighting system that works without any connection to the grid. The Windelux is powered by both a small vertical wind turbine and a solar PV panel. The lamp is comprised… Continue

Added by Administration on June 1, 2009 at 11:02am — No Comments

Wearable Air Quality Sensor - Test on your sleeve!

From Ecogeek Written by Megan Treacy Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Air quality index information is widely available for cities on a daily basis, but so far there's been no collective breakdown of that information in real time or for specific neighborhoods. Traffic jams and wind conditions can… Continue

Added by Administration on June 1, 2009 at 10:58am — No Comments

Next Generation Data Center: IBM and Syracuse Focus on Ultra-Efficiency

By GreenerComputing Staff Published May 29, 2009 SYRACUSE and ARMONK, N.Y. -- With its groundbreaking today of an ambitious data center project on the Syracuse University campus, IBM is taking its "Smarter Planet" data center work to the next level. "With this project, we're saying, 'Let's not just deal with a piece of the problem,' which is what the industry has been on all these years," explained Vijay Lund, IBM's vice president for development and manufacturing operations. "People have only… Continue

Added by Stesco Consulting on June 1, 2009 at 10:50am — No Comments

Florida’s Babcock Ranch: A City Powered Entirely by the Sun

Before roads and infrastructure are built, ground to be broken on the world’s largest photovoltaic power plant.

By: Kathleen Stanley from ecohomemagazine.com, April 29, 2009 Imagine 19,500 homes powered exclusively by the sun, and not one of them will sport a solar p… Continue

Added by Administration on May 26, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

World’s Largest Solar Thermal Plant Planned for Arizona

The Mohave Sun Power company is planning a project in Mohave County that could begin construction in the fourth quarter of 2010. It will use 4,000 acres of land and employ concentrating solar power. Molten salt will be the storage medium. Mitchell Dong, the company’s CE… Continue

Added by Stesco Consulting on May 13, 2009 at 7:45pm — No Comments

Making Poop Beautiful: Alternative Power for L'Oreal Cosmetics Plant

Cow power to provide energy for beauty giant's Belgium factory from James Murray, BusinessGreen, 23 Apr 2009 and also reprinted from ecogeek.com As one of the world's leading manufacturers of sweet-smelling cosmetics, L'Oreal is hardly the first company you would associate with manure,… Continue

Added by Administration on May 12, 2009 at 2:53pm — No Comments

230,000 People - Waiting in Line for a Tata Nano!

Tata Motors received more than 203,000 fully paid bookings for its new Nano subcompact car in just two weeks, the company reported in a statement on Monday. “Tata Motors places on record its gratitude to the people of India for according such a warm welcome to the Tata Nano,” said th… Continue

Added by Steven Horvath on May 7, 2009 at 9:43am — 1 Comment

Formula 3 Race Car Runs on Chocolate

Yesterday, scientists at the University of Warwick in England unveiled a race car that runs on chocolate, or at least the waste from a chocolate factory. The car, built to Formula 3 specifications, is even more distinct because it's also built using biodegradable mater… Continue

Added by Steven Horvath on May 7, 2009 at 9:40am — No Comments

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