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Italy to Install Solar Hydrogen Fuel Pumps at Gas Stations
Climate Corps 2010: When Buildings Go 'Retro'
Human-Powered Sno-Cones at Outside Lands Music Fest
Updates and Milestones
Solar Power Is Cheaper Than Nuclear for the First Time
Affordable, Efficient Honeywell Turbine Hits Shelves Next Month!
E. coli Bacteria Could Be the Next Source for Cheaper Biofuels
Wind-Powered Winner of the Piraeus Tower Redesign Competition
Wind-Powered Vehicle Travels Faster than the Wind
Parsons Joins the Water Design-Build Council
New Program At Leading Beaver Creek Resort, 8100 Mountainside Bar &...
Energy From the Sun Even after Dark?
Eco-Friendly Practices Enhance Hyatt Regency Vancouver Hotel's Meeting...
Calif. Water and Energy Leaders Discuss Strategies to Avoid...
New Rollable Solar Panels Make Roof Installations a Snap!
Solar-Powered Plane Embarks on First 24hr Flight As Darkness Falls
Altering the clocks 'could cut carbon emissions'
World Cup 2010 Carbon Footprint Will Be Whopping 6x That of Last Event
Solar Glass Generates Power Through Your Windows
Transmitting Power
Environmentally friendly products 'set to increase in popularity'
Eco features at the heart of new homes in Bedfordshire
The ‘Land Art Generator Initiative' Combines Art with Energy Creation
Bike Powered Mobile Coffee Bar Hits the Streets of New York
Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Downtown Selected as Contestant in EPA National Building Competition -- Hotel will Compete to "Work Off the Waste" with Help from ENERGY STAR
Solar Interest Skyrocketing Amidst Recession with A New Light Energy
Bigge Adds Trailer Rentals to One of the Largest Crane Rental Fleets in the U.S.
Wind Power Specialist Bigge's New Heavy Boom Manitowoc 16000 Now Ready to Go
American University Pledges to be Carbon Neutral by 2020
Dell Creates Solar-Powered Parking Lot For Future Plug-in Vehicles
Buying An Electric Car? You Might Want To Order Your Charging Station Now.
World's Largest Wind Turbine To Float Off Norway
This Is the Book
Notes on Editing the Book
Kerry, Lieberman to Unveil Climate Bill Today!
Rem Koolhaas Redraws Europe To Reduce Carbon Emissions by 80%
New Analytic Tools Encourage Greener Computer Code
The Cell: Shape Shifting Electric Vehicle of the Future
Stunning Green Family Home Set in the California Redwoods
Waste Combustor Turns Plastic into Clean Energy
“Deep Thoughts”
Bespoke smart meters set to become a reality
Where'd That Guy Go?
Environmental award given to Scots family
Stanford Scientists Harvest Electricity From Algae Photosynthesis
LG to Spend $18B Cutting Carbon, Making Greener Products
Thaw contributing to climate change, study finds
Volvo Water and Energy Intensity Grows, but Total Use Falls
Timberland's Emissions Drop 36 Percent, Organic Cotton Use Jumps
The First Windmill Test Apparatus in America
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A Call for Serious Debate and Action on Our Energy Future Contemporary energy security demands a mixed basket of energy sources. A move from the current carbon energy usage, to a more balanced energy portfolio, delivers this as well as opening up almost unlimited business opportunities and a pathway to creating thousands of green jobs...
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Ford Opts for Liquid Cooling to Maximize Battery Life  Ford Motor Company's all-electric Focus will use liquid instead of air to cool and heat the car battery in order to maximize the battery's life and driving range...
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Banks Back Away from Financing Mountain Top Removal The environmentally destructive coal mining practice, for years a target of shareowner activists, faces new regulatory restrictions and limited financing from major banks...
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Fairground Dung and Leftovers Tested in Waste-to-Energy Project Which waste is the best to convert to energy -- animal dung or leftover funnel cakes, corn dogs, cotton candy and other fairground favorites That's what a Midwest scientist and a group of researchers are exploring at the Minnesota State Fair.  ..
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Climate Risks That Every Executive Should Know About When it comes to a company’s impact on climate change, does directors and officers insurance cover executives While companies say yes, the insurance industry is saying no. We’re talking millions -- perhaps billions -- in legal liability here, so someone will end up holding the bag.  ..
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“Deep Thoughts” Oil is spilling at a rate of 5,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. The oil slick covers an area of nearly 4,000 sq. miles and growing. It is shaping up to be one of the worst man-made disasters to ever strike the planet. To put the leak in perspective, 5,000 barrels a [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "“Deep Thoughts”", url: "http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/p=4085" });..
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World’s Largest Wind Turbine To Float Off Norway We’ve seen mega-turbines before — but never one with an output of 10MW, and certainly not one that floats! When completed, the world’s largest turbine will stand at roughly 533 feet with a rotor diameter of 475 feet. At three times more powerful than current turbines, it will be able to power over 2,000 homes. From [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "World’s Largest Wind Turbine To Float Off Norway", url: "http://www.groovy..
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Renewable Energy Company Creating The Biggest Green Party You’ve Ever Seen We love raucous festivals like Burning Man and music jamborees like Bonaroo, but we’ve never heard of one that combines the spirit of these events with the mission to actually accomplish something. Like building a build a micro wind turbine farm. Such is the idea behind “Villages in the Sky: DIY World [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Renewable Energy Company Creating The Biggest Green Party You’ve Ever Seen", url: "http://..
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Buying An Electric Car? You Might Want To Order Your Charging Station Now. 2010 will most likely go down as the year electric cars were (once again) made available to the public through Big Auto. Both Nissan and Chevy have plans to release the Leaf and Volt respectively — and both focus on getting energy from being plugged in. (Although the Volt can charge its battery utilizing its [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Buying An Electric Car You Might Want To Order Your Charging Station Now.", url: "http://www.groovy..
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Dell Creates Solar-Powered Parking Lot For Future Plug-in Vehicles Dell has just put the finishing touches on its latest green addition to the company’s corporate headquarters in Round Rock, Texas. Called a “solar grove”, the solar-powered parking lot not only produced carbon-free energy for the building, but is also ready to power plug-in vehicles — should any Dell employee currently be lucky enough to [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Dell Creates Solar-Powered Parking Lot For Future P..
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MIDEAST: The Lights Are Going Out on Gaza The Muslim festival Eid approaches, but not the end to power cuts that have darkened the month-long Ramadan fasting leading up to the festival. Or to the agony of Gazans, made worse by the reminder that it's approaching festive time. ..
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Brazilian Dam Would Put Peruvian Jungle Under Water Seen from up high, the route to Puente Inambari looks like a green serpent -- long, robust and sinuous. The Amazon jungle that dominates this landscape will be underwater if one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Peru (and all Latin America) is built. ..
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BRAZIL: Sugarcane's Electrical Potential Goes to Waste Sugarcane could replace the energy produced by three hydroelectric dams like the Belo Monte in the Amazon, claims the Brazilian sugarcane industry, which remains relegated to marginal participation in the national electricity matrix. ..
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Environmental Forensics for BP Gulf Spill Stealthy submarine gliders slide through the depths of the Gulf of Mexico with the precision of birds of prey. Robot-like rovers search for droplets of oil thousands of metres under the surface. Powerful computerised analysers send instant results to scientists on board the ship above. All of this to assess the impact of disaster. ..
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ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Nuclear Safeguards System an Example for the World A system of mutual safeguards, created nearly two decades ago by Argentina and Brazil for in-situ verification of the peaceful use of nuclear power in both countries, serves as an international model of transparency and confidence building in this highly sensitive field. ..
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Future Friendly Air Conditioning Future Friendly Air Conditioning Scientists at the US’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have created a method of air conditioning that could reduce the operating cost (electricity bill) by up to 90%. The technology called desiccant-enhanced evaporative air conditioner or DEVap, uses environmentally friendly saline solution rather than conventional refrigerants, and a thin membrane, to [...]..
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Offshore Wind Turbines Save Lives Offshore Wind Turbines Save Lives The States bordering the Great Lakes, and Ontario, are putting the processes in place that will allow offshore development of wind farms. And the NIMBY cry can be heard all along the shoreline  – you can’t ruin my perfect view of the evening sunsets! Elitist cottage owners ( I say [...]..
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Homemade Micro Hydro Generator A friend tested their homemade micro hydro generator this weekend, and everything worked according to plan. You can see the system in this YouTube video: Homemade Micro Hydro Generator He recorded 46VDC (open circuit voltage) and 2.6 amps at 12 volts when connected to a deep cycle battery. It charged a battery from 12.1 to [...]..
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Solar PV – Too Much of a Good Thing for Ontario Solar PV – Too Much of a Good Thing for Ontario In October 2009 the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) began accepting applications for their newly announce Feed-in Tariff (FiT). Within 2 months they had received 2,400 applications, and released their first 700 contract offers. Now, nine months later, the OPA has received over 14,000 applications [...]..
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Solar Panel Installation Solar Panel Installation Here are the steps we took to install my 3.6kW solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop system, with pictures. Overview of Solar PV System 3.6kW – 18 200 watt solar panels rooftop racking system combiner box with DC fuses SMA Sunny Boy 4kW Grid-tie Inverter Electrical meter faceplate and cutoff switch MC-4 cables and [...]..
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San Diego Padres Team Up with Green Mountain Energy Company for "Go... Padres to offset game’s electricity usage and fans’ vehicle emissions by partnering with Green Mountain Energy Company(PRWeb September 03, 2010)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/09/prweb4464454.htm..
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Prenova Recognized as One of the Fastest Growing Companies in America For the second straight year, Prenova was ranked by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States, and one of the 50 most successful companies in the energy industry. The...(PRWeb September 02, 2010)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/09/prweb4445084.htm..
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"Clean and Green Transportation" Focus of Upcoming West Coast... This September 16-17th, leading transportation and energy experts, policy makers, manufacturers and environmental organizations will converge at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California to address...(PRWeb September 02, 2010)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/09/prweb4455524.htm..
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Shaughnessy Renews Environmental Commitments Missouri-based distribution company continues to balance its environmental impact by offsetting its corporate electricity use and 100 percent of its carbon emissions from company’s fleet of delivery...(PRWeb September 02, 2010)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/renewable_energy_credits/shaughnessy_paper/prweb4456974.htm..
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Logs Direct Stokes the Fires of Commercial and Wholesale Expansion The UK’s leading consumer log supplier Logs Direct has revealed plans to expand its wholesale and commercial firewood supply service.(PRWeb September 02, 2010)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/09/prweb4448884.htm..
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Turning incandescent lamps into heatballs ..
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Digital Camera Terms To Know ..
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How Heat Pumps Work ..
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Super Nova 60: The Great, Green Glitterati Yacht ..
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The zero race isn't about speed but green ..
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Home solar made cheaper and easier   (Image Credit: Jeremy Levine Design) Homeowners looking to switch to solar power can skip the expensive installation and instead use their existing electrical outlet. The home solar kit is designed to be placed as a sunshade over a large window that gets a lot of sun, and faces south. The product, called Sunfish was created by Clarian Technologies. It generates 1,000 watts of power, enough to run a refrigerator. A smaller version generate..
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Americans in the dark about energy conservation (Image Credit: PiccoloNamek) Columbia University researcher Shahzeen Attari conducted a survey of 505 Americans in 427 different zip codes, and 34 states, about energy conservation. Her study indicated that the sample group was not aware of the most effective measures they could take to save energy. Turning lights off was selected as the best choice by the survey participants. Options such as purchasing fuel-efficient cars, energy-conservin..
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Sugar can make electricity? (Photo: Parrhestiastes) It's not exactly sugar juice, but the sugar cane fiber left over after the juice is extracted, which is burned to make electricity. The fiber is called bagasse, and is being used in cogeneration power plants. Once it dries, it is burned in boilers to make steam. The steam is used to create electricity. Emissions from burning bagasse are lower than for burning fossil fuels. In Florida, a sugar mill facility called F..
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Oyster offshore wave generator is 2.5x better than predecessor Power generation from waves continues to develop as Aquamarine Power has unveiled its new, second-generation Oyster 2 wave power generator. According to the company, "The new 800kW device will measure 26 metres by 16 metres and will deliver 250 per cent more power than the original Oyster 1 which was successfully deployed at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney last summer." A test installation is planned for 2011 and will use th..
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Forget wave power, Google and others may use poo power for data centers Google has been tinkering with the idea of a floating, wave-powered data center for a while, but it looks like a better solution could come from a more basic power source:  manure.  Hewlett Packard has released a research paper that states that tech companies like themselves, Google, and Microsoft could benefit from a partnership with dairy farmers, using the cattle waste for fuel. The research paper says that the dairy farmers could rent out lan..
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Transmitting Power Over at my home base, Wired.com, I wrote a short piece on the importance of the transmission of electricity. It was pegged to the anniversary of the completion of the first long-distance power line, which ran the 14 miles from Willamette Falls to Portland, Oregon. That is not to say that power transmission was not already [...]..
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Updates and Milestones It’s been a while, so I wanted to give everyone a quick update on the book progress and what I’ve been up to. As you probably know, I sent a draft of my book to my publisher, Da Capo Books, in April. They accepted it for publication. It’ll be out in early 2011, if all goes [...]..
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Where’d That Guy Go? Well, friends, I sent in a draft of my book to my editor last Friday, the 9th, and I’m taking a week off. In the meantime, you can make do with this wonderful cover. ..
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The First Windmill Test Apparatus in America This here is Thomas O. Perry’s windmill testing apparatus from 1882. A steam engine hooked up to all that stuff on the top drove the windmill being tested around in a circle at a constant speed. Dozens of windmills got hooked up to this thing and their power output recorded. From the results, Perry optimized [...]..
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Notes on Editing the Book I finished my first read of my first real draft. It felt great. I celebrated with Posole and a Belgian beer. These posts may be boring, but I want to document a little bit of the process. (If not for you, then for me.) The easy part was: I started at the beginning of the draft [...]..
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SkyFuel’s SkyTrough is World’s Most Efficient Solar Concentrator When it comes to producing solar power, efficiency is the key – efficiency of the panels, efficiency of the system’s collectors and, according to SkyFuel, efficiency of the solar concentrator technology. Solar concentrators are increasingly being used in the industry, due to their efficiency in providing cheap solar energy. By harnessing the sun’s [...]..
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US and China Invest $100 Million in Energy Research Partnership As it turns out, the United States and China are going to walk hand in hand into the renewable energy future. Yesterday, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the two countries have formed the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center and will both provide a total of $100 million dollars in funding to research to [...]..
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Sakku.Traveler is a Stylish Solar Bag Made from Recycled Sails! If you love cruising along the city streets on your two-wheeler or charging along the sidewalks on foot, what better way to take advantage of the outdoors than with this super practical solar bag Designed by Swiss company Sakku, the sakku.traveler is a stylish solar bag that not only stores energy from the sun to [...]..
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New Black Silicon Solar Cells are Cheap and Absorb More Sun While the reflective and shiny solar panels that researchers have been making thus far look pretty, they’re no match for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) recently discovered black silicon solar cell. The scientists at NREL discovered that etching thousands of tiny holes into a silicon wafer causes it to be almost black and thus able [...]..
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Bacteria Harvests Precious Metals to Produce Clean Energy Typical of industrial construction, precious metals such as gold, platinum and palladium are sometimes lost given the difficulties of effectively extracting them. However, researchers from the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham have found a way to use microbes, similar to the common soil bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, to recover palladium from [...]..
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Social housing more green than private sector homes ..
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New facility helps reduce CO2 emissions in the east of England ..
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Typhoo Tea aims for 100 per cent recycling in 2011 ..
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Welsh assembly giving councils recycling grants ..
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Fleets looking to increase total mileage in 2011 ..
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