Newest Solar Development in May Change the Game

If you’re keen into reading about new technologies, it’s easy to notice developments all around the world taking place by the day, if not by the hour.  The renewable energy sector has been no exception â€" New gadgets and unique ways to harness energy are making the wildest dreams of today become the legitimate possibilities...

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Top Solar Power States vs Top Solar Power Countries (CleanTechnica Exclusive)

I think you all are going to love this one. But before getting into the numbers and charts, here’s one quick caveat on the ranking below: my solar power installation data for the countries was for the end of 2011, whereas my solar power installation data for the states (courtesy of GTM Research, via Scott Burger) was for the end...

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Scaling Solar and Wind: A Hard Look At Innovation Priorities

Despite recent explosive growth rates, the wind and solar power industries must overcome key innovation challenges before they can contribute a substantial share of national or global energy supplies, a panel of leading technology experts said today in Washington DC. Speaking at the Energy Innovation 2013 Conference organized by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and the Breakthrough...

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Speeches of Hermann Scheer Series, Speech 1: “Lipservice, Excuses, And The Lack of Courage”

Last week, President Obamas took a few moments during his inauguration speech to address climate change and the need for the US to show leadership in the transition to clean energy. Since the President made some refreshingly clear statements about the most important issues of our time, I am happy that they got alot of attention throughout the media. However, they were vague, and we still have to see to what political...

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Firefly belly inspires way to enhance LED brightness by 55 per cent

A fond memory of my family’s annual camping weekend at Sandbanks Provincial Park is the late-night walk to the comfort station just before hitting the tents. With the sound of crickets haunting the evening and smell of campfire smoke on their hoodies, my daughters carefully scan the darkness in search of fireflies, or in their world...

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We’re On Target For Catastrophe, But Clean Energy Technology Is Growing Fast & Ready For Massive Deployment,… But We’re Still On Target For Catastrophe

A group of international energy leaders were recently on a panel for “Sustainable Energy for All,” a major UN initiative aimed at making “sustainable energy” available for all people or the world by 2030, at the recent World Future Energy Summit (part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week). The panel was a bit more controversial than most. And, beyond the diversity of perspectives on the panel, just following...

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Review: The Localization Reader, edited by Raymond De Young and Thomas Princen

Edited by Raymond De Young and Thomas Princen 346 pp. The MIT Press â€" Feb. 2012. $27.00. For decades now, automobile driving has been one of our chief metaphors for progress, as if mastering great distances somehow made for greatness of character. But the evidence is mounting that, far from moving us along a path of progress, cars are most assuredly sealing our doom. It is their alarming accession...

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Keystone XL Pipeline – Will President Obama Violate His Own Inaugural Promises?

On January 21st, our nation listened as President Obama made his second inaugural speech. Thousands were in attendance as he made references to a variety of topics including immigration reform, gun violence, equal pay for women, and of course, climate change.President Obama emphasized the importance of our country’s actions in...

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New method of producing nanomagnets for information technology

Jan. 23, 2013 — An international team of researchers has found a new method of producing molecular magnets. Their thin layer systems made of cobalt and an organic material could pave the way for more powerful storage media as well as faster and more energy-efficient processors for information processing.   In order to boost the performance of computers and reduce their energy requirements, processors...

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The CapEx-OpEx Fallacy, Electric Cars, and Biofuels

Jim Lane“Electric power is cheap”, and “cellulosic biofuel costs less than $1.00 per gallon”. So why isn’t everyone buying a Chevy Volt? And why can you get lower interest rates on your Visa Card than next-gen biofuel developers face? It’s the old capex-opex (Capital Expense vs. Operating Expense) fallacy. Earlier this week, a new study from researchers at UC Santa Barbara...

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Cost Of Electricity From Rooftop Solar By Australian State — Super Competitive!

Mediocre Adelaide solar Electricity from rooftop solar is now very cheap in Australia compared to grid power. But just how much solar electricity costs a household over the life of a system is not an easy question to answer, as it depends on location, the cost of capital, feed-in tariffs, and other factors. As a service to readers,...

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Alternative Energy Investing for 2013

By Harris Roen 2013 is poised to be an exciting year for alternative energy investors. Despite the conflagration solar had in 2012 we see opportunities there, as well as in wind and energy efficiency. This article also reveals why 2013 is shaping up to be a good year for the stock market in general,...

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