Team Germany Wins 2009 Solar Decathlon
U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman today announced the winners of the 2009 Department of Energy Solar Competition on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Team Germany, the student team from Darmstadt, Germany, won top honors by designing, building, and operating the most attractive and efficient solar-powered home. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign took second place followed by Team California in third place.
Biofuels Industry Starts to Take form
On one side of a factory here, workers dump 500-pound sacks of pine chips into a hopper. Deep inside the plant, an 8,000-degree blow torch roars like a jet engine as the chips are processed. At the far end, the workers turn a tap and out pours ethanol, ready for use as a motor fuel. The facility, built by a company called Coskata, is not quite proof that a new era is at hand for American transportation fuels. But with the company claiming it will be able to convert wood waste into biofuel for about $1 a gallon, the plant suggests that day may be drawing nearer.
US Climate Bill Will Have Modest Economic Impact
Cutting greenhouse gases along the lines of a climate bill pending in Congress would modestly impact the US economy over...
The Melody of the Mountains
You see happy people and smiling faces laughing children in faraway places,Climbing a mountain or floating downstream just being outdoors living your...
Winners of Energy Innovation Prize Announced
Two clean energy projects from St Lucia are the first of an expected 25 awards which will be made in...
SolarAid launches micro-franchise commitment at Clinton Global Initiative
SolarAid announced at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York its new commitment to scaling up a micro-franchise network across...
Carbon-Capture Project Works: Emissions scrubbed at coal plant
An $8 million pilot project in Wisconsin successfully showed that carbon dioxide can be captured and kept from being released...
Solar Power Brings Light and Water to Ugandan Hospital
Lack of electricity is a core cause of malnutrition, starvation, illiteracy and extreme poverty around the world. Moreover, lack of...
Saving forests five times better than carbon capture for climate action
WWF Sweden is urging its government – holding the current EU Presidency - to get behind an effective international agreement on halting forest loss as a key and highly cost effective measure on climate change. “Sweden should follow the examples set by its northern neighbors in developing systems to halt deforestation,” said WWF CEO General Lasse Gustavsson. “One Swedish krona to stem deforestation results in the same emissions reductions...
Green roofs offset global warming, study finds
Filling rooftops with plants and dirt can help pull a modest amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere,...