Nothing makes the world greener than water and sunshine. Big Green Monster stands in awe of Mother Nature. We like hydroelectric power for many reasons. One reason is that, other than solar, water power is the oldest, cleanest and simplest form of large-scale renewable power generation. Shouldn’t we be building more dams? Should the risks [...]
Skystream 3.7 Backyard Wind Turbine
As the small-wind industry continues to experience major growth, a new breed of residential wind turbines has emerged that could change the energy landscape of how homes and small businesses receive electricity. With improved generator technology, blades that adjust to wind conditions, and units that report their power output wirelessly, [...]
We came across this Italian firm at the WIREC 2008 conference in Washington, D.C. in 2008. They have some innovative designs and manufacture a marine-current to electric-current converter, a gas diffusion electrode fuel cell and submerged floating tunnel.
Ponte di Archimede International Company was established in 1983 as a part of the Caronte Shipping Group. [...]
Energy consumption worldwide has become an everyday concern as consumers fight to find ways to reduce costs and decrease harmful emissions. It is a fight that likely won’t subside as worldwide energy demand is projected to increase 35 percent by 2030, according to the Energy Information Administration. The EIA says energy demand from 1980 [...]
Critical to sustainable design and development are the private firms willing to develop innovative new products and apply financial leverage to accomplish their goals. Private equity investment fund managers at Enfinity are providing leadership in the burgeoning field of sustainability. Enfinity develops projects in sun and wind energy for end-consumers, investors and companies utilizing its extensive international experience.
Enfinity has raised private [...]
An array of improved LED lighting solutions are entering the market. Fluorescent and neon move over. LED’s provide similar light levels with drastically lower electrical usage. Combined with solar energy options outdoor signage has reached the age of perpetual sustainability. The rest of us could take a lesson.
More outdoor signage illumination will be LED (light-emitting diode). [...]
Glitnir Bank (NASDAQ: BBNK) is an example of an organization operating globally with sustainability as part of its core character and mission. Glitnir’s Global Sustainable Energy Team is based in Reykjavik, Iceland and coordinates all energy activities of Glitnir, focusing on geothermal energy. The team combines years of experience in the geothermal and sustainable energy [...]
The Global Wind Energy Council provides a representative forum for the whole wind energy sector at an international level, uniting the wind industry and its representative associations.
Members represent all the world’s wind-turbine manufacturers and 99% of the world’s installed wind power capacity of more than 100GW. They include over 1,500 companies, organizations and institutions in [...]
New Energy New York and the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering are hosting the Third Annual New Energy Symposium July 9-10, 2008, attracting prominent players in the energy field from the academia, government, and industry sectors. The event will feature a Solar Expo and is held at the world-class Albany NanoTech complex in Albany, [...]
Virtually Pollution Free 300kW/hr Biomass Power Plant by AgriPower
The big blue hunk of space age metal above is a biomass-to-electric generator. There are plenty of relatively clean combustible materials that are also very sustainable. Feed this puppy the appropriate amount of dried corn husks, sawdust, paper recyclables, or other combustible biomass and this unit will [...]
