Johannesburg - Government has come up with a draft national solar water heating framework aimed at popularizing the idea of solar water power, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on Thursday.
The minister said South Africa, as well as the rest of the continent, had long under-utilized the power of the sun while adding that the global [...]
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — David Schramm, president and chief executive officer of Maxwell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXWL) will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Alternative Energy & Natural Resources Conference at 3:15 p.m. (EST) on November 10, 2009 at the New York Palace Hotel.
The presentation will be webcast live via the following link: [...]
Air Products (NYSE: APD) has been selected to receive more than $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under DOE’s Solar Energy Technology Program. Air Products will use its expertise in etch and deposition science, gained from more than 35 years’ experience in the global electronics industry, to develop materials that could [...]
Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE:SUN - News) announced today that it has completed the previously announced purchase of a 100 million gallons-per-year ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, New York from Northeast Biofuels, LP for $8.5 millio
As the largest ethanol manufacturing facility in the Northeastern United States, where much of Sunoco’s retail gasoline network is located, the facility [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ — As the state grapples with a multibillion dollar deficit, a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, to be released today examines the economic impacts of different energy pathways for California and finds that continuing on a business-as-usual energy path risks greater economic insecurity, while aggressive [...]
By James Kanter
Global investors spent about $250 billion building new power capacity in 2008, and for the first time the lion’s share of that money went to renewable sources, according to the United Nations Environment Program.
Renewable sources accounted for 56 percent of investment dollars, worth $140 billion, while investment in fossil fuel technologies was $110 [...]
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas leads the nation in wind power, and now a group advocating for solar energy is pushing for the state to tap into its sunshine.
California-based Vote Solar Initiative took out classified ads in several Texas newspapers Tuesday, claiming solar energy could create 45,000 to 90,000 jobs across the state for electricians [...]
If you’ve been eyeing a gorgeous, efficient and expensive new picture window for your living room, the recently enacted stimulus bill may be the tax equivalent of a “30-percent off sale.”
Two recent pieces of federal legislation, October’s bank bailout bill and last month’s economic stimulus package, include an array of tax give-backs for homeowners who [...]
Matt Kaplan
Medford residents have a new, 121-foot-tall neighbor. Starting this Thursday, a wind turbine will provide clean energy and sustainable wind power to students at McGlynn Elementary School.
“It’s such a great environmental project, especially for education,” Medford’s Energy and Environmental Office Director Patty Barry said
The turbine cost about $600,000, Barry said. The city paid for [...]
By SLJ Staff — School Library Journal
Whitmore Lake High School in Michigan takes going green seriously. So much so that the LEED certified school is providing a year-long program called “Green Tech,” which lets students explore alternative energy sources and their importance to economic stability, as well as the sustainability of the earth’s natural resources.
The [...]
