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Monday, December 29th, 2008If you want to read an indepth review of Solar power trends in 2008, head on over to Greentechmedia and check it out.
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First commercial hydrokinetic turbine installed in Mississippi River
Thursday, December 25th, 2008Hydro Green Energy has installed the first commercial hydrokinetic turbine in the Mississippi River near Hastings, Minnesota. The hydrokinetic turbine, which essentially is a “wind turbine for the water” was positioned just downstream from a currently operating hydroelectric plant and dam. When the second planned turbine is added, the 35 kilowatt turbines [...]
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Ecofont can save on printer ink
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Here’s something a little different - a Dutch company named Sprang has developed a new open source (meaning free, although a donation would be nice) font that they say uses 20% less printer ink. Their font has a bunch of tiny holes in it - the holes are too small to be seen, and [...]
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New distributed computing project -CleanEnergy@home
Saturday, December 6th, 2008I’m reposting this news item from February because the project just went live. If you want to contribute to clean energy science, then check it out. I just downloaded and have activated the project on my computer - installation was very smooth - this is all part of the World Community Grid, which [...]
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Segway inventor turning his sights towards Stirling engine hybrid
Monday, November 10th, 2008Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, has built what he says is the world’s first hybrid electic car using a Stirling engine. He’s built a two seat hatchback prototype , called the 2008 DEKA Revolt, using a recycled version of the Ford Think, which was an electric car that Ford last built in 2000. [...]
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Cyclone Power’s new engine cuts emissions
Thursday, September 18th, 2008I posted an article about Cyclone Power Technologies award winning Cyclone Engine a couple of months ago. Now comes word that the propane powered Cyclone Engine produces significantly lower emissions than a standard gas-powered lawn mower engine. Cyclone Power is targeting their engines for the small engine market. Compared [...]
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Are you being Greenwashed?
Sunday, September 14th, 2008Greenwashing refers to the recent practice of providing misleading marketing claims about the environmental benefits of something. Many times, it seems, claims about the ecobenefits of a product are vague, or even out and out false. How do you know? Time has an article on the identification [...]
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US News and World Report: Investor’s Guide to What’s Green
Friday, July 25th, 2008If anyone is interested in investing in Green Tech, you might want to check out this Investor’s Guide to What’s Green, published by US News & World Report. Â Subtitled “A look at companies with a stake in clean energy”, the report lists numerous companies as Greenish Big Players, Midsize Mainstays, and Up-and-Comers.
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Green Giants: The World’s Biggest Clean-Energy Projects
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008A pretty good synopsis of some of the world’s largest clean-energy projects is on tap at Forbes.com. From Bahrain’s new building-integrated wind turbine skyscraper to the London Array project that will be the world’s largest offshore wind form, there’s a bunch of large scale projects on the horizon. Forbes has some [...]
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ch-ch-changes
Sunday, March 9th, 2008I’m playing around with some new themes for the site. The previous theme looked good, but I was noticing some problems in some browsers - especially firefox. I spent some time trying to fix it, but I’m giving up and trying some more wordpress compliant themes. Unfortunately, things might be a little unsettled for a [...]
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