Last Friday President Obama announced $2.3 billion in tax credits for 183 ventures to build wind turbines, advanced batteries, and other clean energy technology nationwide.
The credits, which are funded by the $787 billion economic stimulus package enacted last February, are designed to discharge up to 30 percent of the cost of new investments in manufacturing [...]
Filed under: News on January 11th, 2010 @ 9:08 am
Tagged with: clean tech, economic stimulus, economy, green energy, jobs, Solar Power, Technology, wind power
I’ve written in the past months about solar power’s prospects outside of large-scale solar farms and residential paneling, mostly as it would apply to gadgetry and daily use items. But it’s clear now that cell phones, as I’ve mentioned before, are a new frontier for the budding solar market, especially as they apply to the [...]
Filed under: Technology on October 21st, 2009 @ 9:13 am
Tagged with: Africa, cell phone, developing nations, electricity, gadgets, India, Nokia, Samsung, Solar Power, sustainability, Technology, Uganda
Evander Holyfied, former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion, has announced that he will be converting 40 acres of his estate near Atlanta, GA, into a solar farm. Holyfield quipped to the Associated Press, “I guess I’m lean and green. I’m pretty much going to do all I can to fight against global warming. I’ll see what [...]
Filed under: Environment on October 19th, 2009 @ 10:17 am
Tagged with: clean energy, community garden, Evander Holyfield, green business, green economy, green jobs, Solar Power, sustainability
While I may not know the inner-workings of solar power technology on a scientific level, some advances don’t require expert analysis to forecast their future success. One such breakthrough will come in the form of polymer solar cells, which are essentially smaller, more cost-effective solar cells than their silicon counterparts.
The research, published yesterday by scientists [...]
Filed under: Environment, Technology on September 16th, 2009 @ 9:30 am
Tagged with: efficiency, Eindhoven University of Technology, energy efficiency, flexibility, gadgets, Hybrid Polymer Cells, innovation, photovoltaic technology, research, Solar energy research, Solar Power, sustainability, Technology
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.