Archive for May, 2009
Solutions & sustainability - May 31
Posted on May 31, 2009, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Post Carbon Newsletter
The 8 Green Steps to Solartopia
Resourceful Guy Builds Solar House, Solar Power, Solar Car
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
New Solar Stadium in Taiwan
Posted on May 31, 2009, under Sekalaista.
It’s official now. Taiwan will hold the World Games 2009 in July. This international sporting event will include games like korfball, billiards, dragon boat racing and women’s tug-of-war. But why are we discussing World Games 2009 in an alternative energy spectrum? Actually Taiwan can boast of Asia’s first fully solar-powered stadium. The stadium gives [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Solar Power
Lähde: Alternative Energy
Join the buzz start by establishing your own renewable energy today, Earth 4 Energy
Posted on May 30, 2009, under Sekalaista.
The book is about something that is basically quite simple - using wind power and solar energy in your own home to yield electricity.
Lähde: Topix
Red tape, protests slow wind power projects
Posted on May 30, 2009, under Sekalaista.
Red tape, protests slow wind power projects Bureaucracy and public opposition are thwarting wind energy projects and sending would-be investors to less developed countries …
Lähde: EIN News
EPA chief: US should take lead on clean energy
Posted on May 30, 2009, under Sekalaista.
Lisa Jackson, center, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, tours IJburg, a residential district built on reclaimed land in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday May 26 2009.
Lähde: Topix
Food & agriculture - May 29
Posted on May 29, 2009, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
For Personal-Injury Lawyer, Michael Pollan’s Book Is Worth Fighting For
Offshore; Food, Inc.
Industrial Local?
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
ODAC Newsletter - May 29
Posted on May 29, 2009, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Lähde: Energy Bulletin
Houston Inks $9.6 M Deal to Improve Energy Efficiency in Partnership with Clinton Climate Initiative
Posted on May 28, 2009, under Sekalaista.
The city of Houston has awarded TAC by Schneider Electric a $9.6 million performance contract involving seven of the city’s 271 buildings. Houston is the first major U.S. city to announce a comprehensive building retrofit project under the Clinton Climate Initiative’s Building Retrofit Program.
Lähde: EarthToys
ODAC Newsletter - May 22
Posted on May 27, 2009, under Sekalaista, Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.
One commentator this week advising a longer term view on oil use was European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. In a piece for his blog he wrote that “It is difficult to forecast when the next oil crisis is going to come. As Nobel Prize Niels Bohr once put it “prediction is very difficult, particularly about the future”. But one thing is certain, one day we are going to run out of oil, and to prepare for that day we may be running out of time.” It appears that Mr Piebalgs view of the situation has altered somewhat since 2006 when he referred to peak oil as “no more than a theory”.Original Article (http://www.odac-info.org/newsletter/2009/05/22)
Lähde: PowerSwitch.org.uk
Uncharted waters for offshore wind
Posted on May 27, 2009, under Sekalaista.
The UK is embarking on one of its most challenging ever programmes of marine engineering projects aS’ and I am not referring to the much publicised Severn Barrage.
Lähde: Topix
