With some $4.5 billion in Federal grants spurring project development and investment, LED streetlights and smart grid technology are being combined and systems rolled out in a growing number of California cities.
Creator of the LonWorks open platform standard for smart grid and building/facilities energy management systems and products, San Jose-based Echelon Corp. is at the forefront of this wave of infrastructural change. The emerging market leader is involved in smart grid LED street lighting projects in Palo Alto, San Francisco, San Jose, as well as others in the US and abroad.
A solar-powered ship arrives in Long Beach as the EPA proposes strict new air emission rules for large ships. Probably just a coincidence.[read more]
While attending the Renewable Energy Finance Forum Wall Street last week, I was almost surprised to see an entire...[read more]
In today’s economy, energy efficiency is a top priority for both public and private institutions. It promises to reduce...[read more]
Dow and Algenol Biofuels joining forces is a match made in algae photobioreactor heaven.[read more]
It may not have made as many waves as the Michael Jackson story, but last week, after the House...[read more]
Industrial designer Virginia Gardiner has designed not just a new toilet, but a new closed-loop management system that will...[read more]
Skyline Solar hopes to achieve grid parity within the next 18 months. According to research by Clean Edge, solar...[read more]
"Launching a real Green Revolution in America would be the best way to support the ‘Green Revolution’ in Iran." Thomas...[read more]
Wednesday marked the start of the Virtual Energy Forum, billed as the World's Largest Online Energy Conference. I was lucky...[read more]
Sustainability as an essential element in return on investment is increasingly on the minds of the suits sitting in the executive suite, but there’s still a way to go on that score.[read more]
We have to make sure that projects like Desertec are not just neo-colonists, stealing sun rather than gold[read more]
Photo Source: nytimes.comOne hundred and counting. That's the number of comments that readers have submitted regarding a New York Times...[read more]
The Waste Expo convention that I attended early this month was sponsored in part by the National Solid Wastes...[read more]
As a mechanical engineer, I love watching things move; which is why I have a natural affinity for wind...[read more]
The wonder of the Internet—its ability to provide both instant and constant access to data—is merging with our electricity meters...[read more]
At some point you just have to ask yourself, what is it that these politicians are getting to push...[read more]
In it's Electric Power Monthly report released Monday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) states that non-hydro renewable energy...[read more]
As a blogger, I get a lot of oversized proclamations crossing my desk, so of course I was curious when...[read more]
I came upon an interesting contraption on the exhibit floor at Waste Expo this week: a solar-powered trash compactor. It's...[read more]
San Diego-based Helix Wind is looking to ramp up production and build out a place for itself as a premier provider of small-scale vertical axis wind turbines, a sub-sector of the wind power market that looks poised for strong growth.[read more]
Along with the fiddle, big hair, and American Idol/pop music rejects, Country music relies on the persistent theme of...[read more]
Thirteen percent—more than 30 million tons—of the municipal solid waste collected in 2007 was food waste. This comes from...[read more]
Building upon my recent article, “Growing a Green IT Strategy,” this follow-up post provides a detailed presentation of the...[read more]
Shell managed to settle out of court the long-running lawsuit charging it was complicit in the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Nigerian activists but local and international social justice and environmental organizations are continuing to push for greater corporate social and environmental responsibility in the midst of a West African oil rush.[read more]
Currently, carbon emissions from IT and communication technologies represent 2% of global CO2 output, which puts information technology (IT)...[read more]
BP America and the Port of Long Beach Wednesday opened the world’s first oil tanker terminal equipped with shore power plugs.[read more]
Earlier this week, Volvo introduced a new model that integrates a plug-in lithium battery and a diesel engine, which Volvo...[read more]
