The Daily Five: Monday, 16 November, 2009
Eco-friendly Christmas tree; Streetlights powered by trash; Wind farm completed in Utah; Water on the Moon!; Electric Ave at the Auto Show
Eco-friendly reusable Christmas tree These folding, reusable Christmas trees and ornaments are made in Finland from sustainably harvested FSC certified wood.
203 MW Wind Farm Completed in Utah First Wind’s Milford Wind Corridor project has just seen the completion of its first phase – 203.5 MW in Millard and Beaver Counties in Utah, the largest renewable energy facility in the state.
Streetlights of the Future to be Powered by Trash Streetlights, which must stay on all night are a pretty sizable energy drain. But what would happen if all those people could toss their garbage into bins attached to a new kind of streetlight that could use it as fuel?
Water on the moon! It may not be directly Eco-Tech related, but I couldn’t NOT mention it! NASA confirmed the presence of lunar agua today with a cheeky: “The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water.”
Electric Avenue comes to 2010 Detroit Auto Show The EcoXperience exhibit will be back again for a second year. The landscaped track on the lower level of Cobo Hall will provide attendees the opportunity to try out a variety of electric drive vehicles.The last show featured the likes of the Mitsubishi iMiEv, Ford Escape PHEV, and GM’s fuel cell Chevy Equinox.


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