All Posts Tagged With: "Energy"
The Daily Five: Thursday, 3 July, 2008
Don’t expect much climate progress from the G8; a short-lived moratorium on solar power development is over; and on the road with Daimler’s smart car.
3Jul2008 | Chris Baskind | | Continued
Dirt Cheap Dye-Sensitized Solar Passes Benchmark Test
Dye-sensitized, silicon-free solar cells have passed an important viability test at a Chinese lab. Do innovations like this herald the age of cheap solar power?
30Jun2008 | Ben Ray | | Continued
Virginia Sets Stage For Eco-War: To Coal, Or Not To Coal?
A new coal-burning power plant could bring money and needed much-jobs to rural Virginia. But environmentalists want to block the project. Who’s right?
24Jun2008 | Ben Ray | | Continued
Solar Sailors At Home, Too: Navy Installs Solar Housing
The U.S. Navy has taken its first steps toward solar power at its Oahu base housing. Could this the start of something big?
20Jun2008 | Ben Ray | | Continued
Clean Energy Megaplex Can’t Get On Grid
One of the largest clean energy facilities in the country is going to power San Diego–if they can figure out a way to get the power there.
16Jun2008 | Ben Ray | | Continued
The Daily Five: Monday, 16 June, 2008
Power bills increase after coal prices double in 12 months; a new survey projects robust organic food sales; and renewable bamboo homes for China’s quake victims.
16Jun2008 | Chris Baskind | | Continued
Survey: Gas Prices Force Consumer Change
Pain at the pump: A new survey of some 43,000 consumers shows that rising gasoline prices are beginning to modify the way people work and travel.
10Jun2008 | Chris Baskind | | Continued
Will Desalination End Worries Over Freshwater?
Desalination is essential to surviving in Saudi Arabia–can it be adapted to run cheap and clean in other parts of the world?
6Jun2008 | Ben Ray | | Continued
Solar Power Company Ponies Up $161 Million
It’s on! Big business stocks its solar energy warchest as SunEdison socks away $160 million for unspecified investments.
29May2008 | Ben Ray | | Continued
The Daily Five: Wednesday, 28 May, 2008
Oil prices finally take a tumble on weakening demand; scientists propose ways to geoengineer a cooler climate; and clever new ways to keep cattle from burping methane.
28May2008 | Chris Baskind | | Continued
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