Archive for the ‘Eco-Efficiency’ Category
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
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Optimal Biomass on Left = Blue, Red
Load centers = Green
Biomass technology converts bio-based feedstocks like wood, agricultural waste, and yard waste through combustion into electricity. Biomass fuel is either directly combusted in a boiler, or gasified and then combusted, or turned into a liquid fuel that can be combusted. The ...
Posted in Agriculture, Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Graphic, Natural Resources, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Solar Energy, Solar-Thermal, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, biomass, ethanol, geothermal, green technology, map | No Comments »
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The Bureau of Land Management's decision to suspend U.S. solar energy projects until it completes an environmental review will make it impossible to transmit solar energy from power plants to end users in the southwest. The maps below show BLM owned land in the southwestern United States with validated solar-energy ...
Posted in Clean Tech Lifecycles, Concentrated-Solar, Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Environmental Finance, Environmental Sustainability, Industry News, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research Trends, Solar Energy, Solar-Thermal, green technology, map | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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ZigBee is a global architecture that creates wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced public availability of its ZigBee Smart Energy public application profile. ZigBee Smart Energy provides utilities and technology suppliers an easy-to-use wireless standard for developing products that improve energy management and ...
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Environmental Finance, Environmental Sustainability | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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Measuring the Ocean's Metabolism
This image shows increases and decreases in the amount of carbon consumed by ocean plant life between 1997-2002 and 1979-1986. Blue hues represent a decline in productivity, while orange hues indicate an increase.
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Posted in Climate Change, Eco-Efficiency, Graphic, algae, carbon emissions | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
One liter of fuel would supply the UK enough energy for an entire year if efficiency in the car industry had risen at the same rate as it did in computer technology, according to the calculations made by highly regarded British computer scientist.
The efficiency gains would have extended the life ...
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Environmental Sustainability, Green Cars, Industry News, green technology | No Comments »
