Archive for the ‘Germany’ Category
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
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Serpa Solar Power Plant, Portugal
Serpa is the largest photovoltaic solar power plant sits in Portugal, located roughly 125 miles south of Lisbon on a hillside pasture covered with olive trees. The solar power plant, which boasts 52,000 photovoltaic modules and cost around $75 million, has 11MW of installed power capacity. ...
Posted in Concentrated-Solar, Eurpoean Union, Germany, Natural Resources, Photovoltaics, Silicon Valley, Solar Energy, Solar-Thermal, carbon emissions, green technology | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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Hazardous waste generation in 2001 as reported by the Parties to the Basel Convention. Hazardous waste is controlled from generation until ultimate disposal. At least in theory.
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Posted in Cleanup Technologies, Climate Change, Eco-Efficiency, Environmental Finance, Environmental Sustainability, Eurpoean Union, Exports, Germany, Graphic, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, map | No Comments »
Monday, April 21st, 2008
T. Boone Pickens, the legendary Texas oil tycoon who created the domestic energy behemoth Mesa Petroleum, has taken the renewable energy plunge and plans to build what would be the world's largest wind farm near Amarillo, Texas.
Pickens earned his reputation for strong-arm corporate strategy by repeatedly chasing oil and gas ...
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Electricity, Environmental Finance, Environmental Sustainability, Eurpoean Union, Germany, Industry News, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines | No Comments »
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
The cover story in Vanity Fair's earth-day issue -- The Artic Oil Rush -- is a brilliantly crafted narrative replete with gorgeous writing, compelling dialog and rich anecdotes. Otherwise, its trash.
The libraries of the world will soon start to yawn over endless recapitulations of oil scrambles, races and ...
Posted in Clean Tech Lifecycles, Climate Change, Eurpoean Union, Germany, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Renewable Fuels, Research Trends, Russia, green technology | No Comments »
Monday, April 14th, 2008
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems based in Germany plans to collaborate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a new research center in Massachusetts called the Center for Sustainable Energy Systems.
The Fraunhofer-MIT Center, which will be built near the MIT campus, will concentrate primarily on solar power and ...
Posted in Eco-Efficiency, Environmental Finance, Environmental Sustainability, Eurpoean Union, Germany, Industry News, Research Trends, Solar Energy | 1 Comment »
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