Archive for the ‘Lifecycles’ Category
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Japan, the birthplace of the Kyoto Protocol, has actually seen carbon emissions increases rose by nearly 9% above 1990 emissions levels, according to new data released yesterday.
Under the Kyoto Protocol, Japan is committed to reducing its emissions by six percent from the benchmark year in the period between 2008 and ...
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Will a government led green revolution galvanize the foundering economy of the United States and set the stage for a new era of growth and prosperity? The question has attracted a significant amount of attention since the financial crisis began to escalate several months ago and stuck a wrench in ...
Posted in China, Climate-Change, Finance, India, Industry-News, Israel, Japan, Lifecycles, Silicon Valley, Solar-Energy, Start-ups, Sustainability, green-technology | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Porous Power Technologies, a Colorado-based lithium ion battery company, has solved a major battery design dilemma by developing a new form of laminatable microporous battery separators. Here is a breakdown of the batteries more compelling attributes:
Twice the life and high-draw capacity of lithium-ion batteries
Minimal heat output
Batteries charge 50% faster ...
Posted in Batteries, Climate-Change, Electricity, Energy-Storage, Finance, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Renewable Fuels, Research, Start-ups, Sustainability, Venture Capital, materials | No Comments »
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Venture capital firms invested a record $1.6 billion in Q3 2008, up 55% from the previous quarter, in U.S. cleantech companies, according to a new analysis by Ernst & Young. A total of $3.3 billion was invested in the first three quarters of 2008, surpassing the figure for the same ...
Posted in Biofuels, Carbon, Energy-Storage, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Renewable Fuels, Solar-Energy, Venture Capital, biomass, green-technology, law | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Energy efficiency has enormous promise for most developing economies. The investment yields in energy efficiency over the next two decades will generally be several times higher in the developing world, according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute.
Developing countries could invest $90 billion annually over the next 12 ...
Posted in CCS, Carbon, China, Climate-Change, India, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Renewable Fuels, Research, Sustainability, Water, law | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, China, Climate-Change, Lifecycles, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Russia, Sustainability, law | No Comments »
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
The Human Pump
Gunwook Nam, an innovative designer from Seoul, South Korea, recently received one of three awards from San Francisco’s Urban Re:Vision for his innovative "Human Pump" design featured above. The design uses human foot traffic to power a system of pumps that bring fresh drinking water to the surface.
Posted in Industry-News, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Sustainability, Water, Water-Filtration, materials | No Comments »
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Nearly 30 million people rode Amtrak trains in the past year, the highest number of passengers to take Amtrak trains in a single year since the National Railroad Passenger Corporation began keeping records in 1971. The spike in oil prices earlier this year triggered an unprecedented rise in ...
Posted in Green-Cars, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Research, Sustainability, green-technology, law | No Comments »
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
There is only one thing more frightening than the looming prospect of a deep global recession. A boom.
Posted in HydroPower, Industry-News, Lifecycles, Natural Resources, Peak-Oil, Photovoltaics, Policy, Regulatory and Legal Trends, Private Equity, Solar-Energy, Solar-Thermal, Sustainability, Venture Capital, materials | No Comments »
