Robots and the Green Economy
November 25, 2009 by Tina Casey
Filed under Clean Energy
The new green economy is putting more robots to work in green jobs, especially in environmental research and related fields. In a sustainability twofer, many of the new machines are powered by solar energy and other green alternatives. Click through the show to see what’s up with some of our circuit-centric friends.
Abengoa Energy Company Profile
Abengoa Bioenergy
Location: St. Louis
2008-09 rank: 20
Business: Abengoa is a technological company that applies innovative solutions for sustainable development in the infrastructure, environment and energysectors. Revenues and Gross Cash Flows in 2008 of 3,114.5 and 545.3 million euros, respectively. Operations in over 70 countries.
Global Carbon Emissions Increased Despite Recession
November 25, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Clean Energy
Despite an economic crisis dubbed the “great recession,” carbon emissions grew last year by two percent, to a total of 8.7 billions of carbon. Last year, every person in the world produced an average of 1.3 tons of carbon, according to a report by…
Cost of Solar to Decrease
November 23, 2009 by Katie Fehrenbacher
Filed under Solar Energy
The cost of solar equipment has been steadily dropping over the last decade, but as the economy hit the skids over the past year, the cost to finance solar projects actually increased. In other words it became more expensive for a utility or company to raise capital to build solar projects this year than in previous years.
World Changing Ideas: 20 Ways to Build a Cleaner, Healthier, Smarter World (preview)
November 23, 2009 by Scientific American Topic - Solar Power
Filed under Solar Energy
What would happen if solar panels were free? What if it were possible to know everything about the world–not the Internet, but the living, physical world–in real time? What if doctors could forecast a disease years before it strikes? This is the promise of the World Changing Idea: a vision so simple yet so ambitious that its full impact is impossible to predict. Scientific American’s editorial and advisory boards have chosen projects in five general categories–Energy, Transportation, Environment, Electronics and Robotics, and Health and Medicine–that highlight the power of science and technology to improve the world. Some are in use now; others are emerging from the lab. But all of them show that innovation is the most promising elixir for what ails us. –The Editors
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