Get Ready for Trial and Error in the Electric Vehicle Network Buildout
March 19, 2010 by Josie Garthwaite
Filed under Clean Energy, Infrastructure
The Energy Technologies Institute, a UK government-backed group whose members include oil and tech giants, utilities and charge-point makers, has announced the launch of several new research projects in order to figure out how best to design a vehicle-charging network. As part of ETI’s 11 million-pound (about $16.51 million) Electrification of Light Vehicles program, the three [...]
Agriculture and World Water Day
March 18, 2010 by www.Investorideas.com
Filed under Infrastructure
Water-Stocks.com Reports on Water footprint of Agriculture for World Water Day
Valcent Products (OTCBB: VCTZF) VertiCrop high density vertical growth system technology addresses water use
POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –March 18, 2010 Investorideas.com and its water investor portal, www.Water-Stocks.com, report on the virtual water footprint of agriculture as World Water Day, March 22 approaches.
Going with the Flow: Hydrokinetic Power Developers Face Technical and Regulatory Hurtles in Bid to Tap Tides
March 16, 2010 by Scientific American Topic - Water
Filed under Infrastructure
The quest to turn the motion of the world’s waterways into a significant source of energy may still be in its nascent stage, but several tidal power projects are making headway. Whether they operate in lakes, rivers or the oceans, projects attempting to harness the tides share the same mission: to improve the technology and offer an economical alternative to fossil fuels. [More]
Building Recyclable Homes
March 15, 2010 by Tina Casey
Filed under Clean Energy, Infrastructure
When you mash green jobs together with affordable housing and recycled plastic, something interesting is bound to happen, and it’s happening in Wales. The Welsh company Affresol has launched a line of low cost homes and modular buildings that use recycled plastic as a core structural material. Affresol plans to market some of its product as homes that can fulfill community affordable housing needs while creating new green jobs in recycling.
Seeking Transformational Energy Technologies
March 9, 2010 by Scientific American Topic - Water
Filed under Infrastructure
[ This special issue podcast is longer than the usual 60 seconds. ]
Last week, the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for energy held its inaugural conference in Washington, D.C.–a direct response to a growing sense that the U.S. is losing its technology lead when it comes to the race for cleaner ways to produce and use energy. "We have a Sputnik moment right now. We are losing our technology leadership and we are falling behind."
