Sep 29, 2011

Emerging Renewables: Solar Power Towers



The Department of Energy finalized a $737 million loan guarantee to Tonopah Solar Energy to develop the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project.

Department of Interior: Providing public land for Renewables


The U.S. Interior Department said Tuesday it has selected 19 solar, wind and geothermal-power projects proposed for public land as priority projects that could receive construction permits by the end of this year.

Sep 28, 2011

US City to Be Built: Just for Testing Green Technology

Up to 20 square miles of virgin desert in New Mexico will soon be home to the nation’s newest town, only with a twist —

Google: Carbon Neutral since 2007

We started the process of getting to zero by making sure our operations use as little energy as possible. For the last decade, energy use has been an obsession. We’ve designed and built some of the most efficient servers and data centers in the world—using half the electricity of a typical data center,”

Ships Switch to Low-Sulfur Fuel: Pollutants Plummet 90%

One giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50 million cars.

Ecological Footprints: Nations of the world

There are nearly 2.1 hectares (5.2 acres) available for every person in the world, yet we use on average more than 2.7 hectares (6.7 acres) per person, creating an ecological deficit, or overshoot of about 30%.

Geothermal: Discussion

Geothermal is a renewable energy that has proved its worth.