SOLAR TODAY‘s January/February issue launches the magazine’s first major redesign since its launch in 1987 with a free online digital edition.
Issue highlights include –
— American Solar Energy Society [ASES]
This technology, using organic dye coated windows to concentrate solar energy on photovoltaic cells at glass edges, has been released for like 4 months but is still pretty fascinating stuff and the company is now online.
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MIT Research May Bring Down Cost of Solar Energy from Renewable Energy World
Foxfire is the term for the bioluminescence created in the right conditions by a few species of fungi that decay wood.
As a kid, I remember my Grandfather’s Foxfire books, which were an effort to document the lifestyle, culture, and skills of people in southern Appalachia in a mixture of how-to information from first-person narratives and oral history. The series of Foxfire books come from the Foxfire Magazine, which was created in the late 1960s by Eliot Wigginton and his students in an effort to record and preserve the unique traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This particular type of knowledge is a kind of social science but, can also be referred to as Appropriate Technology, as it was specific to the region and needs of its people.
There are regions all over the world in which the needs of its local population vary, but are similar to the needs of other regions. All of these appropriate technologies are very simple and sustainable in their practice. Another term for this phrase could be “sustainable technology” as well.
Continue reading ‘Appropriate Technology Resources’
Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New America Foundation, and a member of President-Elect Barack Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board, addressed a packed auditorium at the Ronald Reagan Building on Tuesday, November 18th.
Shai Agassi has a conversation with Tim O’Reilly about his Better Place model from Web 2.0 Summit ’08 (32:52)
earth2tech has a related article in which Governor Jennifer Grandholm makes a trip to Israel to visit Shai and Better Place: Michigan Governor Looking for A Better Detroit?
Our nation just made history. The American people clearly are calling for bold change.
With our support, Barack Obama can be a President who can steward this kind of change, even in the face of special interest lobbies. Check out the new Repower America ad that’s going up today, then send a message to Barack Obama, letting him know that you’ll be there to support a bold approach. Just click on the video:
Now’s not the time for small steps or a narrow focus. It’s time to go big. Our challenges are large and are deeply connected. As Al Gore has said, “We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet. Every bit of that’s got to change.” With a bold plan, we can make that change in 10 years. In fact, only a bold plan will cut through the special interest politics in Washington and inspire the nation.
Send a message of support to Barack Obama and his team, view the new ad, and check out the Repower America plan, detailed on the website. Just click here:
http://www.RepowerAmerica.org/obamapetition.
On Tuesday Barack Obama said, “And I know you didn’t do this just to win an election. And I know you didn’t do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime–two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
“We can Repower America with 100% clean electricity within 10 years. It will push our economy out of recession, create millions of new American jobs, end our addiction to dirty coal and foreign oil and solve the climate crisis. Big problems need big solutions. History is watching.
from wecansolveit.org
For solar to become a primary source of electricity, vast amounts of affordable storage will be needed. And today’s options for storing electricity just aren’t practical on a large enough scale.
Enter MIT chemist Daniel Nocera, who has mimicked the step in photosynthesis in which green plants split water into hydrogen and oxygen using sunlight and an inexpensive liquid catalyst. read article in Technology Review
…from the last two weeks – notable with the PTC/ITC incentives! [EERE=?]
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from The U.S. DOE – Energy Effieciency and Renewable Energy
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AND… don’t forget to check the DSIRE resource:
Federal Incentives
Please support The Institute for 21st Century Energy’s Blueprint for Securing America’s Energy Future (PDF full – 4.43Mb) at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. With more than 75 energy policy recommendations (PDF summary) for the next President and Congress, the Institute’s bold energy blueprint is worth your attention.
The blueprint puts specific recommendations behind the 13 fundamental pillars for a comprehensive energy strategy outlined in the Institute’s Open Letter to the next President and Congress.
Aggressively Promote Energy Efficiency
Reduce the Environmental Impact of Energy Consumption and Production
Invest in Climate Science to Guide Energy, Economic, and Environmental Policy
Significantly Increase the Funding for Research, Development, and Demonstration of Advanced Clean Energy Technologies
Immediately Expand Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
Commit to and Expand Nuclear Energy Use
Commit to the Use of Clean Coal
Increase Renewable Sources of Electricity
Transform our Transportation Sector
Modernize and Protect U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Address Critical Shortages of Qualified Energy Professionals
Reduce Overly Burdensome Regulations and Opportunities for Frivolous Litigation
Demonstrate Global Leadership on Energy Security and Climate Change
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above 3 from becauseaction network
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