“Changing surface colors in 100 of the world’s largest cities could save the equivalent of 44 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide – about as much as global carbon emissions are expected to rise by over the next decade,” said U.S. …
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[The Vector] “Cool Pavements” Make an Impact
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Are We Giving Renewable Energy the Run-Around?
I just spoke with the proprietor of a very well-established and well-diversified energy solutions company in New York, focusing on a range of residential, commercial, and industrial customers. He happened to have seen my piece on Joe Biden’s speech, and …
[The Vector] Clean Energy News: New Approaches Needed to Mainstream Sustainable Living — Continued
… Continued from earlier post … The authors reviewed the various barriers and issues, not all addressed here, but went further. They proposed 12 ideas to start closing the barrier gap on renewable choices for the masses today: 1) Make it …
Lots of Diversity at the American Wind Energy Association Show
I spent a few happy hours walking around the wind power show here in Anaheim yesterday, put on by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Whenever I go to the major wind and solar trade shows, I’m struck with a …
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[The Vector — By Kathy Heshelow] Clean Energy News: New Approaches Needed to Mainstream Sustainable Living — Continued
… Continued from earlier post … Price and costs seems to be holding back a majority from sustainable choices. “One trip to the grocery store and you would see that green products can have as much as a 100% price …
Michio Kaku’s “Physics of the Impossible” and Its Implications to the Clean Energy Field
I just finished Michio Kaku’s 2008 book Physics of the Impossible, which left me with a renewed admiration and respect for this great mind and true master-communicator of popular science. So warm and inviting is the language and its presentation that …
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[The Vector] Clean Energy News from Around the Country: GE Goes Solar
On April 7th, General Electric (GE) announced it was purchasing PrimeStar Solar Inc., a thin-film solar panel manufacturer based in Colorado. GE also announced that it would build the nation’s largest solar panel manufacturing plant. The thin-film products developed by PrimeStar …
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[The Vector] Progress Report on Renewable Energy Released from the IEA — Continued
continued from earlier… Success Stories Take a look at the story of Denmark, highlighted in the report. In the late 1980s, Denmark decided it needed to reduce dependency on oil and address climate change concerns. It focused on wind and …
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From Guest Blogger Brenda Coxe: Green Energy in a Computer-based World
As more people become concerned about the depletion of non-sustainable energy sources such as fossil fuels, there are concerns about using these sources of energy for the long-term and throughout the course of the day as we currently do non-sustainable …
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[The Vector] Progress Report on Renewable Energy Released from the IEA
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently released its “Clean Energy Progress Report.” The IEA is an autonomous agency established in November 1974 with the mandate to promote energy security amongst its member countries through collective response to physical disruptions …
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