Florida Tech Professor Pioneers New Product to Purify Polluted Water
July 28, 2010Leave a Comment
MELBOURNE, FLA.—Florida Institute of Technology chemistry professor Virender K. Sharma is making new strides in solving an old problem—safely and efficiently cleaning polluted water.
Sharma has invented a liquid cleaning product based on ferrate, a supercharged iron molecule. The resulting compound may be used as an oxidant, disinfectant and coagulant, and for industrial “green” purposes. A [...]
Ann Arbor Selects Relume VUE LED Street Lights
July 27, 2010Leave a Comment
OXFORD, Mich. – Relume Technologies, a leading manufacturer of light-emitting diode (LED) products and smart grid control systems for outdoor lighting applications, was chosen by the City of Ann Arbor to upgrade its existing street and area lighting to Relume’s VUE™ 150 LED street lights. Installation of the first 250 LED fixtures is scheduled to [...]
IT Cabling Manufacturer Siemon’s American Operations are Significantly Carbon Negative
July 24, 2010Leave a Comment
Company’s carbon reductions and offsets exceed actual emissions by over 330%
Watertown, CT, USA – Siemon, a worldwide leader in IT network infrastructure, today announced that its U.S. and Canada operations have achieved carbon negativity. Siemon reached this green benchmark through an aggressive program of environmental improvement initiatives, including the development of more energy-efficient and [...]
California Public Utilities Commission Votes to Maximize Smart Grid Benefits
July 24, 2010Leave a Comment
Utilities Required to Demonstrate How Plans will Benefit Consumers and the Environment
(Sacramento, CA – June 24, 2010) Environmental Defense Fund today praised the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for adopting a comprehensive plan to maximize the environmental and consumer benefits in the smart grid plans of state investor-owned utilities, PG&E, San Diego Gas [...]
Clean Energy Leaders Declare Need for World Governments to Align to Ramp Up Clean Energy Deployment
July 24, 2010Leave a Comment
Clean Energy Ministerial Stakeholder Meeting Hosted by American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Washington D.C. — On Monday, July 19, the Clean Energy [...]
Idling Vehicles
July 21, 2010Leave a Comment
July 20, 2010, Andy Soos, ENN — Pending court approval, several companies affiliated with National Car Rental will pay a fine of $475,000 for repeated violations of motor vehicle idling regulations at two New England airports: Logan International in Boston, Mass. and Bradley International near Hartford, Conn. What is so [...]
Greendix and Sonelis Show the Concept of the Solar-Powered ‘Energy Apple’ Tree
July 21, 20101 Comment
Solar-Powered Fruit Tree Acts as a Portable Charging Station via Energized Apples
Los Angeles, Calif. – July 21, 2010 — Greendix, a fast rising supplier of custom solar panels, debuts the concept of a solar tree with “energy apples”. Sonelis Technologies handles supply and distribution in the Americas (N. and S. America) for [...]
Will Coleman: Mohr Davidow Ventures
July 20, 2010Leave a Comment
Will Coleman talks with THE GREEN ECONOMY about the evolution of technology, and how to drive innovation so that we cross the barriers that are stalling the new industries the US needs.
How do you see the cleantech revolution?
We’ve been reliant on the same industrial platforms for almost a century in some cases and it leaves [...]
John Denniston: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
July 20, 2010Leave a Comment
John Denniston talks with THE GREEN ECONOMY about the future of clean technologies, how the US may be loosing our future to China, and what we should do about it.
Is cleantech catching on?
It’s doing much more than catching on. World-class entrepreneurs are sprinting into the greentech sector from all walks of life: large companies, small [...]
The Sixth Revolution: Leaping the Valley of Death
July 20, 2010Leave a Comment
PART I
We’re at risk of missing out on some of the most profound opportunities offered by the technology revolution that has just begun.
Yet many are oblivious to the signs and are in danger of watching this become a period of noisy turmoil rather than the full-blown insurrection needed to launch us into a green economy. [...]