As the U.S. federal government continues to drag its feet and gets stuck in partisan politics, state and local governments pick up the slack and keep the Green Initiative moving forward.
The latest climate and environmental policy to emerge from a state government in an increase in required renewable energy generation in the State of Colorado.
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Recently there was a lot of news about new U.S. nuclear power standards and loan guarantees that seem to be a curve ball from the current administration, but the U.S. announced a new loan guarantee for a new solar thermal power facility.
It appears the American Investment and Recovery Act is still doing good and has [...]
There seems to be a wave of breakthroughs occurring within the solar power industry and the most recent announcement has come from scientists working on solar cell technology at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech).
The latest solar cell from CalTech appears as if it will be setting the new standard in solar technology assuming the [...]
With “experts” stating that the recession is over or that we are due for another drop, it is tough to say how our current economy is actually doing. But, the State of Arizona has stated the down economy is causing them to pull out of a regional cap-and-trade agreement set to begin in 2012.
The interesting [...]
In the most recent publication of a trade journal called Advanced Materials, International Business Machines (IBM) has announced a breakthrough in solar cell technology.
IBM has managed to develop and more efficient and more cost effective solar cell made from more abundant minerals.
The IBM solar cells use Copper, Tin, Zinc, Sulfur, and Selenium instead of Copper, [...]
Another advancement in technology may one day make our personal electronic gadgets even more Green and energy efficient.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed, created, and constructed the world’s first solar powered circuit.
For a few years now the only way to have a solar powered personal device was with a external device or chunky [...]
Now that there has been a few days to really dissect the Obama Administration’s 2011 U.S. Federal Budget, we find that there is some good news for clean technology.
Even though at first glance the major headlines of the 2011 budget showed an increase to $54 Billion in loan guarantees for nuclear power and an extremely flimsy [...]
Being Green isn’t just for the world’s largest corporations or individuals. Even N.B.A. professional basketball teams can do their part to Be Green.
In Oakland, CA, the Golden State Warriors have unveiled their latest green endeavor. The NBA team has installed a rooftop solar array at their California practice facility that is expected to save the [...]
Last year, India announced their National Solar Mission of producing 22 Gigawatts of electricity from solar power by 2022 and now more information has been released about the first phase of the National Solar Mission.
The first phase of the National Solar Mission is expected to be completed by 2013 with newly developed solar power plants [...]
At the beginning of 2010 a 48 megawatt expansion of the Copper Mountain solar power facility is set to begin.
The facility already currently produces 10 megawatts of solar power which it sells to Pacific Gas and Electric of California.
However, California now mandates that 20% of all energy purchased by California based utility companies must come [...]