• Many Uses for Super Charge Ion Batteries

    Updated: 2010-02-28 02:51:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org FEB 27 Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Many Uses for Super Charge Ion Batteries Written by Philip Proefrock on 27 02 10 We've seen Toshiba's SCiB super-charge ion batteries before at last summer's Consumer Electronics Show where they were providing the power storage for a battery-assisted bike . SCiB batteries are useful for a wide range of functions , from electric bicycles and hybrid and electric vehicles , to industrial equipment and renewable energy storage . Toshiba has now opened a US-based technical support center to aid in developing the SCiB , particularly for vehicles , grid storage , and wind and solar power . applications The SCiB has characteristics that make it very appealing . It performs like an ultracapacitor with rapid charge times , reaching 90 charge in about 5 minutes . It is good for thousands of cycles without extensive capacity loss , and it has a life span of 10 years or more . And , of potentially particular interest for vehicle manufacturers , it is able to perform even at low temperatures down to 30 degrees Celsius 22 degrees Fahrenheit The SCiB batteries are based on lithium chemistry , as

  • New York State Grid Increases Net Metering

    Updated: 2010-02-28 02:43:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org FEB 27 Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it New York State Grid Increases Net Metering Written by Philip Proefrock on 27 02 10 The state of New York has opened up its electrical grid allowing further net-metering with the passage of a bill in the state legislature following a Net Metering Summit in the state last year . Among other provisions , the new regulations cap interconnect fees for small facilities under 25 kW , and allow non-residential wind- and solar-power projects to participate in net-metering . arrangements The new law also helps move New York closer to its 45 by 15' goal which targets the State meeting 45 percent of its electricity needs by 2015 through increased energy efficiency and renewable . energy Net-metering provisions in state laws are one of the fastest ways to speed the adoption of residential and small-scale renewable power production from wind , solar , and other renewable sources . A statement from Adrienne Esposito , Executive Director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment , noted that Net metering propels us into the 21st century and moves NY forward as our electric meter moves backwards .

  • China Takes the Lead on Clean Energy Jobs: How the U.S. Can Still Win

    Updated: 2010-02-26 15:35:03
    A majority of Americans are worried that the United States’ role in the world economy will diminish in the coming years, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. But the truth is, China is already beating the U.S. to clean energy jobs. China is quickly becoming the global powerhouse in clean energy manufacturing and innovation, dwarfing [...]

  • Spatio-temporal Complexity Analysis of the Sea Surface Temperature in the Philippines

    Updated: 2010-02-26 15:21:49
    Ocean Sci. Discuss., 6, 2831-2859, 2009 Z. T. Botin, L. T. David, R. C. H. del Rosario, and L. Parrott “A spatio-temporal complexity (STC) measure which has been previously used to analyze data from terrestrial ecosystems is employed to analyse 21 years of remotely sensed sea-surface temperature (SST) data from the Philippines. STC on the Philippine wide SST showed the monsoonal variability of the Philippine waters [...]

  • Tesla leasing roadster for the cost of a mortgage

    Updated: 2010-02-26 02:20:00
    Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations Gift Guide BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green Tesla leasing roadster for the cost of a mortgage By Megan Treacy Posted Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:20pm PST Related : topics Electric Cars Cars More from EcoGeek blog Buzz up If you've been yearning to own a Tesla Roadster but can't afford the six-figure price tag , the car company will start leasing their popular electric sports car for a minimum of 1,658 a month , meaning you probably still can't afford it . The three-year

  • Tesla Leasing Roadster for the Cost of a Mortgage

    Updated: 2010-02-26 02:20:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org FEB 25 Recent Comment Hey why does everyone get hung up on the two-seater impractical roadst . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Tesla Leasing Roadster for the Cost of a Mortgage Written by Megan Treacy on 25 02 10 If you've been yearning to own a Tesla Roadster but can't afford the six-figure price tag , the car company will start leasing their popular electric sports car for a minimum of 1,658 a month , meaning you probably still can't afford it . The three-year , 30,000-mile contract requires 12,453 at signing , which includes a 9,900 down payment and a 895 acquisition fee . Then at the end of the lease you'll need to pay a 350 disposition fee and 25 for every mile you go over the 30,000 mark . Plus you'll owe for any wear and tear on the . vehicle So , what could possibly be the perks of this fee-laden lease agreement During the lease , you have full access to the Tesla Ranger service squad that will make house or office calls to perform inspections , firmware upgrades and maintenance , and you have the chance to drive the sexiest EV on the planet before they halt production in 2011. Could those

  • Texas utility leasing rooftop solar systems

    Updated: 2010-02-26 00:26:00
    Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations Gift Guide BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green Texas utility leasing rooftop solar systems By Megan Treacy Posted Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:26pm PST Related : topics Solar Power More from EcoGeek blog Buzz up TXU Energy a large Texas utility company , will lease rooftop solar power systems to their customers in the Dallas . area Homeowners can sign up for the program with TXU and their partner in the project , SolarCity will design and install the systems . After tax

  • Texas Utility Leasing Rooftop Solar Systems

    Updated: 2010-02-26 00:26:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org FEB 25 Recent Comment good http : www.aion-gold.eu http : www.aiongold.org.uk http : www.ite . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Texas Utility Leasing Rooftop Solar Systems Written by Megan Treacy on 25 02 10 TXU Energy a large Texas utility company , will lease rooftop solar power systems to their customers in the Dallas . area Homeowners can sign up for the program with TXU and their partner in the project , SolarCity will design and install the systems . After tax incentives , an owner of a three-to-four bedroom house would owe about 35 a month for a lease , though for 26,000 they could buy the array outright . When leased , SolarCity continues to own the array and performs any . maintenance Currently , the state utility infrastructure company Oncor has funds to offer rebates on about 400 home installations , but SolarCity expects the program to grow quickly over the next five . years This is not the first program like this in the country making residential solar affordable for homeowners , though it is the first one run by a utility . The state of Connecticut and the cities of Berkeley San Diego and

  • Why Walmart's Carbon Commitment Can Make Such a Difference

    Updated: 2010-02-25 17:56:36
    Archimedes said "Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the earth," when explaining the principle of levers. Leverage is the big news about Walmart's announcement today. The company has committed to reducing 20 million metric tons of carbon pollution from its products lifecycle and supply chain over the next five years. [...]

  • ESRI Releases “GIS for Climate Change” Best Practices e-Book, 2nd Edition

    Updated: 2010-02-25 14:16:20
    ESRI has released the second edition of it’s free best practices e-book title “GIS for Climate Change.”  The second edition features a new introduction by ESRI president Jack Dangermond and Dr. James Baker of the William J. Clinton Foundation.  Articles include: The Nature Conservancy Deploys ESRI Technology for Climate Trend Analysis Assessing Economic Biomass Resources in California [...]

  • Crowd Sourcing for Updating National Databases, 8 – 9 September 2010, Bern, Switzerland

    Updated: 2010-02-25 14:14:02
    8 – 9 September 2010, Bern, Switzerland “Based upon the promising result of the 1st EuroSDR Workshop on Crowd Sourcing for Updating National Databases, held at the Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo), Wabern, Switzerland on August 20-21, 2009, we invite you to participate in this follow up symposium. “The symposium aims at strengthening the collaboration of the [...]

  • Post Doc Opportunity: Plant-Soil-Geologic Relationships, University of California, Davis

    Updated: 2010-02-25 14:12:52
    “Qualified applicants are sought for an interdisciplinary study of plant-soil-geologic relationships. “Requirements include a completed PhD in a relevant discipline; research and educational experience that bridges plant ecology, soil science, and/or earth sciences; and a strong academic record. Familiarity with ultramafic (serpentine) rocks, soils, and vegetation and experience with geographic information systems (GIS) would be advantageous. [...]

  • BrightSource gets $1.4 billion DOE loan guarantee for 400 MW of solar thermal

    Updated: 2010-02-25 02:39:00
    Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations Gift Guide BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green BrightSource gets 1.4 billion DOE loan guarantee for 400 MW of solar thermal By Megan Treacy Posted Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:39pm PST Related : topics Solar Power More from EcoGeek blog Buzz up BrightSource Energy , Inc has received 1.37 billion in loan guarantees from the DOE for 400 MW's worth of solar thermal energy projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment . Act With the funding , the company is

  • BrightSource Gets $1.4 Billion DOE Loan Guarantee for 400 MW of Solar Thermal

    Updated: 2010-02-25 02:39:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org FEB 24 Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it BrightSource Gets 1.4 Billion DOE Loan Guarantee for 400 MW of Solar Thermal Written by Megan Treacy on 24 02 10 BrightSource Energy , Inc has received 1.37 billion in loan guarantees from the DOE for 400 MW's worth of solar thermal energy projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment . Act With the funding , the company is constructing three utility-scale concentrated solar plants that will make up the Ivanpah Solar Complex . Located in the Mojave Desert on federally-owned land , the complex will be the largest in the world and will double the capacity of installed solar thermal in the country . It will produce enough electricity to power 140,000 California . homes The first plant will start construction this year and be completed in 2012, while the other two have completion dates of mid-to-late 2013.  PG E and SCE have entered into long-term agreements to purchase the power generated by the . plants BrightSource was one of the companies with renewable energy projects biding their time in the Bureau of Land Management approval process glut We're glad to see such a large

  • British Airways turning waste into jet fuel

    Updated: 2010-02-25 01:07:00
    Get RSS feeds and email updates from Yahoo Green GREEN HOME LIVING GREEN Saving energy at home Recycling Recycling electronics Stopping junk mail Finding a green job Researching global warming basics Saving money Saving water at home Commuting ALL LIVING GREEN TOPICS GLOBAL WARMING TOOLS Measure Your Carbon Footprint Make a Plan to Reduce Your Footprint Change a Lightbulb Find a Reuse Group Save Cash Green Innovations Gift Guide BLOGS The Conscious Consumer Green Picks The Green Cheapskate Driving Directions The Daily Green News Grist Ask Umbra EcoGeek ecomii Healthy Living EcoHuddle Environmental Lovins Climate411 Guest Bloggers All Blogs Technology Home Garden Transportation Food Health Energy Buying Recycling Nature MORE TOPICS SEARCH YAHOO GREEN FOR : Search Green British Airways turning waste into jet fuel By Megan Treacy Posted Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:07pm PST Related : topics Travel Biofuels Flying More from EcoGeek blog Buzz up British Airways has announced that it will start producing jet fuel from landfill waste to reach its target of 50 percent reduced emissions by 2050. The airline is partnering with biofuels company Solena to construct a waste-to-energy fuel plant in East

  • British Airways Turning Waste into Jet Fuel

    Updated: 2010-02-25 01:07:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org FEB 24 Recent Comment also , to the comment about this being just a rehash of Nazi spons . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it British Airways Turning Waste into Jet Fuel Written by Megan Treacy on 24 02 10 British Airways has announced that it will start producing jet fuel from landfill waste to reach its target of 50 percent reduced emissions by 2050. The airline is partnering with biofuels company Solena to construct a waste-to-energy fuel plant in East London that will turn 500,000 tonnes of organic waste into 16 million gallons of jet fuel per year . The fuel will be made by treating the the waste in a high-temperature gasifier to create BioSynGas which is then converted to jet fuel using the Fischer Tropsch process . The plant will also create a by-product of 20 MW of electricity per year and have the added benefit of keeping waste out of . landfills British Airways is only committing to use a 10 percent blend of the biofuel at this point , a disappointment when you consider the successful test runs of 50 50 bio-jet fuel blends . The airline plans to start using the fuel by 2014. via Treehugger

  • Diagnostic Techniques Applied in Geostatistics for Agricultural Data Analysis

    Updated: 2010-02-24 22:41:39
    Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Solo vol.33 no.6 Viçosa Nov./Dec. 2009 Joelmir André Borssoi; Miguel Angel Uribe-Opazo, and Manuel Galea Rojas “The structural modeling of spatial dependence, using a geostatistical approach, is an indispensable tool to determine parameters that define this structure, applied on interpolation of values at unsampled points by kriging techniques. However, the estimation of parameters can [...]

  • eBird Citizen Science Project: How GIS Works with Crowd Sourced Data/Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI)

    Updated: 2010-02-24 21:13:15
    Demonstration from ESRI’s Federal User Conference earlier this week. The second demo shows the eBird citizen science project. Filed under: Citizen Science, Environmental Science, ESRI, GIS, Video

  • We Built This City on Garbage: The Rapid Re(f)use Solution

    Updated: 2010-02-24 18:00:35
    Until recently, Fresh Kills landfill received most of the waste generated in New York City: some 38,000 tons every single day. Now that the landfill is closed, the city is left with a 2200 acre pile of garbage. In 2001, its tallest point reached higher than the Statue of Liberty. The former landfill is in [...]

  • Less of Our Light for More Star Light: Join the 5th Worldwide Globe at Night 2010 Campaign, 3-16 March 2010!

    Updated: 2010-02-24 17:01:40
    What: The Globe at Night Campaign When: 8pm to 10pm local time, 3-16 March 2010 Where: Everywhere Who: You! (Everyone!) How: See http://www.globeatnight.org Why: With half of the world’s population now living in cities, many urban dwellers have never experienced the wonderment of pristinely dark skies and maybe never will. This loss, caused by light pollution, is a concern on many [...]

  • Post Doc Opprotunity: Remote Sensing in Forest Ecosystems, Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige

    Updated: 2010-02-24 15:57:14
    “Primary responsibility is to analyse high resolution hyperspectral and Lidar data of forest ecosystems located in the complex alpine region. The scientific activity aims to understand the sensitivity of carbon and nitrogen cycles to climate and land use changes using spatially processbased models, remote sensing and other spatial techniques on a range of different spatial [...]

  • Help EDAF Get 100,000 Letters for Climate Action

    Updated: 2010-02-23 19:09:03
    If we want to fight climate change, improve our national security, boost our economy and create jobs, then we need the Senate to pass a comprehensive clean energy and climate bill — and do it soon. That's why EDAF has launched a campaign to get 100,000 letters for climate action. We want to make sure your Senator knows [...]

  • U.S. Could Generate 37 Million GWh of Wind Power Per Year

    Updated: 2010-02-23 01:05:00
    . Home Contact About EcoGeek.org FEB 22 Recent Comment It looks like our wind-generating capacity is 700 times what it was in . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it U.S . Could Generate 37 Million GWh of Wind Power Per Year Written by Megan Treacy on 22 02 10 For those in the wind power business , or those considering jumping in , last week brought some big news . A new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL found that the U.S . could theoretically generate 37 million gigawatt-hours of wind power per year , triple the amount previously . thought The last study of wind power potential , completed in 1993, came up with an energy potential of about 10.8 million GWh . According to NREL , the reason for the dramatic jump is better wind technology taller and more powerful turbines and better data used in the assessment . In case you're wondering , environmentally-protected areas were not included as potential . sites The new number is over 12 times the amount of energy we consume each year . Americans consume 3 million GWh of electricity each year and in 2008 only 52,000 GWh came from . wind The study offers great new maps of

  • Full Cost Analysis Needed on Green Power

    Updated: 2010-02-18 20:56:41
    Green Blog Helping environmentally-conscientious business leaders choose environmentally-friendly . solutions About Me Full Bio Welcome to Green Blog Blog Virtualization for midsize businesses : reduce cost , improve service and manage . Deploying High-Density Zones in a Low-Density Data Center Power and Cooling Capacity Management for Data Centers Home Archives TMCnet blogs Rich Tehrani Tom Keating On Rad's Radar The Readerboard Unified Communications The SIP Invite First Coffee The Hyperconnected Enterprise Cross Talk Monetizing IP Communications Design vs . Functionality Green Blog VoIP Forums About Me Contact Channels Community Sites Full Cost Analysis Needed on Green Power Full-cost analysis FCA examines both complete direct i.e . capital and operating costs and indirect i.e . environmental , health and social costs of private and public investments . 160 FCA , many of whose methodologies are still being refined , is a much needed tool to enable companies and policymakers to accurately determine the true ROI of projects . It will hopefully end the free ride enjoyed' especially by highways , airports and sprawl . And it should be used to carefully evaluate the power generation

  • Lowering Industrial Carbon Emissions: What's Really Needed

    Updated: 2010-02-17 04:00:00
    Getting to a low-carbon economy means going back to the future.

  • Water Uses by Industry Revealed

    Updated: 2010-02-17 04:00:00
    The first industry-specific estimates of annual water use in nearly 30 years yield some surprising findings.

  • Green filmmaking continues to grow

    Updated: 2010-02-11 22:56:46
    Valentine's Day production raised the bar by using solar powered and biodiesel generators, reusable water bottles, hybrid vehicles (NO limos) and composting food waste. If people go support films that do this, then more will do it! http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/valentines-day-writes-a-love-letter-to-the-environment-.html ...

  • A Bright Future for the Montreal Protocol

    Updated: 2010-02-11 04:00:00
    Environmental policy of the 1980s could provide direction and solutions for 21st century debates.

  • Paul Alivisatos

    Updated: 2010-02-08 04:00:00
    LBNL's new director focuses on renewable energy, climate

  • Climate Video Action Week: Start Your Camera!

    Updated: 2010-02-03 19:56:13
    Cameras are standard on most cell phones, which has led to a surge in goofy videos of things like co-workers dozing off.  But for one week in March, your camera phone can serve a higher purpose — stopping climate change. Be a part of Environmental Defense Action Fund's Climate Video Action Week, a video campaign to [...]

  • The Frank Luntz Poll About Global Warming: Still Hot News

    Updated: 2010-02-01 19:18:30
    Remember the Frank Luntz poll we told you about last week?  The prominent pollster found bipartisan support for a strong climate and clean energy bill, and it's been generating a lot of buzz. Here are just a few of the many stories about it: True/Slant talks about Luntz's surprising views on the climate issue, saying he's "teaming up with Fred Krupp [...]

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