Oct 31, 2008 – GE [NYSE: GE] has submitted a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] as part of the company’s plans to build the first HFC-free household refrigerator to be manufactured & sold in the USA.
“The fridge for the 21st century must use less energy and run on refrigerants that don’t add [...]
Oct 24, 2008 – GE Aviation [NYSE: GE] & NASA are teaming on a wind-tunnel test program to evaluate counterrotating fan-blade systems for “open rotor” jet engine designs that could sharply reduce fuel consumption.
The testing will begin in wind tunnel facilities at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in early 2009. T his is not a [...]
Oct 31, 2008 – Earnings reports are coming in for publicly traded companies that have 45 days from the end of quarter to report. 30 days have passed so the next 2 weeks should be busy.
Aventine [NYSE: AVR] a producer, marketer and end-to-end provider of renewable energy, released results for the 3Q & nine months [...]
Oct 30, 2008 – Until we are all getting free energy from the sun and wind, PSE&G [NYSE: PEG], NJ government officials & community organizations launched an effort to ensure that NJ residents eligible for assistance in paying their utility bills this winter receive the help they need. The federal Low Income Heating Assistance Program [...]
Oct 30, 2008 – NJ government officials gathered with educators and students at Bloomfield Tech to celebrate the new Green Energy Academy created by Essex County Vocational Technical Schools in partnership with PSEG [NYSE: PEG]. The Green Energy Academy introduces high school freshmen to “green” career opportunities within the traditional trades. Builders, welders, electricians, architects [...]
Oct 31, 2008 – StatoilHydro [NYSE: STO] has confirmed the presence of hydrocarbons in an exploration well in the Barents Sea, 160 km NNW Hammerfest [where is that? See their website for a map] in North Norway. Hydrocarbons were confirmed in sandstone of middle and late Triassic age. The find is in the size of [...]
Oct 31, 2008 – First Solar [Nasdaq: FSLR] reported its 3Q 2008 results today. Net sales for 3 months were $348K vs $159K in 3Q 2007. Nine month sales were $812K vs $ $301K in 2007. Diluted net income per share was $1.20 for 3 months and $2.63 for 9 months in 2008 vs $0.58 [...]
Ecua Biodiesel & Carbon S.A is seeking investors to develop the first jatropha biodiesel refinery in Ecuador. Goldman Sachs cited Jatropha curcas as one of the best candidates for future biodiesel production. Contact Ernesto Intriago, Financial Director at Ecua Biodiesel & Carbon SA, 2485 Quarry Rd, Columbus, OH 43204, USA. eintriago@biocarbon.com.ec
October 31, 2008 – R-Qubed Energy is seeking investors for an initial round of $15-30 million for biomass to energy projects in the SW USA. They have identified 8 projects to complete over the next 5 years. Contact Jamie Royce, CEO: JRoyce@R-QubedEnergy.com
DEC 11, 2009 0- UPDATE: See following comment that this project has been fully [...]
Here is an excerpt, with comments interspered, of the major article Jeff Johnson at Chemistry & Engineering News recently wrote.
How is the extension of the renewable energy tax credits going to affect the solar manufacturing and installation industry? It will certainly accelerate the growth even with the recent drop in the price of oil. Of [...]
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Crowded classrooms, outdated textbooks and technology, mounting deficits, and mass staff layoffs are second in importance to consolidating current bus routes for district schools to save fuel. School districts around the country are facing the same struggling economy and less yearly fiscal budget. State budgets continue to decline. No Child Left Behind Act is becoming increasing [...]
We constantly see ads from companies congratulating themselves for their green energy activities after spending decades fighting the inevitable. But where are the green cars discussed in the ads? The Chevy Volt is now scheduled for 2010. Here is the script from an ad on GM’s website and very similarly worded in magazine ads. [...]
Now universities are taking out ads touting their sustainability activities. And as usual there are wind turbines in the picture. I drove about 2,000 miles on a vacation trip around the Midwest this spring and didn’t see one wind turbine. The last wind tower I actually saw was in Holland; it was a centuries old [...]
Oct 28, 2008 – CNBC ran a segment today called “Is Green the Next Bubble?” with Erin Burnett interviewing Eric Janszen of Itulip.com and Michael Shellenberger of the Breakthrough Institute. Janszen said he is still looking for the time when make investments in alternative energy companies. He also stated that the US has to be [...]
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