Archive for November, 2010

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowships Available

Nov 22, 2010 – The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation headquartered in Bonn, Germany is seeking young applicants for up to 20 prospective leaders working in the field of climate protection and resource conservation.  Visit http://www.Humboldt-Foundation.de/ICF for more information.  Please note that the closing date for applications is December 15, 2010.

Professional Builder: Annual Green Issue

Nov 21, 2010 – Check out the Annual Green Issue of Professional Builder magazine to get many energy conservation tips for buildings.

Ads Continued: Who Is Publishing This Ad?

Nov 15, 2010 – “IT’S TIME OIL COMPANIES GET BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.”  Yes, that’s what this full page New York Times ad says.  It goes on, “WE AGREE.”  And its signed by Thomas Gideon, Executive Vice President , Timberlands, Weyerhaeuser Company, and Desmond King, President, Chevron Technology Ventures, Chevron.  And you thought [...]

Eric Corey Freed Headlines GreenExpo365.com November 2 & 3 Online Event

Attend informative webinars by green building and design thought leaders and interact with other professionals and green building companies at the GreenExpo365.com Live Event, November 2 and 3 – all online. Featured presentations include architect Eric Corey Freed discussing a 21st century vision for moving cities beyond the automobile, award-winning green builder Ideal Homes’ Vernon [...]

Solarfun Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results

Nov. 9, 2010 — Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in China, today reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. The Company will host a conference call to discuss the results at 7:00 am Eastern [...]

Green Power Costs Affects Utilization

Nov 8, 2010 – Matthew L. Wald and Tom Zeller, Jr. report in The New York Times that the “Cost of Green Power Makes Projects Tougher Sell”.  I guess everyone has been assuming that neither cost nor NIMBY would be factors in the introduction of green energy into the system.  We have discussed NIMBY on [...]

Wyland Living Green Fair in Boca Raton Mizner Park November 6-7, 2010

WyLAND Living Green Fair 11/6/2010 – 11/7/2010 IT’S GREEN – IT’S FUN – IT’S FREE! The whole family will enjoy seeing GREEN at Mizner Park with exhibits and activities that include electric hybrid cars, previews of organic fashhion, samples of organic food, Kids Eco-Zone, photos with Spouty the Whale, and much more! Free-to-the-public, sponsored by [...]

ReneSola Ltd. Reports 3Q Financials

Nov 5, 2010 – ReneSola Ltd (“ReneSola” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SOL) (AIM: SOLA), a leading global manufacturer of solar wafers and provider of solar module original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) services, announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Third Quarter 2010 Financial and Operating Highlights Total solar wafer and [...]

John Hickenlooper Wins Colorado Governor’s Race

John Hickenlooper, Democrat won the 2010 election for Governor. John Hickenlooper has shown throughout his career as Mayor of the city of Denver that the environment is one of his top issues. In 2005, Hickenlooper introduced Green Print Denver, a plan to improve Denver’s urban environment by increasing efficiency and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting [...]

Martin Fornage’s Enphase Energy

Nov 4, 2010 – Martin Fornage’s Enphase Energy, which was founded in 2006, uses microinverters to convert DC solar energy to AC power from each solar panel rather than a single central inverter.  See an article about them in the November 8, 2010 Forbes Magazine.

Miami-Dade Renovation for Energy Efficient Loan Program (REEL)

Miami-Dade Renovation for Energy Efficient Loan Program (REEL) Miami-Dade Energy Efficient Loan program is a revolving loan fund that provides funding to businesses in Miami-Dade County to institute improvements to their properties that result in a reduction in their electrical energy consumption.  What financing programs are available in your area.  Please leave your comments here.

Ads Continued: Michigan

Nov 3, 2010 – Michigan.  Don’t they make gas-guzzling cars there?  No.  “Adaptive Materials is ready to power the globe. Michigan will power the process.”  The ad goes on to say, “It’s simple.  It’s brilliant.  And in a world intent on developing alternative energy souces, Adaptive Materials, the pioneer of solid oxide fuel cell systems, [...]

Ads Continued: Shell

Nov 3, 2010 – Who’s advertising their clean energy? Shell.  Who’s advertising their doing good things in  China? Shell.  Here’s the title: “Let’s Make Feng’s Washing Even Cleaner.  Let’s Go.”  “What’s the secret to a cleaner wash?  It could be natural gas.”  You thought it was solar power, did you?  “When used to generate electricity, [...]

Voters Repudiate President Obama and Democrats; What About Green Energy?

Nov 2, 2010 – It seems that voters across most of the United States are sending the Republicans back to Washington in control of the House, but the Democrats may keep control of the Senate. What are the results in your district?  How will these results affect green energy, solar power, wind power, hybrid cars, [...]

Ads Continued: Schneider Electric

Nov 2, 2010 – Schneider Electric has a new ad that states, “The only good watt is a negawatt.”  “What’s a negawatt?  The one you don’t use.”  That is the most efficient way to save fuel.  All other renewable energy sources have an energy cost in building equipment and distributing electricity.  What are you doing [...]