energy storage
Following is a guest commentary penned by Mark MacCracken, CEO, of CALMAC, which designs and manufactures energy storage for commercial air-conditioning systems: What’s with all the excess? Storing excess renewable resources, such as solar and wind, is vital in securing an energy-efficient future. To understand just how vital energy
greenbackers
GreenBackers will return for a second outing early in 2010, so we’re looking for UK-based cleantech entrepreneurs who are seeking to connect with investors. GreenBackers is an event series that introduces three to four high-quality, pre-screened, early-stage cleantech enterprises to six to eight active angel investors per meeting through
COP15
Editor’s note: Greenbang will be providing daily dispatches and ongoing updates from the climate change talks in Copenhagen, and is covering the conference virtually to keep our carbon footprint low. Following are developments from today’s events at the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen: * Climate Interactive says the latest
conservation
Ever walked through a wild meadow only to find yourself flipping endlessly through a field guide in a vain effort to identify an unusual plant? If so, then you’ll appreciate the work being done by an international team of researchers, who hope to develop a quick and easy “barcode”
anaerobic digestion
Once best known for a certain type of fossil fuel, Newcastle is now moving in a new — if equally “earthy” — direction: energy from farm waste. Cockle Park Farm, a 262-hectare farm owned by Newcastle University, is in the process of developing a £1.85-million, state-of-the-art anaerobic digester that will convert
smart technology
Cities — and the people who live in them — could be a lot healthier, safer, cleaner and smarter in the next decade, thanks to a variety of emerging technologies. But that prediction begs a question: will those innovations be affordable to most of the world’s mega-cities, or only to the
Jurdy asks a compelling and timely question …
COP15
Editor’s note: Greenbang will be providing daily dispatches and ongoing updates from the climate change talks in Copenhagen, and is covering the conference virtually to keep our carbon footprint low. Following are developments from today’s events at the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen: * 350.org reports breaking news
conservation
Creating conservation areas — even small ones — in the oceans could help better protect endangered whale species, according to the findings of international researchers. Scientists in Scotland, Canada and the US describe their findings in a new issue of the journal Animal Conservation. “There are enormous challenges associated with setting conservation
aviation
Commercial aircraft haven’t made any significant advancements in efficiency over the past two decades, and probably won’t make meaningful future improvements without effective carbon dioxide emissions standards, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has proposed a carbon
nanotechnology
How can you tame the growing number of ultra-tiny particles that are going into consumer products and, eventually, back into the environment? How about using an ultra-tiny form of behaviour modification? Every day, more and more products appear on shop shelves that are made with nanomaterials, ultra-tiny particles less than
malaria
How can you predict the spread of malaria in a region like Zanzibar, where few records are available showing how people travel from place to place? US researchers have found a novel answer to that question: How about by studying mobile phone records instead? As part of a study commissioned
