cleantech
Looking for an opportunity to network with other cleantech folks and stay up to date with what’s happening? Then be sure to RSVP today for Greenbang’s Sustainable Technology Group networking event starting at 18:30 this Wednesday. The gathering will be held at The Dispensary in Aldgate, 19a
LED lighting
Former US President Bill Clinton today announced that his foundation will work with the city of Los Angeles to replace 140,000 streetlights with energy-efficient LED lighting over the next five years. The project would be the “largest LED street lighting retrofit project ever undertaken by a city to date,
cleantech
So what else in new in cleantech today? Here are some developments you might have missed: * Analysts at Gartner predict the global market for virtualisation software will grow to $2.7 billion (US) this year, up 43 percent over 2008 revenues, silicon.com reports. Demand for virtualisation is strong as
Atlanta-based Navajo Wind Energy Corporation today announced that it’s secured a 6,200-acre site in China for a planned 200-megawatt wind power installation. The site in Xinjiang has proven, high-energy winds, the company says, with a mean average annual wind speed of more than 11 meters per second. The
peak oil
Peak oil guru Matthew Simmons — featured in a fascinating recent Forbes piece titled, “Crude Cassandra” — isn’t changing his tune in the face of collapsing oil prices. In fact, he warns that today’s low price per barrel creates two serious financial challenges for the oil industry: underwriting ongoing exploration
single-cell solar power
Freescale Semiconductor, a firm based in Austin, Texas, is this week showcasing an innovative power conversion device that it says could deliver a breakthrough for single-cell solar power systems. Freescale’s DC-to-DC converter, being demonstrated at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), enables solar power integrated circuits (IC)
A non-profit eco-organisation for children has created a data centre that is exceptionally small while also hugely energy efficient. Working with Dell, Nortel, Pillar and VMware, Earth Rangers developed a data centre that’s only 9.3 square meters in size — about 10 times smaller than it might have been
Greenbang
If you’re interested in meeting with other cleantech folks and chatting about the sector’s latest and greatest, don’t forget to RSVP now for Greenbang’s Sustainable Technology Group networking event starting at 18:30 this Wednesday. The gathering will be held at The Dispensary in Aldgate, 19a
cleantech
Too busy catching up on Monday’s work to follow the latest developments in cleantech? Here are a few of the latest headlines: * A $350,000 (US) grant from The UPS Foundation will be used to take a Georgia-initiated “no-idling” program to K through 12 schools across the US. “Turning
nanotechnology
Is it a technological breakthrough or a sign of the energy apocalypse, in which we turn to increasingly desperate means of generating power to keep civilisation afloat? We’re inclined to say the latter upon hearing the news that researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have generated energy by
peak oil
Global oil production is at or near its peak, and will likely never exceed 89 million barrels per day, according to the CEO of French energy company Total. The Financial Times today reported that Christophe de Margerie has adjusted downward his most recent forecast for oil production in 2015, largely
carbon emissions
Car- and bike-maker Škoda today announced the launch of its new Superb GreenLine, a vehicle that can achieve 23.5 kilometers per litre (55.4 miles per gallon) on the combined cycle and has a carbon dioxide output of only 136 grams per kilometer. Those figures put the Superb GreenLine
