The old saying about brain power — imagine what we could do if we actually used all of it — applies to information and communication technology as well, according to a study prepared by the Boston Consulting Group. In a U.S.-focused addendum to The Climate Group’s “SMART 2020” report,
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ford
Anyone reading the newspapers over the last few days can’t fail to have seen the news about the dire straits the US car manufacturing industry is in as credit dries up and people stop buying new cars – especially the kind of gas guzzlers Chrysler, Ford and GM have been
Portugal
Portugal’s largest wind farm business has been sold to a consortium led by private equity group Magnum Capital for €1.15bn. The portfolio, which has been sold by Babcock & Brown, comprises around 515MW of operating wind farms and a further 156MW of wind farms under construction. According to
The U.S. government should rescue the nation’s battered auto-makers, but only if they commit to building hybrid and electric cars, says retired U.S. Army general and one-time Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark. Writing in the New York Times’ opinion pages this week, Clark equates the auto industry
The minty-scented eucalyptus tree is becoming a favorite of more than just koalas, as one Hawaiian firm is eyeing the plants as a potential fuel source. SunFuels Hawaii says it’s looking to lease thousands of acres of state and private land on the Big Island to establish plantations of
In a New Jersey city known for gambling, one building is opting instead for a sure bet, at least in terms of reduced energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The Atlantic City Convention Center has begun installing what officials say will be the “largest single-roof-mounted solar array in the United
greenhouse gases
Greenhouse gas emissions of 40 industrialised countries are continuing to rise, according to a report by the UN Climate Change Secretariat. The latest figures submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change show that while CO2 emissions in 2006 remained below the 1990 level by about five per cent,
china
Climate Change Capital, the UK-based alternative investment manager, is going shopping for clean tech bargains in China. The company is planning to invest $732m in environmental and clean tech projects in China over the next three years. According to this report by Reuters, the company is taking advantage of the
United Airlines says it took advantage of next-generation technology last week to become the first-ever U.S. air carrier to take part in the Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE). A combination of 11 different fuel-saving strategies helped the airline cut its fuel consumption by 1,564
While a recession anywhere isn’t welcome news, one U.S. energy-watcher has found a silver lining in the economic downturn there. Using the latest short-term energy consumption forecasts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Dennis Markatos-Soriano, founder and director of Sustainable Energy Transition (SET), calculates that the
An Arizona-based energy company has set its sights on Mississippi catfish farms as a rich new source for algae-based biofuels. PetroSun BioFuels, a subsidiary of PetroSun Inc., recently proposed to the Mississippi Biomass Council a programme in which it would lease the surface rights to catfish farm ponds to gain
