There’s a bit of a cat fight going on in clean coal/carbon capture circles at the moment. In the red corner, the Department of Energy. In the blue corner, the FutureGen Alliance.The twosome had agreed to work together on a carbon capture and storage project, but earlier
If there was a world championship bout for ‘the next builder of the world’s biggest solar complex’, the belt would be changing hands every week. The current contender for the honour is Dubai, according to Reuters, which could see up to 3,500 watts of capacity added by 2013.
When Greenbang heard about the acquisition of Italian solar cell manufacturer by nanomanufacturer Applied Materials for €225 million, she wandered over to Babelfish for a quick translation of Baccini.Greenbang ran the word Baccini through the automatic translation software and hey presto! Greenbang can now tell you that Baccini translates
CSR gets a seat in the board room…
Who are you? No, we’re not asking for a philosophical answer, but we’d like to learn more about our readers. So we wrote a little survey. It takes about two minutes. We would love your help. Here’s the link to the Greenbang survey.
Carbon8 is the company behind this carbon-sucking technology.
Accenture‘s research says it’s these: 1. Using technologies to improve energy efficiencies (53%) 2. Measuring and/ or reducing carbon footprint (39%) 3. Increasing use of renewable energy sources (32%) 4. Carbon offset strategy (29%) 5. Internal policy formation (28%) It’s all a bit vague for our liking
Quite frankly, Greenbang isn’t convinced with this finding from Accenture. It doesn’t add up – China is heavily investing in clean tech. India is too. Then again, they aren’t the only countries that are emerging markets… But the big bird of consultancy says: “- Climate change is the
UK companies are failing to match fine words with green action, as less than one-third of respondents claim to be adopting ‘green’ policies in their organisations. This survey’s key findings state: *When asked how strong the move to adopt ‘green’ policies is within their organisation, 33% of respondents said
CHINA WATCH China is to ban free plastic bags in shops from June 1st 2008, which is already all over the news. In a notice posted on the central government’s Web site (www.gov.cn), the General Office of the State Council launched a crackdown on the production, sale
Greenbang likes the cheery, chirpy government recycling adverts voiced by Jane Horrocks. “Recycle,” says perky Jane. “The possibilities are endless!” A nice antidote to the scary doomladen prophecies of environmental Armageddon that Greenbang is more used to. Recycling a glass bottle, says Horrocks, saves enough energy to power a washing
Hawaii has revealed its intention to move away from the setting of a popular 70s cop show and a surfers’ paradise to the setting for a clean energy rollout and green tech paradise. According to local paper Maui News, Governor Linda Lingle and US Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for
