I’ve just stumbled across an incredible story about a 14-year old self-educated (his parents couldn’t afford school at the time) Malawian who built his own wind turbine from scratch after reading about it in a book. Now 19 years old, William Kamkamba’s become something of a sensation–
That’s right: US data centres consume more power than all the TVs in America. This didn’t sound too incredible at first, Greenbang thought, until it struck us that there’s probably about 3.2 TVs per person across the US, or something equally astonishing. According to a new
Ahaha – this is such a great industry to cover at the moment. There’s a ton of innovation, a load of start ups and people pumping out new angles each day. Venture capitalists must not know where to turn. Today Greenbang’s looking at Stormblade Turbine Ltd – a London start
For Centrica to get involved, that must mean it’s serious. Greenbang wonders if this will help bring down the price of renewable energy (known to be more expensive than conventionally made electricity). Surely if enough providers get involved, the supply will rise and the price will fall. Then again,
In the words of the big beasty itself: The Carbon Trust has awarded more than £1 million of funding to seven pioneering technologies at the cutting-edge of the UK’s carbon reduction innovation work. The financial support will speed the technologies’ development through to commercial reality and accelerate the UK’
CHINA WATCH A story on the China Central Television’s economy channel this week told how three young men carved out their own green business by using the natural resources in China’s dusty, vast and windswept Inner Mongolia. “I came here for the wind” Zhang jJan, a 34-year-old young
As the green explosion continues, fossil fuel users are possibly going to become the drink drivers of yesteryear: deemed as irresponsible and socially ostracised. Or at least that’s what a bunch of new manufacturers of electric vehicles must be hoping, as a bunch of new zero-emission electric vehicles start
The Economist has a great piece about the great bottled water scam: how big brands get away with selling tap water at massive mark-ups, simply by putting it in a bottle. It’s a mystery that Greenbang has been wondering about for some time. As the article points out, Pepsi
Yes, that’s right. Well, almost: this new PC from Zonbu consumes just one third of the power of a typical light bulb and has no moving parts. And the little bit of juice it does suck up is automated offset by the makers. Arguments about the merits of offsetting
The last X-prize helped launched the first space race of the millennium–by offering a prize of $10m to get people’s creative juices flowing. That prize was won by Burt Rutan’s SpaceShipOne in 2004. Now a new challenge has been launched, which could ultimately affect many more people:
From now on, UK home owners selling properties with four or more bedrooms will need an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) included in a Home Information Pack (HIP) created for the buyer. And six of the biggest power companies have promised to tell new owners about any green grants or offers
Eco-site Treehugger has been sold to Discovery Communications in a deal valued at a cool $10 million, according to the NY Post. Not bad for a online news site that’s about 3 years old, with some 10 staffers. Good on ya, lads! Read all the details here.
