Solar Panels Versus Trees
Americans love their trees. As a growing number of homeowners in leafy neighborhoods install solar panels, however, an awkward debate has emerged.
What is more important for the environment and for humans in the long run: clean energy or trees?
As the United States continues to develop renewable power sources and encourage homeowners to take advantage of [...]
One Million Electric Cars Coming Our Way?
Traffic on American roads soon could run a bit cleaner.
In his January 25 State of the Union address, President Obama challenged the United States to become the first nation with 1 million electric cars. His administration since has announced several initiatives it will ask Congress to fund in the 2012 budget to help spur such [...]
Clean Energy for the Empire State Building
The Empire State Building on New York’s Manhattan Island is an architectural icon. It also happens to be one of America’s biggest “green building” success stories.
After a two-year, $20 million building retrofit that cut the Empire State Building’s energy consumption by 38 percent, property managers recently signed a contract to purchase all electricity for the [...]
Energy from Oceans and Rivers to Power the U.S. Grid
Hydrokinetic energy entering world of renewables
There was the sun and the wind — and now comes the power of water. If the promise of this fledgling energy technology holds true, it could eventually be as affordable and viable as fossil fuel and nuclear power.
In late 2010, Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) expects to become the first [...]
Investments in Renewable Energy Top Fossil-Fuel Projects
National renewable-energy policies encourage investments, reports say
Despite a continued weak global economy, investments in solar, wind and other renewable energy projects outpaced fossil fuel investments in 2009 for the second year in a row, a new study from the United Nations Environment Programme shows. This was true in both the United States and in the [...]
Clean Energy Ministerial to Help Accelerate Green Economy
Group’s first meeting will be held in Washington July 19–20
By Karin Rives
Representatives from 24 nations will meet in Washington with U.S. energy officials to look at ways to speed up distribution of clean energy technology, and to discuss how to get ahead in the race toward a green economy.
The Clean Energy Ministerial, a high-level group [...]
Virginia Tech Home Wins Solar Decathlon Europe
House produces more power than it uses; there may be a market for it
By Karin Rives
Americans get less than 1 percent of their electricity from the sun, but that humble statistic doesn’t discourage Corey McCalla and other students at Virginia Tech who brought their high-tech, energy-producing home to Solar Decathlon Europe in Madrid, Spain, in [...]
Earth Hour 2010
Earth Hour 2010
On Saturday, March 27, 2010, million citizens of the world in hundreds of cities and villages are expected to switch off their lights for one hour and participate in the Earth Hour.
The great Greek participation in 2009 has generated great expectations for this year as well. It is estimated that more than one [...]
Boosting Biofuels, Clean Coal Promotes U.S. Energy Independence
Biofuels to reduce foreign oil dependence by millions of barrels each year
The United States is boosting the contribution of biofuels and clean coal to its strategy for increasing American energy independence and laying the foundation for a new clean-energy economy.
At a February 3 meeting with a bipartisan group of state governors, President Obama announced actions [...]
Vampires in the House
Many Common Household Appliances Consume Energy Even When Not in Use.
Millions of Americans are paying for electricity they don’t really know they’re using. The electronics boom of recent decades has led to the invention of a variety of household appliances and devices that guzzle down energy just when they are plugged in, even though they [...]
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