Take Action to Support Renewable Energy!Once again it is time to take action (isn’t it always time?). I’ve asked you to take action on this bill before, but you forgot because you had to go to lunch/rotate your tires/sneeze/buy a garden gnome on eBay/scratch your ankle/etc.So, I’m reminding you (again) to remind your representative to […]
Hey Action Takers–It’s Almost Time!I’ve asked you repeatedly to take action on the impending energy bill as it went through the House and Senate. Don’t remember? Just click here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here (with the “I’m Just a Bill” song from […]
Precise Measurement Of Phenomenon Advances Solar Cell UnderstandingResearchers have shed light on a basic process that could improve future solar cells. They have now directly measured the rate of hole transfer between identical porphyrin compounds in their ground states. These results are key to understanding the fundamental processes underlying charge separation and have applications for […]
Steps toward a greener supply chainLittle changes can make a big difference READ MORE
Modern Energy Wind Project: Grand Valley State UniversityModern Energy Wind Project at Grand Valley State University September 2007
Getting Smart About California Delta Water UsageEarlier this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued their formal biological opinion that limits drinking […]
EU Has 20/20/20 Green VisionAs the U.S. dawdles on climate change amid a lame duck Congress/President and financial wreckage, Europe is pushing ahead. This week, the European Parliament approved a package of climate-saving goodies aimed at meeting the EU’s goals of reducing CO2 20%, increasing energy efficiency by 20%, and achieving a 20% renewables energy […]
‘Powerhouses’ From Living Cells — Mitochondria — Power New Explosives DetectorResearchers in Missouri have borrowed the technology that living cells use to produce energy to develop a tiny, self-powered sensor for rapid detection of hidden explosives. The experimental sensor, about the size of a postage stamp, represents the first of its kind to be powered […]
Solar Night Presenting Solar Synapse Pre-Wire Kit for New Construction at Timbers at Creekside Home-Tuesday, August 7thCome See the Finished Home by Belcher Homes featuring the Solar Synapse Pre-Wire Kit for New Construction! Last Chance to See the Timbers at Creekside Home Timbers at Creekside home (the Essex Plan). This home will be sold on […]
Complex Systems Science: How Do Math And Intuition Help Us Understand Whole Systems?The human brain may be the ultimate complex system, but other examples appear everywhere. Take army ants. Despite their name, they have no general, and their queen sends out no instructions. No ant is aiming to get across that gully, and there is […]
Solar Collector Could Change Asphalt Roads Into Renewable Energy SourceScientists have found a way to use asphalt’s heat-soaking property for an alternative energy source by developing a solar collector that could turn roads and parking lots into ubiquitous — and inexpensive sources of electricity and hot water.
Saving through network convergenceCombining building systems and IT on […]
House Passes Renewable Energy Standard“We are turning to the future,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan amendment to a broad energy package Saturday requiring utilities to provide 15% of their power from renewable energy sources by 2020. Inclusion of a renewable power standard — approved […]