Feed-in Tariff Sensibility
Finally, some half decent news for the renewable energy sector in Victoria. A Bill, the Electricity Industry Amendment (Premium Solar Feed-in Tariff) ... NEW SOLAR POWER STATIONThe State Government will provide up to $100 million to develop a new large-scale solar power station in Victoria, Premier John Brumby announced today.“Our Government is taking [more...]
Date: 2009-03-12 10:04:00
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Executive Bonuses Based on Carbon Reduction
Tell Your Mayor To Take Action for the Environment! The pending energy bill is crucial for the future of our planet (hence, the numerous posts)! ... are used in photovoltaic concentrator technology for solar power stations. Press Release ... Efficiency For Solar Cells Achieved: 39.7% At 39.7% efficiency for a multi-junction solar cell [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 17:25:02
The power of Nature
This landslide, happened in Malaysia in 1993, shows the consequence of ruining our environment and nature. @ haha ... . An astonishing exploration of nature’s strange Solar Tower power station - Cool new technology to gather greeny power from the Sun, installed in Seville, southern Spain. It wo Ants - Nature’ [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 19:01:53
China to set up first solar power plant in desert
The National Energy Administration (NEA) under China's National Development and Reform Commission will hold an open-bid competition on March 20, 2009 to select a project undertaker for constructing an on-grid solar power-generating station consisting of 10MWp (megawatt-peak) photovoltaic modules in Dunhuang of Gansu Province, northwestern [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 02:12:44
Clean Power From Deserts
Article Photo The Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technique by Dr. Gerry Wolff Close up view of parabolic trough and heat collector. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is the remarkably simple technique of arranging mirrors ... , just like a conventional power station. CSP works best where there is direct sunshine and lots [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:54:43
Pentagon Eyes Orbiting Power Station
This article first appeared in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report ... think the time may be ripe to advance the 40-year-old space solar power concept to help reduce ... studying space solar power (SSP) believe a pilot plant could be orbited fairly soon. "The end game [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 16:42:45
GreenMonk news roundup 04/01/2009
Stern: ‘Kingsnorth should be shelved’ - UK Politics, UK - The Independent Britain’s latest coal-fired power station should not be built, ... , Concentrated solar-thermal , florida , greenmonktv World Greenhouse gas emissions by sector ... and said that the new coal-fired power station proposed for Kingsnorth in Kent cannot be justified until [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 08:29:38
Postlethwaite May Give Back British Honor If Coal Plant Project Gets Green Light
Actor Pete Postlethwaite , star of the new eco-documentary The Age of Stupid , has threatened to return his OBE (Order of the British Empire) ... If you commission a new dirty coal power station at Kingsnorth - thereby increasing our emissions when we should ... powered by solar energy. “We tried to stop Tony Blair going to war in Iraq. But this [more...]
Date: 2009-03-16 17:48:20
Eco Tech: Free solar energy station could be the newest way to advertise
Eco Factor: Renewable energy gadget-charging station. Carrying solar chargers for your complete electronic gear is not possible. Technology has made ... away from power. Electricity for these stations can be generated in various ways, however, the greener [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 10:59:25
Top Stories and Weekend Video - 21st March
6 YEARS LATER: IRAQ LOOMS LARGE Nationwide Sportswomen trail-blaze, but cameras? ... in Israel/Gaza war US banking losses revised upward Space station unfurls solar wings Weekend ... The rising power of ‘geek mums’ Greens: We were right all along BNP claims on Churchill ‘ [more...]
Date: 2009-03-21 08:37:16
Renewable Energy at the Kibbutz
ReutersWorkers positioned panels at the construction site for a hybrid solar power station on Kibbutz Samar in southern Israel last week ... for another 500 megawatts of solar electricity, at a cost of $2.5 billion — or around $5 dollars ... Neot Smadar and Kibbutz Yotvata, which recently built a 50-kilowatt solar panel rooftop installation [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 12:45:27
Earth Day Festivities
Botanist Celebrates Earth Day with the launch of YourDailyThread.com at BP’s Helios House Invite Only: April 4, 2009 5:00 p.m ... at the iconic solar-powered BP Helios House Gas Station on Olympic and Robertson, CA. The station ... in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, the nationally-accepted benchmark [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 00:38:10
Showing the impact of runaway climate change
Age of Stupid, Exeter Picture House Cert 12A, 90 minutes By David Knox “We could have saved ourselves, but we didn’t. It’s amazing ... Miliband, if you commission a new dirty coal power station at Kingsnorth - thereby increasing ... . From the London premiere being held on a green carpet in a solar powered cinema in Leicester Square, to guests [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 07:00:00
MacGyver. It’s a man show. You wouldn’t understand.
Here’s a facebook message I receive from a friend in Seattle, who by the way works for a huge, evil company that starts with “M” and ends with “soft” ... unavailable???”The obvious answers 1. The helicopter runs on solar power. First “green” TV show ... ? was there fuel station in the mountain? maybe stringfellow hawk discovered oil in the cave where [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 13:13:49
NASA’’s shuttle Discovery glides home after successful mission
Cape Canaveral, Mar 29 (ANI): Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at NASA’’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ... ) on Saturday. The STS-119 flight delivered the space station’’s fourth and final set of solar array ... Discovery sets off to power International Space Station [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 06:15:31
Canguro – A Hybrid Vehicle between Hand Truck and Tricycle
Canguro – A Hybrid Vehicle between Hand Truck and Tricycle Due to the continuous increase in traffic, ... : solar panels on houses - M2E kinetic Battery Charger - prefab mini homes - Yellow Treehouse - Pacific Environments Architects - Philip Starck wind turbine - solar power station - laundry center [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:42:48
Aora Powers Up “LEGO-like” Units For Solar Energy In The Middle East
Aora Solar Energy Company, formerly known as EDIG Solar, is ready to begin producing clean tech energy at their power station located at Kibbutz Samar in the Arava Valley. The station, which uses a combination of solar generated electricity thermal [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 15:55:39
Shuttle lands Saturday
The Space Shuttle Discovery is due to touch down in Florida at 13:43 Eastern time Saturday! As usual, I’ll try to live Tweet it ( on my new BA News account ). The mission was pretty successful, with the installation of a new truss and solar panels that has given the Space Station full power capacity, as well as bringing [more...]
Date: 2009-03-27 22:14:48
Arco Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant
March 29, 2009 – 4:55 pm September 10, 1987 San Luis Obispo County used to be home of the world’s largest solar-cell power station ... of the Carrizo Plains would be broken with the whir of 799 solar arrays following the sun. The plant [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 23:55:41
Aerospace: Shuttle Discovery returns safely
Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 3:14 p.m ... 5.3 million miles.The STS-119 flight delivered the space station's fourth and final set of solar ... by the arrays will fully power science experiments and help support station operations.During three [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 05:54:00
Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Space Station
In addition to the new $298 million solar wings, which will complete the station's U.S.-built power grid once installed, Discovery is ferrying a Japanese astronaut to the station to replace NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus. [more...]
Date: 2009-03-17 23:24:29
Shuttle Discovery lands in Fla. after 13-day trip
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power.... [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 04:03:17
Shuttle Discovery lands in Fla. after 13-day trip
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power.... [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 07:56:51
Shuttle Discovery lands in Fla. after 13-day trip
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power.... [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 10:16:36
Into Space
This morning President Obama was joined by Congressional leaders and middle school students from the Washington, ... talking about solar power from very different perspective: = 8 -- &hl;&fs;&showinfo ... is, is that you are installing some additional solar panels on the space station, and that's actually going to increase [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 01:10:00
NJ sets ambitious goals for wind and solar power production - Newark Star-Ledger
The relicensing last week of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, the nation's oldest nuclear power plant, guarantees that nuclear energy is here to stay in New Jersey, for at least a few more decades, even as state officials continue to push ... Related posts: Wind power plans loses some steam [more...]
Date: 2009-04-05 11:31:00
Shuttle Lands After Successful Trip to ISS
NASA PRESS RELEASE Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 3:14 p.m ... of solar array wings, completing the station’s truss, or backbone. The additional electricity provided by the arrays will fully power science experiments and help support station operations. During three [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 15:54:32
Space Station Out of Danger; Shuttle Due to Arrive
In addition to the new $298 million solar wings, which will complete the station's U.S.-built power grid once installed, Discovery is ferrying a Japanese astronaut to the station to replace NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus. [more...]
Date: 2009-03-17 17:49:09
Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study - KWCH.com
Once-a-day heart combo pill shows promise in study - KWCH ... and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power. Discovery swooped through a cloudy sky and landed at NASA [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 18:00:12
Obama and kids call the NASA astronauts
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ... is, is that you are installing some additional solar panels on the space station, and that's actually going ... ? MISSION SPECIALIST PHILLIPS: Sir, that's correct. We've roughly doubled the amount of solar power [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 18:31:31
The world’s largest photovoltaic power station [PICS]
In Amareleja , a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Moura, ... by concrete foundations. These structures support arrays of solar photovoltaic modules, which ... of some trees and typical houses of Alentejo region. More... The new solar photovoltaic power [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 18:16:00
NASA: 13-day Shuttle Mission Successful
Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth and successfully wrapped up a construction mission that left the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power. [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 12:46:49
Space Geek Time
Tonight’s APOD is pretty freaking awesome, showing the International Space Station in full solar-panel regalia. The thing that struck me about this image was the size of all those solar panels, each of which ... (living quarters, main power supply). This was and still is a tough little space bug: an insect [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 05:15:00
Voltree Power makes trees sensitive
As we all know, forest fires cause a lot of damage. So wouldn’t it be great if the trees could tell us when they caught on fire? ... to base stations about their status. Interestingly enough, these sensors will not be solar powered ... ’ metabolic energy, these sensors will be easy to install and they don’t cause very much damage [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 07:24:44
N.J. sets ambitious goals for wind and solar power production
The relicensing last week of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, the nation’s oldest nuclear power plant, guarantees that nuclear energy is here to stay in New Jersey, for at least a few [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 09:49:59
Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: Turkish Greenpeace climbers place the spotlight back on nuclear
Eight Greenpeace activists climbed a skyscraper in Kızılay Square in central Ankara, one of Turkey’s highest buildings, ... nuclear power station. Negotiations are continuing after Atomstroyexport’s ludicrous bid back ... and considered. In comparison, the cost of wind power averages four to nine US cents per KWh, and solar [more...]
Date: 2009-03-18 13:25:10
Space Shuttle Mission Will Bring Space Station to Full Power
Discovery's STS-119 flight is carrying the space station's fourth and final set of solar array wings, completing the station's truss, or backbone. [more...]
Date: 2009-03-16 13:54:30
Green Prophet: Aora Powers Up “LEGO-like” Units For Solar Energy…
…known as EDIG Solar, is ready to begin producing clean tech energy at their power station located at Kibbutz Samar in the Arava Valley. [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 08:45:24
Obama Says Economy Making Gains - AOL
Obama Says Economy Making Gains - AOL WASHINGTON (March 25) ... the international space station with all its solar wings and extra electrical power. Discovery swooped [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 20:00:10
Space Tourist Garriott Docks with Station (Videos)
carrying Expedition 18 to the International Space Station (ISS) ... that temporarily lowered the lander's solar power. But Phoenix weathered the storm well, and the team [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 10:20:50
W.O.W.! (What’s On for the Weekend) April 4 and 5
WOW! is a good description of both the quantity and the variety of great family-friendly things to do around the area this weekend ... source (air, water, solar or human power). On April 4, the teams will demonstrate and test ... up a Trebuchet Station and will launch projectiles from a 15 foot trebuchet hourly beginning at 10 am. 10 [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 20:25:57
Shuttle astronauts unfurl space station's new wings
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Visiting shuttle Discovery astronauts on Friday unfurled the new solar panel wings they installed onto the International Space Station, allowing it to generate full power after a decade of construction. [more...]
Date: 2009-03-21 01:52:26
Mekalek’s Mixtape Series, Week 12: WMEK December 2000
The second and last installment of my monthly WMEK tapes is my favorite of the two ... ! And of course one of my favorites, “Solar Power” by Binary Star. “And Rodney King, ain’t never felt the beat ... thought if there actually was a radio station that did that 24 hours a day, it would [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 03:40:15
ISS Space Dudes Crank Power, Drink Urine
It looks like someone hung a circuit board out to dry, but that’s the freshly powered International Space Station passing the limb of the Earth a few days ago. The ISS was resupplied by the space shuttle Discovery, which brought a set of giant solar [more...]
Date: 2009-03-31 23:00:49
Shuttle Discovery arrives at space station
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) – Space shuttle Discovery arrived at the international space station yesterday, delivering one last set of solar wings that should boost the orbiting complex to full power. [more...]
Date: 2009-03-17 23:02:07
Will a New Space Venture Become the Next Google?
“Knowledge of the universe bestows awesome power. To understand the secrets of atoms and galaxies is to become like gods.”~W.J ... of the moon. Since Apollo 16, we have moved on to the International Space Station (ISS), sending ... that have left our Solar System. [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 07:36:00
STS-119: SAW deploy success highlights Flight Day 6
Discovery continues to perform without any issues of note as her crew completed the task of remotely deploying the 1B and 3B solar arrays from the ... ). The operation was a huge success for both arrays, which are now fully deployed on the Station. S6 was successfully installed as the final set of power generating arrays on the ISS during EVA-1 [more...]
Date: 2009-03-20 15:25:53
BUDDHA, LEND ME A TONGUE!
China’s West is far less modernized than the Eastern coastal cities. Besides the intense cold, what struck me when I arrived in Xining, Qinghai province’s capital, was that I was completely alone, surrounded by people: I couldn’t find one single person who spoke English and my Mandarin and Tibetan skills where just like the temperature, below zero [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 06:51:30
Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/15/2009
The news from Britain continues to be appalling. Article after article about immigrants who incite hatred — and even commit violence — with impunity, ... My Socialist Past Obama: I’ll Forge New Ties With Muslims Obama’s Energy ... Energy: Turkey Key Country in Caspian Area, EU Official Says Environment: Mediterranean [more...]
Date: 2009-03-16 03:48:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 3/16/2009
The immediate crisis in Pakistan has been settled by the reappointment of the judge who had been suspended from his post during Musharraf’s tenure ... Not Guilty in Wife’s Beheading The Greens Hate Energy, America, and You! Thousands of Tri ... Panther Gang Denmark: City’s Jews, Muslims Unite Against Racism Energy: Sicilian [more...]
Date: 2009-03-17 03:48:00
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