If you had 100 square feet of photovoltaic panels (PV), at 10 watts per square foot (full sun only), then you would be able to save one kilowatt-hour per hour. For that matter, if you only had 50 square feet of PV, but your panels yielded 20 watts per square foot in full sun, you [...]

There are few ways to better illustrate the folly of ignoring thermal factors over atmospheric factors when prescribing global climate mitigations than this: There are alternative energy technologies that will exploit cold conditions to offload heat. Put another way, it is now cost effective to extract cold thermal mass from the deep waters [...]

Here comes another all-electric automaker, and one with quite a pedigree. If you go to the website for Fisker Automotive you will be tantalized but definitely not overwhelmed with information. Like Aptera, this Southern California start-up is keeping a low profile as their next generation car takes shape. On Fisker’s home page [...]

THE COMPANIES WHO PROVE WE ARE NOW ENTERING
AN ERA OF ABUNDANT LAND, ENERGY & WATER
McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry – Essential Software & Services
Astec Inc. – Hycrete, Inc. – Sipcrete, LLC – Applied Materials – Ausra, Inc. – Gridpoint, Inc.
Energy Recovery International – Epuramat – Netafim – General Motors

High-rise urban farms will deliver water [...]

Will we ever see fuel cell cars on the road? Many critics feel that government support for this technology is misguided, with far better options available for alternative-fuel, “green” transportation. While the fuel cell concept is simple, implementation faces major hurdles. For example, there are more than 170,000 gas stations in the United States [...]