Link Sunday
A download of our favorite stories and links from the past week. Enjoy!
1. From Scraps to Seedlings explores how to use eggshells, cardboard, and other household waste to grow vegetables. Hooray for reuse! And cool photos.
2. The Double-Edged Sword of Incentives for renewables, an excellent look at what is needed to really help the renewables [...]
Data Highlights on Solar Energy
Concerns about global warming, rising fossil fuel prices, and oil insecurity have prompted calls for a new energy economy, one that replaces fossil fuels with renewables. The sun is an enormous reservoir of energy; in fact, the sunlight reaching Earth in just one hour is enough to power the global economy for a whole year. [...]
Coal-Fired Power On the Way Out?
By Lester R. Brown
The past two years have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States. Initially led by environmental groups, both national and local, it has since been joined by prominent national political leaders and many state governors. The principal reason for opposing [...]
Visual of the US energy grid, and the renewables vs habitat debate
A recent well done interactive graphic by NPR shows the sources of power and areas of transmission lines within the US energy grid at present, and also the renewables proposed for the future.
With a push for California to generate one-third of its energy from renewable sources (solar, wind, geothermal) by 2020, applications for new solar [...]
Solar panels to be micro-sized in the near future
The products including some sort of solar charger continues to grow – from backpacks to clothing. Now the technology is progressing so that we may soon see solar cells that are thinner than human hair!
Sandia National Laboratories have been developing glitter-sized photovoltaic cells made from crystalline silicon that are fabricated using microelectronic and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) techniques. Measuring around [...]
Green Gadgets for your home
This is a guest post by Danielle Brycz from Verde Lifestyles, an online eco-friendly home décor store.
When I think of green technology for the home, my mind jumps to energy saving devices and appliances. But there’s so much more!
Most of the products we use have eco-friendly alternatives. Take your daily routine. You wake up, hit [...]
Shell’s solar follow-through not so bright
The World Bank and a number of green energy companies have accused Royal Dutch Shell of renegging on honoring warranties for solar power systems in impoverished countries in the developing world.
Although Shell exited the solar business in 2009, critics argue that it has a responsibility to continue with after-sales service and warranty replacements.
The World Bank told [...]
Sanyo’s new 2-sided solar panels deliver 50% more energy
Sanyo has introduced their newest solar panel - the HIT Double Bifacial, a new type of photovoltaic that raises the bar for the solar panel industry.
This revolutionary system lets solar panels generate power from both sides simultaneously, using Sanyo’s HIT (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer) proprietary bifacial technology Its two glass layers increase the amount of energy produced [...]
Kohl’s – more green than ever!
Kohl’s has long been recognized for providing quality and good prices. But did you know they’re green too?
Since 2008, Kohl’s has been making major strides in their green practices. They’ve:
recycled more than 95,000 tons of paper and cardboard – enough to make more than three billion Christmas cards.
recycled more than 100,000 tons of cardboard, plastic and [...]
Solar’s too complicated and expensive? I think not, Mr. O’Reilly
The following is a guest post by Mr. Tom Rooney of SPG Solar. It’s also a follow-up to a story I did recently on a soon-to-be implemented solar program in Irvine, California.
Last night (Wed.) on the O’Reilly Factor, Bill said solar power was too expensive and too complicated for him.
His unusual comments came just hours after [...]
Categories: link share
Tags: Alaska, Climate Change, Education, gardening, local food, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Solar, sustainable, wind, wolves