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The Time is Now: Getting in on Alternative Energy in China

...ence on fossil fuels. By 2020, Beijing aims to have 15% of the nation's electricity come from wind, solar, or other renewable sources. Adrian Ho sees that as a tantalizing opportunity for startups lik...

Verizon Targets Outdoorsy-Types With Their Latest Phone

Verizon realizes that not all mobile handset users want to simply make and receive phone calls. As such their latest collaborative effort with Casio, a rugged clamshell model will have six operating modes including one tells the user the best time for fishing. Calling the handset the R...

Seen that? - Nanotech's for real in the building industry

Nanotech's for real in the building industry at Nanotechbuzz Nanotechnology is sometimes seen as all hype, with little real-world application. But nanomaterials are already all around us. Take the buildings that we live and work in, for instance. ...

Al Gore, climate change profits and civil disobedience

Plenty has been written about Al Gore making mega profits out of global warming. As the New York Times reported last week, as a partner in Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , he has cleaned up big time with its investments in smart electricity grids. That...

Seen that? - Earthship Enterprise

Earthship Enterprise at Wandalust New Mexico company Earthship Biotecture specialises in creating environmentally friendly, solar and thermodynamically powered homes, called Earthships. "The Earthship is a completely independent globally orie...

Seen that? - July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7%

July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7% at Small Business Unplugged On July 1st, 2006, the goods and services tax (GST) rate will be lowered from 7% to 6%. This also means that the harmonized sales tax (HST) rate will be reduced from 15% to 14% in New ...

Will an Innovation Shortage End China's Economic Growth?

© jiazi BusinessWeek ran a couple of articles this week ( here and here ) on China's economic growth and the expansion of the China economy into "sophisticated industries." Can the growth rate of 8% continue? There are skeptics. China has moved into auto and airplane manufacturing,...

西门子收购 Solel Solar

西门子已经同意斥资约 4.18 亿美元收购以色列太阳能热电设备公司 Solel Solar Systems，意在增强其可再生能源产品业务实力。 西门子网站说 ，公司将从伦敦公用事业和基础设施投资公司 Ecofin 以及另外一位未具名股东处收购 Solel Solar 的股份。据知情人士透露，Areva 和 Alstom 两家公司也提出了竞购要约，但被西门子所击败。西门子预计将在今年年底前完成这笔收购。 Solel Solar 主要开发和建造太阳能热电厂并制造太阳能接收器，目前拥有 500 多名员工，今年上半年营收将近 9 亿美元。该公司为加州和西班牙的太阳能电厂提供设备...

IT-Times aus Münster: Alter Hase für Unternehmensnachrichten

...Technologienachrichten und Finanznachrichten aus den Bereichen Telekommunikation, IT, Internet, Solar, Halbleiter, Medien, Games und Konsolen sowie Hardware und Software. Hinzu kommen tägliche Hinterg...

LG GD510 Pop Phone launched

LG has launched an eco-friendly device known as the GD510 or the Pop. It adheres to the European Union’s RoHS requirements and is made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), BFR (brominated flame retardants) and CFR (chlorinated flame retardants) free materials. The device allows solar charging using ...

Greentech Sees Venture Capital Growth

© Jimmy_Joe Renewable Energy World is reporting that venture capital investment is on the upswing - at least in the green technology sector of the economy. Third quarter numbers are out, and they're encouraging for both VC's and the greentech sector. Q1 this year saw 59 deals wo...

China moves to fight climate change

China is embracing carbon trading and it will change things forever. Indeed, China is likely to become a dominant player. First, let it be said that a carbon trading system in China is still in its infancy, especially given that it's financial system is still evolving. But as reported her...

Google and Mongolia: leading the way in solar power

Fascinating developments in the world of solar power. Exciting innovative things are happening in that space. First, The Times reports that Mongola is set to become a world leader in solar energy with Chinese officials signing a deal with American business to convert a remote desert area of ...

USA - Boom der Öko -Aktien

© Helico Wirtschaftskrise? Nicht überall. Zumindest nicht, wenn die " Welt " mit ihrem Artikel in der Onlineausgabe Recht behält. Dort heißt es nämlich unter der Überschrift Amerikanische Öko-Aktien stehen vor einem Boom , dass die Umweltbranche in der nächsten Zeit einen ähnlichen...

The Cooladio Solar Cooler Helps You Make the Most Your Summer

Summer is almost over, but hopefully you have a few days off left before Autumn fills the air. I know that my family will be out and about at least until October. Since your picnics certainly feature both food and technology, the Cooladio Solar Picnic Bag is an essential tool to help you make th...

Cutting Energy Costs

© borman818 Inc.com published an interesting little slideshow recently on ways to cut your energy costs. Most of those ways involve making some investment that pays a return in reduced energy costs. Some involve using alternative energy sources, like solar panels. I learned a few things fro...

Glastonbury Solar Concept Tent

China More Than Doubles Renewable Energy Goals

Renewable energy has become even more of an economic and policy focus for China according to VentureBeat. VentureBeat says that China now has a goal of producing 15 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. While 15 percent might not seem like a lot in California where the mandat...

Running out of oil

...Nelder says, there might be a positive in this if we can learn how to harvest the Earth's wind, solar, geothermal and marine resources. But that's some way off. Looking at how hard it will be...

Exxon Mobil lobbies on climate change

Energy companies are spending millions lobbying on climate change and when you're the biggest oil producer, you will be paying more to buy the politicians. Which is why it's not surprising to read reports that Exxon Mobil spent more on Washington lobbying during the first half of the...

Schumi 重返 F1 赛场

• Schumi 重返 F1 赛场 • BMW 将在本赛季结束之后退出 F1 • RealPlayer SP 12(Beta) • 'Maybe Media Will Be a Hobby Rather than a Job' • The Case Against the Case Against Google • View Photoshop PSD thumbnails in Vista and Windows 7 Explorer • OS X 10.5.8 Development Wrapping Up? • 英国要求公务员上网发帖&quo...

Solar Robotic Pool Skimmer is Handier Than a Drowning Roomba

I like my Roomba; the little sage cleanbot is convenient, reliable, and pretty effective. I have often wished for other robotic helpers like a lawnmower, poop-scooping, or essay grading bot, but so far I have been let down. A new Solar Powered Skimming Robot by Solar-Breeze is not a robot I am l...

Bluetooth Speakers; this time with Solar Power!

For the environmentally concious phone music extrodinaire; Devotec have debuted a solar powered bluetooth speaker system. Obviously designed primarily as a portable device for taking out in the sun and playing tunes while relaxing in the park, but it certainly could come to use as a little dist...

Devotec Solar Sound Bluetooth Speakers Make Sound Truly Portable

With the release of the iPhone 3.0 firmware and hardware, bluetooth speakers and earphones have become very useful to me. Unfortunately, I have found almost all devices lacking in one specific area - battery life. Portable speaker batteries are just abysmal, and the plug-in models are no lo...

Can Technology Clean Up Coal?

© MoToMo About half of U.S. power comes from coal , according to CNN. And the process of burning coal for electricity accounts for about 80 percent of the country's CO2 emissions from electricity. And while wind, solar and other forms of clean renewable energy are expanding rapidly, it wil...

Der Solarmarkt in Deutschland

... und weltweiten Solarbranche mit all ihren Akteuren, von Q-Cells, Conergy, Solon, Solarworld, SMA Solar, Centrotherm bis hin zu Roth + Rau. Und Zahlen und Fakten zum Solarmarkt in Deutschland gibt...

Hydrogen Makes Its Commercial Debut

Jetstream Wind Inc., a New Mexico energy and technology company, announced Wednesday that it plans to develop what it calls "the world's first utility-scale, zero-emissions hydrogen power plant ." The $219 million plant would use electricity from wind, solar and other renewable energ...

Hybrid2 Bike: Generate power and get free bus rides

On earlier occasions I have told you about various RFID bike sharing programs. Check here , here and here and you must be wondering another bike sharing program?? Not again!! Just relax people as the bike sharing program I am talking about is something which makes an addition to the alread...

Solar Vest is the Ugliest Good Idea I Have Ever Seen

Sometimes good ideas are not worth it, no matter how well it may work. Decapitating someone to cure a nose bleed is effective and efficient, but it is a bad idea. This Solar Vest from Chinavision might be one of those really bad good ideas. Imagine a vest that could not only hold all of your g...

Have a look at the solar concept tent

If you are planning camping in the mountains then have a look at the concept solar tent from Orange. This solar tent seeks inspiration from flexible photovoltaics covered in semi photovoltaic fabric. It is woven in conventional threads and coated solar threads for forming solar shell whic...

The Coming Solar Revival

Forbes had an article earlier this month on SunPower and the solar energy revival it expects to see soon... This guardedly optimistic outlook came Tuesday... and follows an abysmal period in which new commercial-scale solar business has stalled due to the lack of bank funding for projects. The...

Renewable energy and the recession

...s revealed that $155 billion was invested last year in various clean energy technologies, including solar, wind and biomass and despite the financial melthdown, transaction value in the global carbon ...

What next for GM?

The big question now is how General Motors will emerge out of this bankruptcy? And what lies ahead for what was once the world's biggest car manufacturer? As Dennis Berman at The Wall Street Journal points out, the $65 billion in taxpayers' money is all part of the subterfuge. Instead...

Intersolar Award für Innovationen der Solar-Branche

Auch in diesem Jahr wurde im Rahmen der internationalen Solar-Messe Intersolar ein Preis für die innovativsten Produkte und Unternehmen der Solarbranche verliehen. Die Jury bewertet dabei zukunftsweisende Ideen nach Wirtschaftlichkeit und Praxistauglichkeit. In diesem Jahr wurden folgende Gewin...

Powerbrella from Sky Shades Blocks and Channels the Sun

I love working outside. I keep the range of my WiFi network just large enough that I can be online and somewhat productive while enjoying the summer sun. Unfortunately, I can work outside for just a bit over an hour thanks to my laptop battery crapping out. Running an extension cord out the the...

The Solúcar Platform (PS20) Solar Power Tower - Now Operational in Spain

With all the focus on cars recently, solar energy seems to have moved to thirds place in the public mind, after wind energy. So when I saw this piece in Renewable Energy World I thought I'd use it to bring solar energy up front again for a moment... Abengoa Solar has started commercial operat...

Bixi: RFID Bike Sharing Program Reaches Montreal

I have earlier talked about the RFID bike sharing programs, check here and here . It seems the craze for RFID bike sharing programs has started to spread its wings and now we have another of it in the city of Montreal. The program has been dubbed as Bixi (the name resembles more of a bisc...

iUnika GYY Netbook is Cheap to Buy and Cheaper to Run

If I told you there was a new netbook hitting the market that only has a 400Mhz processor, 128MB of RAM, and a 64GB hard drive, you would have to try to care less. If I told you the specs would be ok because the netbook would be running a custom Linux distribution with very little overhead, you...

Konarka Develops Flexible Solar Cells for Windows

© RonAlmog There are probably few people that would install and utilize solar panels if they could. The problem is that they are large, expensive, and complicated. Konarka, a alternative energy company from Massachusetts has developed solar cells that are both flexible and transparent. These ...

Innovationen und Oekologie bringen alle voran

  © CBP Innovatives Denken: Die Basis unseres Fortschritts. Neue Wege. Ein anderer Blickwinkel. Schon immer zählte innovatives Denken zu den wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktoren unseres Unternehmens. Dabei sind uns spannende und außergewöhnliche, moderne Architekturlösungen, die durch einen neue...

KDDI/Sharp launching Solar Powered Eco-Friendly Phone

KDDI has announced a new stylish Solar-Powered handset, which will be launched in association with Sharp Corporation. It will be made of Eco-Friendly and Water Proof material and provide few minutes of Talk Time or 120 minutes of Standby Time by just 10 minutes of Solar Charging. It will be avai...

Ökostrom: Probleme bei der Kennzeichnung

© tauben Ökostrom - das steht für ein reines Gewissen, für "Atomkraft nein Danke" und für ein Umdenken in punkto Energiepolitik. Ach wirklich? Offensichtlich scheinen sich einige "schwarze Schafe" unter die Anbieter für sauberen Strom gemischt zu haben, wie nun die Süddeu...

Baccarat Crystal Jewelry

Glass bead Jewelry Since it was established in 1764, Baccarat has continued expanding its influence, inspired in roots stemming from an ingenious handcrafted work of the highest quality , throughout the world. The creations of great artists inspired by the magic of crystal are all magnificen...

Microbes Convert Carbon Dioxide and Electricity to Methane

Researchers have developed microbial electrolysis cells using Archaea species that could use the current to convert carbon dioxide and water to methane without any organic material, bacteria or hydrogen usually found in microbial electrolysis cells. The researchers created a two-chambered...

Do You Have a Jellyfish?

The commercial-industrial efforts to turn wind into energy for money seem to get a lot more attention than the smaller efforts to enable individual citizens to use wind energy as a means of opting out of the power grid altogether. So I found the Jellyfish Wind Appliance to be fascinating as a pe...

Projektdatenbank für Gebäude mit niedrigem Primärenergieverbrauch

Der Energiebedarf bleibt gleich - egal woher die Energie kommt. Der Trick ist einfach, sich aus Versorgungsleistungen zu lösen, um Strom und Wärme dort verfügbar zu machen, wo sie gebraucht werden. So entfällt der Transport. Das ist die Denkrichtung, der sich Energiekonzerne langsam aber sicher b...

Urlaubsfrust: Regenwetter am schlimmsten

© *Solar ikon* Machen wir uns nichts vor: nicht jeder Urlaub ist ein unvergessliches Erlebnis, nicht jeder Urlaubsort ist es wert, dass man wiederkommt und manchmal wäre es besser gewesen zu Hause zu bleiben. Dabei ist die Liste des Urlaubsfrustes durchaus lang und reicht von unfreundlichen M...

Coal and the New EPA

TreeHugger had a piece I thought was interesting earlier this month on how the Obama Administration's EPA is likely to deal with coal. Following the EPA's stance on coal-fired power plants during the final months of the Bush Administration was enough to make you dizzy: first, it stated in ...

Casio Oceanus Cachalot OCW-P500TDJ-1A1JF 太阳能多功能手表

主要特性： # Specifications : Tough solar(mass solar charge system) # 20 atmospheric pressure waterproof function # Electric wave reception function: Automatic reception (six times or less/day)/reception manual reception and < Japan > electric wave: JJY and frequency: < North America region ...

The Bernanke-Obama dance

Write it down, store it away and let's take a look at it next year. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says the US recession could end in 2009 and recover in 2010. That, of course, is assuming that the White House's latest bail-out will unblock lending to households and businesses. ...

Fast Company 评出了2009年度创新企业50强

作为与《财富》和《商业周刊》齐名的美国最具影响力的商业杂志之一，《Fast Company》近日评出了 2009 年度" 创新企业50强 "，排名首位的是成功将 Barack Obama 推上总统宝座的"奥巴马竞选团队"。 此外，Google 位居第二、Apple 第四，Cisco 第五、Intel 第六、Amazon 第九、HP 十二、Nokia 十三、Facebook 十五、IBM 十九、任天堂二十一、微软三十四。另外，还有两家中国企业上榜，分别是排名第八的无锡药明康德新药开发有限公司和位居第四十五位的比亚迪： 1. 奥巴马竞选团队 2. 谷歌...

Primärenergieträger: Warum Planer in einer Zwangslage sind

  © Sonnenhaus-Institut.de Selbst wenn Erdöl, Erdgas und Kohle nicht zur Neige gingen, wären Konzepte wie das Sonnenhaus schon jetzt die bessere Alternative. Denn Hand aufs Herz: Erdöl und Kohle einfach nur zu verheizen, ist eine grob fahrlässige Verschwendung und ein Diebstahl an unse...

Fraunhofer goes Windenergie

Windenergie ist im Aufwind. Bis 2020 sollen in der EU 20 Prozent des Energieverbrauchs durch regenerative Energien gedeckt werden - so hat es der Europäische Rat im Dezember 2008 beschlossen. Windenergie hat dabei das größte Potenzial, auch wenn bislang die Solarbranche als Branche der Zukunft anges...

Samsung Blue Earth-World's first Solar Powered Mobile Phone

Samsung has recently announced a touchscreen phone known as " Blue Earth", which is dedicated towards preserving the environment. It is the first ever mobile device that features a solar cell on the backside, which means that it can be charged using solar power. It is made of eviro...

Samsung's Latest Phone Says Goodbye to Batteries

Years ago all calculators relied upon batteries to provide electricity for computation and display. Then it was realized that solar power offered up enough energy to do the job. These days it's nearly impossible to find one without a little black solar strip. Samsung unveiled its latest m...

Rise of the Solar Phones

This week saw the introduction of a number of new solar-powered mobile phones, led by Samsung's introduction of its Blue Earth solar phone. "The back side of the Blue Earth has been outfitted with a large solar panel," writes Mobile Mag's Michael Kwan . "They say ...

Samsung kündigt Öko-Handy mit Solarzellen an

Unter dem Motto: "Der Traum von der blauen Erde: Ökologisch leben mit samsung mobile" kündigte der koreanische Elektronikgigant ein Handy an, das nach Eigenangaben ausschließlich mit Solarzellen betrieben werden kann. Allerdings machte das unternehmen noch keine genauen Angaben da...

Samsung is Releasing an Environmentally Friendly Phone that Actually Matters

There have been attempts at green computing and cell phones in the past, but most of them have been absolute wastes of time . samsung 's new will have none of that. The Blue Earth Phone is both functional and eco friendly. This touchscreen, solar powered phone has what it takes to comp...

Wie senken wir die Abhängigkeit von Russlands Launen?

Klar, dass sich Russland und die Ukraine nicht um politische Dinge wie Gastransfers streiten, wenn es draußen warm ist und die Heizungen Europas herunter gedreht werden. Natürlich geschieht das ganze, wenn es draußen eisig kalt ist und Menschen in manchen Ländern Europas aufgrund der Streitigkeiten ...

Congress Intros Nanotech Safety Bill

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4766674 The House Science and Technology Committee this week introduced the National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 554). The bill (identical to H.R. 5940 , which passed the 110th Congress by 407 to 6), seeks to "strengthe...

Norwegian Electric Autonmaker Finds Funding

Treehugger is reporting that Norwegian automaker THINK has found the funding it needs to resume making cars. The Oslo-based company said that it had secured NOK 40 million ($5.7 million) in loans which will allow it to restructure, and could allow it to raise the permanent capital needed to re...

BAU 2009: Mit dem Plus-Energie-Haus raus aus der Abhängigkeit

© BMVBS / Hegner Die Technische Universität Darmstadt entwickelte das Plus- Energie -Haus und gewann damit den Solar Decathlon Wettbewerb in Washington D. C. . Der als Plus-Energie-Haus gebaute Ausstellungspavillon hat bei der BAU 2009 in München seine Premiere. Über die Messe hinaus wird er ...

Qinghai Solar Power Plant Would Be World's Biggest

Venture Beat was the first source that I saw this in: plans have been announced to build a gigawatt-sized solar power station in Qinghai Province, China. If it goes through, it would be the largest solar power station on earth at the moment. The Chinese companies involved are China Technology...

BAU 2009: Seminare zum solaren Bauen am 13. und 14. Januar

© BSW-Solar/Viessmann Für dieses Seminar in München sind noch einige Plätze frei. Fachplaner, Architekten und Fachbesucher werden von Architekten an Hand von gebauten Beispielen informiert, welche wirtschaftlich tragbaren Möglichkeiten es gibt, Solartechnik im Gebäudebereich einzusetzen. Die Te...

Photovoltaik-Aktien ziehen an

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image by Grafissimo Allein die Ankündigung am 2. Januar ließ die Aktienkurse von China Technology an der Nasdaq um 29 Prozent steigen. Warum ist das Gelände für das geplante Photovoltaik-Kraftwerk so gut für diesen Zweck geeignet? In der Pressemitteilung vom 2...

Solar Hands Free from Nextar Frees Up More Than Your Hands

I was driving through Santa Fe , New Mexico last week when a kind police officer informed me (with a warning - thank God) that Santa Fe was a handsfree city; the offense is punishable with a $150 fine. I needed a handsfree device, but I despise Bluetooth headsets, and my XM radio takes up my...

Tonino Lamborghini Jewelry

Italian Jewelry and Watches The Lamborghini epic began in 1946, marking some important stages in many activities acknowledged all over the world - sports cars, tractors, burners, solar panels, water treatment, air conditioners, air generators, hydraulic components, wines, golf carts and more. U...

Energizer Solar Recharger is Actually Tempting

© Ben+Sam Soon to be announced at CES 2009, the Energizer Solar Recharger is an all-in-one device that meets many of my needs, and it appears that it will do it rather competently. For an approximate $50 Energizer is going to deliver a solar charger, iPod and iphone battery extender, AA b...

That's About As Useful as a Solar Powered Flashlight

When you think about it, a solar-powered flashlight isn't such a bad idea. The battery would need to be solar-charged, and the battery would need to last at least one 8-12 hours. I bet that is what the engineers behind the Hybrid Solar Flash Light were thinking too. The Hybrid Solar Fla...

An alternative power source....

...world. So someone has. They've come up with the answer. What is it, you ask? No, it's not solar, wind, or anything you might have heard of before; it's lemons. Okay. I'll admit they...