From a distance, as we rounded a bend and first caught sight of it, I couldn’t believe the strange structure ahead of me was actually real. A concrete tower – 40 storeys high – stood bathed in intense white light, a totally bizarre image in the depths of the Andalusian countryside. The tower looked like [...]
Within six months of discovering a massive geothermal field, a small Utah company had erected and fired up a power plant – just one example of the speed with which companies are capitalizing on state mandates for alternative energy. Anticipation of new energy policies has sparked a rush on land leases as companies like Raser [...]
Two more leaked cabinet choices from the incoming Obama Administration. Both will have influence on energy, land use and green tech subsidies. Interior Secretary nominee: Sen. Ken Salazar (Colorado-D). Here’s what his official website says about his enviornmental credo: “He has made sure that the federal government keeps its promise to protect our land and [...]
Thornton Academy students are conducting experiments on algae that will be used for alternative energy research. Irving Backman, a Newton Centre, Mass., resident who graduated from Thornton in 1943, has given a science class financial support to provide him with data on algae as he researches the likelihood of using the plant to make biodiesel. [...]
Technologies that could help monitor water safety, prevent leaks from underground gas storage sites and reduce the waste left over from producing biodiesel are now available for licensing to interested companies and entrepreneurs through Montana State University’s Technology Transfer Office. The first technology, a nucleic acid assay that distinguishes between living and dead cells, helps [...]
Some West Virginians are looking to alternative fuels as a way to use less foreign oil and reduce pollution. Recently, a New York company announced plans to build a $3 billion plant that turns coal into liquid gas, but you might be surprised to hear about the alternatives already in use in West Virginia. “This is [...]
The city of Los Angles is taking up the world’s most ambitious solar power project. Till date this project will be the largest solar power plan started by any city in the world. They are planning to install 1.3 Giga Watts (GW) of solar power and register their city’s name in the book of green [...]
