energy, led, led lights, light, light bulb in Did you know?, one green world, technology Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 23:28 Lookout, it’s going to be raining $97.5 million in economic recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Energy for weatherization, the state energy program, and to provide cash assistance for geothermal development in northern Nevada.
This should be great news to Nevadans who are either unemployed or underemployed and trying to keep the foreclosure wolf at bay. The geothermal industry is beginning to really take off here in Nevada, and speaking for myself as the employee of a company who could really benefit from doing business with geothermal companies, I say ‘yippee’.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 20:28 The Smart Grid involves the use of communications and computing technology to transmit and distribute energy more efficiently. This video describes the smart grid and how it will reduce our carbon footprint through energy efficiency and the integration of renewable sources of energy.
Featuring interviews recorded at the IEEE Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles: Accelerating Innovation Conference (2007) and the IEEE Energy 2030 Conference (2008).
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 22:03 Boulder City’s ‘Solar One’ is the third largest solar thermal plant in the world with a 64-megawatt capacity. Potentially, the site could generate 2,000 megawatts, or enough power for about a half-million people.
Monday, January 26, 2009 at 21:30 Today the Obama administration ( gosh, that sounds good ) took the first real step to fight global climate change with the stroke of a pen. It finally signaled that the stakeholders all get it - except for Nevada of course, as you will see on the graphic mid-way through the report. Gosh, even Detroit says they’re ready to step up to national fuel efficiency standards that do more than pay lip service to conservation.
I want to present you with the full complement of video excerpts here, so you can get a real feel for where this is going and how really big it is, via context.
Friday, January 16, 2009 at 21:54 Will the green energy dream come to fruition? This week NOW explores obstacles to the promise of renewables—energy generated from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, and rain.
