]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Alternative Energy Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/189592?rsstype=latest&cid=34 A new bill being considered in the Colorado legislature would create Solar Gardens. Solar Gardens allow people to participate financially in owning part of a solar array even if they do not have a suitable site on their own property. My reading of ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:46:39 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/eere-investing/189592?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/189218?rsstype=latest&cid=34 Thanks Rod Adams! It's good to see the national director of the Sierra Club exhibiting rank hypocrisy by pushing the same natural-gas that killed six workers and destroyed a $1B facility only four weeks ago. The same national director of the Sierra... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:11:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-from-thorium/189218?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/189559?rsstype=latest&cid=34 A new study from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies has identified on-road transportation as the most significant overall source contributing to global warming. Power generation, while having the greatest total impact, also includes a large ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:56:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/189559?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/189483?rsstype=latest&cid=34 photo via flickrThe great hope of those who want coal to remain at the center of our energy mix--CCS--received special attention this week from Mike Morris, head of American Electric Power, the nation's largest utility. At a conference sponsored by t... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:12:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/189483?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189569?rsstype=latest&cid=34 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Solar, Transportation Alternatives, USAThere's no doubt that solar energy is one of the greenest sources of electricity and the idea of using it to power transportation is not new. We've seen solar-powered boats and solar-pow... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:11:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189569?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/189617?rsstype=latest&cid=34 There are few areas of research in tropical biology more exciting and more important than seed dispersal. Seed dispersal the process by which seeds are spread from parent trees to new sprouting ground underpins the ecology of forests worldwide. I... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/mongabay-environment-news/189617?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189272?rsstype=latest&cid=34 The Nikkei reports that Nippon Oil Corp. and its partners plan to develop technology for mass-producing renewable jet fuel derived from Euglena, a single-celled freshwater alga, within five years. Nippon Oil and Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd. taken ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:43:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189272?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/189341?rsstype=latest&cid=34 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT chemical engineers have built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect single molecules of hydrogen peroxide emanating from a single living cell. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:55:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/189341?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189570?rsstype=latest&cid=34 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Kia, Geneva Motor ShowKia Venga EV concept - Click above for high-res image galleryApparently our Geneva Motor Show crew overlooked a one of the cars at the Kia stand this week. The Korean company showed off a battery electri... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:34:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189570?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/189595?rsstype=latest&cid=34 No form of energy not solar, wind, hydropower, obviously not coal or oil comes without environmental tradeoffs.One promising new energy source a vast supplies of natural gas, trapped in shale deep beneath the earth's surface is getting renewe... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:34:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/marc-gunther/189595?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/189485?rsstype=latest&cid=34 Image: Angewandte Chemie, WileySunlight + Water = Hydrogen GasScientists at the University of East Anglia, led by Dr. Thomas Nann, report a breakthrough in the production of hydrogen from water using the energy of sunlight. Amidst all the hype about ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:09:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/189485?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189273?rsstype=latest&cid=34 Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., is developing a phosphorous sulfide solid electrolyte (Li2S-P2S5) for solid-state lithium-ion batteries. The company expects to commercialize solid-state lithium-ion cells using the new electrolyte around 2012. Idemitsu is a ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:18:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189273?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/189519?rsstype=latest&cid=34 Flowers die, but the Dandelion portable windmill will keep on brightening your day without the wilting. A new wearable tech accessory from designers Mary Huang and Jennifer Kay, this beauty uses tiny windmills and turns the energy generated from the ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:00:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/189519?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189571?rsstype=latest&cid=34 Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU, RacingWere you planning on traveling to the Parisian city of Levallois in June to witness the first modern electric-automobile road race? Hope you didn't already clear your calender because EMXGP organizers have pu... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:51:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/189571?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/189234?rsstype=latest&cid=34 By Lara Crigger Spring is in the air, and it's that time again: March Madness. No, not the basketball tourney we mean the historical rise in crude oil and natural gas prices, which increase an average of 4 percent and 7 percent, ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:44:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/189234?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189276?rsstype=latest&cid=34 General Automotive Company, a North American provider of aftermarket parts and advanced technology for the automotive industry, announced a revised joint venture with SenCer Inc. to develop, commercialize and market SenCer's UltraTemp ceramic composi... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:12:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189276?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189277?rsstype=latest&cid=34 The Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has awarded researchers at UT Dallas $1 million over three years to develop a new class of filtration membranes to separate hydrogen and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide from coal plant ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:17:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189277?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/189235?rsstype=latest&cid=34 By Nick HodgeAfter putting the plan on hold due to transmission issues, T. Boone is once again ready to proceed with the wind portion of his plan for U.S energy independence.... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:47:40 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/189235?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/189123?rsstype=latest&cid=34 1) Robin Wigglesworth: Moody's downgrades Abu Dhabi companies: Moody's downgraded government groups in oil-rich Abu Dhabi on Thursday, after reviewing state-linked entities following neighbouring Dubai's $22bn debt restructuring. The troubles at Dub... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:21:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/189123?rsstype=latest&cid=34 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/189239?rsstype=latest&cid=34 By Eric Wesoff T. Boone Pickens, the Chairman of BP Capital Management, spoke at the Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics event on Thursday afternoon. The 81-year-old oilman and geologist is on a mission to get the U.S. off of OPEC oil and on to natural g... 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