Tag Archives: environmental
Utility Scale Solar Heating Up
Utility scale solar got a big boost this week as Interior Secretary KenSalazar announced a new plan to designate 24 tracts of public landadministered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as study areas fordevelopment of solar power plants. Theeffort is in support of President Obama’s target to generate 10% ofU.S. electricity from renewable sources [...]
Feds Propose 24 Solar Energy Zones
UPDATE: Thestory now has links to maps showing the prosed solar energy zones.Interior Secretary Ken Salazar treks to Las Vegas to announce a plan todedicate 670,000 acres on BLM land for solar power projects. Thefederal government is proposing to set aside 670,000 acres on publicland and divide them into 24 energy zones to speed up solar [...]
80m Eco Yacht from Rainsford Mann Design comes with solar panels and a VAWT
London-based Rainsford Mann Designhas unveiled their latest design, the 80m Eco Yacht that is a result ofthe company’s in-house study of the potential technologies that canlower the environmental impact of sailing. Apart from considering theenvironmental impact of yachts, the Eco Yacht has been designed withseveral luxury features as well. The Eco Yacht isdriven electrically by [...]
Siemens Sharpens Solar Focus
German industrial giant Siemens is sharpening its focus on solar energy as it anticipates a €6bn ($8.3bn) shot in the arm to its environmental division, thanks to green-minded government stimulus packages.Siemens chief executive Peter Löscher says the company expects to notch up stimulus-linked orders topping €15bn between now and 2012. Some 40% of the windfall [...]