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In Focus: Carbon Neutral Concrete from CarbonCure
Concrete, the world’s most abundant man-made substance, ranks second to coal as the world’s dirtiest industrial material. Now, a company in Halifax, Canada, is working to make concrete plants carbon neutral, using captured CO2 to improve their product. By injecting CO2 into concrete during production, CarbonCure sequesters stores that would otherwise pollute the atmosphere. According to Sean Monkman, [...]
Solar Traffic Lights Come to Durban, South Africa
The municipality of eThekwini in Durban, South Africa, has greenlighted a new project of solar powered traffic lights. Funded by the state-owned power utility Eskom and implemented by ZRW Mechanika and Saint Gobain Solar, the project uses CIS solar modules to power lights at four intersections. Each system features 16 panels and each panels has [...]
U.S + Spain = Killing it in CSP
Spain and the United States are leading the world in Concentrated Solar Power installations, according to a report from British energy intelligence firm GBI. Spain, with more than 1,000 megawatts of installed CSP, has 65 percent of the world’s CSP capacity. The US has about a third. The next country in the lineup is Algeria with [...]
The E-470 Solar Toll Road
E-470, a toll road around the Denver area, just added solar over a 17-mile stretch. The project is among the first solar-powered highways in the U.S. and may be the longest stretch in the nation. The 696 kilowatt project, which consists of 22 separate arrays, was commissioned at a ceremony on June 27. It was [...]
The Solar Generation Road Trip
See foryourself how solar is working for America. Following the sun across thenation, the SEIA film crew take a first-hand look at how solar isworking for America and meet today’s solar generation: the projectdevelopers, manufacturers, installers and of course, the clients – thepeople who are using solar power in its various forms for their homes,businesses [...]
SEIA Road Trip Shows How Solar is Helping America
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), an industry trade group, is taking a new approach to educate the American public about the benefits of solar energy. Yesterday, the organization introduced a new campaign entitled “TheSolar Generation USA Road Trip,” during which award-winning directorAlan Blake took a 3-week trip from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to LosAngeles, California in order [...]
E Turbines: Combining Wind Energy with the Open Road
It sometimes seems as if wind energy innovation is happening on analmost daily basis. However, where in some fields innovations may takeon drastically different forms, there are only so many ways to changethe way a turbine works. Still, many wind energy based companies aretrying to find the best way to maximize wind’s potential. A concept [...]
2010 American Solar Challenge Underway
The 2010 AmericanSolar Challenge (ASC2010) is officially underway! On Saturday, solar-powered vehicles took off at noon from BrokenArrow, Oklahoma, en route to the Chicago suburb of Naperville. ASC is acompetition where students design, build and drive solar-poweredvehicles in a rally event. This year’s event marks the 20th anniversaryof the ASC. In an effort to promote [...]
Solar Thermal Consortium Unveils Road Map For New York
TheSolar Thermal Consortium has introduced a road map designed toestablish New York as a national leader in solar heat and coolingtechnologies. Developed over the past six months by more than 130 industrial, academic and governmental representatives, the SolarThermal Roadmap creates a path to move New York state toward 2,000 MW of solar thermal capacity – [...]