Showing posts with label Energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Energy. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

'Extreme green' homes where energy costs £1 per day



'Extreme green' homes where energy costs £1 per day

From Ms Z's Magazine, a Flipboard magazine by Zeina Hinedi

Solar panel subsidies are being cut from this month, but experts say green devices can still slash bills and add to your home's value Would you pay…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

BA blames UK government for scrapping of £340m green fuels project



BA blames UK government for scrapping of £340m green fuels project

From Green Living, a Flipboard topic

British Airways says that it has been forced to shelve a groundbreaking £340m scheme to create 16m gallons of jet fuel from London's…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Thursday, January 07, 2016

South Africa's Developing Solar Energy Landscape



South Africa's Developing Solar Energy Landscape

From Energy, a Flipboard topic

Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg Until a few years ago solar panels were a rare sight in South Africa, largely limited to the roofs of a few…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Monday, January 04, 2016

Want to install solar panels but can't? No problem.



Want to install solar panels but can't? No problem.

From Environment, a Flipboard topic

Coming up with a climate agreement in Paris last month, getting nearly 200 countries to commit to lowering their greenhouse gases, well, that was…

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Read it on pri.org



Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Thursday, December 31, 2015

MIT researchers have figured out how to make solar cells with old car batteries



MIT researchers have figured out how to make solar cells with old car batteries

From Physics, a Flipboard magazine by Ryan Clemens

Here's a clever technological breakthrough that could help the environment in two ways. MIT announced this week that…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Saturday, December 26, 2015

Selling Solar to Rural Africa is Emerging as a Hot Market



Selling Solar to Rural Africa is Emerging as a Hot Market

From Positive News, a Flipboard magazine by Resident42

Will electricity in developing rural areas spread more like cell phones than land lines? These startups think so. After years of fits and…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Redesigning Cities For Bikes, Not Cars: 2015 In Bicycles



Redesigning Cities For Bikes, Not Cars: 2015 In Bicycles

From Urban, a Flipboard magazine by Whitney Horrocks

The trick to creating better biking cities is really obvious: If you build more bike lanes, more people will bike. If cities want more people…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

How a North Carolina village came to believe solar farms were 'killing the town'



How a North Carolina village came to believe solar farms were 'killing the town'

From Solar Power News, a Flipboard magazine by Pseudo

Not much grows in Woodland. Farmers cultivate small amounts of tobacco, pick cotton, and harvest soybeans in this…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Costa Rica closes 2015 with 99% renewable energy



Costa Rica closes 2015 with 99% renewable energy

From Renewable Energy, a Flipboard magazine by jerrygidner

Costa Rica has boasted that almost all of the energy it has produced in 2015 came from renewable sources, making the small Central America country a…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Sanyo announces world's most efficient solar module



Sanyo announces world's most efficient solar module

From Disruptive Living, a Flipboard magazine by CurtRobbins

I just bought some solar panels for $2.93 a watt including shipping! What a lot of people forget to take into account is that this cost is only for…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro

Monday, December 21, 2015

Inhabitat's Week in Green: Elon Musk's solar energy plan



Inhabitat's Week in Green: Elon Musk's solar energy plan

From Energy, a Flipboard topic

President Obama, Bernie Sanders, Ford and Nissan also made headlines this week. It's been a good week for environmental news. For starters,…

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Onesimo Alvarez-Moro