www.3tlink.info LuminAID is actually an inflatable plastic pillow with a thin solar panel and two coin cell batteries. The package can be inflated and deflated down to where it can be packed completely flat. Photovoltaic film is laminated to polyethelenevinyl acetate plastic. The LuminAID device inflates to produce a quality of light similar to a [...]
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Columbia grads design solar-pillow lights for global village
Posted by admin on January 8th, 2012
The Stream – The Palestinian Green Energy Movement
Posted by admin on January 5th, 2012
Could geothermal power give Palestinians more autonomy? The Stream talks to Palestinian-Canadian engineer Khaled Sabawi.
Designing North America’s first offshore wind farm
Posted by admin on December 11th, 2011
Professor Habib Dagher is building the first offshore wind farm in North America that will float off the coast of Maine – a state that some consider to be the Saudi Arabia of wind power. Test models have performed well in the laboratory, but the farm’s real turbines will need to stand up to the [...]
For Wind Energy\’s Future, Researchers Look High in the Sky
Posted by admin on December 5th, 2011
The next major innovation in wind power might not involve big, white turbines dotting the countryside. KQED QUEST reports on research being done on \”tethered airfoils\” that could capture wind energy more efficiently that earthbound turbines. This report is part of the NewsHour\’s Connect series of quality public media reporting.
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Tags: green energy, hour, kqed, newshour connect, pbs newshour, pbsnews, public media, quest, research, tethered airfoils, turbines, wind, Wind Energy, wind power 
No Comments »Obama’s Green Giveaway
Posted by admin on December 1st, 2011
President Obama spent 5 million of taxpayer stimulus money to prop up Solyndra, a solar panel company run by his political campaign contributors. Even though Department of Energy and White House staffers warned that the company’s business model would never work, the loan was rushed out the door anyway. Now that Solyndra has gone belly [...]
Posted in DIY Green Energy Videos Tags: Afor, americans for prosperity, green energy, Obama, Solyndra 25 Comments »Beyond Witness: New Approaches to Crisis Photography (James Whitlow Delano)
Posted by admin on November 11th, 2011
pulitzercenter.org Pulitzer Center photographer James Whitlow Delano shares images from his project “Malaysia: How “Green” Bio-Fuels are Destroying the Little People of the Rainforest” (bit.ly We live in an era saturated with images of all kinds clamoring for our attention. Combine this with constantly shrinking space for serious, thought-provoking photography on complex issues, and a [...]
Posted in DIY Green Energy Videos Tags: Batek Negrito, biofuel, Crisis Photography, Deforestation, environment, fotodc, fotoweek DC, George Washington SMPA, green energy, James Whitlow Delano, Jon Sawyer, Logging, Malaysia, Malaysia Indigenous People, New Ways to Photograph, Palm Oil Plantation, Penan, Photography Discussion, Photography Tips, Photojournalism, Pulitzer Center, Rainforest No Comments »Solar Tariffs set to be cut
Posted by admin on October 30th, 2011
The Energy Minister Greg Barker told a meeting of solar industry chiefs that the subsidised returns on renewable generation – funded from consumer energy bills – were “unsustainable”.
Posted in DIY Green Energy Videos Tags: channel 4 news, green energy, solar power, tariffs No Comments »The Queen Going Green?
Posted by admin on October 23rd, 2011
Queen Elizabeth wants stop wasting energy in family’s residences in the UK.
Invest in Green Energy by Professor Puppet
Posted by admin on October 10th, 2011
investingreenenergy.com – Professor Puppet, the new internet sensation, gets a little green for Investing in green energy! Green energy investments are “red hot” because of the growing demand for renewable, sustainable and clean energy throughout the world. Invest in Green Energy is a non-profit website that wants to get the word out there and promote [...]
Posted in DIY Green Energy Videos Tags: green energy, invest, market, professor, professorpuppet No Comments »Affordability a Key Component in Solar Home Competition
Posted by admin on October 3rd, 2011
For more on this story, go to www.pbs.org Solar Decathlon, hosted by the US Department of Energy, challenges 20 teams from universities to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses. The Empowerhouse is one entry that is out to prove that energy efficient design is affordable and livable.
