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March 16 News: Clean tech’s decade of explosive growth; DOE aims for $1 a watt solar by 2017; NOAA data shows warming world

On March 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In carbon, Climate Change, electricity, energy, Environment, Global Warming, Green Living, hybrid, Renewable Resources, Video, wind power

Clean-tech: a decade of explosive growth with more to come What a difference a decade makes. Once shunned as an industry only a tree-hugger could love, clean-tech has blossomed into an economic heavyweight, according to a report from research firm Clean Edge Inc. Companies working on  green construction and the smart grid are proliferating, the study said. From less than 10,000  hybrid electric vehicles in 2000, now more than 1.4 million are speeding around U.S. roads. The solar photovoltaics market grew an average of 40% each year over the past decade to $71.2 billion in 2010 from $2.5 billion in 2000

Clean-tech: a decade of explosive growth with more to come What a difference a decade makes. Once shunned as an industry only a tree-hugger could love, clean-tech has blossomed into an economic heavyweight, according to a report from research firm Clean Edge Inc. Companies working on  green construction and the smart grid are proliferating, the study said. From less than 10,000  hybrid electric vehicles in 2000, now more than 1.4 million are speeding around U.S. roads. The solar photovoltaics market grew an average of 40% each year over the past decade to $71.2 billion in 2010 from $2.5 billion in 2000

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Smart-grid ed project targets high school students

On March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In electricity, energy, Global Warming, Green Living, Renewable Resources, Video

The Vids4Grids project is targeting students in high school and starting college with the goal of increasing awareness and creating interest in power systems careers to help develop the highly skilled workforce needed to build a national smart grid. The project is led by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association in partnership with George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College. Vids4Grids is funded by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability as one of 52 Recovery Act awards for workforce development. It is the only project specifically focused on developing videos as an educational tool. Read more here … Related posts: US invests $100 million to build smart-grid workforce Smart grid training coalition receives DOE grant DoE gets smart with $50m grid handouts

The Vids4Grids project is targeting students in high school and starting college with the goal of increasing awareness and creating interest in power systems careers to help develop the highly skilled workforce needed to build a national smart grid. The project is led by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association in partnership with George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College. Vids4Grids is funded by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability as one of 52 Recovery Act awards for workforce development. It is the only project specifically focused on developing videos as an educational tool. Read more here … Related posts: US invests $100 million to build smart-grid workforce Smart grid training coalition receives DOE grant DoE gets smart with $50m grid handouts

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Nicholas Stern interview, Part 2: We need a new industrial revolution, “but a pretty minor investment” considering the “massive risk…

On March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In carbon, energy, Global Warming, Renewable Resources, sustainable, Video

Lord Nicholas Stern, one of the world’s most prominent climate economists, believes that the fight against global warming will lead to the next industrial revolution.  Brad Johnson has the story and video . In an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress, Stern describes the scale of the challenge to wean civilization off its dependence of unsustainable fossil fuels. Since the consequences of failure are on the almost unimaginable scale of global war , this challenge is a necessary one. Stern is actually inspired by the scope of action, recognizing that the investment to transform the global economy to be cleaner, safer, and healthier will unleash a new industrial revolution: We essentially, if we’re to give us say any reasonable chance, call it fifty-fifty, for two degrees centigrade as the limit on the temperature increase — of course, it’s only a probability. Nothing is certain in risk management. If we were to try to do that — it’s a bit ambitious from where we are.

Lord Nicholas Stern, one of the world’s most prominent climate economists, believes that the fight against global warming will lead to the next industrial revolution.  Brad Johnson has the story and video . In an exclusive interview with ThinkProgress, Stern describes the scale of the challenge to wean civilization off its dependence of unsustainable fossil fuels. Since the consequences of failure are on the almost unimaginable scale of global war , this challenge is a necessary one. Stern is actually inspired by the scope of action, recognizing that the investment to transform the global economy to be cleaner, safer, and healthier will unleash a new industrial revolution: We essentially, if we’re to give us say any reasonable chance, call it fifty-fifty, for two degrees centigrade as the limit on the temperature increase — of course, it’s only a probability. Nothing is certain in risk management. If we were to try to do that — it’s a bit ambitious from where we are.

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Liquefaction-and Earthquakes

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Tiny Idea House in a Shipping Container

On March 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Environment, Green Living, hybrid, Renewable Resources, Video

Cargotecture c192 Nomad, shown in these renderings, has been selected as the 2011 Sunset Idea House, according to information posted online by architectural firm HyBrid Architecture .  The 192 square-foot structure will be on display at Celebration Weekend in Menlo Park, California this June. The tiny container house will have a kitchenette, three-quarters bath, day bed, Murphy bed, combo washer/dryer, and built-in closets. Nomad is 8′ wide, 24′ long, 9’6″ tall, and fully complete upon delivery.  That means it arrives with windows, doors, insulation, no-VOC paints, plumbing, fixtures, and lights — all according to code.

Cargotecture c192 Nomad, shown in these renderings, has been selected as the 2011 Sunset Idea House, according to information posted online by architectural firm HyBrid Architecture .  The 192 square-foot structure will be on display at Celebration Weekend in Menlo Park, California this June. The tiny container house will have a kitchenette, three-quarters bath, day bed, Murphy bed, combo washer/dryer, and built-in closets. Nomad is 8′ wide, 24′ long, 9’6″ tall, and fully complete upon delivery.  That means it arrives with windows, doors, insulation, no-VOC paints, plumbing, fixtures, and lights — all according to code.

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