cleantech

Green Technology Upgrades Around Home Make More Sense Than Ever

Erin Vaughan clean, cleantech, drought tolerant, Efficient, garden, grass, green, greener, greentech, lawn, nest, photovoltaic, plantings, Residential Renewable Energy Credit, rooftop, Smart, solar, Sprinklers, tech, technology, thermostat, uograde, water, WiFi

Now is the time to jump on green technology upgrades, given they’re mature enough to rely on but still new enough to qualify for “early adopter” incentives.

EarthTalk

Cleantech: Still The Next Big Thing For American Venture Capitalists?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Al Gore, alternative, alternative energy, An Inconvenient Truth, biomass, cap, capital, capitalization, clean, cleantech, cleantech investing, early, fossil, fossil fuels, fuel, gas prices, geothermal, hydro, invest, investment, investors, Jeff Bezos, late, Mark Zuckerberg, market, oil, renewables, Richard Branson, solar, stage, start-up, startup, tech, technology, value, VC, venture, venture capital, wind

Is so-called cleantech (alternative energy and related sectors) still the next big thing for American venture capitalists?

EarthTalk

Cape Wind Dead in the Water?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, alternative energy, American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, Cape Cod, Cape Wind, clean energy, cleantech, Massachusetts, Nantucket Sound, off-shore, offshore, turbine, turbines, wind, wind power

Dear EarthTalk: What’s the latest on the controversial Cape Wind project off Cape Cod in Massachusetts? — Mitchell Barstow, Bern, NC First proposed in 2001, the Cape Wind Project aims to put 130 wind turbines across 24 square miles of Horseshoe Shoal almost five miles offshore of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod to generate some 1,500 gigawatt hours of electricity per year from clean, renewable wind […]

Green Tech

Solar Roadways: Just a Dream?

Ellen Cools alternative energy, cleantech, photovoltaic, roads, solar, solar roadway

Just a few years ago, many people found the possibility of solar powered roadways absurd. However, several scientists now believe the idea has real potential. Scott and Julie Brusaw came up with the idea eight years ago as a way to reduce greenhouse gases. Their company, Solar Roadways, builds glass-topped solar panels that can withstand […]