Ice-powered air-conditioner could cut costs
Ice Energy says energy-storage system cuts down on the power required for air conditioning by 30 percent. Photo: Ice-cold air
Ice Energy says energy-storage system cuts down on the power required for air conditioning by 30 percent. Photo: Ice-cold air
Saudi Arabia is preparing to add more refineries in the next few years. And they plan to begin refining more of their less desirable, more sulphurous, crude oil.
A new study of the Chinese wind energy market finds the country's growth will likely continue despite the global economic spasms. EER's report finds China will be #1 in generating electricity from wind by 2011.
Wafer processing equipment and personnel. Courtesy: OerlikonI blogged about Oerlikon last summer.
Don't give up on alternative energy, says EER. They cite three long-term trends that mean a long and successful future for effective producers of electricity and energy not based on fossil fuels: "The globe is still warming, the earth’s fossil fuel resources are still being depleted, and the developing world’s demand for energy will continue to grow in leaps and bounds.
Fossil fuel prices are dropping so all the folks who rushed into the alternative energy branch of greentech are going to be slogging up a steep and slippery slope for some time. But can't somebody come up with a good idea for artificial lighting that is both more efficient than incandescent, and greener than compact flourescent?
Clean-tech is getting more and more political. With so much money and government subsidy, or not, at stake, it was inevitable.
The price of crude is cruising, and it's not on cruise control, it's on blast-off. A record high on Tuesday and perhaps another one today.
Solar energy can seem like a green tech fantasy. Energy free for the collection.
If you believe global warming's a crock, this blog's worth another good belly laugh. If you suspect that CO2 and other greenhouse gases could be altering the climate, then this there's more evidence that the U.