New York City Sets the First Citywide Energy Storage Target

Source: greentechmedia.com Published: September 27, 2016 New York City Sets the First Citywide Energy Storage Target Photo Credit: ventdusud / Shutterstock.com Julian Spector Only two U.S. states, California and Massachusetts, have set targets for energy storage...

America’s First Wave-Produced Power Goes Online in Hawaii

Source: apnews.com Published: September 19, 2016   In this July 26, 2016 photo, Patrick Cross, specialist at the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, shows a model of a wave energy machine called the Lifesaver, a donut-shaped device...

Repurposing Fills Gap For Nonrecyclable Junk

Source: chicagotribune.com Published: September 12, 2014 By Ellen Jean Hirst What do you do with 15,000 feet of old fire hose? Hammer it onto docks as boat bumpers. Weave it together for jungle gyms. Stretch it into horse fences. Cut it into pieces to sharpen straight...

Water-Saving Pumps Made from Recycled Materials

Source: goexplorer.org Published: October 20, 2016 Neptuno Pumps designs and manufactures energy- efficient water-saving pumps made from recycled materials. By Sustainia Located in the driest place on Earth – the Atacama Desert in Chile – Neptuno Pumps designs and...

Scientists Accidentally Turn Pollution into Renewable Energy

Source: independent.co.uk Published: October 19, 2016 Carbon dioxide is turned into ethanol ( Oak Ridge National Laboratory) ‘Carbon dioxide is a problem right now. If we can use it, then we’re preventing it from going into the atmosphere’ Ian Johnston Scientists have...

Kites Could Soon Power An Entire Region of Scotland

Source: motherboard.vice.com Published: October 11, 2016 Image: Wikimedia The kite-powered system could reduce the cost of offshore wind energy by about 50 percent. by Madison Margolin Kites are no longer just kids’ toys gliding in the wind. By 2025, they will...

Egyptian Village Goes Solar

Source: ecowatch.com Published: October 11, 2016 Kristin Falzon Egypt’s first solar-powered village is up and running in the Bahariya Oasis. KarmBuild’s Tayebat Workers Village provides shelter for 350 people and was built with 90 percent local, natural...

Award-Winning Biodegradable Agar Packaging Could Replace Plastic

Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 16, 2016 The prototype agar packaging developed by a group of Japanese designers took top honors in the 2016 Lexus Design Awards. by Orion Rodriguez A group of designers from Japan have created a prototype design that could...

Mark Shepard on Restoration Agriculture

Source: resilience.org Published: March 5, 2014 By Karen Rybold-Chin, originally published by on the earth productions Click here to watch “Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture”: https://youtu.be/aTa7TI3yrFE One of the world’s foremost authorities on restoration...