Via EarthTechling, a report on the state of the residential solar industry: Where’s the money in solar power these days? It’s not in manufacturing the stuff; companies that do that are dropping like flies. No, the returns are in owning and installing the systems, with the combination of falling module prices and solid government subsidies […]
Read more »Via Greentech Media, a look at solar hot water: The crowds swarming this year’s Intersolar North America at San Fransicso’s Moscone Center did an unusual thing. After combing the aisles and aisles hosting the photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies’ booths, they wandered over to the two aisles dedicated to solar thermal and […]
Read more »Via Cleantechnica, an interesting article on green roofs: Adding a green roof to a building offers several benefits, including reducing harmful stormwater runoff, lessening the “heat island” effect, conserving energy and noise, containing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and extending roof life. Green roofs have been shown to increase people’s productivity and offer a new […]
Read more »Via Fast Company, an article on BrightFarms: Nobody ever complains about vegetables being too fresh. Not shoppers, who increasingly seek out high-quality, locally sourced produce, and certainly not grocers, for whom freshness means longer shelf life and less waste. What both cohorts do grouse about is the cost and difficulty of getting the freshest possible […]
Read more »Via Greentech Media, a report on solar water heating and the potential for it to follow the rapid growth of solar power via third party finance schemes: Solar water heating (SWH) specialist Skyline Innovations just picked up a million dollars in venture capital, $30 million in backing from the investment arm of a natural gas […]
Read more »Courtesy of Fast Company, an interesting article on Montreal-based rooftop farm Lufa’s efforts to expand into America and find a way to scale urban farming on large corporate office buildings: If you can do it in Montreal, you can do it anywhere. That’s the theory of Lufa Farms, which is growing tender sheaves of lettuce […]
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