Tag: Featured Business
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Innovative Wind Turbine Smaller Than a Penny Could Power Your Smartphone
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have developed a renewable energy technology smaller than our smallest form of currency, yet capable of charging smartphones. The micro-windmills designed by electrical engineering professor Dr. J.-C. Chiao and research associate Smitha Rao are so tiny that a single grain of rice could hold about 10 of them, according to…
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Summit Seeks to Move Northeast Ohio Forward on Sustainability
Baldwin Wallace University will bring together leading experts focused on vision and leadership in sustainability for a 2014 Sustainability Symposium Jan. 27-28 at Baldwin Wallace’s Center for Innovation and Growth at340 Front St., in Berea, OH. Renowned leaders from the private, public and nonprofit sectors of Northeast Ohio will address the challenge of how to…
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Company Behind Northern Gateway Tar Sands Pipeline Spends $200M on Huge Wind Project
By Emily Atkin [caption id="attachment_317700" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Enbridge Inc.’s most recent claim to fame has no doubt been its proposed $6.5 billion Northern Gateway Pipeline in Canada. This project, if completed, would transport up to 525,000 barrels of tar sands crude 731 miles from Alberta to British Columbia, where it would be shipped…
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Iconic ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ Sign Now Powered by Solar
Regardless if whatever happens in Las Vegas actually stays there, visitors are now welcomed by renewable energy. The flashy, landmark “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign began using solar power on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported. Solar panels on 25-foot towers have been linked to the 55-year-old neon sign that welcomes people to one of the…
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Battery Storage Breakthrough at Harvard Could Play Huge Role in Future of Renewables
By Tim Radford Scientists in the U.S. think they may be on the track of a new kind of battery technology that could store huge reserves of energy. One of the great problems of renewable energy generators such as photovoltaic cells and wind turbines is that they can’t respond to demand. [caption id="attachment_317601" align="alignnone" width="500"]…