Tag: Featured Business
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The Solar Technology That Could Solve California’s Water Problem
The founders of a California company are gearing up to make a difference in their state’s future—about 2 million gallons worth of a difference. As the state battles a lengthy drought and considers spending $7 billion to $9 billion to produce, transport and store fresh water, WaterFX, a San Francisco-based, independent water producer says it has been…
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ALEC-Affiliated Legislator Leads Charge to Repeal Renewable Energy Standard
By David Weiskopf Here in the Midwest we are seeing the perennial first signs of Spring: a few early buds are appearing on the magnolia trees, rivers and lakes are starting to thaw, and of course, ALEC and the Koch brothers are pushing yet another pointless and harmful attack on Kansas’s wildly successful Renewable Energy Standard. This year’s bill, Senate Bill 433, is sponsored by the Kansas…
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5 Must-See Documentaries From the 2014 Environmental Film Festival
The 22nd annual Environmental Film Festival in Washington D.C. set records before it even showed one moment of footage. The 13-day event features a record 200 films from 38 countries. Several of them will be world and U.S. premieres, while others have already experienced success at other festivals around the world. The topics are sure…
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How Solar Energy Empowered a Nicaraguan Community Once Devastated by War
By Laurie Guevara-Stone Forty years ago Sabana Grande, a small community in northern Nicaragua, was ravaged by war. Now you will find people sitting under solar-powered lights, eating solar-cooked chicken, and drinking smoothies made by a bicycle-powered blender. Sabana Grande (pop. 2,000), in the mountains of Totogalpa, about 20 miles from the Honduran border, has embraced…
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Global Demand Shifts East as Asian Solar Markets Explode
China’s 2013 solar installations totaled more than that of any other country in any other year, but that fact is emblematic of a larger shift. While the top 10 solar photovoltaic (PV) markets in the world accounted for more than 80 percent of end-market demand last year, a clear shift to the east took place.…