Currently autistic children cannot find treatment in Kosovo. Few doctors have knowledge about autism; most parents are unaware of it and believe the condition will eventually disappear; and educators lack proper training. An NGO hopes to change that with a solar-powered school.
The DOE’s SunShot Initiative is a collaboration between the agency, universities, research laboratories, and the American solar power industry. Should this program’s goals succeed, by the end of this decade the United States may regain its dominant position in the global solar market.
Chemrec’s latest success is its partnership with Domsjo Fabriker’s refinery in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden. With the assistance of SEK 500 million grant (US$75 million, or 55 million euros) from Sweden’s Energy Agency, the plant will produce two clean and renewable biofuels, biomethanol and bioDME.
The Redditch Council wants to warm its Abbey Stadium sports center, including its swimming pool, heat from its neighboring crematorium. By the transfer of heat from the crematorium’s incinerators to a system that would warm the sports and leisure facility, the town estimates that it could not only conserve energy, but save about UK£14,000 (about US$23,000).
Bloom Energy claims it can offer its fuel cell boxes over a 10 year period to clients and sell energy for less than what is available from standard grid power. The devil is in the details, however.
While many clean energy advocates and investors around the world laud German innovation and watch China’s surge in the development of technologies such as solar and wind energy, Korea has continued its commitment to boosting its clean energy sector.
Under the Bush Administration, greenhouse gases were not considered pollutants. The question was settled in a Supreme Court case in 2007, and whether you agree or not, it is settled law. Now the EPA is enforcing the law. And folks are howling.
Joining many national and local governments, Massachusetts has embarked on a goal of reducing greenhouse emissions. The plan is ambitious–25% below 1990 levels–and has attracted plenty of attention in the press. Supporters and detractors have had plenty to say about the initiative.
Plenty of renewable energy advocates were irritated over Washington DC’s failure to pass any meaningful energy legislation in 2010. But despite Congress’s inability to pass a cap-and-trade, carbon tax, or any initiative that can wean the United States off of imported fossil fuels, market forces may shift Americans towards cleaner energy sources this decade. Or does coal have a future?
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