The following facts come from Lester Brown’s Plan B 4.0, which was published in 2009. The book is available in print or as a downloadable PDF from The Earth Policy Institute’s website. For all of the Five Friday Facts culled from Plan B 4.0, click here. Denmark gets more than 20% of its electricity from [...]
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No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Chinese Wind Energy
June 24th, 2011 Eric Wilson As a follow up to last week’s Five Friday Facts, this rendition focuses on China’s capacity to generate electricity from wind power. This week’s facts come from the Global Wind Energy Council. According to the third National Wind Energy Resources Census, China’s total exploitable capacity for both land-based and offshore wind energy is around 700-1,200 [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Electricity Generation, Wind Power No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Plan B 4.0 – Wind Energy Capacity
June 17th, 2011 Eric Wilson The following facts come from the preface of Lester Brown’s Plan B 4.0, which was published in 2009. The book is available in print or as a downloadable PDF from The Earth Policy Institute’s website. It also provided the facts for a Five Friday Facts from last month. In Texas, as of July 2009 (when [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Coal, Electricity Generation, Plan B 4.0, T Boone Pickens, Wind Power No Comments »Five Friday Facts: China’s Great Green Leap Forward
June 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson As of 2007 China generated 8 gigatons of carbon dioxide annually (which amounts to 6 tons/person). In addition, there were 21 cars per every 1,000 people. As a point of comparison for the previous fact, the United States produced 7 gigatons annually in 2007, with 451 cars per every 1,000 people. Canada generated 24 metric [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Brazil, Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Coal, Electricity Generation, Hydroelectricity, Wind Power No Comments »Eco-Trek is Back with Episode 14 in China
May 14th, 2011 Justin Manger After a one week hiatus, Eco-Trek reappears in China for its second leg in the country. As Eco-Trek lets us know every week, it is “one of the first ever syndicated green online news magazines and presented by German actress Anita Anthonj [and] is now available for download and re-publishing for websites, newspapers, and magazines.” [...]
Posted in China, Featured Posts, Justin Manger, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: Eco-Trek, Green Technology, Video No Comments »Lucky Number 13, Eco-Trek Arrives in China
April 29th, 2011 Eric Wilson The largest country by population and second largest economy in the world, China is struggling to balance economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability. Eco-trek, who will not publish their weekly installment next week, visited Shanghai this week. One of the examples of consumption in China is the fact that in excess of 100 trees [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Japan, Sustainability Tags: Eco-Trek, Electric Vehicles, Environment No Comments »General Electric and 3M Make Big Investments in Solar
April 11th, 2011 Eric Wilson On occasion my dad forwards me newsletters that he gets regarding energy and clean technology. The most recent one dealt with General Electric’s (GE) foray into solar energy production. The multinational conglomerate recently completed the purchase of PrimeStar Solar in Arvada, Coloardo, just outside Denver. According to their website, “PrimeStar Solar is a manufacturer of [...]
Posted in Business, China, Clean Technology, Economics, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Colorado, GE, Green Investments, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments »Five Friday Facts – Secret Life of Trash Part 2
April 8th, 2011 Eric Wilson Last fall CNBC aired “Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Trash.” On occasion they re-air the exposé. First there are some overall facts to keep in mind. According to the program, there are approximately 2,300 landfills in the United States and it is a $52 billion, that’s billion with a “b,” dollar a year industry. [...]
Posted in Behavior, China, Economics, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts Tags: Environment, Landfill, Waste, Waste Management No Comments »
