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May 15th, 2010 
Justin Manger 
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No Comments »Google Enters the Wind Business
May 12th, 2010 Justin Manger With over $26 billion in cash on hand, the once humble search engine is branching out into more and more diversified investments just like it continues to broaden the array of its online services. It recently invested $38.8 million into a wind farm in North Dakota, Ashtabula II wind farm. The $190 million project is [...]
More Signs Point to China Leading the Second Green Revolution
May 12th, 2010 Eric Wilson It could just be that the United States will not be the leader and China will be a recipient of the US’s lack of leadership on this issue. Thomas Friedman’s op-ed from late last month, as a well as another recent New York Times op-ed, point to the clean energy sector that has blossomed in [...]
Buoy Generators: Float or Sink?
May 11th, 2010 Justin Manger Offshore wind power projects such as the recently approved Cape Cod, Massachusetts installation have been getting headlines as of late. While offshore wind has great potential to generate clean electricity, there is another ocean-related power source that is being explored: wave power. Also called hydrokinetic energy, the idea is to harness the natural rolling movement of the [...]
Ecotech Institute: A 2-Year College Dedicated to Clean Energy
May 10th, 2010 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago, commercials started airing in the Denver metro area promoting a new 2-year technical school called Ecotech Institute (ETI). Purporting to be the first of its kind, “Ecotech Institute is . . . entirely focused on preparing students for careers in renewable energy and sustainable design . . . solar power, wind [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Education, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Renewable Energy Tags: Clean Energy, Colorado, Denver, Green Jobs, Solar Energy, Wind Power No Comments »Nuclear Power Revival in U.S.? Perhaps, but Look East…
May 6th, 2010 Justin Manger According to the the Trade Fact of the Week from the Democratic Leadership Council, energy generated around the world breaks down roughly into these categories: 175 quadrillion BTUs from oil, burned in various refined states to run the world’s transport industries. 130 quadrillion BTUs drawn from coal for electricity. 110 quadrillion BTUs from natural gas [...]
Posted in Business, China, Clean Technology Tags: Department of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy, Nuclear No Comments »Betterplace Starts Pilot Project for “Battery Switch” Electric Vehicles in Tokyo
May 2nd, 2010 Justin Manger New York may have a lot of Yellow Cabs but Japan takes the cake when it comes to sheer numbers. In Tokyo alone, there are approximately 60,000 taxis, more than in New York, Paris, and London combined! While taxis represent a mere two percent of all passenger vehicles in Tokyo, they emit about 20 percent of [...]
U.S. Pushing Trade in Green Technologies
May 1st, 2010 Justin Manger U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk recently said that the U.S is talking with Canada, Australia, and the EU about reaching an agreement to eliminate tariffs on wind, solar, and other energy related technologies. The goal of such an agreement would be to spur their use by taking away one of the barriers to wider adoption [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Economics, Green Economy, Green Products, Justin Manger, President Obama Tags: Green Technology, Trade No Comments »A Decade of Growth: Texas and Iowa Now Lead the Country in Wind Power
April 26th, 2010 Justin Manger Texas is now fairly well known as a big wind power state thanks to pro-wind incentives championed by then Governor Bush (details here) that have vaulted it to the state with the most installed wind capacity. Though stalled, T-Boone Pickens’ plan for wind farms is perhaps the most marketed part of the wind power story. [...]
How Going Green is Like Getting Out of Debt
April 13th, 2010 Justin Manger Many of us are making the ever so slow and tedious climb out of debt. On a personal level as well as at the national level, a long put-off realization and rebalancing is upon us: our spending has been beyond our means and our financial lifestyle is unsustainable. Much the same can be said about [...]
