With an extra day this year, February gets its quadrennial opportunity to step up and fill its 29 days with as many events as possible. With that in mind, there are a number of domestic events jammed into February. These include two here in Denver, one of which I will attend at the end of [...]
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February 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
February 1st, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Agriculture, Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson 
Tags: Calendar, California, Denver, Film Series, Florida, Organic, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy 
No Comments »52 Japanese Municipalities Now Energy Independent
January 24th, 2012 Justin Manger Given the dearth of natural resources, new concerns over nuclear power, and a “mottainai” mentality, it seems natural that Japan should look to put in place policies and develop technologies in order to increase renewable energy. A non-profit organization called Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, in conjunction with a research lab at Chiba University, completed a study [...]
NREL Announces Breakthrough in Solar Cells
December 26th, 2011 Eric Wilson According to a news release from the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, researchers “have reported the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external quantum efficiency greater than 100 percent when photoexcited with photons from the high energy region of the solar spectrum.” What this means is that more [...]
Solar Power, Moore’s Law, and Revolution
November 13th, 2011 Justin Manger Left learning, for sure, but that lean comes with a Nobel Prize in Economics. When Paul Krugman says that solar power is on the verge of being price-competitive with coal and other electricity generation, there may be something to it. The revolution is happening before our eyes. Just like United Airlines’s contract to buy algae-based biofuel for its [...]
Site Visit: Denver Public School’s First LEED Gold Campus
November 8th, 2011 Eric Wilson A week and a half ago, I attended the US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter’s Green School Summit. For my notes on the conference, click here. Held on the 35-acre Evie Garrett Dennis E-12, early childhood through 12th grade, though there is also a 2 year program on the campus (for nursing and other career [...]
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Site Visits Tags: Colorado, Denver, Food, Green Schools, LEED, Net Zero Energy, Photovoltaic No Comments »Site Visit: EPA Region 8 Headquarters
November 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Located in Denver’s Lower Downtown (LoDo) neighborhood, the EPA’s region 8 headquarters occupies a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certified commercial building which they moved into four years ago. Sitting at the corner of Wynkoop St and the 16th St. Mall, the building is adjacent to Union Station, Denver’s future home of [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Green Building, Site Visits Tags: Energy Star, EPA, Green Roof, LEED, Photovoltaic, Public Transit No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Solar Power, China, and Trade
October 28th, 2011 Eric Wilson The following facts come from a New York Times article – which served as the basis for this post – on potential trade violations among Chinese solar panel manufacturers. The American solar power market is worth about $6 billion a year. China already accounts for three-fifths of the world’s solar panel production. China exports 95 [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Renewable Energy Tags: Department of Energy, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy, Trade 2 Comments »General Electric to Build Largest Solar Factory in US
October 15th, 2011 Eric Wilson A recent news release from General Electric (GE) stated that the company will build the United States’ largest solar panel factory. GE estimates that it will create 450 jobs in Colorado and New York. According to the release, GE chose Aurora, Colorado (adjacent to Denver) “primarily because the location will allow for accelerated speed to [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, News, Renewable Energy Tags: Colorado, Denver, GE, NREL, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments »
