There’s usually a flurry of speculation before major elections. Similarly, sports finals bring out all kinds of arguing and debating about who will win. Only when the votes are counted and the buzzer sounds does it really matter. In announcing that the U.S. is on track to achieve four major innovation breakthroughs due to Recovery [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Renewable Energy’
Recovery Act Funds Positively Impacting Innovation; Still Many Unknowns
August 24th, 2010 
Justin Manger Infographic: What if solar power grew as fast as Facebook?
August 21st, 2010 Justin Manger The following interesting graphic comes from 1BOG (One Block Off the Grid), a company that helps consumers pool together to get discounts on solar panel installation. The graph extrapolates the growth of solar power if its use were increasing at the rate of Facebook’s growth. Currently, solar power grows 60% each year, according to 1BOG. [...]
Power Outages Show Weakness of the Grid; Poor Response
July 29th, 2010 Justin Manger On Sunday, the Washington, DC metro region got slammed by 60-70mph winds and heavy rains over a brief period of about 20 minutes. The storms were caused by a cold front moving through the region and bumping up against the record setting heat we’ve had here due to the Bermuda High. The cold and hot air [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Japan, Justin Manger, Policy, Smart Grid 
Tags: Alternative Energy, Electricity Generation, Renewable Energy 
View CommentsSolar Powered Plane Takes Flight, Actually Keeps Flying
July 8th, 2010 Justin Manger Gulp. That may be the sound of me swallowing my words. As this tongue in cheek writing suggests, the idea of a solar powered plane seems silly to me. Solar Impulse, however, is out to prove me wrong. The plane has just finished a 26 hour continuous flight over Europe. 26 hours. You guessed it, that includes [...]
Nuru Energy: Affordable, Clean Lighting for Areas Without Electricity Through LEDs & Pedal Power
July 3rd, 2010 Justin Manger In the poor, rural areas of Rwanda artificial lighting exists in the form of kerosene lamps, which pose a major fire hazard and cause air pollution and lung disease. Isn’t there a better way to provide lighting in an area without any electric infrastructure? Sameer Hajee thought there was. He started London-based Nuru Light as [...]
