By Wallace Kantai (email the author)Your EmailMessageSend Cancel Posted Friday, August 28 2009 at 00:00A friend leading by example.Remember Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy? The school for girls in Johannesburg that was designed to be the showpiece for the education of underprivileged girls?The South African version of our very own Starehe Boys’ Centre, but built with the millions and attention from the world’s richest black woman.If you had gone for the school’s opening in January 2007, you

U.S. Energy Department Secretary Stephen Chu at this evening’s event. (Photo by Heath Haussamen) LAS CRUCES — Global warming necessitates the development of improved energy sources and technological leaps in energy efficiency, and New Mexico can play an important role in making that happen, U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said Monday evening. Speaking at a conference at New Mexico State University, Chu said it has become “overwhelmingly clear” in recent years that global warming is dire

The demonstration project is intended to increase power plant efficiency while lowering CO2 emissions. This is the first time that solar energy will be used to increase the efficiency and lower the emissions of a coal power plant in the United States. Abengoa Solar has been awarded a contract by Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electric Related posts: Abengoa Solar – on of the Founding Partners of the Desertec Initative The project will promote renewable energy production in Northern

One of the things that is rising during this kind of economy is the price of energy. Commodities like oil and gas prices are rising.  Also rising is the cost of electricity.More individuals are suffering the effect of these higher costs.  So naturally people are trying to find ways to save money in these areas.Some people are driving lesser than they used to to save on gas costs.Another alternative way to harness energy is called solar energy and this is what people now use to save on energy cos

As PG&E ramps up renewable power in response to the California RPS requirement that it get 33% of its electricity from renewables by 2020; it has been exploring ways to add that much renewable power to the grid while smoothing out the ups and downs of wind energy, which often peaks at night. The utility needs a way to turn sometimes-too-much wind into anytime-always-there electricity. The solution? Simple tech. Underground compressed air. With compressed air energy storage; air

Steven S asked: I am thinking about installing solar panels on my home but I am curious to know what would be a ball park amount of equity my home could gain. Related posts:Where Can I Find Out How Much It Would Cost To Install Solar Panels For Electricity?How Much To Buy And Install Solarpanels On Related posts:ollia rel=nofollow target=_blank href=’http://www.dirpop.com/find-cost-install-solar-panels-electricity/’ title=’Permanent Link: Where Can I Find Out How Much It Would Cost To Inst

September 1st, 2009 Niall Posted in AIP President’s blog | Welcome to my monthly newsletter to people around the country with an interest in physics, following a big showing by physics in National Science Week. Congratulations to all involved in holding events-I know of at least 120 physics events that took place.This month I report on FASTS, the Square Kilometre Array bid, Eureka Prize and L’Oreal For Women in Science winners, upcoming activities for the International Year of Astronomy, a

Manish Chhowalla, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering from Rutgers University, has indicated ‘… that nanotechnology can help boost the output and efficiency of solar cells, hydrogen fuel cells and batteries so they can provide clean and abundant energy for transportation, industries and homes.’ More from a Release dated August 31, sourced from Rutgers University: NSF awards

It’s time for this week’s edition of prizes for writers. There are some great contests to enter this week, so check them out. If you entered all of the contests last week, the old listings are marked with an asterisk so you can avoid entering them again. Just to be clear, you can’t enter any of these contests here (unless otherwise specified). You have to visit the blog sponsoring the contest or giveaway and follow their directions. I’ve screened out anything that is a sweepstakes with milli

August 31st, 2009RBearSATLeave a commentGo to comments A couple of weekends ago during the Fiesta Commission’s Participating Member Organization (PMO) workshop Mayor Julian Castro addressed over 80 participants about a variety of topics including the need to help make Fiesta more environmentally friendly. Earlier, in an interview in the July issue of Texas Monthly (subscription required), Mayor Castro promoted the idea of a green Fiesta during the interview. “We’re going to pass a green events