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In Spanish solar bust, lessons for the world

Puertollano’s wrenching fall points to the delicate policy calculations needed to stimulate nascent solar industries and create a stable green industry.
By The International Herald Tribune via LN Publisher
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Call for Entries: The 2010 James Dyson Award

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Designers, engineers, inventors, and crafty gadgeteers, it’s time to get the brain juices percolating and submit for the 2010James Dyson Award. The competition is put up by the James Dyson Foundation, founded by the British inventor responsible for the now-iconicDyson vacuum cleaners, theAirbladehand dryer,Air Multip…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Smart grid spending powers ahead in Asia

Japan, South Korea and China are investing about $9 billion this year in infrastructure and information technology to make electricity networks more efficient, creating lucrative opportunities for niche technology and equipment providers.
By Reuters
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LED Street-Lights are Greenest Choice, Life-Cycle Study Shows

LED street light photoImage: KnossosInduction Lights Are Close, But No CigarMost people who have been following lighting tech seem to be convinced that light-emitting diode (LED) lights are the future, but it’s always good to see new research being done on them. The more sure we are that they’re the way to go, the better. It always sucks to invest a lot of time and money into something only to later realize that it’s not nearly as good as we were first led to believe (*cough* corn ethanol *cough*). Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have conducted the first cradle-to-grave assessment of LED streetlights, and the…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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In Spanish solar bust, lessons for the world

Puertollano’s wrenching fall points to the delicate policy calculations needed to stimulate nascent solar industries and create a stable green industry.
By The International Herald Tribune via LN Publisher
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LED Street-Lights are Greenest Choice, Life-Cycle Study Shows

LED street light photoImage: KnossosInduction Lights Are Close, But No CigarMost people who have been following lighting tech seem to be convinced that light-emitting diode (LED) lights are the future, but it’s always good to see new research being done on them. The more sure we are that they’re the way to go, the better. It always sucks to invest a lot of time and money into something only to later realize that it’s not nearly as good as we were first led to believe (*cough* corn ethanol *cough*). Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have conducted the first cradle-to-grave assessment of LED streetlights, and the…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Smart grid spending powers ahead in Asia

Japan, South Korea and China are investing about $9 billion this year in infrastructure and information technology to make electricity networks more efficient, creating lucrative opportunities for niche technology and equipment providers.
By Reuters
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FreeGreen Who’s Next Competition A Goldmine of Great Ideas

freegreen design competition entry photo 392The guys who run FreeGreen, the free homeplan website, are so smart; they could have just hired architects to do plans, and would have had to go to the trouble of deciding which architect to hire; instead they write a brief and run a competition. Now they have the work of hundreds of architects to chose from; established firms with the works in the drawer, young designers hoping to be discovered. But they are not the only ones who benefit; everyone can look, vote and learn from over 400 submissions.

The challenge was to “re-envision the typical suburban home in an ecologically conscious manner that also reflects today’s modern lifesty…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Smart grid spending powers ahead in Asia

Japan, South Korea and China are investing about $9 billion this year in infrastructure and information technology to make electricity networks more efficient, creating lucrative opportunities for niche technology and equipment providers.
By Reuters
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LED Street-Lights are Greenest Choice, Life-Cycle Study Shows

LED street light photoImage: KnossosInduction Lights Are Close, But No CigarMost people who have been following lighting tech seem to be convinced that light-emitting diode (LED) lights are the future, but it’s always good to see new research being done on them. The more sure we are that they’re the way to go, the better. It always sucks to invest a lot of time and money into something only to later realize that it’s not nearly as good as we were first led to believe (*cough* corn ethanol *cough*). Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have conducted the first cradle-to-grave assessment of LED streetlights, and the…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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