Cleantech news you might have missed: 10 Feb. 2009
So what else is happening in the world of cleantech? Here are some recent headlines you might have missed:
- Environment marketing agency EcoAlign today announced the release of a new report, “Increasing Energy Efficiency Through Decentralised Coordination.” The report, which explores how infrastructure technologies can increase awareness of electricity consumption and better help people to conserve, is available for free download at EcoAlign’s Website;
- Research and Markets is featuring a new Frost & Sullivan report that estimates the European municipal waste management services market will be worth $46.06 billion by 2014;
- American Superconductor Corporation will work with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) to “validate the economics of a full 10 megawatt (MW) class superconductor wind turbine.” The company is also working independently to develop full 10-megawatt-class wind turbine component and system designs;
- Clear Skies Solar has signed an $8 million-plus (US) agreement to design and build a 2.1-megawatt solar farm in Badger, California. The project will be developed in partnership with Frontier Renewables LLC, a German-American solar park developer;
- What qualifies one to be an environment minister? Not, apparently, a belief in man-made climate change. Reuters reports that Sammy Wilson, Northern Ireland’s environment minister, pulled the plug on a television advert about global warming because it attributed the trend to human activity;
- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana say they have found a way to increase the current-carrying capacity of carbon nanotubes far beyond what was previously thought possible;
- The US Department of Agriculture is awarding $356 million (US) in loans to 16 rural utilities and cooperatives. The funds will be used to build or repaire 3,830 miles of electricity distribution and transmission lines in 10 states.
