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A giant new Christchurch contract for Nelson-based SolarCity is likely to double the size of the company over the next year and cement Nelson's place as New Zealand's solar energy capital, chief executive Andrew Booth said today. The biggest solar powered community in New Zealand is going to ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Christchurch, Climate Change, Consumerism, Earthquake, Solar, Sustainability, Technology (1 comment)
Kristin Shrader-Frechette of the University of Notre Dame is rigorous in the presentation of her argument in What Will Work: Fighting Climate Change with Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power. In recent times a number of leading environmentalists have concluded nuclear power has to be employed to enable the transition away ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this week, about Children and Families, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Politics & Government, Solar, Wind Energy
The NZ Clean Energy Centre (NZCEC) has just completed an online survey in which respondents were asked – among other things – to identify their interest in living in an off grid housing community in Taupo. Home heating would be supplied via either geothermal or biomass. Electricity would be supplied by solar ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar, Sustainability
With climate change promising to be one of the biggest factors in global investment for the foreseeable future, investors were changing the way in which they did business and catalysing new energy solutions along the way, experts said at Headquarters today. At a press conference sponsored and co-hosted by the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Finance & Money, Innovation, Solar, waste, Water, Wind Energy
The New Zealand Clean Energy Centre is currently investigating the feasibility of an off grid housing community in Taupo. Homes would be heated either via geothermal or biomass. Electricity would be supplied via solar and wind. Waste water would be drip irrigated to energy crops which provide future fuel for ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Children and Families, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Green Spaces, Infrastructure, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior, Solar, Sustainability
As policy-makers scramble to stop recession tightening its grip on major economies, demographic changes and growth in emerging markets appear to be driving renewable energy investment, say Ernst & Young in their report on country attractiveness for renewable investment Developed countries are focused on slowing demand and cutting costs, while rapid ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Clean Tech, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Finance & Money, Solar, Wind Energy
Mention prime geography for generation of solar energy, and people tend to think of hot deserts. But a new study concludes that some of the world's coldest landscapes — including the Himalaya Mountains, the Andes, and even Antarctica — could become Saudi Arabias of solar. The research appears in the ACS ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Clean Technologies, Design, Economics, Innovation, Poverty & Development, Solar
For the first time, investments in renewable energy projects surpassed those in fossil fuel power plants, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Last year, $187 billion was invested in renewable energy installations, while $157 billion was invested in new natural gas, oil and coal plants. The increase in investments in ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Solar, Technology
Scientists say they have found the most Earth-like planet ever discovered - circling a star 600 light years away.So if you could travel at the speed of light then its a mere 600 years travel away .Time for lots of movies!It is among 500 planets found to orbit stars ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Events, Nasa, Science, Solar
The world is locking itself into an unsustainable energy future which would have far-reaching consequences, IEA warns in its latest World Energy Outlook.Without a bold change of policy direction, the world will lock itself into an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system, the International Energy Agency warned . They say ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in December 2011, about Carbon Sequestration, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Fuel, Industry & Business, Infrastructure, Poverty & Development, Solar, Sustainability
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