Quantcast
Channel: Green Wombat » green tech
Browsing all 20 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Greening the Navy by building the Priuses of the air and sea

photo: U.S. Navy In The New York Times on Tuesday, I write about Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’ plans to green the Navy and Marine Corps and help build a market for new technologies: Want to stimulate...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Flush away greenhouse gases

photo: FuelCell Energy I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. It’s been a crappy week — and I mean that in a good way. On Wednesday, I wrote about the California egg farm that bought a...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Anti-Prop 23 forces tap big donors in California climate fight

Photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. With the campaign season revving up, even more money is starting to flow into the campaign to defeat Proposition 23. Prop 23 is...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

California Legislature passes energy storage bill

I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The California Legislature has passed the nation’s first energy storage bill, which could result in the state’s utilities being required to bank...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Report: PG&E smart meters not to blame for high bills

On Thursday in The New York Times, I write about an independent report that finds that PG&E’s smart meters are not responsible for higher utility bills incurred by some customers: After Pacific...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

California bags the plastic bag ban but makes solar leap

photo: Southern California Edison I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The California Legislature started out the week in the green by passing the nation’s first energy storage bill....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The electric car battery conundrum

photo: Better Place In The New York Times on Monday, I wrote about the challenges of developing electric car batteries that will match the range of gasoline-powered vehicles: Silicon Valley may be an...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Scientists to tap 1.5 million PCs to solve water problems

I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Want to help solve the global water crisis? Step away from your laptop and let it join millions of other computers being used by scientists who...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sports leagues team with enviros to push solar on stadiums

I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Talk about sporting greens: On Wednesday, all of the United States’ professional sports leagues said they would distribute a guide on how to...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Chinese solar firm lands big airport deal

Photo: WorldWater & Solar Technologies I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Carbon neutral jumbo jets may be a long way off but some airports are making strides in cutting their...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

GE plugs into Better Place, Sharp buys U.S. solar developer

photo: GE I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. General Electric on Wednesday gave a jump-start to Better Place, the Silicon Valley startup developing an electric car infrastructure...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Green tech investment plummets, California hit hard

photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times on Friday, I write about a report showing venture capital investment in green technology companies nose-dived in the third quarter of 2010, with California...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

First solar projects on federal land approved

photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday gave the green light to the first two big solar power plants to be built on federal...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Silicon Valley’s solar strategy to compete with China

photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times Green blog on Wednesday, I follow up on my print story about the impact of low-cost Chinese solar manufacturers on high-tech Silicon Valley startups: In an...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Recipe for U.S. solar boom: policy, money + a little sunshine

photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The United States is on the verge of a solar boom that could provide 4.3 percent of the nation’s electricity by 2020, according...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Ground broken on U.S’ first big solar power plant in 20 years

photo of desert tortoise tagged with a radio transmitter at the Ivanpah solar farm site: Todd Woody In Yale Environment 360 on Wednesday, I interview John Woolard, chief executive of BrightSource...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Desert solar boom begins, may be short-lived

photo: Todd Woody In Friday’s New York Times, I write about the beginning of the long-awaited solar boom in the Mojave Desert and how it may well be short-lived if crucial federal incentives for...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Megawatt mania: California approves seventh Big Solar farm

photo: Todd Woody In a follow up to my story in Friday’s New York Times on the beginning of a solar building boom in the desert Southwest, I take a look at California regulators’ approval of the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

China syndrome: California’s Solyndra to close solar factory

photo: White House In Wednesday’s New York Times, I have an exlusive about Silicon Valley solar startup Solyndra’s move to shutter a factory and lay off workers just weeks after it opened a state-of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Why the green energy revolution needs the smart grid

photo: Todd Woody I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. If you want a birds-eye view of the future of power, scramble up to the roof of a 562,089-square-foot warehouse in Ontario, a...

View Article
Browsing all 20 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images