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Ericsson Solar Cell Solution Deployed In South America
A solar radio-site system from Ericsson will provide enough clean energy to power Digicel's network coverage in remote areas of Suriname, the company announced.
The system will help Digicel, the largest mobile ...
Honda, GE, GM Lead 1Q Clean Energy Patent Race
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, which illustrates clean energy patent trends and the top patent owners, shows fuel cells continuing to dominate long term trends, intellectual property law firm Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti ...
NEC Develops Energy-Saving Server
NEC is marketing a new server dubbed Eco Center. The company says it consumes up to 55 percent less power, takes up 50 percent less space and is approximately 58 percent ...
Are Hybrids Safe For Drivers?
There is a legitimate scientific reason for asking whether hybrid vehicles are healthy for drivers, writes Jim Motavalli, in the New York Times.
Motavalli, editor of E: The Environmental Magazine, and author ...
Call2Recycle Reports 12% Increase In Battery Recycling
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation reported a twelve percent increase in collection numbers with more than 6.3 million pounds of rechargeable batteries recycled through its Call2Recycle program.
RBRC says that one ...
Texas Instruments, MIT Develop Energy-Efficient Microchip
Dot Hill Joins Two Green Groups
AT&T Burned by Green Tech
On Christmas this past year at an AT&T facility in Wisconsin, a series of fires sparked by explosions of green backup batteries in its U-verse network cabinets culminated in a major explosion, Information Week ...
Sprint Outlines Use Of Alternative Energy Sources
Sprint has released a little information on its moves into alternative energy sources, many of which are used for backup power in cases of outages.
Hydrogen fuel cells have been deployed at more than 200 ...
Mayor’s Office Hopes “Every New Yorker” Will Recycle Phones With Nokia
Nokia is launching a recycling campaign with a goal to collect 100,000 unwanted mobile devices between now and America Recycles Day 2007, November 15th. The program is launching today at Nokia's flagship store in ...
Silicon Valley Execs Get Behind Plug-In Hybrids
By early next year, 100 Silicon Valley executives will be driving plug-in hybrids, The mercury news reports. That will more than double the number of plug-ins on North American roads.
The Silicon Valley Leadership ...
OfficeMax Launches New Recycling Program
OfficeMax has launched a new recycling program through its MaxPerks membership program. The system provides customers with a system to collect and redeem recyclable office items such as used ink and toner cartridges ...
Green Transportation News Roundup
Worldchanging has released its roundup of last week's news on sustainable mobility. The top story is the Senate's debate on the energy bill.
The bill and proposed amendments tackle a broad range of issues, ...
Motel 6 Launches National Fluorescent Light Bulb and Battery Recycling Program
Motel 6, with nearly 900 properties across the country, has rolled out what it says is the first national fluorescent light bulb and battery recycling program within the hospitality industry.
The program will be rolled out regionally ...
Trojan Battery Gets $576,000 For Energy Efficiency Improvements
Braun Floats ‘Green Grooming’ As Selling Point
Procter & Gambles' Braun Shavers says that its entire line of men's electric shaver chargers have received ENERGY STAR qualification, making Braun the world's first shaver brand with ENERGY STAR-qualified battery chargers.
Braun shavers ...
GM Sees Volt As iPod-Like Product To Take Down Prius
By 2005, GM's top executives were convinced it could get sales moving again by turning around its reputation on fuel economy and the environment, the Wall Street Journal reports.
To differentiate its ...
Nokia Tells Phone Users To Unplug
Recent RFPs
April 2007 (via CEEP)
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate U.S. & China Clean Water and Clean Energy
Climate Change, Land Use Change and Invasive Species
Photovoltaic Devices ...
Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy
President Bush's $24.3-billion budget for the Department of Energy remains a tiny part of the overall $2.9-trillion budget plan for 2008. the Detroit Free Press reports.
The proposed budget for the Department of Energy includes $42 ...
Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy's SPAWAR
