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MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference 2013 makes selections
MIT's Technology Review magazine has announced the top 35 innovators under 35, the TR35, who are to be honored at the sixth annual Emerging Technologies Conference on September 27 and 28, 2013.
Australian company to make solar power with space technology
Solar Systems Pty Ltd, Hawthorn, Victoria, have announced an agreement with Boeing Australia Ltd for supply of Spectrolab solar cells. The agreement will result in the supply of 500,000 cells, capable of generating 11MW of electricity.
Oil prices drive new investment in clean technology
Investors are rushing to fund new ventures in renewable energy as Americans continue to see rising gasoline prices at the pump. The price for crude oil continues to rise to new record highs ($75 per barrel of crude oil on NYMEX as of Friday's close). According to the results of a survey reported by the San Francisco Gate, in the 1st Quarter of 2013 investments in the clean technology sector has increased by 13% to $3.36 Billion in the US. In addition to attracting venture
capital, clean technology companies are receiving a buzz from high profile investors.
Whole Foods moves to renewable energy
Whole Foods Market, a natural food grocery chain based in Austin, Texas, announced that it intends to use wind energy for all of its electrical needs. This will make the company the largest business to use renewable energy in the United States.
European Retailers Adopt Voluntary Sustainable Business Code
I have to bite my tongue when I hear people claim how progressive Europe is when
it comes to sustainability and consumerism. Take Amsterdam, where in May I worked and
traveled for two weeks. True, bicycles are everywhere, public transport works, and you can
find great locally grown food. But step into an Albert Heijn supermarket, and you will see
that the capital of tulips and bicycles is also the capital of processed food,
over-packaged in plentiful plastic.
Toyota employs the Japanese hybrid solar powered vehicle carrier ship 'Auriga Leader'
On Friday, a new generation solar powered cargo vessel, the Auriga Leader has docked in North America for the first time. Toyota Motor Corp will employ this car carrier for automobile shipments to Europe and North America from Japan. The vessel will be operated by the Japanese-based NYK Line.
Hydrogen fuel cell cars promoted in various states, but U.S. federal funding cut
American Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is cutting US$100 million dollars from hydrogen fuel cell vehicle research and diverting the remaining $69 million to hydrogen fuel cell research for household current.
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