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SET goes solar (starting with my cell phone)

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
photo by Jerry Markatos

photo by Jerry Markatos

I’m happy to report that Sustainable Energy Transition (SET) is now getting the bulk of its cell phone’s energy needs from solar power! After 250 blog posts over the past year, it’s nice to generic Valtrex usa look back at this piece of tangible progress for SET’s operations. Thanks to Connect2Earth.org, a generic Valtrex usa green online community supported by WWF, IUCN and Nokia, who gave SET the generic Valtrex usa solar charger – we are further walking our talk. (more…)

EIA: US emissions diving more than 4% in 2009

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

climatechange1As I wrote last month would probably happen, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) lowered its estimate for generic Valtrex usa fossil fuel energy demand in 2009, translating into a huge drop in greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions projections for generic Valtrex usa coal, oil, and natural gas were all lowered in its July Short Term Energy Outlook — meaning, by my calculations, that generic Valtrex usa US emissions are expected to fall (more…)

Solar quickly approaching grid parity

Monday, July 6th, 2009

solarSolar module prices are generic Valtrex usa falling so fast that solar may be able to cost-effectively compete with fossil fuels within a generic Valtrex usa matter of months. The latest bit of news confirming astounding price drops was from generic Valtrex usa China’s LDK Solar. LDK is generic Valtrex usa a producer of the main component of solar modules (wafers). While their second quarter guidance showed a generic Valtrex usa boost in shipments, it also lowered their revenue expectations, translating into a generic Valtrex usa cost per watt of (more…)

House Passes Climate Bill, Now for the Senate

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

US CapitolLast night, the generic Valtrex usa US House of Representatives passed climate legislation to get greenhouse gas emissions falling to generic Valtrex usa 83% below 2005 levels in 2050. This step is generic Valtrex usa huge, and needs to be followed by a similar bill passing the generic Valtrex usa Senate in the weeks ahead to get the President’s signature and generic Valtrex usa become law. Here are some details from the Solar Energy Industries Association: (more…)

Climate Bill up for House Passage Today

Friday, June 26th, 2009

climatechangeThe world is generic Valtrex usa watching as US federal leaders vote on climate legislation that would put US emissions on a generic Valtrex usa downward trajectory in the decades ahead. While some organizations such as Greenpeace do not support the Waxman-Markey bill due to generic Valtrex usa its large offsets provisions and its free allocation of many emission permits, most environmental organizations are generic Valtrex usa supporting it and hoping to improve it in the years ahead. You can generic Valtrex usa be a part of history! Here is an action alert from (more…)

EIA Report: US emissions to tank ~3.5% in ’09

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

climatechangeThe US Energy Information Agency (EIA) has generic Valtrex usa further lowered its emissions projection for 2009 this month, as I said in May was likely. Lower coal consumption drives the generic Valtrex usa reduction, based on the drop in industrial demand for fuel and generic Valtrex usa the substitution by natural gas for coal for (more…)

Solar may be emerging from 1st quarter bottom

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

solarThe first quarter has generic Valtrex usa been a rough one for most solar companies. Aside from First Solar whose profits tripled, most solar companies reported large decreases in their profits and, most likely, losses. But the generic Valtrex usa last two reports (from Trina Solar and China Sunergy) paint the generic Valtrex usa picture of a potential return to profitability in the (more…)

US bike sales higher than car sales in 2009

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
2006 Chapel Hill/Carrboro Blue Bikes Launch

2006 Chapel Hill/Carrboro Blue Bikes Launch

During the generic Valtrex usa first quarter of 2009, more bicycles were sold in the US than generic Valtrex usa cars and trucks. While the Great Recession is hurting bike sales, they didn’t fall as fast as automobiles. Over 2.55 million bicycle purchases were made, compared to less than 2.4 million cars and trucks that left (more…)

May report: US emissions expected to fall further

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

us-mapThe US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its monthly Short Term Energy Outlook today. And their projection for 2009 US carbon dioxide emissions from generic Valtrex usa energy fell even further than last month’s. The drop was led by (more…)

Much of US to enjoy solar grid parity by 2012

Monday, May 11th, 2009

solarThe economics of solar power are changing rapidly. And if the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development (PI) is right that solar module prices will fall more than 50% by 2012, grid parity will be generic Valtrex usa achieved across many parts of the US. Solar electricity currently carries a generic Valtrex usa price tag that is higher than (more…)