Open For Business: The World's First Hydroelectric And Solar Power Plant
The Alto Rabagão dam in Portugal has been outfitted with 840 floating solar panels. Within its first year, the station should generate 332 megawatt hours, enough to power 100 homes for a year.
The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Will Be Powered By Solar Energy
The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum is owned by South East Kentucky Community and Technical college. The solar power project will save the museum at least $8,000 to $10,000 in energy cost. How’s that for progressive?
Copenhagen’s ambitious plan to be the world’s first carbon-neutral capital city within a decade starts with the rebuilding of a brewry
Ever since the announcement by Carlsberg that it would move out of its current location, developers have been reimagining the area vacated by the brewery into an energy efficient space. The project is part of plans to turn Copenhagen into the world’s greenest capital city, which local officials say will be the first ever to be carbon-neutral.
A Winery's Fight With Climate Change
Jason Henry for New York Times.
Climate change is all too real for the Jackson family in California, owners of one of the largest family-owned winemakers in the country. Climate change is forcing the Jacksons to confront questions both practical and existential: Can you make fine wine with less water? Will good grapes still grow here in 20 years? What will become of an industry central to California’s identity, one that says it contributes $114 billion a year to the nation’s economy?
Climate Change Projections Are Based on Hard Scientific Data
It is extremely difficult to battle climate change when those in charge are resistant to the science that points to its future danger. Climate scientist’s projections are not just based on guesses made to support an agenda, they are derived from hard data run through complex models on supercomputers, giving us the most accurate information possible.