We continue to see more energy innovation, eco friendly products and green inventions every day.
There are many areas of green that are experiencing growth. Some of these areas are a direct result of sustainability programs, green campuses, schools going green and the top green colleges and universities.
Well, meet some of the individuals that were featured on Smartplanet, and these are student entrepreneurs who are coming up with new energy innovation, green inventions, and eco friendly products and services that will become game changes.
We applaud the efforts of the student entrepreneurs and you will continue to see more inspiring stories like these coming out of the top green universities, green campuses, sustainability programs and as a result of more environmental education for children.
Check out the video below from Smartplanet and see how these student entrepreneurs are setting up their green businesses and green organizations:
In a press release issued today, SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, announced that it has produced a full-scale solar cell with a sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency of 24.2 percent at its manufacturing plant in the Philippines.
New World Record: This is a new world record, confirmed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), for large area silicon wafers.
"This new world record demonstrates SunPower's ability to extend our lead in manufacturing the world's highest efficiency solar cells," said Bill Mulligan, vice president of technology and development for SunPower. "Our patented and proprietary, high-efficiency solar cell technology drives down the cost of solar energy by increasing the energy production from each solar panel."
Improved cell efficiency reduces the levelized cost of energy by increasing the energy production from each wafer manufactured into a SunPower solar cell. For the same reason, increased efficiency reduces the cost per watt and cost per kilowatt-hour for feedstock and materials, depreciation and other manufacturing expenses, installation time, land and system operations, and related maintenance.
"As we celebrate SunPower's 25th anniversary this year, I am thrilled to see the company achieve technology milestones that were inconceivable only a few years ago," said Dr. Richard Swanson, SunPower founder and chief technology officer. "SunPower's research and development and engineering teams have increased cell efficiency by a full four percentage points over the last five years while radically driving down manufacturing costs. We are extremely proud of their continued success."
Great work and congratulations to all the people working at SunPower. You guys are creating a new way to define solar energy, energy innovation and green jobs in the process! Keep it up.
In a press release from IBM, IBM Aims to Help Alleviate Water Shortages in Northern California's Wine Country. This is said to be the "First IBM Project in the U.S. to Address Severe Drought."
IBM is using energy innovation, technology and green inventions to help solve the water issues in Northern California.
"The idea is to create a common operating picture – a collaboration platform – for SCWA and its retail water providers that provides a near real-time operating picture of the Russian River and the associated water transmission system," said IBM Big Green Innovations Vice President Sharon Nunes. "The ability to track and measure the water flow along with the diverse elements that impact the system at such a granular level arms SCWA and its stakeholders with a way to work together toward the common goal of ensuring adequate water for the region, now and for years to come."
Watch the video titled: IBM Solving Water Shortage in California's Wine
According to a new survey conducted by Applied Materials, Inc. reveals that two-thirds of Americans believe solar technology should play a greater role in meeting the country’s energy needs. In addition, three-quarters of Americans feel that increasing renewable energy and decreasing U.S. dependence on foreign oil are the country’s top energy priorities.
Today is the summer solstice, the day the sun shines in the northern hemisphere for the longest period of time all year. In recognition of this day and the ongoing debate concerning energy reform legislation, Applied Materials, the world’s leading supplier of solar panel manufacturing equipment, conducted its second annual survey to gauge the public’s current knowledge and opinion of solar energy usage in the U.S.
Interesting Stats: According to the survey, 67 percent of Americans would be willing to pay more for their monthly utility bill if their utility company increased its use of renewable energy and 49 percent of consumers polled would be willing to pay $5 or more each month for an increased amount of renewable energy—a 14 percent increase from the results of Applied Materials’ 2009 survey.
“Americans are becoming more aware of the need for responsible energy solutions, like solar power, and increasingly want their government to drive policy and investment aimed at finding alternative ways to power our homes and economy,” said Dr. Charles Gay, president of Applied Solar, a division of Applied Materials. “With the right energy legislation in place, the U.S. could reap the benefits of one of the biggest economic job engines of this century – the clean energy revolution.”
Millions of people are going crazy over the new iPhone 4 as well as other Apple products.
Here's some quick Green Tips that can get you 10% off your next apple purchase, as well as help the environment by using Apple Recycling Program.
Bring your old iPod to an Apple Retail Store --receive a 10% discount on the purchase of a new iPod Find a Apple store near you
Recycle Via Mail - If you don’t live near an Apple Retail Store, fill out the form below to recycle your iPod or mobile phone by mail. The 10 percent discount is only available at Apple Retail Stores
Computers & Displays - Send Apple your old computer — Mac or PC. If it has monetary value, they’ll apply that toward an Apple Gift Card. If it doesn’t have monetary value, they’ll recycle it responsibly for you. Click here to Recycle your computer & Display
Also, Apple operates International Recycling Programs. They operate or participate in recycling programs in these regions: Click the region below and you will be directed to their program.
There are many alternative fuel ideas, renewable fuels and alternative fuels programs that exist.
It is becoming more important everyday to move from using gasoline in our vehicles to using an alternative fuels programs. You will see this year the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt electric cars hit the US market and there will continue to be electric, hydrogen and other alternative fuel ideas that get introduced.
One area, that does not usually get a lot of attention is using Algae as renewable fuels. There have been hundreds of millions of dollars invested in using algae as an alternative fuel source.
Many top scientists and Venture Capitalists are betting on algae as a replacement to oil. There a video airing on our main site, that talks about and shows the process of using algae as renewable fuels for our vehicles, and in our products.
Check out the video below titled: Renewable Biodiesel Algae
Upcoming posts will focus on alternative fuel ideas, the use of renewable fuels, green jobs, best green companies and the future of green energy.
There continues to be a lot of growth with green jobs. Some green jobs are tougher than others and some require you to climb up 275 feet or more. You will see how long it takes to climb up the inside of a wind turbine, and meet the people who do these types of green jobs and how their efforts help us work towards energy independence, clean alternatives and renewable energy.
A company named Rapanui, makes it easier for people to see where clothing comes from and how it is made so you can make informed choices. This process is called Traceability.
Rapanui lets their customers track, using Google Maps, where each one of their garments comes from. They make clothing from natural organic fabrics, in a Fairwear Foundation audited, wind powered factory, but really what they're about is communication. It's not that people don't care about child labor, the environment, our climate, it's just they don't know.
Cool Facts on the Company
Rapanui was set up by brothers Mart and Rob Drake-Knight in early 2008 and they are now aged 23 and 25
Rapanui won the 2010 Sustainable Business Award and employs 10 full time staff in its office in Bembridge.
Rapanui won a runners-up place at the 2010 Enterprising Young Brits Awards.
Rob and Martin Drake-Knight are listed on the Future 100 List of Top young Ethical Entrepreneurs.
Green Energy TV is giving Rapanui the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for being one the Best Green Companies, their Eco friendly Products and a cool new green business to watch and inspire others!
For more information on their eco friendly products and Traceability in Textiles using Google Maps, visithttp://www.rapanuiclothing.com/
Feel free to also watch the video below where Mart Drake-Knight explains Rapanui's thinking on ethical fashion
There are a lot of green inventions and eco friendly products entering the market, and we wanted to highlight a video titled Innovate or Die- Water Filtration for 3rd world, which was uploaded to our main site.
The video talks about how 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean water.
The green inventions highlighted are the Novel bicycle based mobile water filtration system design.
It was submitted for the MIT 'Innovate or Die' appropriate technology.
If your son or daughter is looking to start a business, or keep busy on a project this summer and do some good, we have a recommendation on a green business idea and opportunity.
A student named Alex, from Rhode Island started an e-waste (Electronic waste) recycling effort to take used electronics and recycle them.
Alex's team helps keep 2,500 lbs of e-waste out of the landfills per month, learned a lot about entrepreneurship and helped keep harmful chemical toxins out of the landfills.
Click on the link to watch the video titled Alex Lin, showing his e waste business: Alex Lin
Cool fact: His team also received the Brower Youth Award, which is an annual national award recognizing six young people, ages 13-22, for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy.
There's a video airing on our main site Green Energy TV that shows how Sam's Club in Palmdale, CA is using wind power technology to power their store.
As part of a company commitment to be supplied 100 percent by renewable energy, Sam’s Club is the first retailer in the U.S. to install a significant number of micro wind turbines mounted on parking lot light poles to support the energy needs of its Palmdale, Calif., location.
Construction is complete, and the 17 units are fully operational as of today and supply enough energy to power 6 homes per year.
Green Energy TV is giving this Sam's Club the Two Green Thumbs Up Award for their commitment to Sustainability Programs.
Read the full release here: http://www3.samsclub.com/NewsRoom
Upcoming posts will be focused on Sustainability Programs, Best Green Companies, Energy Innovation, Wind Power Technology, Hybrid Vehicles, Green Jobs, and companies going green.
There are a lot of cool ideas and green inventions that people are coming up with and developing in their sheds, garage, basement, work places, schools, etc.
Many inventors spend a lot of the time and financial resources on creating their inventions and protecting them, but then run out of funds to market and try to sell their inventions.
If you have any eco friendly inventions, green inventions or a cool green gadget, let us know and we will help expose your work via our blog post and if you have a video of it, you can upload it to our main site Green Energy TV. We will air your video and we can write a blog post about your green inventions.
We are all about sharing what people are doing to be green, and we know there some incredible green inventions out there, so let us know and we will help you.
You can email us at news (at) greenenergytv(dot) com Keep up the great work and we look forward to featuring your green inventions, solutions, and products! - Stay Green! -Craig
There's a video airing on our main site Green Energy TV that shows how we can power our vehicles without using oil. This comes at a time when the media is showing coverage of the recent oil spill and we will continue to see the coverage of the future effects.
One of the alternatives that Vestas Wind Systems demonstrates in the video is by combining Wind Power Technology, an Intelligent Grid and electric cars. This comes at a time when you will see more electric cars hitting the market later this year as well.
Check out the video titledIntelligent Grid and let us know your thoughts.
There's a lot behind the science and technology that goes into generating energy from wind.
A video airing on our main site Green Energy TV gives you a look at wind power technology and the engineers who are behind the creation of this renewable energy source.
The video features Engineers at Vestas and their process of designing, creating, testing and installing wind turbines.
The United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discusses the opportunities that exist for the US and China to work together on Green Energy, developing clean technologies, energy innovations and creating green jobs. The US Commerce Secretary visited Hong Kong on Asia Tour to promote Green Technology.
Gary Locke is leading the Obama Administration's first cabinet-level trade mission through China and Indonesia to promote US green energy technology.
I just saw the news from KTLA about the "Vegetable Viagra" for men.
The article talked about how instead of using Viagra, men should start eating celery. The authors of a new health book called "Stay Young: Ten Proven Steps to Ultimate Health" claim that eating celery boosts the pheromone levels in a man's sweat, making him more appealing to the fairer sex.
This is a green alternative to taking Viagra, but it did not say that celery helps men "get it up", so I am not sure about the comparison of being like "Vegetable Viagra".
According to the story, apparently, celery contains androstenone, a naturally occurring steroid, which increases pheromone secretion, according to the doctors and women will be attracted to men when your body secretes these scents.
Maybe I should start bottling celery as a new green cologne.
The Chevy Volt is ready to hit showrooms later this year. With the upcoming launch of Chevy's 2011 Volt at the end of this year, electric cars are quickly becoming a reality.
And although they may look and feel like "regular gas-powered cars" and give drivers the comfort they are used to, under the hood lays the car of the 21st century.
Using millions of computer simulations that allow more testing in less time, General Motors was able to build this electric car in less than five years. If fact, the powerful lithium-ion batteries that power the Volt. (Source: GM)
Check out the video Re-Inventing the Automobile that is airing onGreen Energy TV
General Motors just introduced the new EN-V Concept Vehicle at the Shanghai Expo.
GM's vision for urban transportation for the future in 2030 will include alternative fuel ideas and eco friendly ways for people to travel.
The EN-V (Electric Networked-Vehicle) represents the reinvention of the automobile and is part of the technology solution to make such a vision a reality.
Adopting a new automobile that combines electrification and connectivity, EN-V address the challenges associated with global urbanization and offers a future that is free from petroleum and emissions while making driving more fun and fashionable than ever before.
We recently covered the 5 finalists who were competing for the MIT Clean Energy Prize of $200,000 and the winner is:
#1. C3Nano, Inc. of Stanford University - a cross-cutting technology that will effectively increase the efficiency and thereby affordability of thin film solar photo-voltaic systems.
The Stanford Team's idea started out a a class project and is now the winner of $200,000 and C3Nano beat out 61 other teams from 35 schools.
Check out the video of C3Nano and the winning Pitch:
Here's the list of the 5 Business Ideas/Green Inventions that were competing:
ViaCycle -- an advanced bicycle sharing technology that allows easy deployment of affordable, sustainable bicycle transportation in cities, resorts and universities.
WINNER ---- C3Nano, Inc. -- a cross-cutting technology that will effectively increase the efficiency and thereby affordability of thin film solar photo-voltaic systems.
OsComp Systems -- a revolutionary new compression technology that significantly reduces the cost of natural gas production.
C-Crete Technologies -- a "nanoengineered" concrete that reduces CO2 emissions from the production of concrete. The most widely used manufactured material in the world.
Enertaq -- a system to manage energy use in large commercial buildings to balance the electrical grid minute-to-minute by adjusting electricity demand.
Congratulations to all the teams and we look forward to seeing your green inventions, eco friendly products and energy innovations put into place!
Improved cell efficiency reduces the levelized cost of energy by increasing the energy production from each wafer manufactured into a SunPower solar cell. For the same reason, increased efficiency reduces the cost per watt and cost per kilowatt-hour for feedstock and materials, depreciation and other manufacturing expenses, installation time, land and system operations, and related maintenance.
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