Archive for the 'energy generation' Category
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #015 (MP3 - 14MB - 37min)
On this weeks show our topic is combined heat and power (CHP). One of the leading companies in Australia developing CHP solutions is GridX Power. Craig is a co-founder of the business, chief operating officer and is responsible for new business development in Australia and internationally. [...]
Posted in Combined Heat and Power, Distributed Generation, General, Podcast, Propoerty Development, clean tech, cleantech, energy generation | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
The Cleantech Show #002 (MP3 - 10MB - 30min)
This weeks podcast is an interview with Dr. Tim Finnigan, Founder and CEO of Biopower Systems, a distributed ocean power technology company.
On the show Tim and I discuss the company’s novel approach to harnessing ocean power, including their tidal current power technology bioStream and wave power technology [...]
Posted in Podcast, alternative energy, australasia, ceo, cleantech, climate change, company, distributed energy, energy generation, environment, ocean power, sustainability, tidal, wave | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 11th, 2007
The cost of solar PV is dropping - or will shortly according to solar PV concentrator manufacturer Soliant Energy.
Solar concentrator technologies allow the same level of light to be captured often as a traditional panel technology. However they drastically reduce the cost of the photovoltaic components by concentrating the incident sunlight onto a much smaller [...]
Posted in PV, cleantech, climate change, company, concentrator, distributed energy, energy generation, environment, photo voltaic, solar, sustainability | No Comments »
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
I’m currently reading Clive Hamilton’s new book “Scorcher - the dirty politics of climate change”. And its a real eye opener on what’s happening in Australian Politics particularly over the last 10 years of the Howard government. We all know how the Australian Government has really dragged its heals regarding action on climate [...]
Posted in CSIRO, alternative energy, cleantech, climate change, energy generation, environment, public opinion, renewable energy, research, survey, sustainability | No Comments »
Friday, April 27th, 2007
This interesting article just came across my desk. It presents research and advancements in the area of Biomass pyrolysis and char sequestration. See the story below.
Posted in alternative fuels, biomass, carbon sequestration, cleantech, climate change, energy generation, environment, research, sustainability | 1 Comment »
