Ecovolving http://ecovolving.com Your Environmental Network and Consultant - a new generation of thinking. Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:26:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 California Says Goodbye to Plastic Bags http://ecovolving.com/california-says-goodbye-to-plastic-bags/ http://ecovolving.com/california-says-goodbye-to-plastic-bags/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:39:49 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=465 “California Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic shopping bags.

Hawaii has had a de facto statewide ban for nearly two years, but because each of the four major islands is a county, the bag bans were approved county by county.

Senate Bill 270 will phase out single-use plastic bags across the entire state of California.”

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]]> http://ecovolving.com/california-says-goodbye-to-plastic-bags/feed/ 0 $100B invested in wind or solar will produce more energy than oil http://ecovolving.com/100b-invested-in-wind-or-solar-will-produce-more-energy-than-oil/ http://ecovolving.com/100b-invested-in-wind-or-solar-will-produce-more-energy-than-oil/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2014 10:43:38 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=452 “Kepler Chevreux, a French investment bank, has produced a fascinating analysis that has dramatic implications for the global oil industry. The investment bank estimates that $100 billion invested in either wind energy or solar energy – and deployed as energy for light and commercial vehicles – will produce significantly more energy than that same $100 billion invested in oil.”…

http://www.impactlab.net/2014/09/18/100b-invested-in-wind-or-solar-will-produce-more-energy-than-oil/

 

]]> http://ecovolving.com/100b-invested-in-wind-or-solar-will-produce-more-energy-than-oil/feed/ 0 Amount of wind energy in Austria could go up 400% by 2030 http://ecovolving.com/amount-of-wind-energy-in-austria-could-go-up-400-by-2030/ http://ecovolving.com/amount-of-wind-energy-in-austria-could-go-up-400-by-2030/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:38:39 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=450 German article:
“Die Anzahl der Windräder wird sich allerdings nur verdoppeln. Windkraft würde damit 24 Prozent des Stromverbrauchs abdecken. Das geht aus einer Studie der Windkraftbranche hervor.

Österreichs Windräder erzeugen derzeit mit einer Leistung von mehr als 1900 Megawatt 6,5 Prozent des heimischen Stromverbrauchs. Das 2011 beschlossene Ökostromgesetz sieht vor, das bis 2020 auf 3000 MW auszubauen. Laut einer IG-Windkraft-Studie sind sogar 3800 MW realisierbar. Bis 2030 werden 6.650 MW als umsetzbar geschätzt – damit würde die Windkraft 24 Prozent des Stromverbrauchs abdecken.”…

http://diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/energie/3872219/Windenergie-konnte-sich-bis-2030-vervierfachen

 

 

]]> http://ecovolving.com/amount-of-wind-energy-in-austria-could-go-up-400-by-2030/feed/ 0 New transparent solar panels could fit invisibly over windows and phone screens http://ecovolving.com/new-transparent-solar-panels-could-fit-invisibly-over-windows-and-phone-screens/ http://ecovolving.com/new-transparent-solar-panels-could-fit-invisibly-over-windows-and-phone-screens/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:47:52 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=456 “…a new type of solar panel has arrived. It isn’t ugly, inconvenient or loud; in fact, it’s practically invisible. The panel, developed by a team at Michigan University, is transparent, and could be used to fit over windows – or tablets, electronic signs or mobile phones.

This technology is a step forward from similar panels, which are see-through but tinted, and therefore less useful. As Richard R. Lunt, one of the new panel’s creators, puts it: “No one wants to sit behind coloured glass.””…

http://www.citymetric.com/new-transparent-solar-panels-could-fit-invisibly-over-windows-and-phone-screens


Source: citymetric.com

]]> http://ecovolving.com/new-transparent-solar-panels-could-fit-invisibly-over-windows-and-phone-screens/feed/ 0 Thinking big – Dubai to Build New 50 Million Sq Ft Climate-Controlled City http://ecovolving.com/thinking-big-dubai-to-build-new-50-million-sq-ft-climate-controlled-city/ http://ecovolving.com/thinking-big-dubai-to-build-new-50-million-sq-ft-climate-controlled-city/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2014 15:34:13 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=447 Always pushing the limits of posh possibility, this latest endeavor aims to put an entire urban center in a temperature-controlled bubble of indoor spaces, centered around a vast Mall of the World.

 

http://weburbanist.com/2014/07/12/dubai-to-build-new-50-million-sq-ft-climate-controlled-city/

Source: http://weburbanist.com

]]> http://ecovolving.com/thinking-big-dubai-to-build-new-50-million-sq-ft-climate-controlled-city/feed/ 0 In Two Years, Denmark’s Wind Power Will Be Half the Cost of Fossil Fuels http://ecovolving.com/in-two-years-denmarks-wind-power-will-be-half-the-cost-of-fossil-fuels/ http://ecovolving.com/in-two-years-denmarks-wind-power-will-be-half-the-cost-of-fossil-fuels/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:29:24 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=444 “Wind power is officially the cheapest source of energy in Denmark, according to the nation’s government—and by 2016, it claims the electricity whipped up by its newest turbines will be half the price of fossil fuels like coal and natural gas.”..

 

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/in-two-years-wind-power-will-be-half-the-cost-of-fossil-fuels-in-denmark

 

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]]> http://ecovolving.com/in-two-years-denmarks-wind-power-will-be-half-the-cost-of-fossil-fuels/feed/ 0 Germany is #1 in the World for Energy Efficiency http://ecovolving.com/germany-is-1-in-the-world-for-energy-efficiency/ http://ecovolving.com/germany-is-1-in-the-world-for-energy-efficiency/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:24:20 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=441 “Germany is a prime example of a nation that has made energy efficiency a top priority,” ACEEE Executive Director Steven Nadel said in a press release. “The United States, long considered an innovative and competitive world leader, has progressed slowly and has made limited progress since our last report, even as Germany, Italy, China, and other nations surge ahead.”..

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/21/germany-1-world-energy-efficiency/

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]]> http://ecovolving.com/germany-is-1-in-the-world-for-energy-efficiency/feed/ 0 Germany produces half of energy with solar http://ecovolving.com/germany-produces-half-of-energy-with-solar/ http://ecovolving.com/germany-produces-half-of-energy-with-solar/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2014 12:47:23 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=356 “Germany produced a record 50 percent of its electricity needs through solar panel at the start of June, breaking a huge milestone on its march to renewable energy.
“German solar demonstrated just what it is capable of in the first two weeks of June,” said Tobias Rothacher, expert for renewable energies at Germany Trade & Invest, the country’s economic development agency.

Analysis from the Fraunhofer ISE research institute showed solar panels in Germany generated a record 24.24 GW of electricity between 1pm and 2pm on Friday, June 6th.

And on Monday June 9th, which was a national holiday, solar power production peaked at 23.1 GW, which equalled 50.6 percent of total electricity demand – setting another milestone…”

http://www.thelocal.de//20140619/germany-produces-half-of-electricity-needs-with-solar-power

Source: DPA

]]> http://ecovolving.com/germany-produces-half-of-energy-with-solar/feed/ 0 Pacific nation halts commercial fishing as an investment in the future http://ecovolving.com/pacific-nation-halts-commercial-fishing-as-an-investment-in-the-future/ http://ecovolving.com/pacific-nation-halts-commercial-fishing-as-an-investment-in-the-future/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:19:06 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=337 “If you think of the ocean as a bank account in which everybody withdraws but nobody makes a deposit, then protected marine reserves are like savings accounts that produce interest…”

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140616-kiribati-marine-park-commercial-fishing-ocean-protection/

PHOTOGRAPH BY BRIAN SKERRY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

]]> http://ecovolving.com/pacific-nation-halts-commercial-fishing-as-an-investment-in-the-future/feed/ 0 Chile’s 100MW solar power project officially open http://ecovolving.com/chiles-largest-solar-power-project-officially-open/ http://ecovolving.com/chiles-largest-solar-power-project-officially-open/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:42:25 +0000 http://ecovolving.com/?p=303 “The 100 megawatt Amanercer Solar CAP Power plant in Chile has been officially opened.

The plant, which was inaugurated on June 6 by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, is the largest photovoltaic solar power project in Latin America and one of the largest in the world…”

http://www.ecoseed.org/renewables/solar/17595-chile-s-largest-solar-power-project-officially-open

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