http://thinfilmsolarpanels.net Thin Film Solar Panels Are Here Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:07:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A team of researchers at UCLA has developed a new way to make super-fast graphene transistors that are comparable to transistors that use more expensive (and toxic) materials. If successful commercially, the new graphene based technology could play a key role in energy conservation and waste reduction related to the ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/09/04/graphene-gate-opens-the-door-to-smaller-faster-less-toxic-electronics/ In a truly staggering breakthrough in LED intensity that will have wide ramifications on electricity use worldwide, the Finnish LED producer Obelux has developed by far the most powerful white flashing LED of all time. In response to aviation industry requests, Obelux created a flashing High Intensity LED that delivers ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/09/04/this-brilliant-led-is-20000-times-more-powerful/ Put this one in the category of every cloud has a silver lining: E. coli, the bacteria notorious for contaminating food products from lettuce to  ground beef, could also play a key role in developing the next generation of biofuels. A team of scientists from Rutgers University is working with ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/09/04/killer-bacteria-could-breathe-new-life-into-biofuel-production/ Researchers at the University of California have developed a  smart phone chip that could spur a new generation of more efficient mobile electronic devices.  In turn, a more energy efficient device would enable the more widespread use of solar energy and other forms of renewable energy for battery recharging. The new ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/09/04/dark-silicon-could-lead-to-bright-future-for-solar-powered-smart-phones/ Norway has continued to live up to its clean energy reputation by publishing its first annual report on the Clean Energy for Development Initiative.  This details nearly $130m worth of funds spent by the Norwegian Government on clean energy projects across the developing world in 2008-9, double the amount budgeted ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/09/02/clean-energy-aid-leadership-from-norway/ In the first emissions trading to be introduced outside of Europe, the New Zealand government has just launched a cap and trade system to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 10 and 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, UPI is reporting. New Zealand imports most of its oil, ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/09/02/new-zealand-launches-cap-and-trade-as-off-shore-oil-giants-move-in/ In a sign of things to come for corporate activism, The Gap, Timberland, Levi Strauss and Walgreens have just joined Whole Foods and Bed, Bath and Beyond in a boycott of petroleum products sourced from the notorious Alberta Tar Sands. As reported by Bob Weber of The Canadian Press, Federal ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/08/31/boycott-of-petroleum-products-from-alberta-tar-sands-gathers-steam/ In a last-minute race to the finish-line, the CEC has approved a staggering 2,800 MW (or 3 GW) of solar projects this month in California. Among them are Tessera Solar’s 709 MW Imperial Valley Solar project in Imperial County (scaled down from 750 MW, by BLM request) and ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/08/31/recovery-act-propels-3-gw-of-solar-projects-to-front-in-california/ Solar industry powerhouse Sunpower Corp. is busy creating new green jobs in the renewable energy sector, the latest endeavor being a group of contracts for a minimum of 20 megawatts in new solar installations for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, General Services Administration and National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  All together, ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/08/30/sunpower-corp-sparks-1000-new-green-jobs-with-solar-installations-for-u-s-government/ Following close on the heels of the U.S. Army, which just activated its first wind power project at the Tooele Army Depot in Utah, the U.S. Coast Guard is diving into wind power, too. The new turbine has been installed at the Coast Guard’s Southwest Harbor Base in Maine. The new ... http://cleantechnica.com/2010/08/30/u-s-coast-guard-goes-for-wind-power/