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Norway Launches Energy + To Promote Alternative Energy

October 14, 2011

The Norwegian government yesterday launched a global initiative to finance access to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low carbon development in developing countries. Technorati Tags: Energy, Energy For All, Norway, UN Related Posts:Norway to start testing world’s largest wind turbineUnited Nations Prioritizes Renewable EnergySiemens Promotes Smart Grid Technology Innovation ContestBlog Action Day 2010: WaterBiofuel Enzyme [...]

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Siemens Promotes Smart Grid Technology Innovation Contest

June 6, 2011

If you are a smart grid expert and have a brilliant idea, you may win $21,000 and a trip to Berlin, Germany to meet with Siemens Smart Grid Experts. The technology giant will choose five winners as part of a contest to identify five top sustainable business or technology proposals. The deadline to submit a [...]

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Food For Thought: Food Waste Equals Energy Waste

October 5, 2010

New research tells us that wasting food, a common habit of people in the developed world, also wastes energy. And a lot of it. Technorati Tags: Energy, food waste, Research, University of Texas Related Posts:Norway Launches Energy + To Promote Alternative EnergyMore Funding For Cellulosic Ethanol ResearchSiemens Promotes Smart Grid Technology Innovation ContestAlgae Yield Increases [...]

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Saving energy: Microsoft launches tool to measure energy usage

June 11, 2010

The software company has launched the Hohm Score, a tool to create an estimate of a home’s energy efficiency in the U.S., offered as part of the company’s free online home energy management tool, Microsoft Hohm. Technorati Tags: Energy, Microsoft, Microsoft Hohm, saving energy, widget Related Posts:Norway Launches Energy + To Promote Alternative EnergySiemens Promotes [...]

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Non-profit takes solar-powered mobile technology to developing world

June 7, 2010

A Boston non-profit organization is taking technology to communities around the globe and best of all, it is doing so with solar power. Technorati Tags: Business, Energy, Non-profit organization, Renewable, Renewable energy, Solar, Solar power, Technology Related Posts:Happy World Environment DaySolar power: the future, the present and the pastNorway to start testing world’s largest wind [...]

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