News tagged with energy parks

Landsat satellites track Yellowstone's underground heat

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yellowstone National Park sits on top of a vast, ancient, and still active volcano. Heat pours off its underground magma chamber, and is the fuel for Yellowstone's famous features -- more ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Germany's biggest solar park inaugurated

Germany's largest solar park, and the world's second biggest, was inaugurated on Thursday on the site of a former Soviet military training ground in the east of the country.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3

No such thing as free parking: Nationwide study demonstrates high environmental cost

Next time you're searching for a parking space and someone grabs a spot from right in front of you, it might seem like the last space left on Earth, but ponder this: there are at least 500 million empty spaces ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

South Africa gets $250mn loan for wind, solar power

South Africa signed a $250-million (183-million-euro) loan deal with the World Bank on Monday aimed at adding 200 Megawatts of solar and wind power to the coal-dependent country's grid.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wind turbines set out to conquer Sweden's great north

While community opposition often blocks or hampers new wind power projects, Sweden has managed to break ground for Europe's largest wind park counting more than 1,000 giant turbines, with barely a whisper ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Report: Use 'brownfields' as energy parks

Northwest Michigan could generate hundreds of new jobs and generate enough electricity for thousands of its residents by converting abandoned factories and other brownfield sites for renewable energy production.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0