Cleantech

On October 28, 1994 Calvin Souther Fuller passed away at his home in Vero Beach, Florida.  He was 92.  Born on May 25th, 1902, Fuller’s legacy includes 33 patents, including how to purify [...]

On October 19, 1941, the world’s first megawatt-size wind turbine delivers power to an electric utility grid, on Grandpa’s Knob, Castleton, Vermont. Do to mechanical failures, the [...]

On October 16, 1973, OPEC announced its decision to raise the posted price of oil by 70%, to $5.11 a barrel. The resulting oil embargo was “in response to the U.S. decision to re-supply the [...]

If you listen to NPR pledge breaks you've heard about the wind up radio thank-you gift. Ever wonder why these radios only just started showing up in the past 15 years? That's because the British [...]

In 1974, a small sandbar island about 2 miles across was discovered in the Bay of Bengal. In March of 2010 it disappeared. Oceanographers say the island’s demise is a demonstration of melting [...]

If you’re reading this post, you probably already know clean technology products and services represent an immense and growing market. Some see least a $10 billion of market opportunity in 2010, [...]

Today is Blog Action Day.  It’s a day when thousands of bloggers participate in a global conversation around a single, worldwide issue. This year’s topic is the lack of access to [...]

On July 17, 1891, English electrical engineer, Willoughby Smith died in East Bourne, Sussex.  He discovered the photo conductivity of the element selenium. This discovery later led to the [...]

June 20th honors the death of German physicist Wilhelm Hallwachs (b. Darmstadt Germany, 9 July 1859; d. Dresden, Germany, 20 June 1922).  As an experimental physicist, he laid the foundations for [...]