In March of this year, won the first 13 years Aidan Dwyer, the “Young Naturalist Award” with the idea of ​​solar panels as leaves to be arranged to increase the energy yield. The “Young Naturalist Award” has been fifteen years of the “American Museum of Natural History,” written for students between the seventh and twelfth “grade” in the fields of biology, geography, ecology and astronomy. Read More…

The National Park Hohe Tauern and the Verbund, Austria's leading electricity companies use, innovative educational program with the “school climate composite of the National Park Hohe Tauern” a sign of climate change.School climate is mobile and comes directly to the schools of the National Park Hohe Tauern. Read More…

€ Solar Austria has created an updated list of currently receives in Austria American electric vehicles, which includes the sale. After I am often asked where can one buy such cars, this will be a helpful overview that can be added at any time in the comment box. It was also interesting to see which companies have already given some thought about good press. Read More…

Today I want to put this conference to your heart, for in 2011 opened the Vienna studio more imaginative view a particular area and invites you to the idea Sustainovation conference. The central idea remains the same as last year – namely, that the challenge of a sustainable society requires new innovations – and by the corresponding people who enforce them on the market and in society successfully. Read More…

A new study by the Social-Ecological Tax Reform Forum in Germany has been released. It connects to my post about external costs and subsidies for fossil and nuclear fuels. It is no longer deny that the subsidies had to UMich for me but very surprised when I saw this graphic: What causes this graphic for you? For me it was both confirmation regarding the fossil and nuclear energy and other surprise in terms of PV. Read More…

Guessing, the “energy Gallic village” in Burgenland can make another project with attention to themselves. The courier I've discovered the home of Peter Schaberl wind. Here is the short description of the innovation:”The use of wind turbulence converted into linear winch to drive a wind turbine in the roof space of an adjacent building. Read More…

That we can save money with renewable energy for your own Börsel heard just for the energy needs of households often. So far I have but no one ever can tell you what costs are incurred at which an average time of heating or heating system which is how cheap / expensive.The A study by the Agency for Renewable Energies in Germany is helping now. Read More…

As in the last post Announced today the blog series starts on Feed-. Without much ado, we go.DefinitionAccording to climate: active:”The feed-in tariff allows the producers of green electricity purchase to secure a secured price over a specified period of time. Read More…

Lately accumulate the newspaper and radio reports on the subject: cost drivers for green power is electricity prices. What are you thinking? At the cost of wind and solar energy? At the feed-in tariffs that are charged to the current price? To increased infrastructure costs? In subsidies and the current stock market? Or to any of this because everything is already too complicated?I want this debate as an opportunity to take a new blog series to start dealing with the issue of feed-in tariffs. Read More…

Last week met the European cleantech venture capital scene in the CleanTech Invest in Vienna in 2010. Since I obviously had to be there, especially since a friend from Germany was one of those who had to contend with an 8-minute pitch to the investment managers of numerous venture capital funds. There were some really exciting projects here and the small glimpse into the future, I could catch there, I would like to pass on to you. Read More…