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| MIT Unveils Oil-Skimming Robot Swarm Prototype |  |
| destinyland writes "Today MIT reveals a swarm of autonomous floating robots that can digest an oil spill. The 16-foot robots drag a nanowire mesh that acts like a conveyor belt to soak up surface oil `like paper towels soak up water,` absorbing 20 times its weight and then harmlessly `digesting` the oil by burning it off. Powered by 21.5 square feet of solar panels, the `Seaswarm` robots run on the power of a lightbulb, and with just 100 watts `could potentially clean continuously for weeks` without human intervention, MIT announced. The swarm uses GPS data and communicates wirelessly to move as a coordinated group to `corral, absorb and process` oil spills, and MIT researchers estimate that a fleet of 5,000 could clean up a gulf-sized spill within one month." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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| Cape Wind power deal challenged | |
| The primary Cape Wind opposition group is asking the state Department of Public Utilities to dismiss proposed contracts to sell power from the project. |
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| Senators weigh in on renewable energy at Nevada Forum | |
| 25 to laud the Air Force for its leadership in green initiatives and offer support in finding safe, compatible ways to continue renewable energy without impeding military training missions. |
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| Pleasanton tire store uses solar power to reduce energy bills | |
| As the mercury crept past the triple-digit mark Wednesday, Bruce Cherry welcomed the steady barrage of sunshine hitting the roof at his Big O Tires shop. |
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| Becker Underwood Purchases 7.9 Mil. kWh of Green Power | |
| Becker Underwood purchased 7.9 million kWh of wind RECs, equivalent to 100 percent of its electricity use. The Green-e certified RECs were supplied by Renewable Choice Energy. |
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| Marin Energy Authority Purchases 25% Green Power | |
| Marin Energy Authority is purchasing more than 42 million kWh annually, enough to meet 25 percent of electricity use for its communities in Marin County. The purchase is of biogas, biomass, and wind through Shell Energy North America. |
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| Austin Energy Plans to Install Solar at Community Sites | |
| Austin Energy will procure up to 2 MW of solar modules over a 3-year period, at a cost of $1.85/watt, and plans to install solar at buildings in its service territory. The panels are expected to generate 2.7 million kWh annually. |
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| Energy-saving program faces opposition | |
| Heralded as the program that would kick-start a wave of energy-efficiency jobs, as well as propel the movement toward clean, renewable energy, the Property Assessed Clean Energy program has all but ground to a halt, due to opposition from federal regulators and mortgage lenders. |
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| Perspectives: Federal subsidies are a battery-dead idea | |
| In the current hype about electric vehicles, too little attention has been paid to the checkered history of subsidizing alternative energy technologies. |
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