Solar area lighting: a bright idea for illuminating ports

Port authorities are continually faced with the challenge of balancing environmentally sustainable, economically viable, and socially responsible operations. As environmental protection moves to the forefront of concerns in today’s world, the need to incorporate...

Carmanah CEO sees brighter times for solar demand

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The recession will end, the chief executive of Canadian solar equipment maker Carmanah Technologies Corp likes to say, and the bright light at the end of the tunnel is solar powered. But the timing of that recovery remains murky, and customers...

LED Complete: A New Standard for Lighted Aids

As Coast Guard Aids to Navigation units work toward completing the transition from incandescent lanterns to the newer LED lights, USCGC FIR offers some observations from the past years of its own transition. FIR recently completed the transition to LED lanterns on all...

Ecuador Eliminating Fossil Fuel Use in the Galapagos

The Galapagos Islands rank right up there with the Amazon and the Serengeti as one of the richest and best known, yet fragile and threatened, ecosystems in the world. Now, the Ecuadoran government is looking to a range of alternative energy resources to make sure it...

Going for green without the red ink

Ted Lattimore has some advice for green technology start-ups trying to make sales in tough times. Focus less on touting the greenness of your business and more on making an economic case for your product. “You have to have something economically viable in order...

Power Up with Solar

In our increasingly connected world, we depend on specialized monitoring and communications technology to help manage industrial assets, facilitate efficient transportation systems and maintain contact across vast distances. Every day, advanced flow and condition...