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A Tour of Europe’s First Electric Car Battery Switch Station (Video)

10:00 am in Business & Politics, cars, Cars & Transportation, electric cars, europe by TreeHugger

better-place-denmark-switch-station.jpg This is an entry in my series on Denmark's myriad efforts in the climate and clean energy arena, and why they seem to work. I'm trying to find out if Denmark-ifying societies around the world might stop climate change ... Image credit: Better Place The complaints about electric cars really just boil down to two persistent talking points: a) they're too expensive and b) they limit mobility. There are other gripes, sure, but none that...Read the full story on TreeHugger

How Just 3% of Denmark’s Trash Ends Up in a Landfill (Video)

11:57 am in Business & Politics, clean energy, europe, waste by TreeHugger

Anlaeg_skorsten.ashx.jpg This is an entry in my series on Denmark's myriad efforts in the climate and clean energy arena, and why they seem to work. I'm trying to find out if Denmark-ifying societies around the world might stop climate change ... Photo courtesy of Amfork.dk Back in 1970, Amagerforbrænding, a waste-to-energy plant, was opened outside of Copenhagen. Over the years, the city added upgrades -- the plant generates 26 MW of power, and provides distr...Read the full story on TreeHugger

A Giant, Man-Made Island Could Act as a Battery for Wind Power

2:21 pm in alternative energy, clean energy, europe, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

green-power-island-wind-energy-battery.jpg This is an entry in my series on Denmark's myriad efforts in the climate and clean energy arena, and why they seem to work. I'm trying to find out if Denmark-ifying societies around the world might stop climate change ... Images courtesy of GreenPowerIsland.dk Yesterday, I reported that Denmark may one day rely primarily on wind power -- an energy ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

It’s Time to Denmark-ify Our Cities: A Copenhagen Case Study

12:00 pm in Business & Politics, clean energy, denmark, energy efficiency, europe by TreeHugger

denmarkify-cities-copenhagen.jpg Photo: Mik Hartwell via Wikimedia Commons/CC BY If we're going to consider trying to Denmark-ify societies around the world, perhaps the first thing we should do is make sure that people would actually want to live in those societies. So let's take a closer look at Denmark's capital, Copenhagen. Along with being the most populous city in the nation (the greater metropolitan area is home to just under 2 million people), it's t...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Denmark to be 42% Wind-Powered by 2020–100% by 2050?

10:11 am in Business & Politics, denmark, europe, wind power by TreeHugger

wind-power-denmark-2050.jpg This is an entry in my series on Denmark's myriad efforts in the climate and clean energy arena, and why they seem to work. I'm trying to find out if Denmark-ifying societies around the world might stop climate change ... Photo credit: C.G.P. Grey via Flickr/CC BY Denmark is already powered by an impressive amount of wind power -- the nation of five and a half million meets nearly 20% of its energy from wind farms. But in Read the full story on TreeHugger

ROCK REUSE RECYCLE at Rock-A-Field Festival

3:22 am in 100 mile diet, alternative energy, bottled water, concerts, Culture & Celebrity, europe, events, luxembourg, music, public transportation, Take Action, waste by TreeHugger

Rock-a-field festival photo Last weekend I experienced what was for me the greenest music festival so far. And not only because at Rock-A-Field in Luxembourg you actually get to rock a lush green field surrounded by dense forest. The organisers of RAF also set an example of how to lower the environmental impact of 18,000-plus festival goers and 15 bands (amongst which Arcade Fire and the Arctic Monkeys) without s...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Life in Denmark’s Super-Low Energy Suburb, Stenlose South

3:19 pm in Business & Politics, denmark, energy efficiency, europe by TreeHugger

This is an entry in my series on Denmark's myriad efforts in the climate and clean energy arena, and why they seem to work. I'm trying to find out if Denmark-ifying societies around the world might stop climate change ... Denmark's energy efficiency mandates mean that new homes built there use less energy than in most places in the world. But in 2003, a new development outside of Copenhagen doubled down, and decided to slash even that usage in half. As a result, Read the full story on TreeHugger

Small World: France & Texas Face Similar, Severe Drought Impacts

10:34 pm in Business & Politics, climate change effects, europe, france, texas, usa by TreeHugger

central nuclear plant france photo "Central nuclear Marnay sur Seine." Image credit:Flickr, lamon Texas has a real Texas-size problem on its hands with Frackers Firefighters And Farmers Competing For Water. Similar severe drought-caused problems are shaping up now in parts of Europe. French farmers face lost wheat production, for example. The famed nuclear fleet of France, mostly dependent on single-pass river water cooling systems, may have to consider shut downs...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Dutch Team Drives Electric Nissan LEAF 779.19 Miles… in 24 Hours (Video)

5:29 pm in cars, electric cars, electric vehicles, europe, Science & Technology, transportation by TreeHugger

nissan-leaf-24-hours-trip-photo Image: Youtube capture 1,254 Electric Kilometers in a Day on the Dutch Highway A team of intrepid dutch men decided to see how far they could go with a Nissan LEAF electric car over 24 hours by using public fast-charging stations. The video (below) is a very convincing argument in favor of increasing the number of these fast-charging stations; on most days they wouldn't even be needed, but on longer trips, it wouldn't be too inconvenient to stop and have a coffee while the car recharges. And that's why current technology... Soon batteries will have bigger ranges and withstand even faster ch...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Feed-in Tariffs Rule, and This is Why (Video)

3:42 pm in alternative energy, Business & Politics, europe, solar power, united states, wind power by TreeHugger

Most folks in the United States would be forgiven for never having heard of a feed-in tariff. While quite popular -- and effective -- in nations like Germany, England (just see Sami's recent post for a testimonial), and around 50 others, renewable energy advocates have had trouble drumming up mass support for the idea here in the states. Which is too bad -- FITs hold the potential for spurring a surge in mid-to-small scale renewable energy projects, and invigorating the market for clean...Read the full story on TreeHugger