University of British Columbia

Industry-leading Auto West BMW in British Columbia has worked with Cleanfield Alternative Energy Inc. to install the first commercial, vertical axis wind turbine on Canada's West Coast - set to be unveiled July 27th.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) continues to set the bar for advancements in global renewable energy research by working on a project that will see the production of enough green energy to power 1500 homes. In addition, the university reports that the projects will eliminate nearly 4500 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the campus.

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As renewable energy and clean technologies continue to boom and establish stronger positions in the energy industry, new companies with groundbreaking concepts, technologies, and ideas are popping up almost daily.  In order to move from concept to commercialization, these startup companies require capital from investors.

In British Columbia, Canada, there is a pretty strong appetite for sustainability - whether on energy, green buildings, transportation, you name it.

As recently discovered with tobacco, the latest improvements in biofuel production are being found at the genetic level.

Another week has come and gone.  And, what a week it was.  Some may say renewable energies and technologies are expensive, insignificant, or a waste of money.  However, no one can ever claim renewable energies are not exciting.  Once again this week was littered with unusual, spectacular, wildly creative, and downright crazy inventions and ideas for generating clean energy.&

The hottest two things going right now are vampires and renewable energy. Okay, so maybe vampires are slightly hotter among teenagers and bored women approaching middle age. But it was inevitable that someone would put the two together.