http://www.apesphere.com Primates for progress Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:03:14 GMT en /images/apesphere_logo_rss.gif http://www.apesphere.com Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:03:14 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2159/2010/01/11/�100bn_wind_farm_plan_heralds_green_energy_era Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/2159/2010/01/11/�100bn_wind_farm_plan_heralds_green_energy_era Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:53:04 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2150/2010/01/08/New_Intelligent_Wind_Turbines_ldquoSeerdquo_the_Wind Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/2150/2010/01/08/New_Intelligent_Wind_Turbines_ldquoSeerdquo_the_Wind Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:36:50 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2136/2010/01/07/Qatar_plans_1bn_solar_power_project Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/2136/2010/01/07/Qatar_plans_1bn_solar_power_project Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:05:24 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2123/2010/01/06/The_Copenhagen_Summit_Lost_Moment_or_Huge_Opportunity 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http://www.apesphere.com/story/1925/2009/09/28/In_defence_of_financial_innovation Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:30:20 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1866/2009/09/23/IBMs_Smart_Grid_Test_Run_Cuts_Power_Use_by_15_Percent Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1866/2009/09/23/IBMs_Smart_Grid_Test_Run_Cuts_Power_Use_by_15_Percent Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:12:27 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1817/2009/09/18/Turning_Trash_Into_Fuel Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1817/2009/09/18/Turning_Trash_Into_Fuel Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:04:31 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1815/2009/09/18/Enter_Gigawatts_Solar_Power_Comes_of_Age Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1815/2009/09/18/Enter_Gigawatts_Solar_Power_Comes_of_Age Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:03:31 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1798/2009/09/17/Worldrsquos_First_Algae_Powered_Car_Unveiled Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1798/2009/09/17/Worldrsquos_First_Algae_Powered_Car_Unveiled Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:29:15 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1773/2009/09/16/Green_batteries_from_Cladophora_algae Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1773/2009/09/16/Green_batteries_from_Cladophora_algae Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:26:25 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1752/2009/09/15/EU_climate_scientist_casts_doubt_on_geo-engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1752/2009/09/15/EU_climate_scientist_casts_doubt_on_geo-engineering Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:30:27 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1730/2009/09/13/Google_plans_new_mirror_for_cheaper_solar_power Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1730/2009/09/13/Google_plans_new_mirror_for_cheaper_solar_power Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:06:13 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1710/2009/09/12/GMs_Spark_looking_to_ride_on_Revas_technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1710/2009/09/12/GMs_Spark_looking_to_ride_on_Revas_technology Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:05:44 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1589/2009/09/04/Fulcrum_BioEnergy_Squeezes_Fuel_From_Garbage Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1589/2009/09/04/Fulcrum_BioEnergy_Squeezes_Fuel_From_Garbage Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:06:33 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1576/2009/09/04/Uni_Researchers_Get_33KYr_from_Medical_Industry-1 Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1576/2009/09/04/Uni_Researchers_Get_33KYr_from_Medical_Industry-1 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:58:36 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1409/2009/08/27/Synthetic_trees_and_algae_may_counter_climate_change Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1409/2009/08/27/Synthetic_trees_and_algae_may_counter_climate_change Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:21:39 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1399/2009/08/25/China_speeding_ahead_of_US_in_solar_energy Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1399/2009/08/25/China_speeding_ahead_of_US_in_solar_energy Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:36:10 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1382/2009/08/24/Honda_reported_to_be_planning_electric_car_launch_in_US Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1382/2009/08/24/Honda_reported_to_be_planning_electric_car_launch_in_US Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:30:14 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1381/2009/08/24/Social_entrepreneurship_on_the_rise_in_India Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1381/2009/08/24/Social_entrepreneurship_on_the_rise_in_India Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:20:17 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1340/2009/06/25/US_govt_lends_automakers_8bn_to_build_green_cars Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1340/2009/06/25/US_govt_lends_automakers_8bn_to_build_green_cars The Obama administration is to lend $5.9 billion to Ford Motor Co and $2.1 billion to Nissan and Tesla to develop fuel efficient vehicles. ]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:52:16 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1326/2009/06/21/Solar_from_Africa_Desertec_begins_search_for_funds-1 Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1326/2009/06/21/Solar_from_Africa_Desertec_begins_search_for_funds-1 It would be the biggest Concentrating Solar Power on earth, built in the North African desert to supply Europe with power. ]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:03:12 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1323/2009/06/21/Defense_contractors_apply_their_skills_to_renewables Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1323/2009/06/21/Defense_contractors_apply_their_skills_to_renewables If you've developed space travel vehicles, you know about solar energy and the robust management of electricity grid feed-ins. ]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:40:36 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1309/2009/06/17/Analysis_Will_South_Africa_turn_to_Cape_winds Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1309/2009/06/17/Analysis_Will_South_Africa_turn_to_Cape_winds Faced with energy shortages, the climate might be right for budding wind energy entrepreneurs. ]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:40:33 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/blog/34/2009/06/16/Iran_business_models_and_the_right_to_tweet_speech Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/blog/34/2009/06/16/Iran_business_models_and_the_right_to_tweet_speech Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:06:15 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1289/2009/06/11/Now_a_solar_powered_phone_for_59_bucks Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1289/2009/06/11/Now_a_solar_powered_phone_for_59_bucks Cool. Samsung South West Asia announces the launch of a solar-powered phone priced at 2,799 rupees, or $59 US. ]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:30:24 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1247/2009/06/03/Australias_biggest_wind_farm_receives_go-ahead Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1247/2009/06/03/Australias_biggest_wind_farm_receives_go-ahead 600 wind turbines are to built in western New South Wales at Silverton, near Broken Hill. ]]> Mon, 25 May 2009 19:54:56 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1205/2009/05/25/Successful_micro_loan_group_remains_non-profit Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1205/2009/05/25/Successful_micro_loan_group_remains_non-profit Wed, 13 May 2009 12:26:57 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1138/2009/05/13/Worlds_biggest_offshore_wind_farm_gets_go_ahead Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1138/2009/05/13/Worlds_biggest_offshore_wind_farm_gets_go_ahead The Thames Array will comprise 175 wind turbines located 12 miles off the Kent and Essex coast. ]]> Mon, 11 May 2009 10:51:25 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1129/2009/05/11/China_beating_US_on_clean_coal_tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1129/2009/05/11/China_beating_US_on_clean_coal_tech China has been getting on top of the technology required for so-called "clean coal" energy production, driving down their costs in the process. ]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:37:09 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1016/2009/04/17/Frothy_fuels_the_biofuels_bubble-1 Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1016/2009/04/17/Frothy_fuels_the_biofuels_bubble-1 BusinessWeek has done an analysis piece arguing that biofuel innovation is destined to benefit the existing oil majors, not the VC-funded startups. ]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:45:44 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1008/2009/04/15/Genetically_engineered_crops_ineffective Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/1008/2009/04/15/Genetically_engineered_crops_ineffective UCS report: "despite 20 years of research and 13 years of commercialization, genetic engineering has failed to significantly increase US crop yields ]]> Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:09:26 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/972/2009/04/09/Black_carbon_Silver_bullet Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/972/2009/04/09/Black_carbon_Silver_bullet For the Arctic region at least, there may be a relatively quick fix for a major contributor to climate change according to a Nature Geoscience article ]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:37:13 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/935/2009/04/06/Rugged_collectivism_in_the_USA_1BOG_goes_national Innovation & Entrepreneurship http://www.apesphere.com/story/935/2009/04/06/Rugged_collectivism_in_the_USA_1BOG_goes_national The NY Times has a nice piece about 1BOG, or One Block Off The Grid, a Virgance-owned company that organizes neighbors to buy collective sola ]]>