Those down-to-earth dwellings called yurts are the latest home away from home for the green generation.
Adam Rome's genial new book, "The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-in Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation" (Hill & Wang), brings to life another era.
These tried and true forms of green generation have a high and stable "load factor"—the proportion of the notional capacity which is actually utilised.
Vince is frustrated (though not surprised) that there is so little government support for renewables, despite the fact that in other European countries, green generation methods now make up around 30% of energy use.
Obama's goals seem straightforward: Double the total amount of green generation capacity to 48 gigawatts within three years, create millions of green-collar jobs and put the down payment on an eventual $150 billion renewables package to get it done.
Increasing the threshold of installed capacity for small hydroelectric power plants from 12 to 30 MW; Allowing the trade of surplus green generation to ONEE, though the project owner cannot sell "more than 20% as an excess of the annual generation"; and.
