Via bbc.co.uk A hydrogen-powered passenger boat has begun operating in Bristol's harbour. Commissioned for the city council's Green Capital initiative, Hydrogenesis operates 45-minute trips between the Arnolfini and the ss Great Britain.
In the press we could read about new developments in the Chinese photovoltaic industry: Suntech, the biggest Chinese producer, is declaring insolvency, the other big players we have heard about so much in the last years are losing shareholder value as we speak, creating some unease on the market.
Jeremy Rifkin, the american economist and thinker born in Colorado, author of several books, the first one written 40 years ago, and creator of the economic and energetic plan known as the Third Industrial Revolution, participated to the 2nd annual Supergrid Conference
Entropy, Biosphere Politics, "Green" Vote, Beyond Beef, End of Work, Age of Access, Biotech Century, Hydrogen Economy, European Dream, Empathic Civilization, Third Industrial Revolution: these are just some of the concepts that Jeremy Rifkin has outlined in his work throughout his long career as an economist, writer, philosopher, sociologist, historian, but first of all as a human [...]
Interviewed by Guy Dinmore after the succesful elections in Sicily, Beppe Grillo mentions the Third Industrial Revolution as his main inspiratio in the political program of Movimento 5 Stelle. Read an excerpt from the full article, that is readable in its full lenght after a free registration on ft.com
The London Times reported that members of the twenty-four person Politburo and senior party officials are reading and actively discussing Jeremy Rifkin’s New York Times bestselling book, The Third Industrial Revolution, on the eve of the National Party Congress on November 8th that will usher in the new leadership of China
The article on the Third Industrial Revolution appeared in China’s Economic Information Daily – one of hundreds of articles that have appeared in National Media across China in recent weeks – came on the verge of the EU/China summit held on September 19th and 20th.
29/06/2012 Energy Secretary Steven Chu, long perceived as opposed to hydrogen energy, who repeatedly has proposed cutting key hydrogen and fuel cell budgets, last month sursprisingly turned out to be a supporter of this energy carrier
18/06/2012 CETRI-TIRES's President Angelo Consoli will bring tomorrow the vision of Third Industrial Revolution to the Sustainable Energy Week, in Brussels, during the conference "Power to the People: Can citizens lead Europe's future energy strategy?"