Bourne Energy’s new hydroelectric generator called the Backpack Power Plant, comes in two versions – military and civilian.  Both allow a small hydroelectric power plant to be easily carried to remote creeks and streams to generate electricity.

Secret Energy Turbine or SET is a wind turbine designed to generate power and please the neighborhood.  The design by Rupert Sweet-Escott, is attractive and allows the turbine to run silently.  The chimney pot look and silent performance should keep neighbors from complaining.

This is the second piece in the Green Holiday shopping series.  What gadgets exist that are unique,useful, fun and environmentally friendly?  Let’s find out.

A few of the items found here, are not only environmentally friendly but they are also altruistic.  For instance IKEA offers a low cost solar lamp.  For every lamp you buy, Ikea will donate one to children whose homes lack electricity.

Most of us own laptops, mp3 players, cell phones, and other portable gadgets that we need to charge from time to time.  In this, the first of several Green Holiday shopping guides, we will be discussing the different options for charging your portable devices using renewable energy chargers or a couple of  cordless options.  Included in this shopping guide are chargers that have gotten  the high reviews/ratings in their price category.

In a few short weeks, the next climate change conference will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark.  The country is the poster child for green energy policies and legislation.  The country has imposed high taxes on fossil fuels and the purchase of fossil fuel powered cars.  DONG (Denmark Oil and Natural Gas) Energy wants to increase its amount of renewable energy production from 15 percent to 85 percent within one generation.  As part of DONGs push to increase renewable energy especially wind energy, the company as well as the country are putting into place Better Places electric car infrastructure and promoting a switch to a mostly electric car country.

Offshore wind farms are nothing new.  Plant a wind turbine on the ocean bottom just like you would on land.  However, a wind turbine company in Norway has found a way to combine oil platform technology with wind turbine technology so wind turbines actually float on top of the ocean rather than just stick up.

The Guardian and Cleantech Group, published the 2009 Global Cleantech 100  showcasing the most promising clean technologies around the world.  All the Companies listed are private companies so it is not surprising that China, although housing the largest solar cell manufacturer in the world, does not have a single company on the list.