Today’s green news: Chicago to convert abandoned railway line into a ‘green transport artery’
World solar energy production due to become a net benefit by 2015 according to Stanford University researchers, on Cleantechnica.
Finnish researchers report new high of 18.7 per cent for black silicon solar panels, here.
Skyscraper with vertical gardens by Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut begins construction in Taiwan, on Dezeen.
And finally… Raised track to become a 13-acre park with path and bicycle track, on Archdaily.
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