It is Super Bowl week. The countdown is on! We are T-minus four days until Super Bowl XLV. Do you have Super Bowl fever? We have been to and watched games at giant stadiums around the country for many years but have you ever stopped to wonder who is doing anything to make them more efficient? All eyes will be …
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Wind Power For Kids
Barbara Feldman asked: From the windmills of yesterday, to the wind turbines of today, the wind has long been harnessed as an energy source. In fact, because it is a clean and renewable resource, the use of this energy is increasing worldwide. In honor of Windmill Day (celebrated the second weekend in May by both the English and the Dutch), …
Read More »Solar Day Coming Soon – June 18th
Third Annual SolarDay is Coming June 18 for the U.S. and Canada The annual green day for solar, clean energy and protection of the planet The third annual SolarDay will be held nationally in the U.S. and Canada on Saturday, June 18 with events in U.S. cities and other sponsored events by companies and the solar industry. 26 SolarDay City …
Read More »Can Wind Turbines Help Crops?
Another potential benefit to crops is that increased airflows could enable corn and soybean plants to more readily extract atmospheric CO2, a needed “fuel” for crops. The extra turbulence might also pump extra CO2 from the soil. Both results could facilitate the crops ability to perform photosynthesis.
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wind energy lectures I got turned onto this great resource for lectures all about the future of energy I have clipped a few out of the list of Amazing Lectures for you to check out But you should also go over here to see the rest of the list There is some great stuff in there Learn about different types …
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jatropha cons Gary Patterson asked No company and or industry today are immune from the escalating cost of crude oil In an effort to address this growing concern companies are seeking alternative cost-effective ways to make every drop of fuel count Although biodiesel is not a new type of fuel its use has not been widely considered up until now …
Read More »Will Yosemite Be Hotter Than Sacramento?
The report includes new local climate projections for 10 national parks in California. With what the California Climate Change Center calls “medium-high” future emissions of heat-trapping gases, the average of six climate models is for Yosemite National Park to get 7.5 degrees hotter by 2070-2099 than it was in 1961-1990. That would be enough to make the national park 0.3degrees hotter than Sacramento historically has been.
Read More »Green Power Suppliers Recognized
This year’s winners include 3Degrees, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, SolarCity and SunRun – recognized by DOE as the Non-Utility Green Power Suppliers of the Year – and La Plata Electric Association and Portland General Electric – recognized as the Utility Green Power Programs of the Year.
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pakistan solar water heating system Farooq Raza Qadri asked SOLAR ENERGY Today in Pakistan we are facing shortage of almost every basic need of life like water gas and especially electricity It is the worst conditions we are facing now a days The reason for that is well we all know THE REASONS don t we Few days back I …
Read More »Clif Bar To Power New Headquarters With Solar
SUN LIGHT & POWER INTRODUCES THE LARGEST SMART-SOLAR ARRAY IN NORTH AMERICA Sun Light & Power Chooses Tigo Energy’s Maximizer Solution to Deploy the Largest Smart Solar Array in North America October 11 (Berkeley, CA) – Sun Light & Power today announced it has begun constructing North America’s largest smart-solar array which will be located in the San Francisco/Bay Area. …
Read More »BMW’s Electric Car Comes To America
BMW Announces Markets for BMW ActiveE Field Trial New York Metro and Greater Los Angeles will again be included and be joined by Metropolitan markets of San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento and Boston Woodcliff Lake, NJ – September 23, 2010… Later today at Opportunity Green in Los Angeles, BMW will announce the markets which will participate in the BMW ActiveE …
Read More »ThinkGreenLiveClean Launches the Greenest Student College Challenge
One lucky college student will find themselves the owner of a new iPad next month as winner of the first “Greenest Student College Challenge.” ThinkGreenLiveClean, an environmental news Web site, launched the contest yesterday to showcase the most inventive and ingenious “green” ideas emerging from the nation’s college campuses. College students are being asked to make green resolutions for the …
Read More »Solar Buying Power – Pittsburgh
One Block Off the Grid Kicks Off Pittsburgh’s First Solar Group Purchase Homeowners Now Eligible for Support, Group Discounts and Educational Tools For Going Solar San Francisco, Calif. – August 24, 2010 – One Block Off the Grid (1BOG), the nation’s largest solar group discount company, today launched a new program to support Pittsburgh homeowners through the solar buying process. …
Read More »“Greenest” Local City Pool
Citizens of Richmond successfully promoted a bond issue in 1926 to create the Richmond Municipal Natatorium, at that time a "state of the art" two-story building with an indoor warm water swimming pool, a fountain, observation balconies, and an open truss ceiling reminiscent of the Sutro Baths in San Francisco. Richmond's population was about 20,000 at that time, grew to over 200,000 during the "war years" and is now about 80,000.
Read More »One Block Off the Grid (1BOG) Launches Philadelphia’s First Solar Group Purchase Program with Mercury Solar Systems
Philadelphia Homeowners Now Eligible for Group Discounts and Support Buying Solar Power One Block Off the Grid (1BOG), the nation’s largest solar group discount company, today announced the launch of Philadelphia’s first solar group purchase program. Designed to reduce the cost and confusion typically associated with buying solar, 1BOG offers free impartial advice and a group discount rate for installation. …
Read More »Want Some Resources for Alternative Energy?
There are many different forms in which alternative energy is available. One of these is solar power. Solar power is driven by photovoltaic cells, and these are progressively getting less expensive and more advanced. Solar energy power can be used for electricity, heating, and making hot water. Solar energy produces no pollution, as its input comes completely from the sun’s …
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Sedona, Arizona is not only my individual personal special place in nature – almost full spiritual organizations have conventions, churches or offices near full these vortices of earth 4 energy review and nature. On that point is a private government foundation in a valley to the north and under a swamp several engineers found signs alike to the Nazca Lines …
Read More »National Areas for Solar Energy Development Proposed In New BLM Maps
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Senator Harry Reid today announced a series of initiatives, including proposed “Solar Energy Study Areas,” that would expedite the development of solar energy on public lands in the western United States. The Bureau of Land Management believes that the selected areas, which have high solar energy potential and are located near existing transmission lines and other infrastructure, have low levels of conflict with natural resources.
Read More »California Driving Course for Sustainable Transportation
In San Francisco City Hall today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with the Mayors of San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland, joined together with the Bay Area Council, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and Better Place of Palo Alto to announce a sweeping plan to reinvigorate the state and region’s competitive advantage in innovative technology through public-private investments in electric vehicles …
Read More »Solar Lease – Now It Works
Solar City, California’s largest solar system installer has announced a new solar lease program that can get homeowners set up with their own solar energy system in their home for as little as $1000 to start and a monthly lease payment that keeps their outlay below their current electricity bill. Wow is all I have to say. For years many …
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