Europe’s Way of Encouraging Solar Power Arrives in the U.S.
Content Keyword RSS | March 12, 2009
The strategy is to pay homeowners and businesses top dollar for producing green energy.
Fixed Prices Proposed for Green-Energy Projects
Content Keyword RSS | March 12, 2009
Renewable energy in Ontario got a massive boost Thursday with the proposal of a fixed-price plan that, by June, could see the province paying out generous premiums to large and small generators of green power.
How to Make Electricity From Wasted Energy
Content Keyword RSS | March 12, 2009
Energy efficiency is low hanging fruit in the clean energy movement. Low-grade waste heat may not have the allure of shiny solar panels or a row of wind turbines, but it presents an opportunity that is too good for Michael Newell, CEO of Ener-G-Rotors to pass up. The company is developing a product that generates electricity from low-grade waste heat. “We are making electricity from a free fuel and not using a fossil fuel,” Michael Newell said this week in an interview with TriplePundit. “
Getting Electricity from Rivers Without Dams
Content Keyword RSS | March 12, 2009
Before the industrial revolution and the invention of electricity, communities all over the world had water mills that relied on river currents turning turbines (a wheel in the water) to produce products like flour, lumber and textiles. In fact, the water mill is an iconic form of the 18th and 19th centuries. Last night on the Discovery Channel, I learned about an alternative energy project curiously similar to the thinking behind old water mills: Putting turbines in rivers. The documentary
The Solar Energy Revolution Will Be Televised
Content Keyword RSS | March 12, 2009
Just read this article which talks about the stimulus package and how it will revolutionize solar energy application, innovation and growth. The article mentions that $80 billion dollars is earmarked for solar energy projects , including 6 billion for loan guarantees and a few billion more for other renewable energy ideas. In 2009 and 2010 solar energy usage is going to explode and the best part is all the jobs that are going to be created. Not too mention the savings to be
-
.: Subscribe :.
.: Archives :.
