New Solar Energy Jobs

Solar Startup Semprius to Create 250 Jobs in North Carolina at Cutting-Edge Pilot Plant Energy Department-enabled innovation made Tuesday, July 19, a good day for North Carolina. Entrepreneurs from Durham-based solar startup Semprius teamed with Governor Bev Purdue to announce the company’s plan to build a new high-tech manufacturing facility in Henderson. The factory is expected to create more than …

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GE Wind Turbines – Well Known For Effectiveness, Durability, And High Quality

GE wind turbines are among the top selling renewable power items on the market today. General electric is one of the couple of companies in the world that invest seriously within alternative, renewable energy dependent products. The organization creates top quality generators that may transform wind energy in to electrical energy without giving off considerable amounts of greenhouse gas. General …

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Going Green with Modular Building

LEED-certification is often the first guideline that comes to mind when considering green building best practices. While LEED-certified modular buildings can and have been constructed, just like traditional construction, it only comes at great expense. There are many simple, cost-effective alternatives that modular builders use every day to reduce construction waste and make their buildings more energy efficient.

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VILSACK TESTIFIES ON BIOFUELS

usda asked: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before a Senate committee on the effect and influence of biofuels. The USDA’s Bob Ellison has more.

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Maker Workshop – Wind Power Generator on MAKE: television

makemagazine asked: Taking a motor from an old exercise treadmill and some PVC pipe, John Park constructs a wind-powered generator. The electrical power may not be enough to get your home off the grid, but the great thing about the project is how it explains in simple terms the technology involved in turning wind into free electricity. Download the PDFs …

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Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

UC Berkeley scientist has built an online tool to help you calculate your personal carbon footprint. “Our choices lead to emissions of greenhouse gases.” says Chris Jones, a researcher with UC Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab. He’s co-developed a calculator that measures your carbon footprint and how you stack up against your neighbors, and then offers recommendations on how …

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Worst Toxic Air Pollution States

The study used publicly-available data in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). The analysis, entitled “Toxic Power: How Power Plants Contaminate Our Air and States” was jointly released today by NRDC and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR).

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Solar Powered Bikini Portable Charging – Imagine That!

Swimwear has come a long way since its mere itty bitty bikini days — new styles often have enough Lycra and slimming technology to give the wearer a whole new body. Even so, current fashion designers are about to encounter a totally different kind of competition: Andrew Schneider, a multimedia designer, is bringing the art of swimwear into a new era.

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HOMEOWNERS ‘HOT’ FOR ‘GOING SOLAR’ CAN START SAVING NOW – WITH LITTLE TO NO MONEY DOWN

“American Vision Solar is dedicated to enhancing home energy efficiency, and we’re thrilled to be able to offer our customers such a unique PPA,” said Bill Herren, President and CEO for American Vision Solar. “We pride ourselves on providing impressive customer service, which is why it was our priority to create an agreement that would truly benefit the homeowner.”

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Ten Different Alternative Fuels Actually Used To Run Our Cars

We have known, for quite some time, that the fossil fuels we use today are a finite source of energy; we only seem to disagree on when those sources will run dry. Alternative sources have been around for quite some time, including electric power and solar power, but none has yet supplanted dead dinosaurs. Presented here are some other fuels,some strange, some downright weird.

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Energy Laughs – Today’s Feature Colbert

We love a good laugh here at Alternative Energy HQ. In fact we intend to find you more of these each week so stay tuned. Today we feature Stephen Colbert riffing on fracking. I love how that sounds don't you? Anti-fracking Attacks.

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GE Wind Turbines – Well Known For Effectiveness, Sturdiness, And High Quality

GE wind turbines are among the top selling alternative energy items currently available. GE is among the few companies in the world which invest seriously within alternative, renewable energy dependent products. The organization produces high quality turbines that may transform blowing wind power in to electrical power with out emitting large amounts of greenhouse gasoline. GE produces 1.5 MW series, …

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Growing Job Market – Energy Efficiency

In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the clean economy expanded by 8.3 percent, says the report. Efficiency, renewable energy, biofuels and other clean industries accounted for 2.7 million US jobs in 2010. To put that number in perspective, that’s more jobs than you’ll find in fossil fuels or biosciences, but still less than information technology

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REPORT: FIVE GREAT LAKES NATIONAL PARKS ALREADY SUFFERING FROM CLIMATE DISRUPTION

Five major Great Lakes national parks are already feeling the impact of climate change in the forms of rising temperatures, decreased winter ice, eroding shorelines, spreading disease, and a crowding out of key wildlife and plant life, according to a major new report issued today by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (RMCO) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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Easy Ways of Making Your Home Much more Green

An effective way to reduce your current co2 impact and also enhance the look and feel of your house at nighttime is using solar dock lights. They are simply great for seating in pathways, and they look fantastic. Green home improvement simply means making changes to your home that are energy efficient and environmentally responsible. This is cost effective for …

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