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SOLAR POWER INTERNATIONAL BREAKS NEW GROUND IN TEXAS Executives Come Together To Affirm Growth of Solar Industry Washington, D.C., – November 1, 2011 – Energy leaders from around the world descended upon Dallas, Texas for Solar Power International ’11, October 17 – 20. For the first time in its eight year history, SPI was staged outside California proving that the …

THE PRESENT & FUTURE OF SOLAR Julia Hamm, President and CEO of the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) took the audience 20 years into the future during today’s General Session with a visionary presentation about the role of solar energy within an electric utility in the year 2031. Hamm stressed the importance of collaboration between the solar industry and utilities …

SACE: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CONTINUES TO STONEWALL FOIA REQUEST SEEKING DISCLOSURE OF DETAILS IN $8.33 BILLION FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEE FOR PROPOSED RISKY VOGTLE NUCLEAR REACTORS Is DOE Hiding Miniscule Credit Subsidy Fee of 1.5 Percent … Or Even Less …for New Vogtle Reactors? Ignoring Need for Transparency After Collapse of Recent Loan Guarantee, DOE Continues to Refuse to Operate in …

>h2>Filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh Pursues Trail of Environmental Destruction, Illness and Death What happens when an industry has too much power? “Greedy Lying Bastards” presents a searing indictment of the influence, deceit and corruption that defines the fossil fuel industry. From the Gulf Coast to the tiny nation of Tuvalu, from Nigeria and Uganda to Peru and Alaska, filmmaker and political …

Washington, D.C. – Global production of biofuels increased 17 percent in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters, up from 90 billion liters in 2009. High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, …

New study concludes that natural gas offers greenhouse gas advantages over coal despite higher EPA estimates of methane emissions from natural gas systems. Washington, D.C.-Over its full cycle of production, distribution, and use, natural gas emits just over half as many greenhouse gas emissions as coal does for equivalent energy output, according to a new study from the Worldwatch Institute …

Diesels fuels are now giving off cleaner emissions New Legislation The 2010 Emissions Regulations passed in by the EPA demand major reductions in the NOx and NMHC emissions produced by diesel engines. Under the new regulations, diesel engines manufactured after January 1, 2010, are required to emit less than 0.14 grams per brake horsepower hour (g/bhp-hr) of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC) …

I was asked, recently, about renewable energy credits, and the person asking was embarrassed to have to admit that they really knew nothing at all about them. So, I put together this list of things that you may find useful to know about renewable energy credits. 1. Definition. A Renewable Energy Credit, generally referred to as an REC or by …

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).

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).

T J Madigan asked: The history of hybrid cars is immersed in controversy. Not so much for the product itself, but for the technology it uses. Is it old like the conception of wheel itself, or is it a recent idea, as recent as the embryonic stem cell technology? First of all, a hybrid car is a vehicle that uses …

While most responsible homeowners agree that residential energy audits are necessary to ensure the most comfortable, efficient homes possible, a comprehensive safety audit also needs to take place if we are to truly trust in the safety of our living quarters. Like most forms of energy waste, which cannot be easily identified without professional audits, toxic indoor chemicals pose a …

feed pellet mills for sale A pellet mill is the core piece of equipment in the pellet manufacture line or pellet plant There are several unlike designs of pellet mill including the flat die pellet mill and the ring die pellet mill At PelHeat we promote for sale predominantly the flat die pellet mill Flat die pellet mills are in …

Alice Shown asked: Geothermal heating in York is slowly but gradually becoming popular. Several residential buildings are opting for the use of geo-thermal heating instead of traditional heating and cooling systems. Several cities are borrowing a leaf from geothermal heating, York project and adopting a similar approach. The advantages of this particular approach are the major reason behind its popularity. …

OPEL Solar, Inc. and TRUENORTH Solar & Environmental, L.L.C. Announce Partnership to Install Solar Fields on Brownfield Sites across North America Partnership Will Transform Brownfields into Solar Fields, Creating Potential New Sources of Revenue for Municipalities Shelton, CT, and Toronto, ON, September 14, 2010 – OPEL Solar, Inc. (“OPEL Solar”), a leading global supplier of high concentration photovoltaic (“HCPV”) solar …

New American Chemical Society podcast: economical biodiesel from sewage sludge WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2010 — Biodiesel fuel could be produced from municipal sewage sludge at a cost that is within a few cents a gallon of being competitive with conventional diesel refined from petroleum, according to the latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) award-winning podcast series, “Global Challenges/Chemistry …

L.L.Bean has long been recognized as an outdoor company with strong environmental values. In 2007 the company joined the EPA's Climate Leaders Program and formalized a corporate goal to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) 20 percent by 2012.

Villages at Heritage Springs to Be Nations Biggest Solar Community Listen to AEHQ’s interview with Bob Comstock CEO of Comstock Homes as he tells us all about this energy efficient housing development – Bob Comstock Interview On May 28, Comstock Homes announced groundbreaking for a new solar community whose center and 511 homes will all sport solar panels on their …

Imagine an HVAC and water heating system which will save 20% to 50% on a building’s energy prices while minimizing CO2 and carbon emissions. Imagine a system that’s additional reliable, is 2.5 to 4 times a lot of economical, provides very cheap life cycle cost, and a high degree of design flexibility. Where will you discover such a system? You …

One of the most popular Hybrid cars on the market is the Toyota Prius. It is both compact and economical, with a starting price of just $22,400. This price puts the Prius within the realms of possibility for the everyday, although environmentally-conscious, individual. The third generation of Toyota Prius, the 2010 model, has EPA ratings of 51 mpg city, and …