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Study Reports on a "Good Transition Step on the Road Toward Low-Carbon Energy"

Posted on July, 2012 Categories: Biofuels , Business , Check It Out! , Energy , Featured , Geothermal , Solar , Wind No matter how you drill it, using natural gas as an energy source is a smart move in the battle against global climate change and a good transition step on the road toward low-carbon energy Read more

With Changes, the Grid Can Take It

Posted on December, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Electric Vehicles , Energy , Featured , Geothermal , Infrastructure , Smart Grid , Solar , Transportation , Wind Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent new energy sources such as solar and wind power, as well as an expected influx Read more

How To Maintain Renewable Energy’s Rapid Growth

Posted on November, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Building Green , Business , Energy , Fuel Cells , Geothermal , Infrastructure , Solar , Wind Renewables are now the fastest-growing sector of the energy mix and offer great potential to address issues of energy security and sustainability, but their rapid deployment is also bringing a host of challenges. Read more

Students Living Green in Campus Houses

Posted on October, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Solar , Water Management , Wind The houses at 138 and 146 W. Foulke Ave. on the campus of The University of Findlay, Ohio, may look like “normal” student residences, but the students living in those houses chose to live there with a common goal to reduce energy consumption and to lower their carbon footprints. Read more

Winners of the First Green Power Community Challenge

Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Communities , Energy , Featured , Fuel Cells , Geothermal , Solar , Wind The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the communities of Washington, D.C. and Brookeville, Md. as winners of the first Green Power Community Challenge. Read more

Portable Power - No Fuel Required

Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Solar , Wind Humless - The Silent Generator: It can be charged with solar panels, wind turbines, hand cranks, and any available energy source, and still provide versatile output to power everything from a radio to computers to a refrigerator. Totally silent and portable, and safe for indoor use, unlike fuel-burning generators. Read more

Wind Powered Cars Could Reduce Our Carbon Footprint While We Sleep

Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Business , Consumer , Electric Vehicles , Energy , Transportation , Wind Clean wind power and a new generation of electric cars are both technologies designed to reduce hydrocarbon use and CO2 emissions. However, according to a paper released today Read more

Small Wind Turbines as a Renewable Energy Solution for Homeowners and the Community

Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Check It Out! , Communities , Consumer , Energy , Featured , Wind Advances in small wind have helped this technology transition from theory into practice. This article covers ways homeowners and the community can benefit from developments in recent years. Read more

Going Green at Home Made Easier with iPhone App

Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) , Smart Grid , Solar , Wind Technology just made being “green” easier. Computer science researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of San Francisco have developed an automated energy-management system that monitors energy generation and consumption. Read more

WindMade™ Label Standard Presented to US Market

Posted on June, 2011 Categories: Business , Consumer , Energy , Featured , Green Initiatives , Wind WindMade™, the first global consumer label for companies using wind energy, was presented to the public today, on Global Wind Day (15 June).The WindMade™ initiative took shape as the proposed WindMade™ technical standard enters Read more

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