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Energy Efficiency Tips #1 25 Jul 2012 | 05:29 am
Thermostat Episode Actor and environmental advocate and Energy Upgrade CA in LA County spokesperson, Ed Begley, Jr., gives easy, do-it-yourself tips for homeowners looking to reduce their energy use. ...
Western Solar Zones to Streamline Development on Public Lands 25 Jul 2012 | 03:30 am
The Wild West days of American solar development are nearing their sunset with the release and likely adoption of federal guidelines that more clearly define where large-scale projects can be sited.
First U.S. Tidal Power Project Launches in Maine 25 Jul 2012 | 01:51 am
The ocean is a tremendous bank of energy. Covering more than two-thirds of our planet, the amount of energy embodied in the ocean’s tides, currents, and waves, not to mention temperature and salinity ...
First Tidal Power Online in Maine 25 Jul 2012 | 01:03 am
Special shout out for this project just launched in Maine. Tidal power goes online with a FERC license and purchase agreement. Hats off to those who made it possible. The ocean is a tremendous bank of...
RRB Energy Targets African Market With Smaller Wind Turbines 24 Jul 2012 | 11:54 pm
RRB Energy Ltd., Vestas Wind Systems A/S’s former joint-venture partner in India, expects as much as 25 percent of sales next year to come from exports of smaller turbines to emerging markets led by A...
New MLP Parity Act Could Give a Boost to Geothermal/Renewable Energy Investors 24 Jul 2012 | 09:45 pm
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) have introduced legislation, S. 3275, or Master Limited Partnerships (MLP) Parity Act, which gives renewable energy projects access to a tax...
‘The attraction of the quiet is gone’ 24 Jul 2012 | 09:20 pm
WEST EARLTOWN – Forget the attraction of owning beachfront property. Pamela and Wayne Edgar are quite content, thank you very much, living among the trees and hills surrounding their neat homestead in...
Fairfield residents say wind turbines too noisy 24 Jul 2012 | 09:20 pm
It’s not birds chirping. It’s not the wind rustling through the leaves. Fairfield residents June and Jimmy Salamone compared the noise of the 455-foot wind turbines surrounding their home to jet engin...
Residents say wind farm is making them sick 24 Jul 2012 | 09:20 pm
A group of residents living close to one of the country’s largest wind farms near Kingston, Ont. say the turbines are making them sick. Some residents from Wolfe Island, many whose homes stand in the ...
DEP turbine noise test will begin as soon as weather allows 24 Jul 2012 | 09:20 pm
FAIRHAVEN — The Department of Environmental Protection could begin testing for its study of sound from Fairhaven’s two wind turbines as soon as wind conditions are favorable. At the Board of Health’s ...
