Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

Cheyenne power bills drop again
Wyoming Tribune, WY - Dec 20, 2006 news. The family already conserves as much energy as it can with a wood stove and solar heat on the upper floor of their home. "Less

RESEARCH ANALYSIS: Market trends in the automotive glazing
just-auto.com (subscription), UK - Dec 1, 2006 There are multiple challenges when you increase the size of the roof glazing, not least issues relating to shading and solar heat gain, said Michael R

Alcan to Provide Environmentally-Friendly Solar Cookers to Promote
Earthtimes.org - Dec 21, 2006 Alcan is providing innovative solar cookers and pans to 1,000rural Indonesian families in the country's Banda Aceh region as part of aEUR450,000 contribution

HOMEOWNERS TURN STINGY WITH ENERGY
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - Dec 1, 2006 to a national building efficiency program. The tinted south window is a solar heat collector. Resting against the exterior of

SustainableBusiness.com Announces The 2006 SB20: 20 Companies Changing
CSR Wire - We chose Conergy, REC and SunPower from the solar sector because of their unique contributions. Conergy (Germany) provides the full range of solar options: solar electricity, solar heat, solar hot water and solar air conditioning. It also can combine

Bad windows leak money
Akron Beacon Journal - The lower a U-Factor, the less heat escapes a home. For air conditioning, Energy Star refers to the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, which measures solar heat admitted by the window. The lower SHGC number the better, but Energy Star allows any number in

‘Not in my back yard’ objects planning guru 
Daily Telegraph - Dec 11 6:46 PM
Kate Barker, the Treasury planning guru who wants to stop Nimbys, tried to block her neighbour’s barn conversions.Save

Scientists Spot 'Tsunami' on the Sun
Digital Silence, PA - Dec 11, 2006 A major flare on the Sun earlier this week generated what scientists are calling a solar tsunami. The tsunami-like shock wave, formally

Eco companies to quit NSW
Sydney Morning Herald - Managing director of Solar, Heat and Power, Peter Le Lievre, who is planning the Moree development, said government schemes in Europe and the US were far more profitable. “If there’s nothing coming from NSW we will go overseas,” he said. “We are up

More “Unnatural Disasters” on the Horizon
Inter Press Service - That extra solar heat has raised the average global temperature about 0.7C in the past 150 years. Since heat is a form of energy, the additional heat has made the world’s climatic system more energetic. With global warming, weather-related disasters

Farm Animals More Damaging To Climate Than Cars
Terra Daily - It generates 65 percent of human-caused nitrous oxide, a gas that is 296 times more effective at trapping solar heat than carbon dioxide (CO2), the biggest greenhouse-gas by volume. Most of this pollution comes from manure. Livestock also accounts for

$109m rotating tower solar-powered
AME Info, United Arab Emirates - Nov 29, 2006 A 30-storey fully rotating tower powered by the sun is being built in Dubai, local media reported. $109m Time Residences, which

Solar Stocks Post Another Profitable Week Led By Recent IPO First
Seeking Alpha, NY - Nov 28, 2006 - First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) leads the way again. The Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ) is hanging around its IPO price of $15. It

Russian, Ukrainian scientists to collaborate in solar research
RIA Novosti, Russia - Nov 30, 2006 the project will help elaborate scenarios of future global climate change, which he said result from centuries-long fluctuations in solar radiation intensity

Amador County Fair goes solar
Amador Ledger-Dispatch, CA - Dec 1, 2006 By Liz MacLeod. The 50 kilowatt SolarStar solar electric system was installed on the roof of the fairground's stables. "It can generate