Alternative Energy - Feeling the Heat

Solar heating use lags despite opportunity - report - PennEnergy
Dec. 24–AMMAN — Despite the Kingdom’s abundant sunlight and limited conventional energy resources, solar thermal power accounts for only 2 per cent of Jordan’s energy use, while more than 95 of energy is imported, according to a Department of

Business 310 Solar - Santa Fe Reporter
NM’s best solar thermal (hot water & space heating) & grid-tied solar electric (photovoltaic). Keep your connection to PNM, get paid for power you produce, reduce global warming. Commercial & residential, we handle everything: energy audits for

Let Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library help cut heating costs - Greensboro News & Record
Facilitator Michiel Van der Sommen will examine various techniques for meeting the net-zero energy objective, including passive solar design; the use of orientation, construction and landscaping techniques Step-by-step ideas in the video utilize

Grants to fund retraining of unemployed for green jobs - San Diego Union-Tribune
For more information about green training, contact the colleges or the San Diego Workforce Partnership at sandiegoatwork.com . San Diego County s community colleges are going green to train unemployed workers for new environmentally friendly jobs

Online Courses Train Individuals for Work in the Renewable Energy - Biloxi Sun Herald
COTATI, Calif., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ — With all the current interest in renewable sources of energy, you could say things are heating up in the solar energy industry. Sun Pirate, a solar contractor, is anticipating an increased demand for certified

Renewed Interest - Tax credits prompt more homeowners to tackle energy - PennEnergy
Dec. 20–David Bradshaw had always liked the environmental benefits of solar energy, but it was the tax benefits that finally got him to buy a system for his home in northern Forsyth County. “We have gas water heaters, and the price of gas was

Mixed Messages for Solar Projects Across the Nation - Environmental Leader
Email this story Print this post Add your comments Solar projects across the nation this week are supporting their state s renewable energy requirements, completing their financing, or receiving incentive payments for installations. Yet, one

Four Corners Facility Uses Solar Panels For Heat - KOAT 7
CORTEZ, N.M. — While the temperatures might be dropping, one Four Corners facility said it can turn on the heat and save some money. It takes 150,000 gallons of water to heat the pool at the Cortez Recreation Center. “Heating [costs have] been about

Solar Cell Technology breaks the 40% Efficiency Barrier! - DAILY KOS
Boeing-Spectrolab has developed a solar cell that can convert almost 41 percent of the sunlight that strikes it into electricity, the latest step in trying to drop the cost of solar power. Potentially, the solar cell could bring the cost of solar

Regenesis Power brings session on solar opportunities to Lakeland - Tampa Bay Business Journal
A California company that partnered with Lakeland Electric to develop home-based solar water heating systems is holding an opportunity to work job fair. Over the summer, Regenesis Power teamed with the utility to offer residential customers the

Local Students Work on Solar Car - kohd
A local group of high school students working to build a solar car get some inspiration this weekend. The team of teenagers at the Trinity Lutheran School in Bend competed last year with their first ever solar car. This year, their working to break

Saginaw vying to win hundreds of green jobs - WJRT
SAGINAW (WJRT) — (11/27/09) — A California-based company is considering locating a solar module manufacturing plant on the east side of Saginaw, creating optimism that hundreds of jobs will soon be coming to Mid-Michigan. GlobalWatt has narrowed

Greenhouse emissions reach ‘record’ level: UN - YAHOO!
GENEVA (AFP) Greenhouse gas emissions have kept increasing, reaching a record level since the pre-industrial era, the UN climate agency warned Monday, just weeks before a crucial climate change summit . “Levels of most greenhouse gases continue

Science Exclusive: Argonne National Laboratory Talks About Latest - DailyTech
Much of the money will go towards exploring woven, indium-free, or unconventional thin film solar cells. (Source: Climate Progress) ANL will also work with a local utility to deploy trial deployments of smart meters, smart meters+solar panels, and

PSE&G Receives Green Light To Expand Successful Solar Loan Program - Yahoo Finance
NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) today received approval from state regulators to expand its innovative solar loan program by approximately $143 million to finance the installation of an additional

Ammonia, Mineral Spirits Excellent Grease Removers - Hartford Courant
Q: A great deal of grease has accumulated on the ceramic-tile walls and wood cabinets near our kitchen stove. I tried several household cleaners, with poor results. Can you help? A: There are a number of special cleaners, called degreasers, that