Saturday, June 30, 2012

renewable energy - Recycling (a short story)




Recycling (a short story)
Recycling (a short story) (Kindle Edition)
By Stephen Livingston

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Residential Wind Power - How to Make an Inexpensive Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VWAT)




www.SauerEnergy.com We are one of the fastest growing residential wind power companies in America. We have a patented 1.5KW turbine that has garnered massive world wide attention. Since January 2011, we have received over 130000 visits to our website from 163 different countries and the average viewing time has been around 41/2 minutes long. So, out of the 196 countries in the World, our technology has penetrated 163 of them. Visit our website to learn more!



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18 Rooftop Wind Turbines Do Their Part
EarthTechling
Eighteen vertical-axis wind turbines on an Oklahoma medical research tower will provide 85000 kWh of power a year, whether that fixes global warming or not. ... EarthTechling Newsletter. Get the latest green technology news, special features, & updates ...

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Solid Double Back Iron Skewed the Data
Design News
An IBM representative and I figured out a way to get relevant data into the computer. When it was set up, I started logging in the test results in a ... What confused the controller was the high value of regeneration and braking caused by the still-in ...




Artistic LED Light Fixtures Mimic Natural Sunshine
EarthTechling
But it's what's behind the shutters that really demonstrates their brilliance. ... Desperate to feel the sun on his face, even Earth's orbit made it logistically impossible, Quebec-based designer Philippe Malouin decided to create an artificial ...




Valley Bands Sweat It Out on Warped Tour Stages
Phoenix New Times
"We believe that helps us stick out and is what is most unique about our music. On the refreshing aspect, we are pretty open to the styles of music we write. We can go from a high-energy pop punk with leads that make you want to move, and we can go to ...




CCI penalty may lead to consolidation in cement sector: Fitch Ratings
Hindu Business Line
Larger and vertically integrated companies are likely to gain market share. While the impacted companies are considering approaching the Competition Appellate Tribunal against the order, in the event the fine is imposed, the amount of penalty to be ...







Solar Energy - Energy Matters Video News - Episode 69 - June 27, 2012




Virginia reports on the shock announcement regarding Queensland's solar feed in tariff, GreenPower and the carbon tax, Campbell's souping up their solar portfolio and the Clean Energy Council cautions consumers shopping for solar power. For further details of these stories and more, visit www.energymatters.com.au



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Energy Matters

Energy Matters Video News - Episode 69 - June 27, 2012
Energy Matters
Energy Matters Video News - Episode 69 - June 27, 2012. by Energy Matters. Energy Matters Video News Presented by Energy Matters team member Virginia, we take a look at some of the stories from Australia and around the world recently added to our ...

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Scotland Courier

Taking Back America's Energy Future From The Lobbyists: 1 Million Americans ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Three Dozen Citizen Organizations From Across Nation Take on Undue Influence of Energy Company "Goliath"; Push Reflects Views of 83 Percent of Americans That a "New-Grassroots Driven" ... in ...
One Million Americans to Fight Industry Efforts to Kill Clean Energy AgendaEnvironmental Working Group

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Politics live: June 27, 2012
The Age (blog)
7:16PM Thursday Jun 28, 2012; 1272 online now; See today's paper · Fairfax Digital · The Age ... Live video coverage from the House of Representatives at the Federal Parliament in Canberra. Autoplay OnOff; Video .... We have to stop governing in this ...




Politics live: June 28, 2012
Brisbane Times (blog)
Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Welcome to our live coverage of politics from the national capital. All times in AEST. You can also follow me on Twitter @murpharoo. 6.01pm: Ms Gillard says her expert group will have complete freedom to ...




Round 2 goes to Phelps; Franklin denies Coughlin
Ventura County Star
... 200-meter butterfly preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming. Photo by Mark J. Terrill, Associated Press. Michael Phelps swims in the men's 200-meter butterfly preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Wednesday, June 27, 2012, in Omaha ...




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renewable energy - Green Entrepreneur Handbook: The Guide to Building and Growing a Green and Clean Business (What Every Engineer Should Know)




Green Entrepreneur Handbook: The Guide to Building and Growing a Green and Clean Business (What Every Engineer Should Know)
Green Entrepreneur Handbook: The Guide to Building and Growing a Green and Clean Business (What Every Engineer Should Know) (Paperback)
By Eric Koester






Residential Wind Power - Consumer Education Series: Residential Wind Energy




WxTV will take a peek into another of the renewable energy options for homeowners - wind turbines. Michael Goldschmidt visits local green architect, Nicholas Peckham, as they tour his residential system. For a high-res version of this video, please visit: www.weatherization.org



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Wind Energy to Power Windex®
PR Newswire (press release)
Wind Energy to Power Windex®. SC Johnson to Install Two Wind Turbines at Largest Manufacturing Facility. ... The wind turbines are the latest in a series of renewable energy production investments at Waxdale. In addition to the practical energy and ...

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Santander and Prudential Capital Group jointly structure financing for ...
Business Wire (press release)
Invenergy will use the capital to construct and operate California Ridge, a 200-megawatt wind power generation facility located northwest of Danville, Ill. The company will sell all generated power to the Tennessee Valley Authority as part of a long ...

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The price of wind power: £8 billion
Politics.co.uk
The government needs extra investments of £8 billion to finance the switch to renewable energy sources using off-shore wind farms by 2020, but consumers might suffer from higher costs from inflation, a report has discovered.




Fixing Wind Power's Bat Problem
IEEE Spectrum
Turbines kill hundreds of thousands of bats each year, but new technology could drastically cut the toll. ... Consumer Electronics: 06.13.2012. Quantum Dots Are Behind New Displays. They make LCDs brighter and could challenge OLEDs for future TV ...




Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights: Covanta Holding, Ormat Technologies, Juhl ...
Zacks.com
Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights: Covanta Holding, Ormat Technologies, Juhl Wind and Sino Clean Energy. ... For most residential consumers seeking an environment-friendly power alternative, solar power is currently the only viable choice ...







Solar Energy - JA Solar projects bright future despite recent tariffs




JA Solar is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of solar cells. The Shanghai-based company has a US operation in California's Silicon Valley. China Daily talked to Jonathan Pickering, president of JA Solar Americas, about the company including how it might deal with pending US tariffs against Chinese solar-power companies. Credits: Reporter: Ariel Tung Video: Derek Bosko Photos: Courtesy of JA Solar Supervising Producer: Calvin Zhou, Flora Yue Senior Producer: Larry Lee, Ji Tao



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JA Solar's CEO Discusses Q1 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Factors that could cause actual results to differ into general, business and economic conditions in the solar industry; government support for the development of solar power; future shortage or availability of the supply of high purity silicon; demand ...

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pv magazine

Solar stocks suffer tough month
pv magazine
The day after the decision, May 18, was also the heaviest day of trading for the month, with SolarWorld (SWV) - the architect behind the initial petition to have the tariffs changed - seeing 3.2 million stocks change hands on the day. Chinese company ...

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JA Solar's $100 million buyback plan lifts shares
Reuters
(Reuters) - Heavily indebted JA Solar Holdings Co Ltd , which has lost nearly a third of its market value this year, said it could buy back up to $100 million of its shares before the end.

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JA Solar posts 1Q loss as shipments fall
BusinessWeek
The company said that despite the continued industry wide oversupply of solar products, demand remains strong. It also said that it has taken steps to protect itself from new U.S. tariffs by moving production of most of its products sold in the U.S ...

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Hindu Business Line

The ghazal loses its voice
Hindu Business Line
I found out that the Prince of Arcot, Nawab Abdul Ali, a good friend, was organising a private concert of the great ghazal singer in his opulent palace - the Amir Mahal. When I sought an invite, he was most gracious but surprised too: “I never thought ...

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Friday, June 29, 2012

renewable energy - Carbon War Room announce partnership to transition Aruba to 100% renewable energy




Richard Branson and Aruba PM Mike Eman have just announced a partnership with the Carbon War Room (CWR) to transition the island to 100% renewable energy, during the Rio+20 conference. The partnership would make Aruba the world's first sustainable energy economy, with the Carbon War Room and New America Foundation working to both devise and implement an integrated strategy for the economy-wide transition -- a world first, if successful. More information will be available soon on Carbon War Room New Bulletin page: www.carbonwarroom.com/news Follow Carbon War Room at: Website: www.carbonwarroom.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Carbon-War-Room YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CarbonWarRoom



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Residential Wind Power - Solar + Wind Power = INDEPENDENCE




devkhalsa.com Today we raised a wind turbine at our teaching location near Minden, Ontario. We have already been completely off the electrical grid now for four years. Ontario generates about 1/3 of its power with nuclear, a very dangerous technology. devkhalsa.com



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NamPower Considers Agreements With Independent Power Producers
AllAfrica.com
The Minister of Mines and Energy, Isak Katali, said in Parliament last week that NamPower is negotiating with a number of independent power producers involved in wind, solar and thermal power generation. Wind projects include the Diaz Wind Project ...

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Japan Solar Boom
Green Chip Stocks
Japan after the Fukushima disaster had set out on a plan to increase the share of renewable energy in the electricity mix which is abysmally low. Japan has very low capacity in wind and solar energy compared to the more environmentally conscious ...

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Trina Solar Announces Selection of KPMG as its Independent Auditors
Energy Digital (press release)
Trina Solar Announces Selection of KPMG as its Independent Auditors. CHANGZHOU, China, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic ...

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Wind Power: Real Energy, Real Jobs
CSRwire.com (press release) (blog)
'Wind Power: Real Energy, Real Jobs' blog post by Philip Warburg. ... Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has been outspoken in deriding President Obama's efforts to give wind and solar power the prominence they deserve on America's energy agenda. “In ...

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PV-Tech

Do the Koch Brothers Determine Our Energy Dependence?
Truth-Out
The Obama administration has taken the position that our independent energy future is a mix of "cleaner" and "safer" fossil fuel and nuclear energy, biofuels, efficiency and renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind. Mitt Romney's position ...
€500m Real Asset Energy Fund (RAEF) to Offer Stable, Long Term Returns ...EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
JINKOSOLAR HOLDING CO., LTD. : JinkoSolar, Southern Sky Renewable ...4-traders

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Solar Power - Sustainable insulation key to green 'off the grid' living




Extensive temperature insulation of residential structures is crucial to the efficacy of off-the-grid, solar-powered living, asserts property developer the Green Housing Company CEO Brett Petzer.



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Just what is a sustainable home?
Voxy
As part of the drive to foster better understanding of the issues, Homestar is a key supporter of the New Zealand Green Building Council's Sustainable Housing Summit, June 27, 2012. Krista Ferguson, Director of Homestar says, "The ... "There's a ...

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U.K. to Make 1.3 Billion Pounds a Year Available for Green Plan
Bloomberg
The program will help homeowners and businesses to install fuel-saving technologies such as insulation that curb heat loss and improve energy efficiency. The U.K. is aiming to cushion consumers from energy price rises by improving inefficient, drafty ...

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Stuff.co.nz

New Zealand should be a leader in solar energy
Stuff.co.nz
Promoting everything from air-conditioners being set at 28 degrees Celsius, switching off computers not in use, and shifting more work hours to the morning, the Super Cool Biz campaign has also placed full-page advertisements in key newspapers, urging ...




GreenBiz.com (blog)

Why efficiency is smarter than renewables
GreenBiz.com (blog)
Business voice of the Green Economy. Get daily ... What matters is what happens after the insulation goes into a building, or the solar panels go up on the roof. ... GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther is a longtime journalist and speaker whose ...

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The Guardian

Leaving appliances on standby 'can cost UK households up to £86 a year'
The Guardian
A wiser education system might be the key. Its interesting that traditional peoples worldwide who lived in harmony with nature always emphasized how to live, life's wisdom was the core of their culture, yet in modernity, its a fringe subject with a ...

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