Jun 30
Contact Energy is seeking to delay a project the previous Government had agreed to fast-track.
The power company is to ask the Board of Inquiry to postpone the hearing on its planned 180-turbine windfarm near Raglan for one year, so it can carry out more research and site work on Waikato’s west coast.
An opponent of the windfarm, Ross Townshend, says the call-in system is for projects that are to be fast-tracked, and Contact’s request for an adjournment should mean forfeiture . . .
Jun 30
International energy companies are looking at Maine to test new designs for massive wind turbines and support structures that would float in deep water, out of sight of the coast and in line with the strongest breezes.
Two of the businesses have been attending monthly meetings of Maine’s Ocean Energy Task Force, which must identify up to five offshore demonstration sites before year’s end.
The task force is considering a large amount of information, everything from water depths and wind speed to . . .
Jun 30
The state prisons in Cheshire sit atop a small plateau that is largely open to the four winds.
Rep. Mary G. Fritz, D-Wallingford, wonders if the topography might be suitable to harnessing wind power to generate electricity. Her district includes the 25-acre prison complex.
Fritz and Rep. Kathleen M. Tallarita, D-Enfield, introduced legislation to direct the Department of Correction to set up wind turbines on prison property somewhere in Connecticut. Five other House members co-sponsored the bill.
The experimental program could lead to . . .
Jun 30
Florida Power & Light’s sister company is the biggest producer of wind power in the country, but the utility can’t seem to get a wind project off the ground in its home state.
FPL’s proposal to build a wind farm on a barrier island in St. Lucie County has languished in the halls of county government since it was filed in 2007.
Nearby residents have called the 400-foot-tall turbines eyesores and questioned their impact on Hutchinson Island’s shoreline. County commissioners have . . .
Jun 30
The tips of the blades on a wind turbine can move at more than 160 miles per hour, making them a major hazard to aircraft in flight. It’s not the height of the turbines that causes the problem, although they tower 110m above the landscape, but the fact that this movement can interfere with radar from local airports – causing blind spots for air traffic controllers trying to land a plane.
This means that the biggest challenge facing the construction of . . .
Jun 30
The company proposing five to eight offshore wind turbines three miles to the east of Block Island received $295,360 last week to conduct avian and bat monitoring studies on the island.
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Deepwater Wind the money to conduct high-definition aerial video recording of bird species, establish a bat monitoring program utilizing inland, coastal and offshore digital acoustical bat monitors, and integrate radar and acoustical monitoring to allow radar to better detect bats in future environmental programs.
Deepwater . . .
Jun 30
Seven companies want to help the town study the feasibility of installing an on-island wind turbine. The town just needs to find roughly $50,000 needed to pay for the report.
The town’s Electric Utility Task Group held off Monday recommending which firm the Town Council should hire until it can explore funding avenues, including securing a grant from the state or money from the federal stimulus adopted in February.
The group did narrow the field to five companies after determining that two . . .
Jun 30
Locals accept the turbine project on Terawhiti Station and Makara Farm is up and running but that does not mean to say they are happy.
Vicky Wutzler of Makara Beach feels there is little point in moaning about the West Wind project now that it is up and running but said she feels cheated by Meridian Energy.
She said the company “told lies” and were “antagonistic” throughout the consultation process and she felt they really steam rolled the local community. . . .
Jun 30
My opposition to the proposed eastern corridor of the Gateway West transmission line proposed by Rocky Mountain Power and the wholesale industrialization of the northern Laramie Ranch by wind developers has nothing to do with my support of the oil and gas industry. I believe the policies being put into place by the Obama administration are setting the stage for the United States’ next energy crisis and we will need all the energy we can get whether it is renewable . . .
Jun 30
The EPA just composed a little list of which corporations are buying the most Green Power in America and tech companies had a pretty strong showing. Intel topped out the list with 1,301,200,000 kW/h of wind power purchased. Though, that’s only 46 % of their total energy use.
Second on the list was PepsiCo, which offset 100% of it’s 1,144,773,154 kW/h of electricity.
Also making the list was Dell (the only company to buy more green power than the used (158%)), Cisco (40%), Motorola (20%) and Sony (44%.) To see the full list, head to the EPA website.
Jun 30
The EPA just composed a little list of which corporations are buying the most Green Power in America and tech companies had a pretty strong showing. Intel topped out the list with 1,301,200,000 kW/h of wind power purchased. Though, that’s only 46 % of their total energy use.
Second on the list was PepsiCo, which offset 100% of it’s 1,144,773,154 kW/h of electricity.
Also making the list was Dell (the only company to buy more green power than the used (158%)), Cisco (40%), Motorola (20%) and Sony (44%.) To see the full list, head to the EPA website.
Jun 30
anonomama asked: I was wondering which would save more money in the electricity arena (I know tree’s can damage roofs).
I had heard that the shade provided by trees covering your home can help to greatly reduce summer electric bills.
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Jun 30
We live in an exciting time and a technologically advanced society. Alternative power / energy options for homeowners are on the up-and-up, similar to the price of traditional energy. Did you know that you can easily build your own home-made windmill? These are sometimes referred to as a wind generators and they enable you to create your own energy absolutely free.
Jun 30
Solar panel has numerous advantages. It’s powered by natural light. It minimizes your gas and oil costs by reducing the consumption of gas and oil. Solar panel uses renewable energy from sun. Solar panel converts both direct and indirect sunlight. Even if the panel doesn’t get direct sunlight it can function as there’s adequate solar [...] Related posts:
Jun 30
A survey among 1.010 people it reveals that 80% want to have Solar Energy in their houses. Two thirds of them said they are prepared to pay an extra to have Solar Panels and half is almost prepared to pay 10% more to buy a house that it uses Solar Energy.
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Jun 29
5/17/9 - After the San Francisco Solar Incentive passed, I switched to focus on One Block Off the Grid, which groups homes together to lower the cost of solar energy in San Francisco and the surrounding bay.
San Francisco solar incentive info here is NOT UP TO DATE anymore. Get up-to-date info at the PUC’s site.
If you’re thinking [...]
Jun 29
Five families participating in Habitat for Humanity’s new homeowner
program will be moving into solar-powered homes this year as a result
of an industry partnership coordinated by American Solar Electric. The
solar electric systems are being donated by American Solar Electric to
Habitat for Humanity as part of the company’s 2009 Community Outreach
Program. The systems range in size from 2.73 to 3.15 kilowatts
and are comprised of Kyocera high…
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Jun 29
5/17/9 - I quit blogging on this site a while back to focus on One Block Off the Grid, which groups homes together to purchase in a group to lower the cost of solar energy.
If you’re thinking about getting solar on your home the San Francisco Bay Area…So after the San Francisco Solar Incentive got [...]
Jun 29
neoplasticity asked: I have search the web extensively and have not found an answer to this question.
I just wanted to play with Solar Panels and human powered generators and could not figure out the simplest and cheapest way to hook it into my home to get some benefit out of it.
I.E. can i just [...] Related posts:
Jun 29
Solar energy is one efficient energy source which is widely known to produce a “solar thermal hot water” system for heating water. It produces electricity through a “concentrated solar power or CSP” system, or through photovoltaic electricity.
The Hawaii Energy Tax Credits give benefits to single or corporate entities. These are income tax credits of 20% to [...]