Union County citizens can offer wind farm opinion

Posted on 3. September, 2010.

The Le Grande Observer reports Horizon Wind Energy has applied to the Oregon Energy Department for a certificate to build the Antelope Ridge Wind Farm in ...

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Grid-Scale Energy Storage Market to Reach $35 Billion by 2020, According to Pike Research

Posted on 1. September, 2010.

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy storage on the grid addresses several pressing market needs. Pike Research forecasts the largest growth for compressed air energy storage, lithium ion batteries, and flow batteries.

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North ripe for energy initiatives

Posted on 30. August, 2010.

If there is any green to be generated from green energy, Northern Ontario is one region is ripe for the picking. "There's huge potential here, whether it's wind, solar, biomass or biogas," said Ontario Energy Minister Brad Duguid, while touring a hydroelectric project in Kapuskasing late last week.[...]

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Saul Griffith on kites as the future of renewable energy

Posted on 27. August, 2010.

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Putting Together Photovoltaic Solar Panels In Your House.

Posted on 26. August, 2010.

Power from the sun could be harnessed from your home without difficulty. The rooftop of your house is considered the best spot to set up the solar pv panels for any collection of solar radiation. A large percentage of the home's energy requirements can be obtained this way and you will then also be helping decreasing the usage of fossil fuels. Putting together a solar power kit for your house is relatively easy. Be certain the system is sold with easy-to-follow guidelines and additionally that...

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Would you be willing to pay a gas tax that would fund an energy policy?

Posted on 25. August, 2010.

Here's the hypothetical a $.50 gas tax that would have the proceeds go to increasing supply and reducing demand for oil. Everything from developing more fuel efficient cars or public transport, to building or improving refineries, to cutting energy waste in buildings. Would you be willing to pay it? Do you think it would be effective? What do you think an energy policy should be? Merely a hypothetical, all opinions welcome, but please be respectful.

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A Primer On Free Energy Sources

Posted on 24. August, 2010.

Sustainability is perhaps the key feature of the life that we would be leading in the coming decade. We cannot afford to be passive users of our natural resources and contribute to the depletion of non renewable resources in a haphazard manner. What we can instead do is to make use of the free energy that is available to each and everyone of us in the environment and harness their immense potential to reduce our dependence on conventional forms of energy. All it takes is a little effort on our...

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what is the world's greatest energy source?

Posted on 23. August, 2010.

what is the world's greatest energy source?

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Kick-Ass, Death at a Funeral, & The Joneses: Rotten Tomatoes Show

Posted on 22. August, 2010.

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Will We be Using Solar Power Instead of Toothpaste One Day?

Posted on 21. August, 2010.

The Soladey-J3X houses a solar panel at the base of the brush that transmits electrons to the head of the toothbrush with a lead wire. ...

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