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Corporate Green Power Procurement 13 Jun 2013 | 03:22 pm
There are several strategies available to companies interested in procuring green power. In regulated states retail options such as procurement of renewable energy certificates and participation in gr...
The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling 6 Jun 2013 | 08:49 am
How do you design and build the ideal solar home? Clearly, your site selection, building design, materials choice, and lifestyle must all figure into the process. The choice to integrate passive solar...
Is Green Electricity Essential for Our Future? 31 May 2013 | 08:10 am
What should we look for when it comes to picking a green energy company to supply our electricity needs? That’s an important question for grid-tied consumers to ask as utility restructuring brings new...
Solar Electric System In Small Town 24 May 2013 | 02:02 pm
My wife and I recently moved to an area where the maximum daytime temperatures during the summer are generally high level. To conserve energy, we planned to use a whole-house fan to cool the house at ...
Nuclear Power: Rising from the Dead 15 May 2013 | 12:38 pm
I have been thinking a lot lately about our energy future. So much of it is out of our control, and it doesn’t seem to be getting better. This is doubly so in the case of nuclear energy’s future. If w...
Energy Efficiency Defined – Ratio of Output to Input 9 May 2013 | 07:42 am
In terms of energy generation and use, “efficiency” is the ratio of energy input to energy output. If I put ten units of energy into a device and only get seven units of useful work out, the device is...
No Power Outage – Smart Microgrids are Best Solution 2 May 2013 | 11:22 am
It is no surprise to most people that occasionally the electricity grid goes down. As they say, “stuff happens”. Trees blow down during storms, taking utility lines with them. Lightning strikes take o...
Fueling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy Is Changing Every 25 Apr 2013 | 10:20 am
Fueling the Future arose from the Ingenuity Project, an annual effort to bring together the world’s brightest minds in all endeavors to brainstorm practical, ingenious solutions to the world’s most co...
2kW Grid-tied Home Power System 20 Apr 2013 | 02:02 pm
Several families in my area have a passion for serving the community with portable emergency communications gear powered by renewable energy. When we hook up our systems at home, we have to use green ...
Renewable Energy: Power Free – No Cost? 15 Apr 2013 | 07:07 am
How “free” is renewable energy? I often find that people have unrealistic expectations about renewable energy systems. There’s something about the “free” nature of solar, wind, and water power that le...
