Archive for November, 2009
Another One Bites the Dust: Michigan Coal Plant Converts to Biomass
November 30th, 2009 | 
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In yet another indication that the days of king coal are numbered, another coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is converting to biomass. Michigan’s L’Anse Warden Electric Company purchased an existing coal, oil, and natural gas power plant and promptly made the switch in order to engage in some sustainable synergy with a nearby manufacturing operation of the CertainTeed Corporation.
The CertainTeed facility will get the benefit of using electricity with a lower carbon footprint than coal. It will also give something back. The factory will recycle its formerly landfilled scrap by sending it to the Warden power plant for fuel, and that’s just the tip of the sustainable iceberg.
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Tags: CertainTeed Corporation, coal-fired power plant, Thin Film Solar, thin film solar panel | 
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Solar-Powered Space Ship Could Travel 100,000 MPH?
A spacecraft powered by photons from sunlight has been designed by the Planetary Society.
They are also currently building the solar sailor, and hope to launch it at the end of 2010.
Posted in solar power |
Tags: solar space travel, Thin Film Solar, thin film solar panel |
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Homeowners Associations and and Solar Roof Laws Do Battle
The desire to avoid solar confrontations with neighbors could have an effect on architectural design. Here’s how one Southern California homeowner solved that on a new home in San Diego: he hid the panels behind a parapet.
California has already had a law on the books for three decades: The California Solar Rights Act made it illegal to restrict solar system installations, in deeds and certain other documents.
Biggest Polluters Still Not Filing With SEC
As Copenhagen nears, the companies in the fossil energy industry that will be actually impacted by the climate bill are still not reporting their climate change risks, according to the Environmental Defense Fund and the Center for Energy and Environmental Security.
Climate-related disclosure “continues to be weak or altogether nonexistent in SEC filings of global companies with the most at stake in preparing for a low-carbon global economy.”
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Tags: Copenhagen, emails, investor risks, Thin Film Solar, thin film solar panel |
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Largest Working Hydro-Electric Wave Energy Device in the World Launched
The largest working hydro-electric wave energy device was launched by Queen’s University Belfast, Aquamarine Power Ltd. and the Scottish government recently, bringing the global wave energy industry one major move forward.
The device is called Oyster. It is the only hydro-electric wave energy device producing power in the world, according to Queens University Belfast.
How does it work?
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Tags: Alex Salmond, alternative, alternative power, Aquamarine Power, Belfast, EMEC, emission, Engineering and Physical Sciences, European Marine Energy Centre, First Minister, government, hydro-electric, minister, ocean acidification, Orkney, oyster, Portaferry, Queen’s University, Queen’s University Belfast, renewable power, Salmond, Saltire Prize, Scottish, Thin Film Solar, thin film solar panel, Trevor Whittaker, Whittaker, you-tube, YouTube |
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