[ad_1] With a high number of sunshine-filled hours for more than 300 days a year, the Arab world should be pushing solar energy, which is cheap, clean and plentiful. The Middle East and North Africa have a growing number of projects, not all of which are government-owned. The International Renewable Energy Authority said the solar […]
[ad_1] RELATED: Met Council Partners with Xcel to Operate on 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2040 “Essentially that means more wind, more solar, more energy efficiency,” said Franz Litz, a program consultant with the Great Plains Institute. Litz said it also means that existing nuclear plants, which don’t have air emissions, could be an important part […]
[ad_1] To the editor: Do the few but vocal activists lining shorelines, marching the steps of the statehouse and dangerously tree-sitting along proposed pipeline routes understand how important energy is to their daily lives and headline-making, anti-fossil fuel antics? Besides the irony — activists used gas-fueled cars to drive to the protests, held signs and […]
[ad_1] As the Mall of Louisiana’s thousands of customers traverse its 1.5 million square feet of retail space on any given weekend, something is quietly happening above their heads: Hundreds of solar panels are collecting the sun’s rays and converting them into energy to help keep the lights on and the air conditioning blowing. At […]
[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Habitat for Humanity dedicated four new energy-efficient homes Saturday in East Austin. The homes are the first-built of their kind. They come equipped with solar panels, advanced wall construction, and vaulted ceilings to keep costs for the new homeowners down. The land was provided by the Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation through a […]
[ad_1] According to myth, Charybdis was a sea monster that consumed ships by sucking them into deadly whirlpools. A new image provided by NASA’s Operational Land Imager, an instrument aboard the Landsat 8 satellite, might have just revealed Charybdis’ real life lair, in the Baltic Sea. At the very least, this image proves that reality […]
[ad_1] Are you interested in getting rooftop solar, but you’re not sure where to start, or you’re overwhelmed by the choices, or it seems too expensive? We can help. We are a small group of neighbors in University Hills (that’s the neighborhood adjacent to UC Irvine). Last year, we ran a successful initiative to get […]
[ad_1] EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part 2 of 2 in a series of a candidate questionnaire for Democratic and Republican candidates running in the Aug. 7 primary election for the Michigan 101st District House of Representatives. Part 2 includes responses from the candidates on the Republican ticket. Part 1, Democrat responses, was published in Friday’s edition. MANISTEE COUNTY — In […]
[ad_1] We have land, lots of it. We have sun, in spades. What we don’t have is a single solar farm in Yakima County to harness this plentiful energy source and help heat up our economy in the process. It has been a missed opportunity, but one that can be rectified, if certain concerns are […]
[ad_1] Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. HERMITAGE, PA (MyValleyTributes) – John N. Gruitza, 76, of Hermitage, passed away Thursday evening, July 26, 2018 in the transitional care unit of Sharon Regional Medical Center, after a brief illness. Mr. Gruitza was born May 6, […]
