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  Neat solar experiment

  01.28.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Neat solar experiment

  In this AP article it’s explained that a State Senator from Virginia is staying in solar-powered home designed by Virginia Tech engineering students. Frank Wagner is using this as a means to raise awareness of renewable energy and self-sufficiency by living in the house outside the Science Museum of Virginia. While the experience hasn’t been […]

• Business, Energy, Technology & Science

  Ecologically sound network hosting

  01.25.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Ecologically sound network hosting

  A former Sun colleague, Jon Greaves, sent me this article a few days ago: Norfolk Wildlife Trust now has an environmentally friendly website, after a move this week to solar powered hosting. Athenaeum who run EcologicalHosting.com are the only UK based company to have an entire hosting infrastructure powered from renewable energy sources, making it […]

• Business, Energy

  Finding geothermal resources

  01.24.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  If you wondered why there weren’t more geothermal projects, you’re not alone. One of the more vexing things about geothermal resources is finding them. When compared with other renewable resources it’s a much more challenging endeavour. After all, it’s pretty evident how to determine if a site is appropriate for wind or solar generation by […]

• Business, Energy

  Just how much geothermal potential is in the US?

  01.23.07 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  This is a question bandied about frequently in geothermal circles. Recently, a panel chaired by Jeff Tester from MIT set out to answer that question and they presented their results at the 32nd Stanford Geothermal Conference yesterday. Let’s first setup the measurement system, it’s in exa-joules (EJ.) A kilowatt hour is approximately 3.6M joules. An […]

• Business, Energy

  Attack fossil funding

  01.18.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Attack fossil funding

  Not a bad ploy really. The Boston Globe reports that a coalition of environmental groups are doing just that as the Texas Utility Corporation (TXU) seeks $11B for funding the construction of 11 new pulverized coal plants which would release some 78 million tons of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere per year. What else could […]

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