Hydro-Quebec is a hydroelectric energy producer in Quebec, one of the largest in Canada. For some years now they have been planning the damming of the Romaine River, a river which runs from Northern Quebec to the gulf of the St-Lawrence. The plan would put four major dams along the river, completing destroying the rivers [...]
I cut my energy bill in half since I bought my house 10 years ago. The first year I lived there my energy bill was over $1400 per year for my all electric house. I got it down to about $700 two years ago before the price of electricity jumped 20% in January of 2007.
I [...]
1366 Technologies, an MIT start-up with the goal of making silicon solar cells competitive with coal, has announced $12.4 million in funding from a first round of financing.
1366 founder and CTO, Professor Ely Sachs, stated in a recent press release the company will be combining innovations in silicon cell design with manufacturing process enhancements to [...]
Daniel Sheridan, a 23 year-old student, has recently designed a prototype see-saw to generate enough power to light a classroom.
Inspired by a trip to the island of Wasimi, Kenya teaching and assisting in the building of a school Daniel came up with the idea to convert the positive energy and “play” of the students into [...]
With the motto that declares ‘it is the small things in life that make a big difference’, it is E-Day’s hope that they can facilitate a measurable change in energy used with a UK nation wide “leave it off” experiment.
Over the course of 24 hours this February, people in the UK will be invited to [...]
Want to experience life in an energy efficient, climate friendly town? Well, Greenpeace UK may have found the solution – virtually! They have collaborated with Biro Creative (an online provider with green values) to create a multi-media, animation packed simulated city that showcases pioneering, real world communities around the UK who are using [...]
The US Department of Energy cites that the Earth receives more solar energy each day from the sun than the total amount of energy the planet’s inhabitants would consume in 27 years.
Tapping into this abundant source, EBM Consulting Services recently completed the largest residential solar electric project in New York State. The project was [...]
Ocean waves are said to have the highest energy density of energy renewable energy source – one thousand denser than wind. Finavera Renewables is a publicly traded company focusing on the development of renewable energy resources and technologies; such as the AquaBuOY (yes, spelled that way) – a floating buoy structure that converts the energy [...]
Not yet a house-owner myself and in no way living off grid (yet!), I became interested in the whole grid system earlier this year on an SEIM bike tour in Oregon. On this tour, I met a new farmer who explained his frustrations in trying to live off-grid.
This farmer had graduated college and decided to [...]
The city of The Hague in Holland has announced an initiative to incorporate geothermal heating into four thousand homes and a few businesses by 2008/2009. Geothermal heating was first used by the Romans thousands of years ago and is the process by which water or steam occurring naturally near the Earth’s surface is distributed to [...]
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