• High fuel costs are holding heating companies back

    Updated: 2011-07-27 01:00:00
    The Association of Plumbing & Heating Contractors (APHC) says the industry is suffering a double-whammy due to the combination of the high price of fuel and the recession.

  • 10,000 litre heating oil leak in Cumbria

    Updated: 2011-07-25 01:00:00
    An investigation is underway to discover how around 10,000 litres of heating oil leaked from underground tanks at the County Hotel in Kendal.

  • Southeast European Green Market Development

    Updated: 2011-07-22 09:18:45

  • Renewable Heat Premium Payment launched

    Updated: 2011-07-22 01:00:00
    Householders could get up to £1,250 of government funding to help towards the cost of installing renewable heating systems such as biomass boilers, air and ground source heat pumps and solar thermal panels.

  • Get the Hot Stories on Biomass Conversion from Those Who Know

    Updated: 2011-07-20 21:20:36
    As a premier forum for international technology exchange, tcbiomass2011 is all about getting experts together, sharing experiences and advancing solutions for thermochemical bioenergy production. We have a terrific slate of plenary presenters from government and industry who will describe the value proposition for bioenergy technologies. Foremost experts in the fields of gasification, pretreatment, pyrolysis, and upgrading provide a program that will present the latest research and deployment results which are turning concepts into reality.

  • RevoluSun expands, adding jobs and office space

    Updated: 2011-07-14 22:25:26
    , Sign-In or Create a Free Account World's 1 Renewable Energy Network for News Information News Blogs Podcast Video Finance Companies Products Jobs Calendar Magazines Events Recent Activity About Blog Press Releases Calendar Products Feeds Contact RevoluSun expands , adding jobs and office space By Jennifer Pang 2011-07-14 17:25:26.0 Hawaii's largest locally owned solar design and installation firm adds six positions leases an additional 2,900 square feet of space Do you like this article Email Bookmark Print Feed Share Tweet Share HONOLULU www.RevoluSun.com Hawaii's leading solar energy firm , RevoluSun , announced today it has just added six new green collar jobs as it expands into an additional 2,900-square-feet of space in the Pan Am Building located at 1600 Kapiolani Avenue , and

  • IREC announces its 18th annual search for innovative renewable energy projects & programs

    Updated: 2011-07-12 21:31:00
    Each year, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council recognizes individuals and organizations that have implemented innovative projects during the past year that promote and accelerate the adoption of renewable energy technologies.

  • Unirac and KYOCERA Partner to Create Modern 1.16 MW PV Installation on Historic New Jersey Site

    Updated: 2011-07-12 17:16:15
    , . Sign-In or Create a Free Account World's 1 Renewable Energy Network for News Information News Blogs Podcast Video Finance Companies Products Jobs Calendar Magazines Events Recent Activity About Blog Press Releases Calendar Products Feeds Contact Unirac and KYOCERA Partner to Create Modern 1.16 MW PV Installation on Historic New Jersey Site 2011-07-12 12:16:15.0 Unirac Infrastructure Chosen for Groundbreaking Installation Rate , Zero Fabrication and Unequaled Strength-to-Weight Ratio Do you like this article Email Bookmark Print Feed Share Tweet Share Albuquerque , NM Unirac , Inc . North America's leading provider of infrastructure for solar power systems , announced today that it has teamed with Kyocera Solar , Inc . to update the historic Masonic Lodge of New Jersey with a 1.16MW

  • Southwest Windpower to Exhibit at Cheyenne Frontier Days

    Updated: 2011-07-12 14:31:03
    Southwest Windpower, the world's leading manufacturer of personal wind generators, will exhibit at Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD), the largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration in the United States from July 22-31. Visit the company's outdoor booth located alongside local Southwest Windpower wind turbine dealer and installer, WyCo Wind & Solar. Southwest Windpower will join in celebrating western heritage by showcasing one of the wild west's greatest features – wind.

  • Installing a Through-Wall or Wall-Mounted Air Conditioner

    Updated: 2011-07-12 02:06:35
    Wall mounted air conditioner units have advantages and disadvantages. In this article, we will talk about the installation and maintenance of wall mounted room air conditioners and their comparison with other popular types of air conditioning units. Advantages of Wall Mount AC Units Wall mounted air conditioners are not the latest product of modern...

  • Howto: Cleaning Coils in an Air Conditioner

    Updated: 2011-07-07 20:15:03
    Do you worry about your dirty air conditioner coils? Here are few ways to clean your air conditioner coils and some tips to increase the service life of your air conditioner. The working principle of an air conditioner is based on heat transfer from inside air to outside air. This work of exchanging heat is done with the help of air conditioner...

  • The 2nd Law of Themodynamics

    Updated: 2011-07-07 19:43:59
    In this article you will learn the two classical statements of second law, that is the Kelvin-Plank statement and Clausius statement. You will also learn some basics of thermodynamic entropy Introduction If a system undergoes a thermodynamic process or cycle, the first law gives a quantitative estimate of the heat and work between the system and su...

  • Growing Clean Energy Through Business Model Innovation

    Updated: 2011-07-06 15:34:15
    Boston-based Zipcar (ZIP) raised $174 million from its Initial Public Offering in April 2011. It already operates in 14 big cities and 230 college campuses around the United States, Canada and the UK, and is planning to use this new capital for market expansion. Zipcar is not a high tech business, and its success is not due to sophisticated technological innovation; rather, it's an example of business model innovation.

  • Creating Canada's Next Renewable Energy Shark?

    Updated: 2011-07-06 14:02:00
    Success in the renewable energy sector is largely determined by having a large balance sheet and a small cost of capital. Small developers can do all the little things right and eventually build a large portfolio of operating projects and an attractive pipeline, but at the end of the day the big utilities will have their way. But does it have to be like this? Economics teaches us that young, fragmented industries eventually experience consolidation, but is it possible that one or more of Canada's renewable energy minnows could become a shark?

  • Multi-MW Solar PV Plants: More Problem Than Solution

    Updated: 2011-07-06 14:00:00
    Today, a large number of multi-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants are being planned or installed in several countries all over the world. For several valid reasons stated below, many experts are convinced that installing such large centralized plants to utilize solar power is unnecessary, a wasteful investment and technologically inappropriate.

  • Schneider Electric presents solar solutions at Intersolar North America

    Updated: 2011-07-05 20:32:09
    Schneider Electric will present solar solutions in Booth 7510 at one of the largest solar trade shows in California, Intersolar North America, taking place from July 12-14 in San Francisco.

  • EIA Report: Renewables Surpass Nuclear Output

    Updated: 2011-07-05 16:30:26
    According to the most recent issue of the "Monthly Energy Review" by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy has passed a milestone as domestic production is now greater than that of nuclear power and is closing in on oil.

  • Is It Too Late? Living with a World Energy Crisis (Free Report)

    Updated: 2011-07-02 14:33:25
    WILL POPULATION GROWTH AND ENERGY RESOURCE DEPLETION HAVE DIRE CONSEQUENCES OVER THE COMING YEARS? That is the question this survey report answers, which provides keen insight into the minds of 2GreenEnergy readers regarding the future of our world, founded upon our growing demands for energy in the early part of the 21st century.

  • How to Find Freon Leaks in Air Conditioners

    Updated: 2011-07-02 00:34:58
    Freon leaks from air conditioners have adverse effects on our health. Keeping a check over Freon levels in air conditioners is important not only for health but for effective and smooth working of air conditioning units as well. Air conditioner leak detection is described in detail in this article. Freon is trademark name given to refrigeration chl...

  • Power Plant Emissions.

    Updated: 2011-06-30 02:13:07
    Power plants produce a lot of emissions in the process of converting energy from fossil fuels to Electricity. What is the type and nature of these emissions ? Read on.. Europe still remembers 1816 “the year without summer” through the literary works like Lord Byron’s “The Darkness” and Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein”. The year in which the sun ray...

  • altE, Solar Panel Distributor, Makes Products More Accessible to Solar Installers in New England

    Updated: 2011-06-28 14:55:44
    altE, a leading distributor of solar panel and solar power products, has recently completed the transition from a third party to an in-house warehouse facility located at the company's headquarters in Hudson, MA. This move, enables more direct, quality service given to all of altE's solar installer and do-it-yourself customers throughout the USA, but especially those located in the New England region.

  • Guatemala Enhanced Stethoscope 2011

    Updated: 2011-06-16 18:42:02
    The Appropriate Technology Collaborative Designs That Work Skip to content ATC Mission Design Teams Rutgers 2009 2011 University of Michigan BLUELab 2011 M-Heal Enhanced Stethoscope 2011 Carlmont High School , Belmont CA 2011 Michigan State University 2009 Michigan State University 2007 Projects Guatemala Water Nicaragua Maternal Health 2010 Solar Lighting to Replace Kerosene Lamps Carlmont HS Solar Light Design 2011 Women Wind Weavers of Guatemala Press Blog ATC Newsletter Design Library Bamboo Reinforced Concrete BioFuels Solar LED Lighting Solar Refrigeration Treadle Pump Donate to ATC Thank You Final Push for Global Giving Guatemala Enhanced Stethoscope 2011 Posted on June 16, 2011 by jb ATC M-Heal Students Meet Midwives in Guatemala M-HEAL team students meet with midwives of the

  • Italy: Nuclear? Non Grazie! Berlusconi: Now It's Renewables

    Updated: 2011-06-16 14:42:18
    Italians have decisively said "no thanks" to nuclear for a second time in a nationwide referendum and the country must now turn increasingly to renewable energy. The vote is a stinging rebuke to Conservative Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi who had hoped to revive the country's dormant nuclear industry.

  • What GOP Debate Tells Us About Energy Policy

    Updated: 2011-06-14 16:19:43
    Sign-In or Create a Free Account World's 1 Renewable Energy Network for News Information News Blogs Podcast Video Finance Companies Products Jobs Calendar Magazines Events Profile Network Activity Comments Articles Blog Bookmarks Contact What GOP debate tells us about energy policy By Steve Leone 2011-06-14 11:19:43.0 Post Your Comment Do you like this blog post Email Bookmark Print Share Tweet Share New Hampshire politics have always been tough to pin down . But this much is for sure : more than any other state , it is a political arena where presidential aspirations gain legitimacy and where national agendas are . set So it was with that political reality that New Hampshire and the rest of America welcomed the unofficial start of the 2012 presidential race with a Republican primary

  • Why Is Renewable Energy Coming Along So Slowly? (Free Report)

    Updated: 2011-06-11 01:02:00
    A brand new 12-page report titled THE IMPEDIMENTS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY summarizes the results of a 2011 survey of over 500 respondents regarding the migration to renewable energy. The free reference features 13 graphs that highlight the core research data and unveils the most current insight into the contemporary considerations regarding renewable energy perspectives.

  • California's SB X 1-2 Law Walks Renewable Energy Tightrope

    Updated: 2011-06-10 14:00:00
    This law, called the California Renewable Energy Resources Act, obligates all California electricity providers to obtain at least 33% of their energy from renewable resources by the year 2020. This requirement constitutes the most aggressive renewable portfolio standard in the country.

  • Southwest Windpower Announces Distribution of Premier Remote Solar and Wind Powered Energy Generation Systems

    Updated: 2011-06-07 17:50:25
    – June 7, 2011 – Southwest Windpower, the world's leading manufacturer of personal wind generators, today announced that it has entered into a sales and marketing agreement with Green Trail Energy to distribute the revolutionary mobile solar and wind powered energy and communication system—GSW-7000—under the name MWS-7000. This partnership underscores Southwest Windpower's mission to make clean, affordable energy available to everyone.

  • New Battery Design Could Give Electric Vehicles a Jolt

    Updated: 2011-06-06 16:06:33
    A radically new approach to the design of batteries, developed by researchers at MIT, could provide a lightweight and inexpensive alternative to existing batteries for electric vehicles and the power grid. The technology could even make "refueling" such batteries as quick and easy as pumping gas into a conventional car.

  • Final Push for Global Giving

    Updated: 2011-04-22 20:25:32
    We need to raise just $1,600.00 to make our overall goal of $5,000.00 for the Women Wind Weavers project on Global Giving.  Any size donation much appreciated. The funds will go to pay the women to learn and teach a … Continue reading →

  • Small Wind Turbines for Developing Countries

    Updated: 2011-04-04 16:01:02
    The Appropriate Technology Collaborative Designs That Work Skip to content ATC Home ATC Mission Design Teams University of Michigan BLUELab 2011 M-Heal Enhanced Stethoscope 2011 Michigan State University 2009 Michigan State University 2007 Projects Guatemala Water Nicaragua Maternal Health 2010 Women Wind Weavers of Guatemala Press Blog ATC Newsletter Design Library Bamboo Reinforced Concrete BioFuels Solar LED Lighting Solar Refrigeration Treadle Pump Donate to ATC Thank You ATC Women Wind Weavers Global Giving Small Wind Turbines for Developing Countries Posted on April 4, 2011 by jb Traditional Weaving From Michigan : Engineering Two things stand out in the town of Nueva Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan , Guatemala : electric power is scarce and women are expert weavers . A Michigan

  • ATC Women Wind Weavers @ Global Giving

    Updated: 2011-04-02 16:41:54
    The Appropriate Technology Collaborative Designs That Work Skip to content ATC Home ATC Mission Design Teams University of Michigan BLUELab 2011 M-Heal Enhanced Stethoscope 2011 Michigan State University 2009 Michigan State University 2007 Projects Guatemala Water Nicaragua Maternal Health 2010 Women Wind Weavers of Guatemala Press Blog ATC Newsletter Design Library Bamboo Reinforced Concrete BioFuels Solar LED Lighting Solar Refrigeration Treadle Pump Donate to ATC Thank You Update from Guatemala : It broke our hearts to have to say we could not help” ATC Women Wind Weavers Global Giving Posted on April 2, 2011 by jb Women Wind Weavers BLUELab We have started our spring 2011 campaign to fund the Women Wind Weavers of Guatemala . Donate : Women Wind Weavers : Problem Women bear the brunt

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