All Entries in the "Renewable Energy" Category
Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency
Many people would like to be more energy efficient and go green with their home energy use and appliances. Solar panels and solar powered water heaters are a great way of going green but at this point can be costly. Here is the new program to accumulate federal tax credits by greening up your home and saving money on your utilities.[...]
Environmental Programs
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ENRIN – Capacity Building
Central & Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
Policy development and planning for sustainable development and coherent environmental management demands information, national data and knowledge of the state of the environment. As assessments and analyses become multi-sectoral, the degree of complexity generates the need for integrated information. These products in turn require organizational [...]
Adding Green Features To Your Home Will Increase Your Equity
In today’s economy, holding on to your home’s equity is a task that is not easily done. However there are some green projects you can do around your home that will increase your equity and make your home desirable to others. So, if you are selling your home and not getting many results, greening up [...]
Green Power
There are many different sources of Green Power: Geothermal, Solar, Wind, Hydro, Biofuels, Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicles, Hydrogen Generators and many other ways to go green, as far as your power usage is concerned. By using Green Power, we help the environment and save money at the same time.
There are new ways to use green power for [...]
UPS Is Going Green!
United Parcel Service of America, Inc. (UPS) on the 13th of November, 2008, anounced plans to go paperless when tracking packages. They are going to use a new combo scanner paperless printing device, that will print directly on the packages themselves, replacing the standard labels.[...]
Jack Nicholson And The Hydrogen Car Of The Past
We were amazed when we found this video of Jack Nicholson in 1978, promoting the first car to run on solar power and hydrogen gas. You can not help but wonder why this technology was not implemented back then and why no one has heard about it until recently. The video is a clip from [...]
Wind Power: Maglev Wind Turbine
Wind Power is a renewable energy source that has real world applications. The energy produced by wind has been taken advantage of for close to 6,000 years. Most windmills, even to the present day, were used to grind corn and for water retrieval. The new windmill is capable of cranking out enough power to supply [...]
Algae For Fuel: Is It Possible?
About 4 years ago inventor Jim Sears from Colorado came up with the idea of extracting biofuels from algae. He knew, this being a new technology and a new industry, that he had a long way to go and a lot of people to convince. Algae, which can provide a 100 times more oil per [...]
Sustainable Living In Devon England.
A group of people in Devon, England have gone back to nature and are using a few solar panels. The people are practicing permaculture which maximizes soil use and reduces ecological damage.[...]
