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RPS Policies at State-Level examined by Berkeley Lab

April 25, 2008 – 6:20 am

 
A new report was released by the U.S. Dept of Energy’s Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (Berkley Lab) shows that renewable energy is being supported by a growing number of states.  This is being done by the creation of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) which this report gives an overview of the experience with these new state-level [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in In The News, RPS, Studies | Comments (0)

Clean Energy Alternative

December 12, 2007 – 8:04 am

If you can’t afford the up front cost of going off the grid how about turning to clean energy resources for your energy needs now.
The up front cost of going self-sufficient may be to much and with most tax and rebate incentives expiring, the help that was there is disappearing fast, using mass produced alternative [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in Alternative energy, Energy use, Helathy (green) Ideas | Comments (0)

Government Grants for Alternative Energy

November 27, 2007 – 11:38 am

By: Warren Peters
In his State of the Union Address for 2007, President George W. Bush called for a 22% increase in federal grants for research and development of alternative energy. However, in a speech he gave soon after, he said to those assembled, I recognize that there has been some interesting mixed signals when it [...]

By admin | Also posted in Alternative energy, Government Issues, NREL | Comments (0)

Be Energy Efficient before Off-Grid

November 14, 2007 – 9:52 am

Going off-grid is the ultimate dream of those of us here, but if your house is leaking its heating/cooling, using more water then needed, burning extra energy when operating appliances and lights, then you need to fix that first.
You should make sure that your home is as energy efficient as possible before investing in your [...]

By Kelly Mead | Also posted in ASE, Energy Efficiency, Energy use, energy audit | Comments (0)