NSCC adds solar panels at Danvers campus – Boston Globe

Installation of new solar panels at a North Shore Community College building will likely be complete in about a year, a statement from the school said. The school and the state Division of Asset Capital Management are currently installing more than 350 of …

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/danvers/2011/03/north_shore_community_college_1.html

In small wind versus solar, it’s all about location – CNET News

BOSTON–When it comes to distributed energy in suburban or urban areas, solar panels do a better job of fitting in than small wind turbines. Small wind turbines , which are increasingly being marketed to homeowners, can provide power for both grid-tied and …

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20045425-54.html

Practical sustainability takes on greenwashing – Miami Herald

In much the same way, the, what I call, “environmental bling” of low flow toilets, solar panels and bamboo flooring can be used to distract us from the fact that the house we are considering is actually improperly oriented to the sun, too large for our …
“bamboo flooring” – Bing News

Wind Powered Cargo Ships Make a Comeback – CleanTechnica


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Wind Powered Cargo Ships Make a Comeback
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Now it appears that wind power is about to make a comeback, in the form of rigid “sails” that double as solar panels. The patent-pending technology, called the Aquarius Solar and Wind Marine Power System, is being developed by a company called Eco
Aquarius solar and wind power system for shipsEnergy Harvesting Journal
Solar Sails To Power International ShippingEnergy Matters

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Coverage of Green Issues Becomes More Specialized – New York Times

Coverage of Green Issues Becomes More Specialized
New York Times
China's progress on clean energy, of course, is always a big topic in the West, which fears that the country's low-cost manufacturing will corner the market for making solar panels and wind turbines and also worries about China's rapidly growing fleet

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Solar Takes on Wind in Battle of Efficiency – CalFinder (blog)


CalFinder (blog)
Solar Takes on Wind in Battle of Efficiency
CalFinder (blog)
To prove this, Inland Power – the largest electric cooperative in Washington – installed solar panels and a 35-foot wind turbine, each system costing about
CORRECTING and REPLACING GE's 15000th 1.5 Megawatt Wind Turbine Supports Business Wire (press release)

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Ann Arbor congregation uses wind power – uuworld.org


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Ann Arbor congregation uses wind power
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“The utility company purchases the renewable energy credits generated by the solar panels and gives Net Metering credit for both the solar and wind outputs
Penn State research team to install, study wind turbineCentre Daily Times
District halts plan to install wind turbineWatertownDailyTimes.com
Stuarts Point gets turbo chargedCoff’s Coast Advocate

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Solar panels, cell phones, LED light bulbs and the third world – Tucson Citizen

Solar panels, cell phones, LED light bulbs and the third world
Tucson Citizen
25, 2010, under Blog For Arizona by David Safier Many areas of the world are simply off the grid. To bring them electricity, solar is far cheaper than

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