Green Energy TV is like a green version of YouTube. Create a free account, and you can upload your videos about successful Green/Renewable/Alternative Energy Projects to their website, where it will be aired online. Green Energy TV would also like… Read More »The launch of Green Energy TV
The New York Times reports on a cutting-edge London architecture firm who have come up with a genius plan to harvest free green electricity from human footsteps: The average human being generates about eight watts of energy with each step,… Read More »Energy harvesting floors
The initial cost of installing solar power can make the technology prohibitive for some, so it’s very exciting to see what US corporation Citizenrē is doing for those who would like to install solar panels on their homes, but can’t afford the big outlay. The REnU 25-year fixed rate residential solar electric system rental program is the first to allow homeowners in forty US states to choose green energy while eliminating the large upfront investment costs and premiums over power purchased from electric utilities. The REnU program appears to offer the most attractive terms in the solar industry in the US.
Citizenrē manufactures, pays for, installs, permits, owns, maintains, and operates the solar photovoltaic system installation. All homeowners are required to do is to pay for the electricity generated from these panels, at a fixed rate that is at or below their current electricity price, for up to twenty-five years.
This is one of four eye-catching posters produced by EDF France to promote energy saving. You can view them all here. (via: Hugg and Ecolocal)
It’s traditional for businesses to say thank you to their customers at Christmas time. Thousands of cards are printed, hours are spent signing them, and then there’s the last minute rush to get them all posted before it’s too late. The financial implications of sending thousands of Christmas cards are expected and planned for, but how many businesses consider the cost to the environment?
The thousands of cards that businesses send their clients each year require a lot of paper to make, and only very few greetings card manufacturers are using recycled paper for their cards. It would be fair to say that recycled paper is not a big focus in the greetings card industry. One tree needs to be chopped down for every 3000 Christmas cards, and in the UK alone, around 1 billion Christmas cards will be sent this year [source: Defra]. That’s over 300,000 trees.
The process of making greetings cards can often include further environmentally damaging processes, such as toxic printer inks and fixing agents. Then there’s disposal of the vast quantities of cards, many of which will end up in landfill. And the carbon emissions created by transporting the cards all over the country are substantial too.
Thousands of American homes and buildings will open their doors to the public today (7th Oct 2006) to give everyone the opportunity to experience solar power, solar heating, cooling, and hot-water, wind power, daylighting, and green building technologies. This is… Read More »US National Solar Tour starts today
I like the idea of popping down to the hardware shop to pick up some organic compost, a new pair of wellies and wind turbine. Ecologically, installing some sort of micro-powergeneration seems to be the right thing to do, but… Read More »You can do it if you B&Q it
The City of Manchester stadium is about to become the very first in the world with its own green power supply. Permission has been granted for Manchester City Football Club to erect a 120m high wind turbine, to power both… Read More »Football’s biggest fan
Why renewable energy?
Renewable energy makes sense. Why continue to use fuel that cannot be renewed when it is possible to either replace this fuel or supplement it with energies that are renewed again and again and again?
People generally implement renewable energy for one of three reasons: