NJ candy factory flips switch on new solar array
AP - 36 minutes agoThose green M&Ms are getting greener.
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Those green M&Ms are getting greener.
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (AP) - Those green M&Ms really are getting greener. A New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch Monday on a new solar array that provides clean energy.
SIERRA VISTA - Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative is one of three utilities to receive economic stimulus funding from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a federal project to upgrade its electrical grid.
The University of Louisville has its eye on the rotting trash buried in the Outer Loop Landfill. Specifically, officials are considering whether methane made from the trash — already partially tapped to fuel a boiler at General Electric's Appliance Park — could be tapped to replace its coal burning boilers in Old Louisville or downtown.
The staff at Safe Harbor Hospice has formed a "green team" to help reduce their carbon footprint and take better care of Mother Earth. The green team has four major factors they focus on: Recycling, energy conservation, education, and volunteering.
The nine candidates vying for four seats on the Telluride Town Council represent a cross-section of the community — from a late-20s video store manager to a retired schools superintendent, from a glider-plane-flying incumbent to a computer tech taking his first stab at council.
Bernard Zahren is a homeowner on top of Avon Mountain who has a problem most of us can envy.
At 11:35 a.m. Thursday, students across campus participated in a "walkout," leaving class early to attend a rally for renewable energy. "As an institution of higher learning, we feel that we should be spearheading the sustainability movement," said Initiative for Clean Energy president Lance Lewis as students, faculty and staff were assembling in Borchuck Plaza for the rally.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2009) - Wind Works Power Corp. (OTCBB:WWPW)(FRANKFURT:R5E1)(WKN:AOKE72) is pleased to announce that they have signed an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Honelles, a 10 megawatt wind energy project located in Belgium. In consideration for the 100% interest, Wind Works will make an initial cash payment of $100,000 on January 15, 2010 and a ...
The University of New Hampshire reports its Center for Ocean Renewable Energy (CORE) has landed $700,000 in federal stimulus funds to test a prototype floating wind turbine.
Who could resent the attention being showered on electric cars? Stylish and clean, they're the darling of the renewable-energy crowd, which is hailing the scheduled rollout of several e-powered models next year as a major blow against global warming.
When people talk about renewable energy, many mean the latest in clean-energy technology, not a fuel that was pioneered by cavemen. But for NV Energy, what’s old is new again. At the Reid Gardner coal plant about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas, the utility last month began mixing wood chips with the coal burned to produce electricity at the plant.
On Saturday, people around the world with gather on beaches and highways, in cities and churches and atop mountains in an effort to mobilize world leaders to find effective solutions to reverse climate change.
A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for federal economic stimulus money as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project because he says it will generate Chinese, not American, jobs.
Wissahickon Growing Greener hosted a workshop on climate change Oct. 28 at the Wissahickon Valley Public Library in Blue Bell, educating the audience about the future impact both nationally and locally.
Suzlon Wind Energy Corp. announced the early completion of the Silver Sage Windpower Project, a Duke Energy wind farm in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that is comprised of 20 Suzlon S88 2.1-megawatt (MW) wind turbines.