Formulas for Estimating Renewable Energy Installations
Forumlas for estimating renewable energy installations
John Grandinetti’s Solar Oven
The invention of a cheap solar powered oven could be a life changing tool for many third world countries
Create Your Own Biodiesel
Fuel prices have now hit $4.00 a gallon in most places in the U.S. and show no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Its painfully obvious that the oil producing countries of this world, the big oil companies and even the U.S. government (as well as other world governments) are not in a big [...]
America’s first city powered by renewable energy.
Rock Port, Missouri is a small town along I-29 just North of Kansas City Missouri with a population of about
1300. Rock Port has the distinction of being the first town in the U.S. powered completely by renewable energy, more specifically, wind power. Not only is Rockport meeting all its power needs, its actually producing 23% [...]
AB 1920: California bill goes beyond Net Metering
Requires California Utilities to pay for excess solar electric (and wind) power generation.
Under the California Solar Initiative (CSI), net metering limits your electric bill to near zero even if your photovoltaic system generates more power than you consume. AB 1920 corrects this situation by forcing utilities to compensate photovoltaic system owners for any excess solar [...]
