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Ontario’s Ambitious Green Policy

Ontario’s Ambitious Green Policy

Ontario aims to phase out its coal power plants within five years according to the Canadian province’s new Green Energy Act. Canada is one of the highest carbon gas contributors among major economies.

Space Solar Power to Receive Funding and Criticism

Space Solar Power to Receive Funding and Criticism

Solaren hopes to raise enough money to develop a solar farm that will orbit in space. That’s just a portion of the total budget that runs in the billions of dollars, as a single rocket costs $150 million.

Solar Panel Manufacturers to Benefit from Copenhagen Summit

Solar Panel Manufacturers to Benefit from Copenhagen Summit

The future looks bright for solar panel manufacturers with next week’s 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to look for climate change solutions.

Companies Conserving Energy Right Now

Companies Conserving Energy Right Now

Solar power, and other forms of alternative energy, are slowly becoming more mainstream. As technology and public opinion progress, it will become more economically feasible for companies to invest in sustainable energy use.

Mongolia on Its Way to Becoming a Solar Power Giant

Mongolia on Its Way to Becoming a Solar Power Giant

Great things are happening in Inner Mongolia when it comes to solar power. This Mongol autonomous region located in northern China is becoming a powerful player in the alternative energy sector, and as such China wants to use the region to house various solar farms.

Will You Pay Extra for Green Power?

Will You Pay Extra for Green Power?

Around one-fourth of the country’s utilities offer green power programs, and at present big utility companies can’t deliver 100 percent renewable power to their customers. Rather, their electricity comes from different sources such as coal plants, solar power farms, and wind farms and go through the same power grid.

SunRun Expands to Colorado

SunRun Expands to Colorado

Colorado residents can now enjoy cheaper solar power, with the entry of SunRun Inc. in their area. SunRun is a company that allows homeowners to use solar energy, without having to shoulder heavy start up costs.

Holdup on the LA Green Power Line

Holdup on the LA Green Power Line

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to make his city the greenest and cleanest in the United States, but that goal could be jeopardized, after several environmental groups have protested against the plan to install a power line that would bring power from the desert into the city. This issue has been one of the major headaches of desert solar development groups.

Sheep-Maintained Solar Power Plant in North Carolina

Sheep-Maintained Solar Power Plant in North Carolina

North Carolina’s latest solar power farm was officially opened last wekk near Roxboro. It is located on a 5 acre facility in Person County Business and Industrial Center. To further lessen environmental pollution, Progress Energy will use sheep to trim the grass on the property.

NASCAR Races to the Green Finish Line

NASCAR Races to the Green Finish Line

NASCAR might be one of the organizations that have faced the ire of environmentalists, but things are about to change.


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