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UTEK Spins Off Device To Seperate H2O into Hydrogen

UTEK Spins Off Device To Seperate H2O into Hydrogen ANDSTRING Oxygen Author: www.SolarAme.com World Energy Solutions, Inc. acquires Advanced Alternative Energy, Inc. from UTEK Corporation 2:00a ET June 11, 2008 (Business Wire) UTEK Corporation (AMEX:UTK) (LSE-AIM:UTK), a leading innovation services company focused on technology transfer, and World Energy Solutions, Inc, (OTCBB:WEGY) an ...

Issues Associated with Snoring

Issues Associated with Snoring Author: www.End-Snoring-Tonight.com by Kristen Kwiatkowski Issues Associated with Snoring and Possible Remedies for This Condition by Kristen Kwiatkowski There are many different sleep-related disorders which afflict a great deal of individuals these days. One such condition is that of snoring. Not only is it bothersome for those around ...

50 Greenest cities in the United States

according to Popular Science. http://www.greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=55612 http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2008-02/americas-50-greenest-cities?page=1 A quarter of the workforce in Portland, Ore., travels to work by bike, carpool or public transportation and renewable energy accounts for half of the power consumed by the city. The city 's efforts earned it the top slot on Popular Science magazine's list of 50 greenest ...

Global Warming Solution Laid Out by Architecture 2030’s Edward Mazaria

Elimination of the burning of coal is the solution to global warming regardless of the cause. UCSD hosted an excellent speaker and longtime green architect Edward Mazaria in January. He outlined what he has learned in 30 years of building projects around the US using passive solar techniques and the ...

Smart Homes Use Geothermal Heat Pump Systems

The concept of the "smart home" is all the rage in architectural circles but the smartest homeowners are already deploying power systems to save money and eliminate 90% of their utility bills. Solar panel systems are the most widely known method, but geothermal is an option all homeowners should consider ...

Sustainable Cities

I have run accross several articles about sustainable cities. I know that I have put them in the blog somewhere, but I cannot find them. I therefore wanted to create a separate catagory for sustainable cities. It is very ironic that oil money would build what hopes to be the ...

Raz Breaks Citizenre Top 5 for Solar Panel Rental Agreement Signups

San Diego, California January 19th 2008 Source: Citizenre Website Executive Sales Manager and Solarjoules team member Reggie Rasmussen, an independant ecoprenuer, has joined the elite top 5 of Citizenre. Our last report on November 9 had Rasmussen at number 12. The numbers were released on Jan 3 and now Rasmussen has obtained Forward Rental Agreements (FRA's) from 226 solar panel rental ...

Rob Styler and his Journey to Citizenre and the Rent Solar Program.

By Reggie "Razmataz" Rasmussen January 17, 2008 A company is only as good as the people who run the company. We have written many articles about Citizenre and the rent solar program that they are building. As potential new Ecopreneurs look into Citizenre and to join the Solarjoules team, I am often ...

Larry Hagman’s First Blog Post

We thought you all might find this interesting. Mr. Hagman has the largest solar array in the country at his Ojei ranch and so we consider him an alternative and solar energy expert. Dec. 05, 2007 from BidForGreen.com "The Importance of Solar" Hello, Larry Hagman here. Welcome to my first foray into ...

Alternative Energy Product Manufacturers: West Marine

West Marine's View of Solar Power in the Boat Owners World "Replacing Fossil Fuels with Photovoltaic Solar Power Solar panels, or photovoltaic panels, produce electricity when exposed to the sun. This electricity is used to charge batteries, which can power DC loads, or panels can be connected to inverters to produce AC ...

SolarJoules.com Shout Out to AntiWar.com

We have stumbled across a great political blog with news and opinions off the beaten path of traditional news outlets. Antiwar.com is a site with the libertarian slant on why the United States should not be stationing troops in 737 different military bases outside of its borders. SolarJoules.com is not a particularly ...

Mayoral candidate Matthew Turner has big vision for Sedona

http://www.sedona.biz/matthew-turner-mayor0107.htm By Carl Jackson | Sedona.biz Sedona, AZ - Environmentalist Matthew Turner doesn't think small. According to his campaign platform he wants nothing less than to make Sedona a world model for the environment, spirituality, the arts, and sustainability. Like the famous line in the movie Field of Dreams, Mr. Turner seems ...

5 States receive an “A” grade for Favorable Net Metering Laws.

By Reggie "Razmataz" Rasmussen January 2, 2008 New Jersey, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and California all received an "A" for the policies that govern net metering from the Network for New Energy Choices (NNEC). Of the 38 states graded, New Jersey and Colorado had the best score with a 17.5 while Wisconsin had the worse ...

20 Cities Likely to be the First to Receive the REnU Solar Panel Rental Systems

Citizenre will most likely be installing solar panels on the houses of the homeowners signed up to rent solar panel systems in the following cities (regions): # New York, NY # Hartford, CT # Los Angeles, CA # Anaheim, CA # Tucson, AZ # Portland, OR # Denver, CO # Honolulu, HI # Austin, TX # Boston, MA # Syracuse, NY # ...

Nanosolar

As product rolls off the assembly line, there has been much talk about wafer thin nanosolar panels. Nanosolar shows great promise as the cost to produce will be below $1 per watt making solar electricity cheaper from the sun than from coal. Coal is currently considered one of the cheapest ...

Cities Enticing Residents to Go Green

The Citizenre renewable energy program will make solar systems affordable to nearly all homewoners across the U.S. The program will allow customers to rent solar as opposed to making the large initial investment to purchase. The company states that systems will begin to deploy in the middle of 2008. Many ...

Massachusettes

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Energy-efficient Affordable Housing

By Lisa Petrillo STAFF WRITER June 2, 2007 ______________________-- Host note: I normally would not include a story that is 6 months old, but Solarjoules recently found out about this project. The story did come out before we began this BLOG and since the project is located in our "backyard" I did not want to let ...

Google Plans Include Becoming Your Utility Company

Google made it known today it is going to make a massive investment in alternative energy. From www.AskAME.com today... by Steve Laurvick When Google talks people would be wise to listen and so when we saw the Google announcement on the financial wires of its plans to invest in renewable energy we ...

California Clean Tech Open 2007 Awards Six Clean Tech Startups with $100,000 Each in Prizes.

The California Clean Tech Open (CCTO) recently announced the six category winners of their 2007 competition. Here are the winners, which were selected from 130 entries: Smart Power Award: Lucid Design Group creates real-time information feedback on the environmental performance of buildings. Energy Efficiency Award: NiLA Inc. makes efficient and cool-running LED ...

Contact your elected officials!

I don't know if I have made it clear to the readers of this blog- if I have not, please let me make it clear now. Please contact your elected officials demand of them to renew the tax incentives and credits for renewable energy. We are on the verge of ...

Alabama

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Alaska

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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