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 Energy
Future: Our electric power network depends on 50-year
old equipment. We need to upgrade the grid with new technology to improve
national security and protect businesses and homes against power outages
"Zero Beverage Container Waste" Campaign
-- recycling = recapturing
wasted energy
Millions of consumers
who recycle every day think that because they recycle their
bottles and cans, everyone else is recycling too. Unfortunately,
that’s not the case. Americans currently
waste (landfill, incinerate, or litter) twice as many beverage containers
as we recycle.
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY -- Renewable energy and
energy efficiency technologies are key to creating a clean energy future
for not only the nation, but the world. This Web site describes NREL's
research in renewable energy technologies, and also provides information
on energy efficiency and various applications of renewable energy.
 WASTE TO WEALTH -- Solving
problems in ways that reinforce economic and environmental security, the
Institute for Local Self-Reliance assists community development
organizations, small businesses and government agencies to increase
productive employment, recover increasing amounts of valuable recycled
materials and products, save environmental resources, and lower operating
costs. |
Conservation Law Foundation
is New Since 1966, CLF has worked to protect New England's people, natural
resources and communities. CLF has four program areas: Clean Energy &
Climate Change, Clean Water & Healthy Forests, Healthy Oceans and Smart
Growth. CLF works to promote renewable energy and fight air and water
pollution; build healthy fishing communities and protect marine habitat;
fight sprawl, promote public transit and defend public health.
 SCOTS
INVENTOR CRACKS CENTURIES-OLD PUZZLE
1 Jan 2007, by Pat Hurst, Scotsman.com
IT IS a mechanical problem that has troubled
scientists since Archimedes and the ancient Greeks, but now a Scottish
electrician has come up with the answer. Ian Gilmartin, 60, has invented a
mini water wheel capable of supplying enough electricity to power a house
- for free. The contraption is designed to be used in small rivers or
streams and can generate a good supply of electricity from as little as an
eight-inch water fall. The water wheel produces one to two kilowatts of
power and generates at least 24kw hours of sustainable green energy in a
day - just under the average household's daily consumption of about 28kw
hours. It will cost some £2,000 to fully install - and pay for itself
inside two years. The Beck Mickle "low head" micro hydro generator could
potentially provide electricity to more than 50,000 British homes and
could be used industrially. |
