Getting Green Off The Grid

Interesting.
Blacktown to become first solar city - Breaking News - National - Breaking News

He said Blacktown had been chosen because of its young population and potential for expansion.
“This is an area that uses a lot of air conditioning,” he said.
“One reason that we chose Blacktown is that air conditioning is one of the things that […]

It’s too bad I don’t live near an ocean, otherwise I’d be taking advantage of this.
SyncWave Power Resonator

SyncWave is a free-floating, self-reacting point-absorber system that is expected to dramatically improve the economics of wave energy. The energy and climate change dilemma has highlighted the costs and impacts of conventional non-renewable and renewable energies. Ocean waves […]

Recent comment from an earlier post:

We are looking for a startup group of from 10 to 20 adults or couples to join in the initial forming of a truly human and progressive community with greater aspirations in mind. A “retirement” community of folks who have retired nothing but the burden of a socially constrained way […]

It’s a good start. Good find too.
Bennington Banner - Wind powers Pownal man

“I was driving down this road and I looked off to the east,” Greenwald said. “Silhouetted against the sky was this residential wind turbine, and I thought it was really cool.”
Greenwald said he didn’t think much of the turbine until some […]

A long, technical article about using nano-technology for simpler applications than usual, creating more off-grid technologies.
Small Times - Nano tool kits go beyond CMOS — sideways

That means a 7W LED can put out the same amount of light as a conventional 60W light bulb, or as a 15W compact fluorescent. The LED bulb still […]

I didn’t realize they had these awards. Good job!

Architect and planner Charles Simon recognized by Lifetime Achievement Award

His early green building design and community planning work pre-dates the oil embargo of the 1970s. “It was distinctly counter to the fashion or interest of the times” says Simon “but fortunately we were able to find […]

I think people would be more likely to exercise if exercise equipment was designed to help them save on their electric bills.
Burlington Free Press.com | Business

Some might be powering TVs but they are also powering lights and appliances for foresters in camps in Siberia, “off-grid” homesteaders in Alaska, even owners of ocean-going boats.
With increasing awareness […]

Just think of how much energy you’d save if the house was made energy efficient when it was built. Sometimes it’s better to scrap it all and start over, because the gains won’t match the energy expended to upgrade a house.
Salt Lake Tribune - Hybrids the homes of the future

The St. George owner of […]

Interview with a scientist about converting fuel based lighting to solid state. Quite a read! Very informative.
TheJack Online ::

I developed a lighting energy demand model that produced the first estimates of global energy use for lighting. Using primary field data collection, synthesis of the literature and laboratory measurements, I determined that fuel-based lighting […]

Teaching children to get off the grid is a fine idea in my book.
The Eureka Reporter - Article

“In providing these grants, equipment and curriculum, we hope to help educate students on the benefits of clean, alternative energy sources like solar power, and inspire them to become the solar inventors and scientists of tomorrow,” said Ophelia […]