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Column: As BP’s oil pollutes the gulf, Kalamazoo Valley Community…
Posted on July 21, 2010, under Sekalaista.
Hands-on: Bob Ackerman, 31, a student in Kalamazoo Valley Community College’s Wind Energy Certificate Program, spins the sails of a partially assembled wind turbine, as he and his classmates work to finish a 15-week turbine building course on May 3. The 21-foot-tall, low-wind turbine is the second designed and manufactured at KVCC, and will be …
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Despite Gloom, Things Are Looking Up For Garden Farming
Posted on July 21, 2010, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Food production is moving toward decentralization, and that is good news. With all the toxins and varmints and contrary weather and disintegration of the economy, our best bet, maybe our only bet, is to spread out the risks of food production to the largest number of people possible and that is happening.
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Fuel Additive Production Takes the Green Route
Posted on July 20, 2010, under Sekalaista.
Research is on for the organic production of isobutene (isobutylene). Thomas Bobik, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology and David Gogerty, a doctoral student are doing pioneer research for producing isobutylene with the help of a new but natural enzyme rather than from the traditional petroleum-based products. The enzyme is awaiting patent process [...]
Posted in: Ethanol
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Dispatch from the Amazon: arrival
Posted on July 20, 2010, under Polttoaineet, Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Hello from the Amazon in Brazil!
This week we will be posting a series of dispatches from the Amazon region in Brazil, home to the world’s largest rainforest that spreads out to other South American countries as well. Brazil is a major player in renewable energy and it is a key country in any environmental discussion. Therefore we are very excited to see firsthand how this pivotal country is dealing with the enormous challenges it faces in order to develop in a sustainable way, meet its emission targets and preserve the biomes it harbors at the same time.
I arrived here on Sunday and this is my first impression of Manaus, the capital city of the state of Amazon in the north of Brazil, a very atmospheric city with an impressive 19th century opera house. But there is nothing like experiencing the vastness and beauty of the rainforest.
Our next post will be about Urucu, a gas operation in the middle of the Amazon forest and whose policies prioritize a low-impact approach to energy exploration. Is it really possible to explore energy in the Amazon region without damaging the environment?
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Good News from the Department of Energy
Posted on July 19, 2010, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Sometimes it seems as if little is happening and then suddenly a major shift occurs. This seems true of the Department of Energy (DOE) when it comes to energy use in buildings. The DOE is beginning to take big strides in supporting the reduction of energy use in existing buildings. Retrofit costs are still high and funding difficult to obtain but this should change over the next year. The nation’s consciousness is moving away from new green buildings to impressive energy retrofits of the existing stock.
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Affordable Green Energy
Posted on July 18, 2010, under Sekalaista.
Public skepticism about global warming may be growing, but the scientific consensus is as solid as ever: man-made climate change is real, and we ignore it at our peril.
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600 MW wind power transmission facility proposed for Northern Luzon
Posted on July 18, 2010, under Polttoaineet, Sekalaista, Uutiset.
The recently formed Wind Energy Development Association of the Philippines (WEDAP) announced that together with the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) they would plan to establish transmission facilities in Northern Luzon with a capacity of 600 MW to supply the grid with wind power based energy.
The WEDAP, is composed of the following Wind Energy Companies: Energy Development Corp., Alternergy Philippine Holdings Corp., Trans Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp., PetroEnergy Resources Corp., UPC Renewables and Northwind Power Development Corp.Aside from this they have asked support from the DOE to mark portions of Northern Luzon as wind corridors so that priority can be given to them by the NGCP and related government institutions.
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Look Ahead - Week of 07/19
Posted on July 18, 2010, under Sekalaista.
The Calais LNG Project Company has submitted applications for a gas receiving, storage and vaporization terminal in Calais and a pipeline running through Calais, Baileyville, Baring Plantation and Princeton.
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Episode #96: Wild Farming
Posted on July 16, 2010, under Sekalaista, Uutiset.
Wild Farming is a concept pioneered by conservationist Aldo Leopold and is now taking many forms throughout North America. In this interview I am joined by Joann Baumgartner of the Wild Farm Alliance. The Wild Farm Alliance’s mission is to promote a healthy, viable agriculture that helps protect and restore wild Nature. Topics of discussion include the origins of wild farming, strategies for promoting and conserving biodiversity on the farm, predator friendly farming, continental wildlife corridors, and the price of food as an obstacle to wild farming.
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Avoid waste and be green
Posted on July 16, 2010, under Polttoaineet, Sekalaista, Uutiset.
The guys at Do The Green Thing know how to get your attention and put across a green message with a good dose of nonsensical British humor. They have produced a series of videos to show how people can avoid waste by using products they’ve bought to their very end, never leaving anything behind. They say:
“You wouldn’t buy a ticket to a film and walk out half-way through would you? (Unless it had Miley Cyrus in it). Anyway, don’t do that with stuff, use it all up. You know it wants you to.”
They call the concept All-Consuming. We think it’s all good. Obviously the concept is applicable to energy as well: switching to LED and solar lights, insulating the home, unplugging appliances when these are not in use and being generally mindful of energy use are all green things to do. In fact, avoiding unnecessary usage is the ultimate green thing to do. To find out how green you are, click here.
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