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It appears that utilities are opting to decommission their old out dated coal-fired power plants rather than retrofitting due to the cost of compliance with new and future environmental standards such as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury Air Toxic Standards, and the declining cost of electricity due to cheap and plentiful natural gas. This is […] Re: Energy Forget CFL — the new alphabet soup is LED since these bulbs are set to revolutionize lighting. Hopefully soon they will add LEDs to the Act 129 energy conservation programs to get them for low or no cost from your utility. [more] Re: Energy Now this has got to the coolest use of old fashion technology: store energy in a high speed spinning wheel and convert the kinetic energy back to useful electric power to help balance the grid during peak usage. This is exactly what is being done at the 20 Megawatt flywheel plant in Hazleton, […] Re: Energy EVs that earn money while they’re parked. That makes fiscal sense. [MORE] *** Earn even MORE money with the Sunny Day Power EV solar recharging station, AUTORAC™. Even when you are driving your EV! your AUTORAC™ will continue to generate clean power that will get pumped back into the grid; EV owners will […] SOLAR POWER WORLD Came across this today. Very interesting: listing six of the largest solar projects currently under development in the U.S. [MORE] Re: Energy Consumer Reports magazine proclaimed last week that the Tesla Model S electric vehicle is the best car they have ever tested. Yeah, we said EVER. Trust us, you don’t need to be a gearhead to love this story. [MORE]. *** Follow Sunny Day Power as it ramps up manufacturing of the AUTORAC™ solar […] PA Sunshine program is slated to end by 12/31/2013. The program is no longer handing out grant reservations. They are simply approving and issues grants after systems get installed. One of the reasons for this is a reservation allocates money for a system and if the system never gets built it ties of money that […] EERE News In February, the U.S. Departments of Energy and the Treasury announced the availability of $150 million in Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy and energy efficiency manufacturing projects across the United States. For more information, click here. ** Follow Sunny Day Power as it ramps up manufacturing of the AUTORAC™ solar […] SOLAR POWER WORLD Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand will increase 2 GW, from 29 GW to 31 GW during 2013, up 7% Y/Y according to the new NPD Solarbuzz Marketbuzz 2013. For the first time, China will outpace Germany to become the leading PV consumer, while the top 10 PV territories will still account for 83% […] SOLAR POWER WORLD With another record-breaking year, solar is the fastest growing energy source in the country, powering homes, businesses and utility grids across the nation. Perhaps most importantly, clean, reliable, affordable solar is continuing a major growth pattern that has made it a leading source of new electricity for America that’s increasingly competitive with […] |
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