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Skinner bill expands solar energy buy-back program in California(0)
The California Legistlature adopted a Bill written by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, that would allow utilities to buy up to 5 percent of their energy from customers. Current law limits those purchases to 2.5 percent.
The Assembly adopted the bill on a 53-1 vote and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said the governor intends to sign it. The [...]
Got Sun?
Learn a new vocabulary! Take a refresher course on the electrical power of the sun and the wind! Although the enthusiasm of renewable-energy experts Ewing and Pratt might get a bit wearing, they’ve developed a nontechnical reference and guide for home owners thinking about pulling the plug on their utility connections. In fact, after a [...]
How to Harness the Power and Help the Future
We have come along way in developing societies that have electricity and thepower necessary to fuel vehicles and for industry to be successful. All of theseefforts though rely upon the use of energy source that comes from fossil fuels.They are found in the ground and have to be processed in order for us to havethat [...]
The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy
The coming energy crisis caused by a peak in global oil and natural gas production will profoundly affect the lives of all North Americans. As the price of these vital fuels rises, homeowners will scramble to cut their fuel bills. Two options for meeting the upcoming challenge are dramatic improvements in home energy efficiency and [...]