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Turning a brown site green in Fairhaven, MA
Every once in a while a project comes along that everyone can support. The Town of Fairhaven, MA has just such a project. They are proposing to build a solar power plant on top of the town landfill turning a ‘brown site’ – ‘green’.
The proposed plant will generate about 500kw of energy which the town [...]
Dorothy may like this kind of wind (turbine)
Leave it to the self-described home town of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz to harness the wind.
In Kansas-Smith Farms, located a few miles from Liberal Kansas (no, I did not make that up), a hog farm erected two Vestas turbines that were re-manufactured by Halus Power Systems in 2005. Each turbine has a [...]
Renewable Energy Roundup, Sept. 25-27, Fredericksburg, TX
Come join the 10th Annual Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Fair!
Over the past 10 years, this community and family oriented Green Living Fair has grown to be the largest “green show” in the South. It occurs at the end of September, every year, in historic Fredericksburg, Texas. You can see the latest in eco-friendly [...]
Energy Locavores in San Francisco
San Francisco is known as a progressive city. Thanks to the leadership of Mayor Gavin Newsom, State and City incentives and loan programs, and a lot of grass roots efforts the city by the bay is already a shining example of energy locavorism.
Under the leadership of Jared Blumenfeld, Director, San Francisco Department of the [...]
Nantuckets Restaurant’s Personal Power Plant
The owner of the Nantuckets Restaurant in Fenwick Island, Delaware is also the operator of a “personal power plant” for the business. Instead of waiting for his utility companies to go green,” Dave Twining took matters into his own hands, with a distributed generation renewable energy installation of 48 rooftop solar panels and a 45-foot [...]
Energy Independence at Charlies Kitchen
Charlies Kitchen has been an icon in Harvard Square for more than 50 years.
Now, before anyone knee jerks to thinking that a Cambridge, MA eatery next to the premiere institution of higher education is pompous, posh and expensive, Charlies offers a $4 cheeseburger with fries (bacon is extra), and a cold draft beer for $5 [...]
Micro Hydropower Dams
photo credit: Adrian Hoffmann
In the Pacific Northwest, hydropowered electricity is nothing new. A number of major dams are situated along the Columbia River, providing a cleaner source of energy than coal-fired plants. Hydroelectric power represents about 7% of the nation’s total electricity, and 71% of all renewable energy sources.
Still, the hydroelectric power must be [...]
Optiwind Compact Wind Accelerating Turbine
Localized wind energy is possible for schools, government buildings, and other commercial structures with the Optiwind Compact Wind Accelerating Turbine. Bigger and more powerful than the Jellyfish, but just as clean and practical, the medium-sized compact wind turbine is perfect for many distributed generation applications (think hospitals, farms, hotels and more).
There are two versions of [...]
The Case for “Home Grown Power”
photo credit: JASON ANFINSEN
Last weekend, an op-ed piece by Ian Bowles was published in the New York Times that set forth the case for “Home Grown Power.” Mr. Bowles made some excellent points regarding community based, distributed generation power, which would obviate the need for new, expensive transmission lines. We all know that ample [...]
What is Distributed Generation?
photo credit: OiMax
Here at Build Baby Build, you will notice that our focus is less on large-scale renewable energy projects that take years to develop, and more on community-based, distributed generation projects. You may not be familiar with the term, so here is a brief primer.
“Distributed generation” is one of a number of terms [...]
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