From The Daily Green,
The electrics are coming! By the end of the year, at least six battery-powered vehicles will be on the U.S. market. The cars will finally go from revolving on show stands to dealer floors, and we’ll finally know if consumers mean it when they say in opinion polls that they’ll consider an [...]
Category: Energy, Renewable · Sustainable Living
From The New York Times, Wednesday, July 28, 2010:
With a cap on carbon dioxide an apparent nonstarter in the Senate these days, some clean energy and climate advocates have shifted their sights to a scaled-back but still ambitious goal: passage of a national renewable electricity standard.
Such a law would require utility companies to produce a [...]
Category: Energy, Renewable
From The Associated Press, Sunday, July 4, 2010:
A Southeast Alaska hydroelectric project has come in millions over budget, but is expected to bring Juneau plenty of power for years to come.
Alaska Electric Light & Power now is trying to persuade the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to let it raise its rates.
The utility is trying to [...]
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Renewable · Northern Living
From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Wednesday, April 28, 2010:
The Golden Valley Electric Association announced plans Tuesday at its annual meeting to pursue the Eva Creek wind project, a $93 million effort to generate about 24 megawatts of power near Healy.
“After almost a decade of planning, study and research we finally think that we have a [...]
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Renewable · Northern Living · Sustainable Living
From Alaska Dispatch, Wednesday, March 31, 2010:
The methane gas produced by rotting trash smells awful and can even blow up, but Anchorage’s Solid Waste Services has a plan to put that gas to work.
SWS plans to take the gas emitted at the Anchorage Regional Landfill and use it as energy. Estimates say the landfill’s methane could [...]
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Energy, Renewable · Northern Living · Recycling · Sustainable Living
From Alaska Dispatch, Tuesday, February 23, 2010:
On Tuesday, the village of Unalakleet, seated on Alaska’s northwest coast, celebrated the town’s newest energy force — turbine number six. The awakening of the high-tech wind catcher completes the installation of the town’s new wind farm, which has already saved the village tens of thousands of dollars since [...]
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From The Christian Science Monitor:
In the US, where 40 percent of homes contain at least one, video game consoles consume 16 billion kilowatt hours of energy yearly. That’s enough to power the entire city of San Diego for about 12 months, say the Natural Resources Defense Council and Ecos Consulting, which conducted a study on [...]
Category: Sustainable Living
By CCHRC Staff home life.
ASK A BUILDER
Q: Is there anything I need to be cautious about when plugging in my automobile?Q: I’ve seen that there are now roof shingles that are solar panels.While a wide range of solar technologies work in Alaska and other cold climates, photovoltaic roof shingles are still too new and [...]
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From The Associated Press, Tuesday, January 26, 2010:
The U.S. Department of Energy is adding Alaska to its Winds for Schools program.
The national grant program offers hands-on science education studying wind energy to children and college students.
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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, January 19, 2010:
The University Police Department is about to acquire a new high-tech gadget that’s more notable for what it won’t do than what it will.
The modified 2002 Suzuki Eiger four-wheeler won’t use any gasoline. It won’t create any emissions. And except for the sound of tires rolling across [...]
Category: Alaskan Efforts · Sustainable Living