Soccer teams in Maryland will now be playing games with the help of the sun. Solar Energy World has been contracted to install a solar energy system in Soccer Dome II in Harmans, Maryland. The system will include the installation of 546 solar panels paired with a 126 kWh photovoltaic grid-interactive system over 13,067 square feet of roof space. When …
Solar Thermal Gains Momentum
When many of us think of solar energy the first thing that comes to mind is a solar panel. But there are other solar technologies that can generate renewable energy. Solar thermal hot water and space heating systems are gaining in popularity here in the U.S. and have already become widespread in countries such as China. A solar thermal system …
EnergyTrends 2012 Renewable Energy Grades
Did you know that California, Colorado and Massachusetts are the top three states in the U.S. for renewable energy? You can learn all this and more from a new data analysis by EnergyTrends.org, a project of Lexington Institute. The organization has assigned grades to each U.S. state based on its use and development of renewable energy. The grading system considers …
Economics of Energy & The Environment
Ok everybody. It’s time to go back to school. Who has the time you think? Who has the money? Who has a college campus near you? These are no longer valid excuses – the time is now to become energy literate. There is a FREE online course called Economics of Energy & The Environment being taught by Dr. Ben Ho, Assistant …
Ball State Completes A Hot Geothermal Project
It’s been while since I’ve written about geothermal so I thought I’d bring you this neat story from Ball State. The university created the country’s largest ground-source, closed-loop district geothermal energy system. The project began in the Spring of 2012 when water heated by the Earth began flowing through a geothermal district heating and cooling system. This portion of the …
Project Converts Poultry Waste to Energy
An new collaboration is looking at whether poultry waste can be converted to energy and other byproducts using an advanced fixed-bed gasifier (AFBG). The lead is the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota along with DenYon Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy. The technology has been licensed by the EERC Foundation to DenYon …
SDSU Students Capture Gold
Students at San Diego State University (SDSU) have captured gold – gold as in the sun. The students have helped to install a solar array on one of its busiest student facilities on campus. The Aztec Recreation Center (ARC), managed by the SDSU student government, Associated Students, is the home of the second largest solar array on campus. When students …
Trina Solar Donates Solar Panels to Lung Association
It’s good that not all things good for the environment happen on Earth Day only. Recently, Trina Solar announced that they will be donating 10.5 kW of solar modules for the offices of the American Lung Association of California. Everyday Energy will install the cost-saving solar system, and solar distributor Sonepar will provide the balance of system equipment for the …
Energy “Partisan Divide” Is A Myth
According to a new survey, those who believe clean energy support is divided among party lines are wrong. Instead the survey found that the majority of Republicans, Independents and Democrats believe that the U.S. should transition away from dirty energy sources to clean energy sources. The survey was conducted by OCR International on behalf of the Civil Society Institute (CSI). …
New Tool for Solar, Wind Projects on Contaminated Site
A series of “decision trees” are now available to help companies develop projects on contaminated lands owned by the Bureau of Land Management. Developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with the Department of Energy (DOE), the decision trees can be used to evaluate sites for renewable energy development ranging from solar to wind to geothermal and everything in between. There are …