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We are working on a project for some folks where the need is for biological filtration of graywater for irrigation purposes. It’s a arid climate, and greenhouses are being set up for food production. The complex is being set up with composting toilets, eliminating blackwater, or sewage, but the graywater system needs to be reused, [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy has added two 100 Awards to their trophy case — for a total of 42 — for advances in solar power made by two of their latest inventions. Find out more about how these new technologies might transform the way solar cells are created and used.
Check out pellet stoves, which burn pellets made of compressed wood byproducts and other biomass. Pellet appliances vary from designs that are lit manually, with heat output controlled directly by the homeowner using a dial or buttons, to those units that ignite electrically, with pellet supply and heat output controlled automatically by a wall-mounted thermostat. And switching from a fossil fuel to pellets can reduce your carbon footprint. Wood pellets produce almost no net climate-changing carbon dioxide if they are used as fuel.
Take this quiz from How Stuff Works and learn more about how solar panels produce electricity.
The new president’s energy plan calls for $150 billion to be invested in building a clean energy future, and aims for renewable energy to supply 10 percent of the nation’s electricity by 2012.