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Tag: electricity
The Clean Cook Stove that Generates Electricity: BioLite
Last week at SUNfiltered, I got the chance to discuss a really innovative project addressing wood-fire cooking among the world’s most impoverished people, and its associated health and environmental impacts. [ … ]
Solar Power Uptake in Australia Boosted by Electricity Price Hikes
Australia’s solar power industry is experiencing a boom in customer demand thanks in part to a significant increase in current electricity prices, and a forecast of more price hikes to [ … ]
How to Make Sure Your Home is Ready for Solar Panels
Have you been considering solar panels* for your home to reduce your energy bills? Sure you have. You’re a Sustainablog reader, after all, and solar panels are the new granite [ … ]
Off Grid Solar Living Lesson #1: Everything Matters in Solar Powered Homes
One of the things we’ve learned during our time living off the grid is to take nothing for granted. Our system with normal sun exposure generates about 200 kilowatt hours [ … ]
A Follow-Up to Living Without Electricity: What Is Truly Sustainable?
In my blogathon post, I wrote about ten reasons why I choose to live without electricity in my house. Inspired by some of our readers’ comments, I offer this follow-up [ … ]
Wind Power Soared Past 150,000 Megawatts in 2009
By J. Matthew Roney Even in the face of a worldwide economic downturn, the global wind industry posted another record year in 2009 as cumulative installed wind power capacity grew [ … ]
Top 10 Reasons to Live in an Electricity-Free Home (PPB #27)
When I designed my cob house here at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage two years ago, I decided that I was going to live without electricity. I had no plans to buy [ … ]
How is PG&E like Tonya Harding?
There are two ways to achieve market dominance: Provide superior service at a reasonable price The Tonya Harding Method. With Prop 16, PG&E is trying to kneecap the competition. And [ … ]
Bold Prediction for Rooftop Solar in Britain: Grid Parity by 2013
Written by Stacy Feldman. Originally published May 14, 2009, at SolveClimate Solar photovoltaics (PV) in the UK will be as cheap as grid-sourced fossil fuels much sooner than expected, a [ … ]
Earth Policy Institute: The End of an Era — Closing the Door on Building New Coal-fired Power Plants in America
By Jonathan G. Dorn Community opposition, legal challenges, and financial uncertainty over future carbon costs are prompting companies to rethink their plans for coal. Since the beginning of 2007, 95 [ … ]
Bright Horizons for Solar Industry
Last year was a bright spot for the solar industry, despite dark economic clouds and forecasts that rolled in during 2008’s final few months. SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association) just released [ … ]
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu Supports Earth Hour
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is getting behind the symbolic call for global action against climate change that is Earth Hour. From 8:30-9:30 p.m. (local time) on Saturday, March 28, major swaths [ … ]