residential solar and wind power

OTTAWA - A new study says Canada's demand for energy rose 5.5 per cent last year as consumption increased in the country's industrial, transportation, residential and commercial sectors. Statistics Canada reports Canadians consumed 7,968 petajoules ...

Energy consumption up across the board in 2007: StatsCan - Canada East

When President Bush signed into law the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 on October 3, it also extended and enhanced critical tax credits and financing relating to renewable energy and energy efficiency . The Energy ...

New Federal Renewable Energy Tax Credits Threw Solar Power Into a ... - The Daily Green

JEA’s Northside Generating Station produces power from coal. Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biofuels are hot now, but their generally higher costs and limited capacity prevent them from powering a larger part of JEA ’s grid ...

Nuclear power will provide 10 percent of Jacksonville's power in 10 ... - Jacksonville Business Journal

With oil trading around $147 a barrel, why wouldn't consumers and business turn to something other than the status quo? Even billionaire oilman and investor T. Boone Pickens was jumping on the bandwagon, launching a plan to boost the use of wind and ...

Meltdown 101: The economy and alternative energy - Salon

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Mechielsen's designs for environmentally friendly homes often include cutting edge features such as high-efficiency heating and cooling systems and solar panels to convert sunshine into electricity. But he's only half joking ...

'Green' demand driving home technology - WTOP Radio

States such as California, New Mexico and Colorado have sprung into action with strategies to capture the emerging clean-energy economy — with plans that range from marketing blitzes to statewide conferences to lure renewable power jobs. Texas ...

A new energy economy for Texas? - Austin American-Statesman

The holiday season will be here in a few weeks, and it's shaping up to be a mighty disappointment for retailers, raising questions about how bad will it get for the consumer side of greentech businesses. Only a month ago, solar industry executives at ...

Can Obama Make Consumers Go Cleantech Shopping? - Seekingalpha.com

Founded in 1997 to change the way power is made, Green Mountain Energy Company ( www.greenmountain.com ) offers residential, business, institutional and governmental customers the choice to support cleaner electricity generated from sources such as ...

Corporate Social Responsibility Profile - CSR Wire

A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary. EPA Coal Decision Levels Playing Field for Wind, Solar - Wired.com A good parsing of the EPA coal ruling's impact on clean tech. My sense is that we should expect more legal wranglings over EPA ...

Green Tech - CNET News

New Bern leaders will consider an ordinance tonight to offer credits to residents who want to produce their own environmentally friendly power. The move is partly a response to a statewide effort to go green by replacing some electricity with power ...