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Biggest Solar PV Farm in U.S. Goes Online in Nevada

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Biggest Solar PV Farm in U.S. Goes Online in Nevada

Photo: Sempra Energy 48 Megawatts of Goodness It’s 10x smaller than the planned 500 MW solar PV farm that Sempra is trying to build near Phoenix, Arizona, but the 48 MW Copper Mountain Solar facility, located in Boulder City, Nevada, has the benefit of not being just a plan anymore. Construction began in January 2010 at the 380-acre desert site and up to 350 workers installed nearly 775,000 thin-film PV solar panels. Now that it is finished, the Copper Mountain Solar farm is the l… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Largest Solar Power Plant in the US Goes Online

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Largest Solar Power Plant in the US Goes Online

Looks like the solar-power energy business is expanding in the US more rapidly than thought before. San-Diego based power generation company, Sempra Generation finished their construction of the largest photovoltaic solar power plant in the country http://bit.ly/iiKpmd added by: itgrunts

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Unscrupulous Coal Baron Wanted for Immediate Hire

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Unscrupulous Coal Baron Wanted for Immediate Hire

Image: Screenshot, Craigslist You may have heard that the infamous CEO of Massey Energy, Don Blankenship — who presided over the company during the worst mining accident in decades and racked up a list of safety violations so long it would impress BP — is going into retirement. So the question is, who’s going to step up and take his place? Who’s going to ignore droves of safety regulations… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Solar Powered Oddities (Video)

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Solar Powered Oddities (Video)

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UK’s First Utility-Scale Solar Power Plant Gets Go Ahead

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on UK’s First Utility-Scale Solar Power Plant Gets Go Ahead

Image credit: Ecotricity Our commenters may have mixed feelings about Ecotricity CEO Dale Vince’s fancy electric sports car , but it is hard to deny that this man has done more than most to support renewable energy. When I wrote about Ecotricity’s planned utility-scale solar plants in rainy-old England , the company was claiming it could have the project up and running by the end of the year. But TreeHugger sees a lot of promi… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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New Research Reaffirms the Grim Outlook for Polar Bears

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on New Research Reaffirms the Grim Outlook for Polar Bears

Photo credit: Chi King / Creative Commons , laverrue / Creative Commons By now, it’s old news: Melting Arctic ice forces polar bears south, onto drier land and into warmer climates than they are accustomed. That the entire population will make this migration is inevitable, the question is: What will happen when they arrive? Many researchers have claimed that polar bears will simply adjust their diets to su… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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PowerHouse Solar Shingle Is Clever. But Is It A Good Idea?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on PowerHouse Solar Shingle Is Clever. But Is It A Good Idea?

95% of roofs in America are asphalt shingles that are cheap, fossil fuel based, heat absorbing and don’t last very long; then they are hard to get rid of. They have been called “a disposable roofing system that is difficult to dispose of.” But did we say they were cheap? Dow Chemical decided if you can’t beat’em, join’em and has developed the Powerhouse solar shingle, which John showed us last year. It … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Viral Organic Farm Rap Video… from England (Video)

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Viral Organic Farm Rap Video… from England (Video)

Image credit: Yeo Valley We’ve seen rapping physicians railing against speeding , and even a hip-hop take on bike sharing schemes . But this might be the first time we’ve seen rapping organic farmers from the West of England. The resulting video is a pretty strange beast…… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BrightShelf Throws A Curve At The Traditional Lightshelf

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on BrightShelf Throws A Curve At The Traditional Lightshelf

Image credit Lloyd Alter One of the simplest technologies for getting more natural light into an interior is the lightshelf; it bounces light off the ceiling instead of carelessly wasting it on the floor. I have thought that it might be a great thing in Graham Hill’s apartment in the LifeEdited project. Brightshelf throws a curve at the traditional flat lightshelf; this wave form on the top spreads the light out a lot farther, making a dramatic difference in the light penetration…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Gorgeous Garage Conversion By Shed Architects

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The appropriately named SHED Architecture and Design has done a lovely garage conversion into a 300 square foot studio apartment in a Seattle backyard…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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