Category Archives: Green Earth News

Green Earth News is a blog and free newsletter produced by the Solar Bus to keep people informed about renewable energy technology, the environment, global warming, etc. To get the newsletter, send an email to gary@solarbus.org.

Wave Power!

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Gary

This is really cool.

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World’s Largest Working Hydro-Electric Wave Energy Device Will Power 9,000 homes

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Gary

ScienceDaily — Queen’s University Belfast has helped the global wave energy industry take a major stride forward with the launch of the world’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device by Aquamarine Power Ltd. Known as Oyster, the device has been … Continue reading →

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New Wind Generator Arrives!!

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Gary

Look what the UPS man brought today! Our new Air Breeze wind generator just arrived and I had to immediately take it out of the box and have a look. We’ll be using it at all our events from now … Continue reading →

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Note to Dubie: Lawn Signs Don’t Win Elections

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Gary

I was at the Renewable Energy Vermont Conference last week. The great event culminated with a debate between the gubenatorial candidates, Peter Shumlin (D) and Brian Dubie (R). In the debate Shumlin showed himself to be much more passionate about … Continue reading →

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Vermont lagging in wind projects… why?

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Gary

I went to a lecture on wind energy. One of the speakers was Kristan Goland from Iberdrola Renewables, who does large scale wind projects. She commented that compared to other states Vermont has the most complicated process to get approval … Continue reading →

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Why are there no biodiesel pumps in Burlington??

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Gary

I went to the lecture on biofuels. At the end there was time for questioning. I asked, why are there no biodiesel pumps in Burlington? If you go on to the Biodiesel.org website and look at the map to see … Continue reading →

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At the Renewable Energy Conference

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Gary

I’m at the Renewable Energy Vermont conference and finding lots of interesting things to share. Here’s a new type of wind generator made by Honeywell that starts producing power at just 2 mph, and can even be mounted on the … Continue reading →

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Shumlin: Renewables will save Vermont’s economy

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Gary

At EcoFest in Burlington, Vermont Governor candidate Peter Shumlin spoke on the solar stage (powered by the Solar Bus of course). The first few seconds of the speech are cut, but he begins by telling a story where he was … Continue reading →

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VT Utility Gets Approval for Solar Project

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Gary

Vermont’s second-largest power company has won state approval to build a new solar power project in Berlin. Green Mountain Power says the project will generate 200 kilowatt-hours of electricity from 952 solar panels installed on about an acre of land … Continue reading →

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Company boasts “algae to oil” breakthrough

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Gary

People often ask, is there enough vegetable oil to replace all our petroleum needs? Is there enough farmland to grow the vegetables required? The short answer is no. We could certainly put a dent in it but if we tried … Continue reading →

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