The National Renewable Energy Labs has an online tool to help you calculate how much you might save by installing solar panels at your exact location. The program, entitled In My Backyard (IMBY) allows you to draw a solar array…
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Solar, Wind, Nuclear, and Coal: Diversity Is Key To Success
The Reading (PA) Eagle has a great article by Darrin Youker today, dealing with that state’s attempts at energy diversity as a means to energy independence. In areas that were once relatively thriving coal communities, the now declining towns are…
More On Urban Solar and Wind Power
More on yesterday’s post about the power grid. There is every reason to believe that user-based power generation is a very possible and profitable way to go to prevent having to totally rebuild our grid system. Think about the acres…
Solar and Wind Power In The Grid
The current hot topic in alternative energy is how the new big solar and wind power installations are swamping an already over-worked national power grid. The problem stems from the practice of siting the largest power stations far from the…