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In light of rising fuel prices, unrest in the Middle East and fallout over the nuclear disaster in Japan, President Obama yesterday called for a comprehensive energy policy that includes a focus on energy efficiency in homes and businesses. The speech marked the release of the Obama administration’s Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future,...
Finally (perhaps) we are going to have a real discussion about clean and green technologies in the United States. President Obama, in his 2011 State of the Union address, put the need for clean energy technology front and center and took on the powerful oil industry.
More proof that the going green and energy efficient is inevitable and happening now: The U.S. Armed Forces are going green in big ways, and the green technology being used in the field is coming to homes and businesses--in a potentially bigger way.
I’ve been testing Powerhouse Dynamics eMonitor energy monitoring system for a few months now. And since living with an energy monitor is a new thing, I have periodically recorded my thoughts about it. Some of this has also appeared in a review in the October 2010 issue of Electronic House. If you’re unfamiliar with...
Solar is getting big, big, bigger. But how big is it, really, in the United States? The cumulative PV installed in United States is still tiny. However, this could change, and some state markets will grow rapidly, thanks to Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) “carve-outs,”
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