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South Gloucestershire is set to expand a program to switch off street lights between midnight and 5 am in order to cut costs on energy bills and reduce carbon emissions. The council has already implemented the program for approximately 6,000 of the total 29,500...
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Norfolk Southern Railway No. 999, which opened a few years ago, is the nation’s first completely electric, battery-powered locomotive. While it certaily has significant upsides when compared to diesel trains, there are still some kinks to be worked out. The primary of...
California is taking the lead in reducing carbon emissions with one of the nation’s most ambitious renewable energy programs. By 2020, California intends to generate 33 percent of its power from renewable sources. If there was any doubt about its progress, the state recently set a record for winter...
A tornado is rarely something to be seen in a positive light, but the creators of the Atmospheric Vortex Engine (AVE) hope to harness properties of the extreme weather phenomenon to create cheap, renewable power. Currently under development by AVEtech, the AVE creates a contained wind vortex from which...
If you’re one of the thousands of motorists commuting to and from Washington DC each day via Maryland’s Route 50, chances are you pass the enormous IKEA located in College Park near the University of Maryland campus.
Today if you happen to stop by the furniture retailer, you can take part...
A few days into a recent vacation to Aruba, my wife and I rented a Jeep to travel to the much-hyped Baby Beach on the other end of the island from our resort. When we arrived in the area, the extraordinary eyesore that is the Valero oil refinery immediately caught our attention.
The oil refinery sits...
Perdue Incorporated has completed a 2-phase solar installation project at its corporate headquarters in Salisbury, Maryland.
The first phase was a 6,700 solar panel installation at another Perdue facility in Bridgeville, Delaware while the second phase contains an additional 5,040 panels.
The area’s...
