BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched an initiative to boost the development of solar energy technology, in a bid to turn it into a major energy source in China by 2050.
A CAS official said that the academy had organized academicians and experts to make [...]
By KEN SHEINKOPF
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Q. During our summer vacation, I saw lots of solar water heaters on homes in Arizona. I told some people there that I liked the idea of solar energy but we couldn’t use it where I live in Iowa, and everyone said that it worked well just about anywhere. Is this [...]
But do these systems make sense in the Pacific Northwest?
By Steve Law
Some people look to the sun to shrink their home’s carbon footprint.
Wendell Pierce is looking under the ground.
Pierce, an orthopedic surgeon relocating from Boston, plunked down $25,000 to install a geothermal heating system at the home he’s renovating in the South Tabor neighborhood. He [...]
The newest economic stabilization bill includes clean energy tax incentives.
President Bush signed the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (H.R. 1424) into law on Oct. 3, 2008, which also extended and enhanced critical tax credits and financing relating to renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, which [...]
By David P. Willis • BUSINESS WRITER
OCEANPORT — The state needs to move toward solar power to help lower energy costs and secure a future that lessens a reliance on fossil fuels, a regulator said Tuesday.
“The word is that the days of cheap, abundant energy are gone,” said state Board of Public Utilities Commissioner Joseph [...]
