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Ontario, Canada, is to be home to the biggest photovoltaic solar power plant in North America, thanks to plans to increase capacity of the Sarnia Solar Project to 80 MW, an increase of 60 MW. In a joint venture to quadruple in size the Sarnia Solar Plant, Enbridge Inc. and First Solar Inc. expect to start the expansion in 2010 at a cost of approximately $300 million.
Norway has become the first country to delve into producing osmotic power, a new, emission-free way of generating electricity. As the name suggests, osmotic power is created by allowing fresh water and sea water to mix by means of a specially engineered membrane.
Living under your own roof could soon take on greater meaning. In fact, you could be living off your own roof, energy-wise, that is, thanks to new innovative solar shingles that Dow Chemical Co. plans to begin selling in 2010.
Carbon offsetting is a popular buzzword we hear a lot about these days. The question is, does it work? Coupled with the right motives, the concept has a lot of promise. It allows green-minded individuals to offset things they have no control over – allowing them to play a bigger part in making our planet a little greener.
Residence of Newfoundland and Labrador will soon be able to breath a little easier thanks to the province’s first commercial wind farm. Due to an investment of $8.3 million by the Federal Government, steps have been taken to open the St. Lawrence Wind Power Project.
In the context of today’s world, ‘consuming’ and ‘balance’ in the same sentence seems to be an oxymoron.Wordpress theme provided by diythemes.
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