TXU Energy Contest Rewards Conservation With Cash
DALLAS, Texas, June 16, 2008 (ENS) – TXU Energy has a new contest that offers their 2.1 million electricity customers in Texas an opportunity to shrink their environmental footprint while competing for cash, prizes, and the chance to win $30,000 for a home energy makeover. On June 10, the energy company launched the TXU Energy [...]
Read More »Hawaiian Winds Get Federal, State, Private Sector Attention
HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 6, 2008 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Massachusetts-based wind farm company to establish a remote research affiliate partner site on Maui. It is the first such partner site for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s wind technology program outside [...]
Read More »Need Fuels Algae to Biodiesel Revival
BOZEMAN, Montana, January 20, 2008 (ENS) – The same slippery brown algae that covers streamside rocks, making footing hazardous for anglers, contains oil that can be turned into diesel fuel, says a Montana State University microbiologist. Keith Cooksey is one of many U.S. scientists who studied the feasibility of turning algal oil into biodiesel in [...]
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