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He tells The News-Gazette in Champaign ( http://bit.ly/11K9FJe) that the former base could host a biofuel production facility or be a location for growing and selling produce. The base closed in 1993. That hurt the local economy by taking away thousands of ...

Third District Supervisor James Ramos is optimistic that a 45-day San Bernardino County moratorium on solar projects gives adequate time to develop “some balance” between the expanding renewable energy industry and affected local communities.

Some established manufacturers who, in years past, may have cut metal for molds or gears for automotive, are now using their same high caliber skills today in the growing medical device and biofuel industries. Local biofuel company, Qteros (formerly ...

Miller, long an advocate for replacing fossil fuels with alternative energies such as wind and solar power, applauds the effort that saw the nonprofit organization, Clean Energy Coalition, bring together the four local municipalities to promote solar energy applications in the region. “I think solar is excellent in our area,”

Local residents will gather and board bus that will depart for the NY Crossroads Anti-Fracking/Pro-Renewable Energy Rally, taking place in Albany later in the day. ... a study by Stanford and Cornell scientists suggesting an alternative energy future for New York powered entirely by wind, water and sunlight can be achieved by 2030 – New Yorkers will be uniting in Albany to call on Governor Cuomo to lead the nation in constructing a renewable energy economy in New York rather than continuing down the destructive 

Indonesia can produce 29 gigawatts of power from the 299 geothermal energy locations across the country but currently, only 15 of them are able to produce 1.341 megawatts of power, says a local geologist. “Of the 15 exploration sites, only eight are in ...

A neighbour has said the father of the Lynam boys was brewing alcohol to make biodiesel on the family's property at Ballandean. Local winemaker Angelo Puglisi says the boys likely consumed the alcohol by mistake. "This 'grappa' that everyone is talking ...

Ken has a new local company called GeoGrown that is exploring commercial applications for geothermal energy use in agriculture/aquaculture. He is a veteran of the natural and organic packaged food industry with involvement in creating or establishing ...

THE UK Government has signalled its support for offshore wind farms, days after making it easier for local communities in England to object to onshore turbines. Business and Energy Minister Michael Fallon announced the creation of an offshore wind ...

The Philippines' Department of Agriculture is seeking President Benigno Aquino's approval to raise the mandated biodiesel blend to 5% vol. from a current 2% vol., local press reports said. According to the latest data from the Philippine Coconut Authority, ...

Twenty students and five teachers from Susquehanna Township High School will study biofuel technology at Penn State Harrisburg June 23 - June 28 as part of a continuing national, state and local, effort to interest young people in the STEM disciplines.

Two Westcountry companies have won an international contract to work on a multi-million pound project to develop a floating wind turbine at Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility off the Hayle coast.

The federal government has just approved a 100-megawatt solar power plant to go up near Quartzsite, Arizona, a project that will have a largely positive impact for the local economy and power grid. The Quartzsite Solar Energy Project is in development by ...

The sale will bring the decade-long rise and fall of several local farming families' attempts to enter the ethanol industry to a close. At one time, brothers Paul and David Olsen, Robert and Marilyn Potratz, James and Margaret Potratz and John and Diane ...