All Posts Tagged With: "Portland"
Solar power for less than $2 a day
Imagine a solar panel as affordable as a fancy new bicycle. A panel designed so simply that you can install one (or more) yourself, just outside your windows, in the course of an afternoon.
That’s the concept behind Oakland, Calif.-based Veranda Solar, a start-up founded last year by Capra J’neva and Emilie Fetscher, recent graduates of the product design program at Stanford University. J’neva and Fetscher dreamed up attractive, flower-shaped solar panels as part of their master’s project at the design school. “We created a starter solar system that expands as your budget does,” J’neva says.
1Apr2009 | ecofriendly | 3 comments | Continued
Tax breaks for wind power irk some; Wind business thrives without subsidies, argues former teacher
While other Portland greenies and politicians are going gaga for wind power, the former Irvington Elementary School teacher argues the state is throwing away tax breaks to lure windmills that provide few permanent jobs and would locate here anyway. “This is an astounding trick that’s being played on taxpayers,” said Wiser, volunteer leader of the group Tax Fairness Oregon.
19Dec2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued
Energy Trust helps rural businesses compete for USDA energy grants for solar energy systems
“There’s a bright future for solar energy in Oregon’s rural areas, and we’re pleased to be able to help Oregon farmers, ranchers and other rural small businesses apply for USDA dollars to help pay for solar projects,” says Betsy Kauffman, renewable power outreach manager, Energy Trust. “We’re expanding our support for interested applicants based on the success of past, smaller efforts.”
24Nov2008 | ecofriendly | 0 comments | Continued
electric motors would sometimes overheat if they are not properly ventilated`:* 
i always prefer those wool and cotton baby beddings because they keep the baby warm:*: 
wind farms are great but they also take up a large land area~~, 
i always buy recycled products to reduce the waste materials on this planet.~-~ 
It’s posts like this that keep me coming back and checking this site regularly, thanks for the info! 
Ya! I love neerg, such a great ecofriendly site! 
Renewable energy is the future, why depend on fossil fuels when we can go renewable.`-~ 
Renewable energy is the future, why depend on fossil fuels when we can go renewable.:`; 
Willsie also invented the Photak camera, Chicago Camera Co. One of the first cameras invented for the consumer. 