
AltE Don't get discouraged! Get more energy efficient!
Source: www.good.is
It's been a bummer of a week for climate news. The Senate bill continues to languish behind health care and there have been some disconcerting rumbles that

AltE More wind power coming to Massachusetts!
Scituate approves contract for wind turbine -The Green Blog - A Boston Globe blog on living Green in
Source: www.boston.com
Scituate selectmen have approved a contract to allow a private company to build a wind turbine on public land, a move expected to save the town up to $300,000 a year and reduce the town’s carbon footprint by 3 million kilowatt hours per year.

AltE We love energy conservation programs that help people help themselves.
Source: www.celsias.com
I recently wrote a story on the growing popularity of so-called smart appliances that link into utility's smart grid programs, allowing consumers to manage and cut down on their own power use.

AltE Utah's Largest Wind Power Windfarm Completed!
Utah's Largest Wind Farm Completed - 203 MW Milford Wind Corridor to Supply 45,000 Homes' Power : Tr
Source: www.treehugger.com
Good to see some bigger wind power projects being completed... First Wind has announced that the first 203 MW phase of the Milford Wind Corridor in Utah has been completed. Located on land in Millard and Beaver County, the

AltE The makers of M&M's have worked with local power companies to create a solar garden!
Source: cleantechnica.com

AltE Go Brandeis!
Brandeis installing swath of solar panels -The Green Blog - A Boston Globe blog on living Green in B
Source: www.boston.com
In a few weeks, the Gosman Center at Brandeis University will be the site of one of the largest solar panel arrays in Massachusetts.

AltE We love some passive solar. ;-)
Source: www.chelseagreen.com
Homeowners are increasingly worried about their dependence on fossil fuels. They’re also more and more intrigued by the information about solar energy. Why? Because it saves money, benefits the ...

AltE Have you itemized your power consumption today? ;-)
Source: www.altestore.com
The first step towards energy efficiency or sizing your renewable energy system is in understanding your power loads. Power loads tell us how much power any appliance uses and AltE has long been working ...

AltE This poses an interesting conundrum about renewable energy and teaching kids!
Source: www.treehugger.com
Image via Hammacher Schlemer If I were nine years old again, I'd soooo ask for this for Christmas. It's a learning toy centered on renewable energy. The mad scientist-looking device teaches kids about different types of renewable energy sources,

AltE Looking for a fun activity tomorrow night? AltE Renewable Energy Basics in Hudson, MA!
Source: www.altestore.com
At AltE we are passionate about renewable energy. Our AltE U classes are one way we share this passion with folks and encourage the widespread use and safe installation of renewable energy systems in your personal and professional lives. ...

AltE Exciting News! AltE Launches the Kill A Watt Database to the renewable energy community!
Source: www.altestore.com
Hudson, Massachusetts based AltE is proud to announce the launch of the Kill A Watt Database on their website AltEStore.com. The database, which will be accessible from multiple points on the website, ...

AltE Vertical access wind turbines are hotly debated by those in the industry. This one looks interesting but I wonder how efficient it really is?
Source: www.treehugger.com
Vertical axis wind turbines are an intriguing technology that most people still know little about. The turbines we are accustomed to use blades to turn a horizontal axis (which is often housed in the little cupola on the top

AltE Nice! Dell uses dead parking lot space to generate energy and create shade!
Source: cleantechnica.com
Dell has been a trend-setter when it comes to the incorporation of greener technologies to reduce their corporate carbon footprint and they’re doing it again! Although this time they are following ...

AltE One of the larger and not talked about challenges that faces the RE industry is the upgrade of the electric grid, so this is big news!
Source: online.wsj.com
The White House named 100 utility projects that will share $3.4 billion in federal stimulus funding to improve efficiency of the electric power grid.

AltE Great article from Celsias!
Source: www.celsias.com
Wind, solar and water sources are sufficient to provide the world’s energy by 2030. The Scientific American has a front cover article coming up in November to claim that. Written by Mark Jacobson ...


























