past weekend rather than the company‚ our recent meeting regarding the issue of maximizing energy efficiency has interested me into researching wind turbines and other sustainable practices. As a manager and colleague‚ I believe it is not in the company’s best interest investing into wind turbines at this time and also due to Carbondale’s low average wind speed. However‚ I believe there are alternative energy-saving options that could be implemented to lessen Groggs peak energy expenses and specifically
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For instance‚ there are wind farms. The wind is a renewable energy that is often overlooked. With new technology‚ it’s possible to harness the wind and convert it into a power source. The United Kingdom has managed to do this with success. In the southeast coast of England‚ the government was able to build an off-shore wind farm with over 100 turbines‚ which harvests the power of the wind. The Thanet wind farm‚ as they named it‚ is capable of producing enough energy to power over 200‚000 households
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Do you remember in 2010 when every news station and every newspaper across the country had a headline about the BP oil spill? Do you think if America would have started converting to another resource such as wind‚ this would’ve still happened? Are oil and oil based products are taking over the economy? Think about everything you used today that uses or is made with oil such as gas‚ plastic‚ ink‚ and tires. Americans consume petroleum products at a rate of three-and-a-half gallons of oil and more
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Renewable energy is energy that comes from resources which are continually replenished such as sunlight‚ wind‚ rain‚ tides‚ waves and geothermal heat. About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewable resources‚ with 10%[discuss] of all energy from traditional biomass‚ mainly used for heating‚ and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro‚ modern biomass‚ wind‚ solar‚ geothermal‚ and biofuels) accounted for another 3% and are growing very rapidly.[2] The share of renewables
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a consumer car. Everyone in the world is affected by energy in some way‚ but most of us do not have a choice in the energy we use. Fossil fuels are at their bitter end a billion years in the making all taken way in a couple hundred (Barrett). Wind‚ solar‚ hydropower‚ and many more are nearly unlimited and are in nature’s good will. Alternative energy is a major topic of
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Yussuf Kabiru Abayomi University Of Ilorin‚ Department of Biochemistry (300Level) 02/10/2012 sustainable living Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual ’s or society ’s use of the earth ’s natural resources and his/her own resources. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their “carbon footprint” by altering methods of transportation‚ energy consumption and diet. Proponents of sustainable living aim to conduct their lives in ways that are
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with fossil fuels‚ there is need to embrace the use of renewable energy sources. However‚ not all technologies that are employed in renewable energy production are appropriate to all applications or sites. For example‚ it may not be possible to use wind energy to generate enough electricity to run a factory. On the other hand‚ geothermal energy cannot be harnessed in certain places. Nrdc.org reports that every state in America can produce its own energy from clean‚ renewable sources. This has led
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prototype equipment and processes. These partners include The University of Akron‚ The Defense Department‚ Case Western Reserve University‚ The Cuyahoga Valley National Park‚ and The Electric Power Research Institute. First Energy has been partnered with and has a long history of research with The Electric Power Institute. One example of this research includes the installation of two solid-oxide fuel cells. The installation of these cells at the
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References: Bernard‚ M. (n.d.). Pros and Cons of Wind Energy. Retrieved from‚ http://greenliving.lovetoknow.com/Pros_and_Cons_of_Wind_Energy Biofuel sustainability pros & cons. (2006). Retrieved from‚ http://curtrosengren.typepad.com/alternative_energy/2006/08/biofuel_sustain.html Buzz‚ P. (2009)
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sources can be found in nature all around us‚ we can generate this energy from sun‚ water sources‚ and wind. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)‚a DOE national laboratory ‚defined renewable power “Renewable energy systems use resources that are constantly replaced and are usually less polluting. Examples of renewable energy systems include solar‚ wind‚ and geothermal energy (getting energy from the heat in the earth). We also get renewable energy from
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