Sunday, April 22, 2007

Nordic states offer lessons in real energy independence

Nordic states offer lessons in real energy independence

By Neal St. Anthony, Star Tribune, April 16, 2007

Four U.S. ambassadors tout the high-output, cleaner-burning economies, and they say the ideas could work in Minnesota, too.

Minnesota and the United States can learn a lot from Sweden and the other Nordic nations about energy efficiency and alternative fuels and still grow the economy and enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, the four U.S. ambassadors to those countries said in the Twin Cities on Monday.

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Geothermal power is hot stuff

Geothermal power is hot stuff

Submitted by Jorge Sosa on March 16, 2007

George and Donna Pavelek love their renewable energy.

Since 2003, the couple have used a geothermal system to heat and cool their home. “I’m not into all this global warming (stuff) or anything,” Donna said. “It just made sense. We’re not radical by any means, just practical.”

Donna said four or five years ago, the cost-versus-payback equation on wind energy didn’t make sense for them. However, they expect their geothermal heating and cooling system to pay for itself in the next two or three years.

Read the full news report from here @ Hutchinson Leader

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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Geothermal Energy Delivering Big Savings - Case Study

Geothermal energy delivering big savings

Ground-source heating attracts interest despite initial costs

By James Bow - Business Edge
09 Mar 2007

In only two months last year, Eric Lange's company, Lange Transportation and Storage Ltd. found $12,000 in energy savings beneath his company's 70,000-sq.-ft. Mississauga warehouse after installing a geothermal heating & cooling system.

Geothermal energy conjures up images of homes heated by volcanic hot springs in Iceland or Japan, but the system Lange installed, referred to as ground-source heating and cooling, works most places on the planet.

Geothermal power may not be for every building, and initial capital costs are an obstacle.

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