Category Archives: Energy

Future of wind power?

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dan Earle

There is an interesting video at http://nyti.ms/g1UiDn showing a new approach to collection of wind energy for power. It uses a vibrations to capture piezoelectricity. The beauty is that it works in low wind situations, has no noise factor, can … Continue reading →

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Plastic to oil conversion… practical process

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Dan Earle

This film provides an example of what could be the basis of a green industry in Nova Scotia. We have plenty of plastic with our efficient recycling program and this looks to be a fairly straight forward machine to process … Continue reading →

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NSP expands net metering progam

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Dan Earle

In some good news for consumers and the environment, the Chronicle-Herald of November 2, 2010 reports that Nova Scotia Power is increasing the power it will accept from net metering from 100 kw to one megawatt.  Net metering is a … Continue reading →

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