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Alternative Energy News Thursday September 21st 2006
Garbage Dump Becomes Energy Farm
(KOIN.com) he dump is going green. The largest landfill in Jackson County is transforming itself into an alternative energy farm. The Medford dump will burn waste methane to produce a steady 3.2 megawatts of power for the next century. The Dry Creek landfill, which takes in 900 tons of municipal garbage a day, is the first green landfill in Southern Oregon. Construction has just started on a powerhouse, which will go online next spring with two large, 20-cylinder Caterpillar engines.
OU report calls for methods to reduce energy consumption, create ...
(The Athens News) The state and federal government can do a lot to help alleviate the country's energy problems and reliance on foreign oil, but several changes need to be made soon. That's the theme of the report, "Ohio: Securing America's Energy Future," by the Ohio Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment (CE3). The report was released on Monday at a press conference in Columbus featuring Ohio University officials and U.S. Sen. George Voinovich. The report came from a workshop in March that involved more than 100 private and public energy experts.
SatCon Announces 10 Megawatts in Orders for Photovoltaic Inverters ...
(Business Wire ) atCon Technology Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of power electronics and controls for renewable energy markets, today announced that over the last four months it has received multiple purchase orders from new and existing customers exceeding 10 Megawatts in renewable energy, photovoltaic inverters. Over the course of the past 12 months and current fiscal year, the Company has recorded over 26.5 MW of photovoltaic inverter orders and has shipped over 21 MW.
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