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Renewable Energy Training

eblock — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:14:20 +0000

Upcoming Trainings in January, February and March

Have you put your New Year’s resolutions to train in renewable energy technologies in place? If not, start here today! This winter, enroll in Solar Energy International’s solar and renewable energy trainings, online and in-person, and start a new career or take your career to the next level. If you are registering for an in-person workshop of five days or more, that starts 30 days out or longer from today, please call (970) 963-8855 to register and receive $50 off the tuition of the course or workshop. Be sure to mention you are calling in for the Early Bird Incentive!

These upcoming courses are offered in January, February and March:

January 2012
Jan 23-Mar 4	PVOL203 Solar Training – Solar Electric Design (Battery-Based) – Online	Online	6 Weeks	$795
Jan 23-Mar 4	PVOL206 Solar Training – Solar Business and Technical Sales – Online	Online	6 Weeks	$795
Jan 23-27	PV101 Solar Training – Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct)	Austin, TX	5 Days	$995

February 2012
Feb 20-25	PV101 Solar Training – Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct)	Tucson, AZ	6 Days	$1,195

March 2012
Mar 10-18	RD201 Renewable Energy for the Developing World- Hands ON	Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica	9 Days	$1,435
Mar 12-Apr 22	FVOL101 Diseño e Instalación de Sistemas Fotovoltaicos (de Conexión Directa a la red) – en linea	Online	6 Weeks	$795
Mar 12-Apr 22	PVOL202 Solar Training – Advanced PV System Design and the NEC (Grid-Direct) – Online	Online	6 Weeks	$795
Mar 12-Apr 22	PVOL206 Solar Training – Solar Business and Technical Sales – Online	Online	6 Weeks	$795
Mar 12-Apr 22	PVOL203 Solar Training – Solar Electric Design (Battery-Based) – Online	Online	6 Weeks	$795
Mar 12-Apr 22	PVOL101 Solar Training – Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct) – Online	Online	6 Weeks	$795
Mar 12-17	PV101 Solar Training – Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct)	Tucson, AZ	6 Days	$1,195
Mar 19-23	PV101 Solar Training – Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct)	Ocean City, NJ	5 Days	$995
Mar 26-30	PV101 Solar Training – Solar Electric Design and Installation (Grid-Direct)	Honolulu

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa Concludes

eblock — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:09:12 +0000

Dec 12, 2011 – The international United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban concluded after generating mostly hot air! The expression we hear many times with the politicians with regard to fixing the economy is that they are kicking the can down the road. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol is being extended for several years instead of being replaced. The terms of any replacement agreement will be negotiated in the future. There was agreement to develop a fund, the Green Climate Fund, for poor countries, but the details will be decided in the future. Please leave your comments here.

Interesting Information from UN Climate Conference

eblock — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:16:14 +0000

Dec 5, 2011 – Arthur Max of the Associated Press, reports, ”

DURBAN, South Africa—Brighten clouds with sea water? Spray aerosols high in the stratosphere? Paint roofs white and plant light-colored crops? How about positioning “sun shades” over the Earth?

At a time of deep concern over global warming, a group of scientists, philosophers and legal scholars examined whether human intervention could artificially cool the Earth—and what would happen if it did.

A report released late Thursday in London and discussed Friday at the U.N. climate conference in South Africa said that—in theory—reflecting a small amount of sunlight back into space before it strike’s the Earth’s surface would have an immediate and dramatic effect.

Within a few years, global temperatures would return to levels of 250 years ago, before the industrial revolution began dumping carbon dioxide into the air, trapping heat and causing temperatures to rise.

But no one knows what the side effects would be.

They could be physical—unintentionally changing weather patterns and rainfall. Even more difficult, it could be political—spurring conflict among nations unable to agree on how such intervention, or geoengineering, will be controlled.

The idea of solar radiation management “has the potential to be either very useful or very harmful,” said the study led by Britain’s Royal Society, the Washington-based Environmental Defense Fund and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world based in

Environmentalist Silvia Ribeiro, of the Canada-based ETC-Group, said geoengineering should be outlawed before it gets off the ground.

“Solar radiation management technologies are high-risk and extremely dangerous and they should be treated under international law like nuclear weapons—except, unlike nuclear weapons, we have an opportunity to ban their testing and their proliferation before the technology is fully developed, rather than trying to prevent their proliferation after the fact,” she said.

The final report grew out of three days of talks in a quiet country retreat last March, the climax of a yearlong dialogue spanning experts in 22 countries.

It was prompted in part by the failure of a 20-year U.N. negotiating process to take decisive action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, responsible for climate change.

“The slow progress of international climate negotiations has led to increased concerns that sufficient cuts in greenhouse gas emissions may not be achieved in time to avoid unacceptable levels of climate change,” the report said.

But geoengineering is not an alternative to climate action, said John Shepherd, a British oceanographer from the University of Southampton who was a lead author of the report.

“Nobody thought this provides a justification for not reducing carbon emissions,” Shepherd said in a telephone interview from London.

“We have to stick with Plan A for the time being, and that could be a very long time indeed,” he said. “This would buy time for people to make the transition to a low-carbon economy.”

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change foresees temperatures rising as much as 6.4 degrees Celsius (11.5 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, swelling the seas with melted glacial water and disrupting climate conditions around the globe.

Releasing millions of tons of sulfur dioxide in the upper atmosphere would mimic the cooling effects of a volcanic eruption, lowering global temperature about 0.5 Centigrade (0.9 Fahrenheit), which can last for a year or two when it occurs naturally.

But deliberately tinkering with nature to counter global warming can only be a stopgap measure, and is fraught with danger, the report said.

Action such as spraying sulfur into the air or brightening clouds with sea water to reflect more sunlight would have to be sustained indefinitely because “there would be a large and rapid climate change if it were terminated suddenly,” the report said.

Hazy skies could alter weather patterns and agriculture, replacing one source of climate change with another.

Years of study are required to calculate the environmental impacts, but the bigger questions are political.

Who would decide where and when to conduct experiments, and where to set the global thermostat? What would happen if a country acted on its own without an international agreement? Would it discourage efforts to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions?

Notions of manipulating the climate to impede global warming have been on the fringe of scientific discussion for some time, but is moving increasingly toward the mainstream.

In the United States, a group of 18 U.S. experts from the sciences, social sciences and national security unveiled a report in October urging the federal government to begin research on the feasibility and potential effectiveness of geoengineering.

“The United States needs to be able to judge whether particular climate remediation techniques could offer a meaningful response to the risks of climate change,” said that report sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Shepherd said the 65-page Thursday’s report was intended to start the conversation.

“No government asked us to do this. The U.N. didn’t ask us,” he said.

“I hope it can be continued in a more formal and mandated framework, because eventually somebody will have to take some decisions.”

UN Climate Conference

eblock — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:12:20 +0000

Dec 5, 2011 – Are you at the UN Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa. Please write your comments here.

Do You Need Qualified Green Energy Employees?

eblock — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:36:57 +0000

Dec 1, 2011 – Do you need qualified green energy employees. They are reading this blog and similar blogs and websites around the world. Post your available jobs by clicking through on the posting to the right. It is only $10 for 30 days of posting. Please note that your posting will be seen on blogs and websites around the world, not just GreenEnergyForEarth.com. Do it now.

Thermoelectric Generator Powered By Sun’s Heat

LMerker — Sun, 08 May 2011 03:35:38 +0000

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere say they’ve made progress on using the sun’s heat to make electricity. The researchers describe the progress they’ve made on a nanostructured material that improves on the heat-to-electricity conversion rate over existing thermoelectric devices.

Delta Airlines Sets Up System to Donate to Japan

eblock — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:58:42 +0000

LET’S SUPPORT JAPAN

Your donations can help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

DONATE NOW

Many of you may be wondering how you can help those affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

To assist, we’ve partnered with the following organizations, and you can join us by donating:

Money to American Red Cross and its earthquake and tsunami relief efforts
Miles to World Vision Japan, a leading humanitarian organization focused on helping children, families and communities

We have already committed to matching up to 5 million miles in donations to World Vision Japan, and through the Delta Air Lines Foundation, we have contributed $250,000 to the Japanese Red Cross Society to support rescue and recovery efforts.

Thank you for your support and generosity. Your donations will help make a difference in Japan.

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Deregulated Energy Makes It Easier For You To Be Green

noah — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:58:55 +0000

Feb 15, 2011 – Before deregulation if you wanted to offset your home’s energy needs and be at all green you could either install solar panels or a wind turbine in your yard. There exist a number of ways to do this depending on your state utility company and whether or not you wanted to be fully independent of the grid or to feed your generated power into the grid and have that offset your expenses. In order to be fully independent, generating your own electricity and storing it in an on-site battery, you needed to ensure that your home could produce enough electricity to sustain your needs. And with the price of installation of solar panels or a wind turbine, the offset on your energy bill will probably never cover the investment.

Getting Green Power In Your Home

But now that has changed. There are currently 23 states in which the energy market has been deregulated. This gives the consumer the ability to choose the energy provider that generates the electricity they use. In most states it is only power generation that has been deregulated, not the transmission or distribution. In those state you can switch energy providers (generation) and still pay your bills to your local utility company (transmission, distribution). That means that you can choose a green provider and not have to change anything in the way you pay your bill.

Benefits of Green Power

There are a number of benefits to choosing a green energy provider. Beyond the direct environmental ramifications, choosing a green energy provider in a deregulated state allows you to rely on sustainable energy, whether it’s solar, hydro wind or biomass, without having to shoulder the weight of the equipment installation or maintenance on your own. Another benefit is that you are helping fund those energy providers. Depending on the provider, a portion of your monthly electric bill goes to support the development and maintenance of energy free from carbon, nitrogen and sulfur dioxides.

In many states choosing green may not be the most economical, but it can be more affordable than what you are currently paying. Electricity companies that focus on renewable energy are also highly concerned with efficiency. This can cut down on their overhead and allow them to offer green power at a competitive price.

Choosing the right energy company is by far the easiest way for consumers living in deregulated states like California, New York, Texas and Florida to participate in and be a part of the energy solution. Do something simple to help green power and discover the green options available from power companies in your state.

Advertising: Earthjustice & Wind Turbines

eblock — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:09:46 +0000

Oct 16. 2010 – Pictures of wind turbines seem to be in every ad, even if it is not on TV or on the web where you can see movement. Solar panels get much less coverage in advertising. Earthjustice.org claims to “using the courts to stop the construction of dirty coal plants and encourage carbon-free energy.” Their tag line is “Because the earth needs a good lawyer.” What did Shakespeare say about lawyers? Please leave your comments here.

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eblock — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:01:16 +0000

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