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Centers of Invention: Leveraging the Mountain West Innovation Complex for Energy System Transformation:
Over and over America has looked to the West to work out the future. In this thinly populated terrain, experiments could still be attempted and national agendas advanced more swiftly than in the congested ...
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Investing in Wind Power Is Smart — But Not How We’re Doing It:
For evidence of how ass-backward things have become, consider the curious phenomenon of negative electricity prices. These are just what they sound like: Because of the peculiarities of the energy market, ...
Use of Idaho's geothermal resources on the rise:
A farming operation north of Idaho's capital city is taking advantage of the region's geothermal heat and water to extend its growing season, just the latest example of how energy-conscious residents ...
Dash of oregano curbs cow burps a major source of greenhouse gases.:
An oregano-based supplement appears to decrease cow belches, a major source of greenhouse gases.
In a series of laboratory experiments and a live animal test, the supplement not only decreased methane ...
Sen. Baucus and Sen. Tester Announce Boost to Weatherization Program in Montana:
Senators Applaud Job Creating, Energy Saving Program for Low Income Families
Montana Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester announced today that Montana will receive additional funding to expand Montana’s ...
Powerful new climate model unveiled:
"Decision makers in diverse arenas need to know the extent to which the climate events they see are the product of natural variability, and hence can be expected to reverse at some point, or are the result ...
"Dilbert" Creator, Scott Adams, Tries to Build Green House - How I (Almost) Saved the Earth:
Idaho lawmakers highlight legislation aimed at developing renewable energy - Exergy Development Group :
The quiet communities of Bliss, Hagerman and Burley will be a flurry of activity in coming months as construction begins on Idaho’s largest wind farm — a $500 million project backed by global giant GE ...
Noribachi Subsidiary Qnuru™ Celebrates Milestone Shipment of 2,000th LED Light Bulb for High Intensity Discharge Luminaires:
Vector Product Family of LED Light Bulbs Save Over 3 Million Kilowatt Hours of Energy
for Businesses, Schools and Municipalities Across the U.S.A.
Qnuru™ today announced the retrofit of its 2,000th ...
Calfornia turbulence blows ill for Pacific Northwest Region:
In California’s effort to marshal a symphony of energy resources, the Northwest is the designated woodwind.
John White, director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies – CEERT ...
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer dines with energy-saving resident of Missoula's Equinox development:
Picture global climate change: What thoughts spring to mind?
The Kyoto Protocol? The Gulf of Mexico oil spill?
Wrong, said Keegan Eisenstadt. Think smaller.
A local affordable housing development ...
Utahns warming to solar energy systems:
Environmentalists long have dreamed of a time when the massive coal-fired plants that generate much of the nation’s electricity will fall idle, replaced by small, nonpolluting power production on ...
Home Energy Monitor for Less than $30:
We've looked at a variety of home energy monitors in recent years, including Google's offering, the attractive Wattson device and a smattering of others we recently rounded up. We couldn't resist sharing ...
Biochar Could Put Huge Global Dent in Greenhouse Gases:
Forget elaborate, potentially hazardous geoengineering schemes for countering global warming: injecting aerosols into the atmosphere or seeding the ocean with iron is just too risky.
Instead, a new ...
What's Holding Biofuels Back?:
A Sticker Makes Solar Panels Work Better:
A startup's polymer sticker increases power output by 10 percent, and can be applied to panels that are already installed.
The power output of solar panels can be boosted by 10 percent just by ...
California college is first to go 'grid positive':
Dozens of colleges in the Mid-Atlantic and beyond have become community leaders in sustainability, producing alternative energy en masse and scaling back energy consumption dramatically.
American ...
Biomass Fuel Deemed a Viable Renewable Energy Source for Western Montana:
NorthWestern Energy (NWE) and the Montana Community Development Corporation (MCDC) have published a first-of-its-kind report on a regional approach to developing a woody biomass energy source for Montana. ...
Flynn's Harp: David Allen, executive vice president of McKinstry, says energy conservation deserves focus:
David Allen, executive vice president of McKinstry http://www.mckinstry.com/ , a Seattle company that has arguably become the nation’s most visible energy-services firm, says conservation needs to be ...
New solar energy conversion process discovered by Stanford engineers could revamp solar power production:
A new process that simultaneously combines the light and heat of solar radiation to generate electricity could offer more than double the efficiency of existing solar cell technology, say the Stanford ...
Montana Public Invited to Comment on Potential Biomass Legislation:
The state Environmental Quality Council is seeking public comment through Aug. 25 on two proposals related to the use of biomass for energy production.
The bipartisan council, made up of legislators ...
Western States Seek to Partner with USDA on Small-scale Bioenergy Projects:
Western states are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to partner with them to promote smaller-scale, bioenergy projects that will continue to help meet their mutual goals of healthy forests, sustainable ...
Biofuels left out as automakers go electric:
In the race to replace oil, electric cars seem to be leaving biofuels in the dust.
Five years ago, biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel looked like the best bet for breaking the world's addiction ...
Solar Power Gains Cost Advantage Over Nuclear:
Solar photovoltaic systems have long been painted as a clean way to generate electricity, but expensive compared with other alternatives to oil, like nuclear power. No longer. In a “historic crossover,” ...
Exploring Algae as Fuel:
In a laboratory where almost all the test tubes look green, the tools of modern biotechnology are being applied to lowly pond scum.
Foreign genes are being spliced into algae and native ...
NorthWestern proposes ‘decoupling’ electric rates:
NorthWestern Energy, the state’s largest electric-and-gas utility, makes more money when its customers gobble up more power — but the company and environmental forces are backing a new rate scheme that ...
Consumers wary of smart meters:
New high-tech electric meters are supposed to help save energy. As states let utilities roll out smart meters, however, consumers are complaining that their costs are going up rather than down. ...
Our energy dilemma - Still no real direction in Montana or the nation:
As the nation watches the continuing mega-disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, one seminal truth continues to pervade America's energy policy—namely, we don't have one.
Millions of dollars have been ...
Montana needs climate change fix: Tester, Baucus deserve support on energy policies:
"While action is not without cost, the costs of inaction are greater. What is the cost of a trout stream whose waters are too warm to fish?"
- U.S. Sen. Max Baucus
Baucus framed the importance ...
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