John Bailey Discusses Gore’s Nobel Prize and Climate Change on WCCO
John Bailey on Al Gore’s Nobel Prize and Other Climate Change Issues – broadcast on the Don Shelby radio show, WCCO.
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Electric Avenue – PHEVs in Travel+Leisure Magazine
A new kind of hybrid uses less gas and more electricity. All-electric cars are already here. What will this mean for the road trip of the future? ILSR’s David Morris plugs in and gives us a little history lesson of the Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). This article by David Morris appeared in the October 2007 issue of Travel + Leisure.… Read More
Enhancing On-Site Solar Using Reasonable City Fees
A survey in northern California reveals a wide range of fees assessed to homeowners that install on-site solar power systems. The Sierra Club’s Loma Prieta, S.F. Bay and Redwood chapters compared the charges and fees in 131 municipalities. The report recommends on that a $300 fee is an appropriate ceiling level that would comply with state law.
Farrell Discusses his new Report About Diseconomies of Scale on WCCO Radio
Wind and Ethanol Economies and Diseconomies of Scale – John Farrell discusses a new report
and the benefits that smaller scale, locally owned renewable energy
projects bring to farmers and communities, broadcast on WCCO Radio.
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Column: On Renewable Energy, Go Local
This column by ILSR’s John Farrell argues that in their desire to expand renewable-energy production, activists and policymakers focus almost entirely on “more,” rather than “better.” Twenty-seven states have renewable-energy standards, requiring utilities to produce or sell 10, 20, even 30 percent of electricity from renewable sources in the next two decades. The U.S.… Read More
On renewable energy, go local
On renewable energy, go local A focus on output in gallons and megawatts leads to large-scale ethanol plants and wind farms. Such facilities aren’t the most beneficial, nor even the most efficient. By John Farrell, originally published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 15, 2007 In the past two years, renewable energy has catapulted to the … Read More
Woodruff Cooperative Pairs Up With Farmers to Collectively Save Members Money
Through and attractive pricing arrangement, the Woodruff Electric Cooperative has enticed nearly 85 percent of area farmers to allow their irrigation systems to be shut off when electricity demand is high. The program certainly benefits the participating farmers but the other member owners also save since the cooperative can reduce its need to purchase expensive peak power during critical times of the year.
Farrell Discusses his new Report About Diseconomies of Scale on TreeHugger Radio
Wind and Ethanol Economies and Diseconomies of Scale – John Farrell discusses a new report
and the benefits that smaller scale, locally owned renewable energy
projects bring to farmers and communities, broadcast on TreeHugger
Radio.
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John Farrell Discusses Diseconomies of Scale on KPFK Radio
Wind and Ethanol Economies and Diseconomies of Scale – John Farrell discusses a new report
and the benefits that smaller scale, locally owned renewable energy
projects bring to farmers and communities, broadcast on KPFK Radio.
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