Vermont student builds a plastic recycling device
A Vermont Technical College engineering major has created a way to recycle jugs and other plastics into filament to be used with desktop printers.
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Solar, fuel cell microgrid unveiled in New Mexico
Public and private sector officials from Japan joined New Mexico officials and Mesa del Sol representatives Thursday morning to unveil a microgrid that will power the master-planned development’s Aperture Center.
Energy efficiency program funding makes economic sense
As California policymakers discuss how to spend revenue generated by the state’s soon-to-be-launched carbon market, four related studies providing legal and economic analysis of different investment scenarios were released late Wednesday.
Campus Crest, SolarCity team to put panels on dorms
Campus Crest Communities has teamed with SolarCity, a provider of clean-energy products and services, to install more than 9,000 solar panels on its student-housing communities in Greeley, Colo.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; and Las Cruces, N.M.
RMT to build Colorado wind farm
RMT Inc., a renewable energy contractor and unit of Alliant Energy Corp. of Madison, Wis., said Thursday that it has been awarded a contract to build the Colorado Highlands Wind project in that state's Logan County.
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