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 Energy Best Management Practices

   
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Cut Electricity Costs

This site offers advice on how to save money by saving energy. Learn proven tips that cost nothing to implement and require very little lifestyle change that have the potential of cutting your electric bill significantly. For the more energy conscious homeowner, there are discussions on more advanced topics like residential wind power, home solar energy, and low energy lighting. Be green and save green! Click here.

 

Best Management Practices for Solar and Wind Energy Development: A Conservationist’s Guide
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Best Management Practices provide science-based criteria and standards that land managers and conservation planners follow in making and implementing decisions about human uses and projects that affect our natural resources.

 

Managing Manure with Biogas Recovery Systems BMPs
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Improved performance at competitive costs is promised by this 2002 EPA publication all about anaerobic digestion and biogas recovery for energy.

 

Do-It-Yourself Home Energy Audits & Weatherization

Home Energy Audits You can easily conduct a home energy audit yourself. With a simple but diligent walk-through, you can spot many problems in any type of house.

 

Green Remediation Best Management Practices: Integrating Renewable Energy into Site Cleanup
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Use of renewable energy resources provides a significant opportunity to reduce the environmental footprint of activities conducted during investigation, remediation, and monitoring of hazardous waste sites.

 

15 O & M Best Practices for Energy Efficient Buildings
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Building operation and maintenance programs specifically designed to enhance operating efficiency of HVAC and lighting systems can save 5 to 20 percent of the energy bills without significant capital investment.

 

Energy Saver 101: Everything You Need to Know About Landscaping
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Landscaping doesn't only add beauty to your home, but it can also improve your home's comfort and lower your energy bills.

 

Fall and Winter Energy-Saving Tips
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Simple and inexpensive actions can help you save energy and money during the cool fall and winter months.

 

Energy Saver 101 Infographic: Home Cooling
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You can reduce air conditioning energy use by 20-50 percent by switching to high-efficiency air conditioners and taking other actions to lower your home cooling costs.

 

Energy Saver 101 Infographic: Home Energy Audits
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A home energy audit helps you pinpoint where your house is losing energy and what you can do to save money. A home energy audit will also assess health and safety issues that might exist in your home.

 

Tips: Your Home's Energy Use
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A home energy assessment (sometimes referred to as an energy audit) will show what parts of your house use the most energy and suggest the best ways to cut energy costs.

 

Anaerobic Digestion 101
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This is an article from the EPA site about anaerobic/biomass recovery systems.  Click here to read the information: 

 

Partial Composting for Biodrying Organic Materials
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This factsheet differentiates composting from biodrying, with the former leading to good soil amendments and the latter leading to good material for bioenergy production.& ...

 

Composting
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This factsheet explains the compost process, what can be composted, its benefits, and the major different methods of composting.

 

Easy Compost
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How to make and use a garbage can composter.

 

Three-Bin Turning Compost Bins
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This fact sheet explains how to build bins from concrete blocks or wood, and how to add waste and maintain the compost.

 

Best Management Practices for Fayetteville Shale Natural Gas Activities

This 30-page document developed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with numerous state and federal agencies, provides a comprehensive overview of recommended voluntary practices for energy companies during exploration, drilling and reclamation activities.& ...

 

U.S. Farm Anaerobic Digester Status: A 2011 Snapshot
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This EPA factsheet gives information on trends in use of these manure management systems in the U.S.

 

Farmers’ Guide to Wind Energy
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A 293 page guide to the Legal Issues in Farming the Wind on your farm from June 2007

 

 Green Building

   
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Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) Lender Database

 

What is green building?

By U.S. Green Building Council
How do buildings work with our natural surroundings to create a more sustainable place to live? Learn how LEED can help make our world greener for all.
 

 

The Business Case for Green Building

The WorldGBC launched its new report, "The Business Case for Green Building" in March 2013. Miles Keeping introduces the report and its findings at Ecobuild in London.

 

Energy Saver 101: Everything You Need to Know About Landscaping
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Landscaping doesn't only add beauty to your home, but it can also improve your home's comfort and lower your energy bills.

 

Energy Saver 101 Infographic: Home Cooling
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You can reduce air conditioning energy use by 20-50 percent by switching to high-efficiency air conditioners and taking other actions to lower your home cooling costs.

 

Energy Saver 101 Infographic: Home Energy Audits
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A home energy audit helps you pinpoint where your house is losing energy and what you can do to save money. A home energy audit will also assess health and safety issues that might exist in your home.

 

Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM)
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What is an Energy Efficient Mortgage? Energy efficient mortgages (EEMs, sometimes known as “green mortgages”) are loans that allow homeowners to finance energy-efficient upgrades for their current home or in a new home purchase.& ...

 

The five principles of green building
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Green buildings are designed, constructed, and operated to enhance the well-being of their occupants and support a healthy community and natural environment.

 

What is Green Building Certification?

Residential green building is no longer a trend — it is the future of building.  According to the National Association of Homebuilders’ Green.

 

Show Green Building Organizations & Professionals (14)
There are 14 resources serving Pines Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Green Building Organizations & Professionals serving Pines Region
Architects
Donald Fant, AIA LEED AP
Woodward Design+Build - Director of Design - New Orleans, LA
Erik Wismar, AIA, LEED AP
Woodward Design+Build - Senior Architect - New Orleans, LA
John Dalton, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Woodward Design+Build - Senior Architect - New Orleans, LA
Woodward Design+Build
Thibodaux Office - Thibodaux, LA
Certified Energy Auditors
3FFICIENT Energy
- San Luis Rey, CA
Mississippi Solar, LLC
Will Hegman - Carthage, MS
Energy Efficient Mortgage Lenders
Access National Mortgage
- Reston, VA
Department Of Veterans Affairs Regional Loan Center
- St. Petersburg, FL
Green Building Professionals
Ceva Green Development, LLC
Tanya and Corbett Scott - Jackson, MS
Donald Fant, AIA LEED AP
Woodward Design+Build - Director of Design - New Orleans, LA
Erik Wismar, AIA, LEED AP
Woodward Design+Build - Senior Architect - New Orleans, LA
John Dalton, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Woodward Design+Build - Senior Architect - New Orleans, LA
McInnis Brothers Construction
Minden Office - Minden, LA
Woodward Design+Build
Thibodaux Office - Thibodaux, LA

 Renewable - Alternative Energy

   
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Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) Lender Database

 

Cut Electricity Costs

This site offers advice on how to save money by saving energy. Learn proven tips that cost nothing to implement and require very little lifestyle change that have the potential of cutting your electric bill significantly. For the more energy conscious homeowner, there are discussions on more advanced topics like residential wind power, home solar energy, and low energy lighting. Be green and save green! Click here.

 

Residential Solar Panel Systems Complete Renewable Energy Solutions for Your Home
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Solar panels are the stars of the residential solar system, gleaming on the rooftop as they tell the world, or at least the neighborhood, that this homeowner cares enough about the environment to ease the household’s carbon footprint while smartly lowering electric bills. & ...

 

Finding the Right Solar Panel Installer
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Finding the right contractor is possibly the single most important part of a solar installation project. Homeowners choosing to go solar often are excited to start the process.

 

Why Renewable Energy?
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Clean energy sources like wind and solar can help us reduce climate change, but can harm wildlife and wildlands if not carefully located.

 

Hydrogen Energy
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Hydrogen can store energy until it's needed and move it to where it's needed.

 

Hydropower
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Moving water has energy.

 

Biomass Energy
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Biomass is anything that is, or once was, alive. Biomass is wood, plants, and garbage.

 

Geothermal Energy
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Geothermal energy is heat inside the Earth. Geothermal energy is renewable.

 

Wind Energy
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Wind is moving air. There will be wind as long as the sun shines.

 

Solar Energy
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Solar energy is light energy. Solar energy is renewable.

 

Why Is Solar Energy?
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Every day, the sun radiates an enormous amount of energy - called solar energy. It radiates more energy in one day than the world uses in one year.

 

Extreme Biodiesel: Off the Shelf Alternative Fuel Options
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Once the exclusive purview of the do it yourselfer, innovative companies are increasingly providing turn-key, off-the-shelf solutions to homeowners and business who want their energy independence now, not later.

 

Home Solar Panels: Pros, Cons, and Hidden Costs
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Once limited to consumers with deep pockets and strong environmentalist values, solar panels are less expensive than ever.

 

NREL: Dynamic Maps, GIS Data and Analysis Tools - Visualization & Geospatial Tools

National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Geospatial Data Science Team have developed tools that allow users to determine things such as how much electricity can be produced from solar systems on a house or what renewable resources are available in a specific area. The most current list of available NREL's GIS tools for biomass, solar, geothermal, wind, transportation and hydrogen can be accessed here.

 

BioDiesel Retail Location Finder

Biodiesel is a clean-burning replacement for petroleum diesel that can be used in virtually any diesel engine without modification. Biodiesel is produced from a variety of domestically available, renewable sources including vegetable oil, biomass (such as wood chips) and animal fats. It acts like diesel fuel, but produces fewer harmful emissions, is biodegradable and nontoxic, and is safer to use the diesel fuel.
Find a biodiesel retail location in your area »

 

Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Forest Sustainability in the Wake of Emerging Bioenergy Policies
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Renewable energy policies generally have assumed that forests can provide a significant source of environmentally-friendly feedstocks for electricity, heat and power generation.

 

A Landowner’s Guide to Carbon Sequestration Credits

This guide offers a path for local landowners to earn additional income while helping diminish adverse effects of global climate change through implementation of carbon sequestration and other stackable incentives.

 

Show Renewable - Alternative Energy Organizations & Professionals (33)
There are 33 resources serving Pines Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Renewable - Alternative Energy Organizations & Professionals serving Pines Region
Alternative Energy
3FFICIENT Energy
- San Luis Rey, CA
AgBioworks
Peter Nelson - Co-Coordinator - Memphis, TN
AMERESCO Solar
- Framingham, MA
American Resource & Energy
- Saint Paul, MN
American Solar Energy Society
- Boulder, CO
Chuck Payne
PNK BIOMASS - Marketing - Summertown, TN
Cianbro
- Pittsfield, ME
Dasolar
Douglas ArrisonNV
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
DISGEN Development Services, LLC
Dale Osborn - President - Lakewood, CO
ElectraTherm
- Reno, NV
Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
- Tampa, FL
FDC Enterprises Grasslands Services
- New Albany, OH
FutureMetrics
- Bethel, ME
Gulf Coast Green Power
- Fairhope, AL
Heatek Energy LLC
Evan Jones - Engineer - Auburn, ME
LetsGoSolar.com
Laura Brigham - Editor - San Francisco, CA
McLan Electronics, Inc.
- Raymond, MS
Mississippi Solar, LLC
Will Hegman - Carthage, MS
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
- Butte, MT
Pika Energy
- Westbrook, ME
Smart Solar
- Libertyville, IL
Solar Panels Plus
- Chesapeake, VA
Southwall Technologies Window Films
Jill Clardy - Director, Sales Operations & Customer Service - Chicago, IL
Sustainable Strategies
- Saint Charles, IL
The Price Companies, Inc.
- Monticello, AR
Westervelt Renewable Energy
- Tuscaloosa, AL
ZeroBase Energy, LLC
- Ferndale, MI
Energy Assistance Programs
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Energy Saving / Green Products
Mississippi Solar, LLC
Will Hegman - Carthage, MS
Walter 'BO' Smith, Jr.
Cornerstone Home Lending, Inc. - Mortgage Financing Specialist - Jackson, MS
Waste Management Specialists
BigBelly Solar Compacting Trash Receptacle
- Newton, MA
EarthCare Technologies Inc.
Phil Fredericks - Owner - West Fork, AR
 

 Google News about Alternative Energy and Green Building Resources

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Green Building News Items
Cultivation Food Hall offers variety of cuisines - Mississippi Business Journal
1/10/2019 12:09:25 PM
Cultivation Food Hall offers variety of cuisines    Mississippi Business Journal Cultivation Food Hall will open this weekend in The District at Eastover and feature nine artisanal vendors. It has been developed in consultation with St. Roch ...
Garden clubs announce 2019 pilgrimage royalty - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper | Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper - Natchez Democrat
12/16/2018 3:00:00 AM
Garden clubs announce 2019 pilgrimage royalty - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper | Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper    Natchez Democrat Special to The Democrat NATCHEZ — The Natchez and Pilgrimage garden clubs recently announced their royalty for the Spring Pilgrimage 2019 season.
Weekly Weather Photos: 5 Dead At Start Of Icy Winter Season - Patch.com
11/15/2018 3:00:00 AM
Weekly Weather Photos: 5 Dead At Start Of Icy Winter Season    Patch.com Weekly Weather Photos: Icy Weather Comes Early - Across Mississippi, MS - See top weather photos of the week as pre-winter storms slam areas with power ...
Illinois, Iowa Collaborate for Mississippi River Bridge | 2018-11-07 - Engineering News-Record
11/7/2018 3:00:00 AM
Illinois, Iowa Collaborate for Mississippi River Bridge | 2018-11-07    Engineering News-Record The distinctive 800-ft-long, 164-ft-tall “basket handle” true arches of the new Interstate 74 Mississippi River Bridge have yet to rise, but the $1.2-billion project ...
Mississippi 2018 Election Results: Hyde-Smith, Espy Go To Runoff - Patch.com
11/7/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi 2018 Election Results: Hyde-Smith, Espy Go To Runoff    Patch.com MS Election Results: Hyde-Smith, Espy Go To Runoff - Jackson, MS - Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker defended his seat, while Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike ...
MSU Alumni Association announces 2018 Alumni Fellows - Mississippi State Newsroom
10/24/2018 3:00:00 AM
MSU Alumni Association announces 2018 Alumni Fellows    Mississippi State Newsroom Nine prominent graduates are the Mississippi State University Alumni Fellows for 2018. Sponsored and organized by the MSU Alumni Association, the program ...
Will Townes joins Beard+Riser Architects - Mississippi Business Journal
10/8/2018 3:00:00 AM
Will Townes joins Beard+Riser Architects    Mississippi Business Journal Beard + Riser Architects recently announced that Will Townes, AIA, LEED AP has joined the firm in its Oxford office as a Project Architect. A native of Louisville, ...
Policy Manager - SustainableBusiness.com
9/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Policy Manager    SustainableBusiness.com 1 Mississippi is supported by the Mississippi River Network (MRN) to encourage River Citizens through education, inspiration and opportunities to embrace the ...
Mississippi River Diversions Could Save Louisiana's Drowning Coast - Engineering News-Record
8/9/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi River Diversions Could Save Louisiana's Drowning Coast    Engineering News-Record Engineers are working to help reconnect the Mississippi River to Louisiana's sediment-starved wetlands in an effort to rebuild some of the land that is ...
MSU School of Architecture adds Callender as associate director - Mississippi State Newsroom
7/26/2018 3:00:00 AM
MSU School of Architecture adds Callender as associate director    Mississippi State Newsroom Mississippi State's School of Architecture Fifth-Year Program Director Jassen Callender has taken on additional university leadership duties as the school's ...
FBI Reopens Emmett Till Case, Which Sparked Civil Rights Movement - Patch.com
7/12/2018 3:00:00 AM
FBI Reopens Emmett Till Case, Which Sparked Civil Rights Movement    Patch.com FBI Reopens Probe Of Emmett Till's 1955 Murder - Across Mississippi, MS - The FBI is reopening the investigation into the 1955 lynching and murder of Emmett ...
DEALER PROFILE: LA CROSSE LUMBER OF WISCONSIN - Building-Products.com
7/10/2018 3:00:00 AM
DEALER PROFILE: LA CROSSE LUMBER OF WISCONSIN    Building-Products.com What do you get when you plant a lumber company named Lacrosse (a town on Wisconsin's bank of the Mississippi) into a community called Louisiana?
Mississippi Amber Alert Canceled For 5-Year-Old Clay County Girl - Patch.com
6/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Amber Alert Canceled For 5-Year-Old Clay County Girl    Patch.com CLAY COUNTY, MS — An Amber Alert has been canceled for a 5-year-old Clay County girl who was last seen Wednesday night traveling east on Highway 50.
Tick Bites 5-Year-Old Girls Head; She Woke Up Paralyzed - Patch.com
6/11/2018 3:00:00 AM
Tick Bites 5-Year-Old Girls Head; She Woke Up Paralyzed    Patch.com Tick Bites 5-Year-Old Head; She Woke Up Paralyzed - Across Mississippi, MS - Jessica Griffin's daughter Kailyn went to sleep fine June 5. But when Kailyn ...
Military Plane Crashes In Mississippi: Pilots Eject From Aircraft - Patch.com
5/23/2018 3:00:00 AM
Military Plane Crashes In Mississippi: Pilots Eject From Aircraft    Patch.com Military Plane Crash: Pilots Eject Out Of Craft - Across Mississippi, MS - Officials said an Air Force T-38C Talon II​ crashed and burst into flames around 8:30 ...
Louisiana wants to divert the Mississippi River to restore its coast - Inhabitat
5/15/2018 3:00:00 AM
Louisiana wants to divert the Mississippi River to restore its coast    Inhabitat Louisiana aims to divert the sediment-rich Mississippi River in order to build up new land. The state has set aside $1.3 billion for what's called the Mid-Barataria ...
Jones Buys Mississippi Mill - Building-Products.com
4/9/2018 3:00:00 AM
Jones Buys Mississippi Mill    Building-Products.com Jones Lumber Co., Columbia, Ms., has purchased Rives & Reynolds Lumber, Natchez, Ms, allowing the company to expand its offerings by adding grade ...
Fleetwood Mac Is Back: Dreams Are Made Of Memes - Patch.com
4/5/2018 3:00:00 AM
Fleetwood Mac Is Back: Dreams Are Made Of Memes    Patch.com Fleetwood Mac Is Back: Dreams Are Made Of Memes - Across Mississippi, MS - A Mississippi dance troupe member's video put 1970s pop stalwarts Fleetwood ...
Green design of buildings and communities creates healthier, sustainable living environments - Mississippi Business Journal
3/22/2018 3:00:00 AM
Green design of buildings and communities creates healthier, sustainable living environments    Mississippi Business Journal “Green design” in architecture is far more than a buzz word or a fad. It is increasingly just the way things are done to not only preserve the environment, but the ...
Mississippi Cop Fired After Confronting Confederate Flag Wavers - Patch.com
2/14/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Cop Fired After Confronting Confederate Flag Wavers    Patch.com Cop In Dustup With Confederate Flag Wavers Fired - Jackson, MS - A video shows a confrontation between a Mississippi Capitol Police officer and a group ...
Quarterback Shea Patterson To Leave Ole Miss For Michigan - Patch.com
12/11/2017 3:00:00 AM
Quarterback Shea Patterson To Leave Ole Miss For Michigan    Patch.com OXFORD, MS — Mississippi quarterback Shea Patterson says he will transfer to Michigan. Patterson made his commitment in a tweet on Monday after visiting ...
Moorehead Sets His Sights High For Mississippi State - Patch.com
11/30/2017 3:00:00 AM
Moorehead Sets His Sights High For Mississippi State    Patch.com Moorehead Sets His Sights High For Mississippi - Across Mississippi, MS - "Our goal here is not to just maintain this program," Moorhead said.
Mississippi Walmart Clerk Helps Nervous Man Count Out Change - Patch.com
11/14/2017 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Walmart Clerk Helps Nervous Man Count Out Change    Patch.com Walmart Clerk Helps Nervous Man Count Out Chang - Across Mississippi, MS - We've all stood in line waiting for someone to count out change to a cashier.
Splinter Creek is a sustainable community of 26 lakeside homes in Mississippi - Inhabitat
10/3/2017 3:00:00 AM
Splinter Creek is a sustainable community of 26 lakeside homes in Mississippi    Inhabitat The owners of Spliner Creek property in Mississippi have decided to share the land through a limited development.
Morgan Freeman converts his Mississippi ranch into a giant sanctuary for wild bees - Inhabitat
10/2/2016 3:00:00 AM
Morgan Freeman converts his Mississippi ranch into a giant sanctuary for wild bees    Inhabitat Actor Morgan Freeman started keeping bees and planting bee-friendly plants on his 124-acre Mississippi ranch in response to declining pollinator populations.
Eco-friendly Living in Mississippi with Bill Lilly - HottyToddy.com
5/21/2015 3:00:00 AM
Eco-friendly Living in Mississippi with Bill Lilly    HottyToddy.com Imagine paying $15 on your power bill every month. That's a pretty thought, and possible with eco-friendly housing that is becoming a trend in United States.
Green Shoots for Green Building: Seven Stocks to Play the Trend - Forbes
6/14/2012 3:00:00 AM
Green Shoots for Green Building: Seven Stocks to Play the Trend    Forbes Yesterday, Rockwool International (COP:ROCK-B,OTC:RKWBF) announced the establishment of the insulation manufacturer's first US factory, in Mississippi, ...
Smart Window Maker Soladigm to Site Factory in Mississippi - Greentech Media
7/30/2010 3:00:00 AM
Smart Window Maker Soladigm to Site Factory in Mississippi    Greentech Media The company claims its windows can curb power consumption in buildings.
Renewable - Alternative Energy News Items
Correction: Mississippi River Bluffs Wind Farm story - The Wichita Eagle
12/18/2018 3:00:00 AM
Correction: Mississippi River Bluffs Wind Farm story    The Wichita Eagle In a story Dec. 15 about a proposed wind farm in southern Illinois, The Associated Press attributed a quote in support of the project to the wrong person.
Electric car tax: Fees aim to boost road funds, but some fear they will punish drivers - Mississippi Today
12/3/2018 3:00:00 AM
Electric car tax: Fees aim to boost road funds, but some fear they will punish drivers    Mississippi Today Experts say better to input regulations now while fewer hybrids, electric vehicles are on the road as gas tax revenue fails to meet transportation needs.
Trigeneration Microgrid Planned for Mississippi State Campus - Microgrid Knowledge
11/29/2018 3:00:00 AM
Trigeneration Microgrid Planned for Mississippi State Campus    Microgrid Knowledge Mississippi State University plans to build a trigeneration microgrid — combined cooling, heating and power — at its new College View student residential-retail ...
Mississippi Has The Winning Formula - Business Facilities Magazine
11/14/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Has The Winning Formula    Business Facilities Magazine A business-friendly environment and can-do cooperative spirit smooth the way for relocating and expanding companies planning new facilities in Mississippi .
Entergy Mississippi, Recurrent Energy Partner on Sunflower Solar Site - PR Newswire
11/8/2018 3:00:00 AM
Entergy Mississippi, Recurrent Energy Partner on Sunflower Solar Site    PR Newswire JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The sunlight that fuels cotton, corn and soybean growth in the Mississippi Delta will soon fuel a 100-megawatt ...
Twiggs Co. will be home to one of the largest solar plants in Georgia, creating jobs for rural Georgia - 41NBC News - 41 NBC News
11/8/2018 3:00:00 AM
Twiggs Co. will be home to one of the largest solar plants in Georgia, creating jobs for rural Georgia - 41NBC News    41 NBC News MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Twiggs County will soon be home to one of the largest solar panel projects, east of the Mississippi River. First Solar and ...
Hyde-Smith dodges climate change question, touts jobs at Copiah plant - Mississippi Today
11/1/2018 3:00:00 AM
Hyde-Smith dodges climate change question, touts jobs at Copiah plant    Mississippi Today Alternative Energy Development-Copiah looks to employ 60 workers directly while also generating jobs in the timber industry.
Mississippi Plays To Win - Business Facilities Magazine
10/18/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Plays To Win    Business Facilities Magazine From auto to aero and every sector in-between, companies of all sizes and backgrounds are achieving success with a Mississippi location.
How to raise climate change awareness in Mississippi? CCL is on the job... - Red, Green, and Blue
10/17/2018 3:00:00 AM
How to raise climate change awareness in Mississippi? CCL is on the job...    Red, Green, and Blue In some parts of the country, like Massachusetts and California, CCL's climate advocacy has been warmly embraced, with chapters quickly popping up and ...
Mississippi Co-op Signs Solar Deal With RES - Solar Industry
9/24/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Co-op Signs Solar Deal With RES    Solar Industry Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has signed a 100 MW solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with Cooperative Energy, an electric co-op in southern ...
Mississippi Power announces redemption of preferred stock, depositary shares and senior notes - PR Newswire
9/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Power announces redemption of preferred stock, depositary shares and senior notes    PR Newswire GULFPORT, Miss., Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Mississippi Power today announced that it issued notices of full redemption for the following series of ...
Envia idles GTL plant, Velocys focuses on Mississippi project - Biomass Magazine
9/19/2018 3:00:00 AM
Envia idles GTL plant, Velocys focuses on Mississippi project    Biomass Magazine Velocys has announced that Envia Energy will suspend operations at its Oklahoma City plant due to financial circumstances. The gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility, ...
Ergon shuts down Mississippi ethanol plant, Green Plains reportedly closing 2 in Iowa - Renewables Now
9/18/2018 3:00:00 AM
Ergon shuts down Mississippi ethanol plant, Green Plains reportedly closing 2 in Iowa    Renewables Now September 18 (Renewables Now) - Ergon Inc last week said it will pull the plug on an ethanol plant in Mississippi, while Green Plains Inc (NASDAQ:GPRE) was.
What's the future of solar power in the Pine Belt, as two local solar farms mark their first year? - Hattiesburg American
8/31/2018 3:00:00 AM
What's the future of solar power in the Pine Belt, as two local solar farms mark their first year?    Hattiesburg American SUMRALL — The sun is beating down on a 90-degree day at Mississippi's largest solar farm — a 52-megawatt facility located off Mississippi 42 in Sumrall.
Air Liquide Cuts Ribbon on Landfill Gas-to-RNG Plant in Mississippi - NGT News
7/23/2018 3:00:00 AM
Air Liquide Cuts Ribbon on Landfill Gas-to-RNG Plant in Mississippi    NGT News On Friday, Air Liquide held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand opening of its landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) purification plant in.
Who wants more power? Not NRG, says spurned partner - Houston Chronicle
6/20/2018 3:00:00 AM
Who wants more power? Not NRG, says spurned partner    Houston Chronicle NRG Energy needed to generate more electricity for its customers in Texas, so it struck a deal five years ago to buy a natural gas power plant in Mississippi, haul ...
Raytheon Expanding Radar Manufacturing In Mississippi - Business Facilities Magazine
5/31/2018 3:00:00 AM
Raytheon Expanding Radar Manufacturing In Mississippi    Business Facilities Magazine Raytheon will invest $100 million in the new facility in Forest, MS, where it will integrate and test cutting-edge military systems.
Solar Boom in Trump Country: It's About Economics and Energy Independence - InsideClimate News
11/10/2017 3:00:00 AM
Solar Boom in Trump Country: It's About Economics and Energy Independence    InsideClimate News When Brandon Presley was elected to the Mississippi Public *Service* Commission in 2007, he said, he couldn't have found a solar farm "with a SWAT team and ...
Mississippi Power solar facility operating in Hattiesburg - Hattiesburg American
9/15/2017 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Power solar facility operating in Hattiesburg    Hattiesburg American The new solar farm in Hattiesburg is up and running, producing electricity for Mississippi Power customers.
Gulfport Seabee base generating solar power for South Mississippi - The Sun Herald
7/11/2017 3:00:00 AM
Gulfport Seabee base generating solar power for South Mississippi    The Sun Herald A solar facility is up and running at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, providing energy for the base and the Mississippi Power grid.
Solar energy coming to EMEPA members - Meridian Star
5/25/2017 3:00:00 AM
Solar energy coming to EMEPA members    Meridian Star A partnership in East Mississippi could bring clean, renewable energy to East Mississippi Electric Power Association members in the upcoming year.
UPDATED: Solar Power: A Mississippian's Guide - Jackson Free Press
5/4/2017 3:00:00 AM
UPDATED: Solar Power: A Mississippian's Guide    Jackson Free Press Attorney General Jim Hood is helping Mississippians considering using solar power learn the costs and benefits of choosing the alternative power source.
Mississippi Power, Origis Energy break ground on new solar energy facility - PR Newswire
5/20/2016 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Power, Origis Energy break ground on new solar energy facility    PR Newswire GULFPORT, Miss., May 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Mississippi Power and Origis Energy, along with officials from the Area Development Partnership and ...
Mississippi Power, Silicon Ranch break ground on new solar energy facility - PR Newswire
4/27/2016 3:00:00 AM
Mississippi Power, Silicon Ranch break ground on new solar energy facility    PR Newswire GULFPORT, Miss., April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mississippi Power and Silicon Ranch Corporation, along with local officials from the city of Hattiesburg, ...
SUMESH ARORA — Keeping the lights on and growing jobs with solar energy - Mississippi Business Journal
9/24/2015 3:00:00 AM
SUMESH ARORA — Keeping the lights on and growing jobs with solar energy    Mississippi Business Journal In my last column I shared the nationally acclaimed story about how the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (MBMC) in Jackson kept its lights on in the immediate ...