Great Indoor Folk Festival ~ Feb 12, 2012
100% Renewable Energy? Northport is the little town that thinks it can
Can Northport be fully powered by renewable engery? A group in Northport seem to think so. The Northern Express reports:
The two medium-sized wind turbines will generate approximately 800,000 kilowatt hours per year. They won’t completely power the village, but they will generate enough electricity to power the town’s new waste water treatment plant and a portion of other municipal facilities, said Douglas McInnis, president of the 20-member Northport Energy Action Task Force.
The rest of the energy will come from solar, geothermal, possibly a future biomass plant, and energy conservation initiatives. The task force has plans to help people winterize and retrofit their homes as well as educate people on the various state and utility rebate programs such as energy-efficient appliances and CF bulbs. If state funds become available, the group will apply for a grant to help with their plans for educational programs, home energy audits, facilitating installation of energy saving components and developing local citizens, business and government partnerships which in the future might help these initiatives become self sustainable.
Renewable energy is the future, why depend on fossil fuels when we can go renewable.`..
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Comment by Lexie Wilkinson — June 20, 2010 @ 4:54 am
excelenter jellu der geschlu zu eitektio mit rerke und stele. fenhaft den zeptabe des zeinter ohne hinkerung, dizung, stern oder wosung.
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Comment by Tragamonedas — September 22, 2011 @ 9:00 pm