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Solar Panels To Be Installed On Alcatraz Island (FOX 11 Reno)

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SAN FRANCISCO — Alcatraz Island is going green. The National Park Service, which oversees the island, said Friday it will fund a project to put more than 1,000 solar panels on the main prison and laundry building.

Logan Airport going green with solar panels (7 News Boston)

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BOSTON — Logan International Airport is going green.

MANVILLE: Borough buildings may get solar panels (The Manville News)

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solar panels installed on the roofs of municipal and school buildings could save borough taxpayers 15 to 35 percent of energy costs, and officials are considering a county program that would pay the full costs of the installation.

Bakersfield College set to install solar panels (The Bakersfield Californian)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:48:16 +0000

Bakersfield College plans to cover its northeast parking lot with solar panels. The project will supply about a third of the campus’ energy needs, and power generated when school is not in session will be sold back to the power grid. The school says the $8.3 million project will generate an estimated 2.1 million kilowatt hours annually, and factoring in energy savings, rebates and tax breaks …

Solar panels: Power that pays for itself (Independent)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:20:02 +0000

Ronald and Wendy Jordan are hoping the latest addition to their Cornish beef farm will be the most exciting yet. It’s out in the lush meadows that surround their farm near Lostwithiel, but is unlikely to be grazing with the herd as they’ve recently installed a solar photovoltaic (PV) panel.

Can coconut juice be used as blood plasma? Plus: Are oil space heaters more efficient? (Creative Loafing Charlotte)

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:39:39 +0000

By Cecil Adams I’ve heard coconut juice is almost identical to human blood plasma, and has been used as a plasma substitute during wartime. I asked a friend from Vietnam who lived there during the war about this, and she was very matter-of-fact about the use of coconut juice as a substitute for blood plasma during the war by Vietnamese soldiers (on both sides). She told me when they expected a …

MANVILLE: Borough buildings may get solar panels (The Manville News)

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MANVILLE: Borough buildings may get solar panels (The Manville News)

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MANVILLE: Borough buildings may get solar panels (The Manville News)

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Alcatraz Island to get solar panels (CBS 47 Fresno)

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alcatraz Island is going green. The National Park Service, which oversees the island, said Friday it will fund a project to put more than 1,000 solar panels on the main prison and laundry building. The panels are expected to provide 40 to 60 percent of the island’s electricity and reduce the need for two aging diesel generators. Officials say the generators pollute the …