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Oklahoma Goes Greener

Friday, September 25th, 2009

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board recently approved the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

Part of the projects funded will involve improving oxygen levels in lakes that supply drinking water. Both Lake Thunderbird and Lake Wister will implement plans. Lake Wister’s plan involves removing deep water that is low in oxygen from the lake, and Lake Thunderbird will be using a system to oxygenate the water in the lake.

Another approved project will involve erosion control for several sites in the Illinois River and Eucha/Spavinaw Creek watersheds.

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lake

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More Power

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

GE recently acquired ScanWind. With their new acquired technology, GE will habe the ability to offer direct drive wind turbines to its customers.

Regular turbine generators have magnets that spin around a coil to produce electrical current. The faster the magnets spin, the more current is produced. A direct-drive generator spins its magnets slower, but around a larger circumference thereby boosting the current by increasing the torque.

Current models produced by ScanWind produce 3.0 MW and 3.5 MG of power.

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wind turbines

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Designer Solar Panels

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

It’s now possible.

You can soon obtain solar panels in colors! Imagine matching or coordinating your solar panels with your architecture, or your landscaping!

These new colored solar panels, made by GreenSun not only come in colors, but, there is method to the madness. These new colored panels don’t require direct sunlight!

These colored panels are able to capture the different parts of the sunlight’s spectrum. Captured sunlight is diffused to the edges of the panels. The edges have silicon solar receptors that produce the power. Not only do these come in colors, they can also replace some walls and windows! These new panels are cheaper too as they require less silicon to make.

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colored-solar

Real Goods Solar, Inc.

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