Solar-Powered Trash Compactors Save Cities Energy
January 6, 2010 by Suzanne Bopp · Leave a Comment
Billed as the “world’s first and only solar-powered cordless trash compaction system,” the trash compactors from Big Belly Solar are appearing in cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Vancouver and Chicago, where, the company claims, they reduce trash collection trips and cut fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.
Made from recycled materials, the [...]
Solar Power Gets a Boost in Massachusetts
January 6, 2010 by Suzanne Bopp · Leave a Comment
Massachusetts has a goal of installing 250 MW of solar energy by 2017, and Gov. Deval Patrick has announced two new rebate programs to help reach that goal.
The programs represent the next phases of the $68 million Commonwealth Solar rebate program, which was so successful it ran out of money last October, more than two [...]
More Green M&Ms
November 12, 2009 by Suzanne Bopp · Leave a Comment
Every fifth M&M will now be produced by solar power, after yesterday’s opening of a solar facility in Hackettstown, NJ, next to the headquarters of Mars Chocolate North America.
That’s because the 28,000 solar panels – spread over 18 acres of a formerly vacant lot – are capable of generating about a fifth of the chocolate [...]
