Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Welcome Back Potter and New DIY Solar Panel Projects

Sup folks. Like the motley crew of Staind would say, ‘It’s been a while!’. We haven’t disappeared, we haven’t left, we still love y’all, but we sure as heck haven’t posted for a few months so we thought we better fess up about having been slack. November started with a week of drunken debauchery masquerading [...]

First Biodiesel Plant Proposed for Schuylkill Pennsylvania

NAGSCO Corp., which is working with Liberty Oil, intends to construct its first biodiesel plant in Schuylkill County, to convert food waste oil into biodiesel fuel. The proposed facility is under scrutiny from Schuylkill County Council members and the Schuylkill County Municipal Authority concerned about the potential local impact, especially because the proposed facility will [...]

Canadian Oil Sands – A Good Investment? Not in Europe, Apparently

Any American watching cable TV over the past few months can hardly fail to have noticed the seemingly ubiquitous advertisements extolling the virtues of extracting oil from Canadian oil sands, which the commentators assure their audience has a carbon footprint largely comparable with traditional fossil fuels, and which, if developed will provide not only millions [...]

E4L DIY Solar Panels Revisited

We’re stoked about the fact that we now get hundreds of new visitors a day to our site, and we wanted to make sure that if you’re one of them, you don’t miss out on some of our best DIY Solar Power tips, tidbits and tutorials. So, here are some of our past articles which [...]

Australian Federal Solar Rebate Scheme Slammed For Slow Payments

Delays of up to eight months have been experienced by almost nine thousand Australian’s awaiting the $1,000 solar hot water rebate, the Herald Sun reported today. Troubles with a new computer systems have been cited as the cause for the delay, and the Federal Government aims to clear the backlog which is reporetedly in the [...]

Alternative Energy News – Solar Mobile Phones | Patents | Rebates

Some quick news on recent happenings in the solar world of late: Tired of your phone battery giving up on you half way through an important call, or that one time you travelled overnight without your charger?  The solution may not be tooooo far away, with Apple last week recieving Patent No. 7,868,582 from the [...]

You Asked For Solar & Wind Power Facts – We’ll Provide!

The crew have been on some holidays for the last few weeks and one of the things we noticed on our return was that we’ve had a few requests for some solar power and wind power facts and fictions. Most of these seem to have come from kids looking for some help with those pesky [...]

Solar Panel Installation Time Lapse Video

We apologize in advance for the fact that this is not a particularly informative post, but Ash has been watching this on a loop for about 20 minutes now – ‘because it just looks cool’. We thought we’d share it with you.

GreenDIYEnergy Wind Turbine Discount 45% Off 2 Days Only

Yeah ok, we’re not supposed to be ‘disclosing’ this one to you but we want you to get in on this ripper GreenDIYEnergy Wind Turbine discount. The lads at GreenDIYEnergy are well reknowned for chalking up very decent solar and wind power guides so if you’re quick you can nab a copy though the said [...]

Wind And Solar Power Grants For Homeowners

Green conscious homeowners can reap even greater rewards for being prepared to generate their own electricity through alternative energy through wind and solar power grants from their State governments. Most states in the US as well as Australia and the UK provide assistance in the form of up front grants for equipment purchase and professional [...]

Americans Lack Insight Into True Value Of Energy Conservation

A national online survey recently revealed that a large proportion of the American public had serious deficiencies in their perceptions of energy consumption and savings. The results of the survey published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in July this year indicated that there may be a real need to raise public [...]

Earth4Energy News Views & Gossip

Alternative Energy is now a fast moving area both in terms of its commercial practicality and recognizable need as an alternative to fossil fuel dependency. Earth4Energy News brings you reports, updates, publications and gossip from around the globe as well as helping you keep the finger on the pulse of green energy in your own [...]