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Clean Energy is our future! #energy #cleantech #solar #investment

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Joined July 2012
Can Sump Pump #Water Be Used For Drinking & #Irrigation? @mecsystemsllc explains on @TheOrganicView goo.gl/ZW2dwz
In Iowa and Wisconsin, #biomass #energy from landfills and dairy farms is being used to make electricity. #renewableenergy
The first geothermal power plant opened in California in 1921. #renewableenergy bit.ly/1KEtxqI
#Wind farms currently produce enough #electricity to meet the needs of more than 600,000 families in the USA #renewableenergy #energy
#Water power has been used for grinding grain for more than 2,000 years. #renewableenergy #energy bit.ly/1KEtxqI
Energy is something we all need. #Renewable #energy is the present and our future! bit.ly/1KEtxqI
#Hydro power currently provides about 10 percent of the electricity in the United States. #renewableenergy #energy bit.ly/1KEtxqI
An average #wind speed of 14 miles per hour is needed to convert wind energy into electricity. #renewableenergy #energy
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In southern Iowa, a power plant is using a crop called switchgrass to make electricity. #renewableenergy #energy bit.ly/1KEtxqI
The largest #wind turbine in the world, located in Hawaii, stands 20 stories tall and has blades the length of a football field.
Silicon from just one ton of sand, used in #photovoltaic cells, could produce as much #electricity as burning 500,000 tons of coal.
#Renewableenergy, excluding hydropower, will account for 28% of the overall growth of electricity bit.ly/1KEu7EV #energy
The first U.S. #hydroelectric power plant opened on the Fox River near Appleton, Wisconsin, on September 30, 1882.#renewableenergy #energy
One #wind turbine can produce enough electricity to power up to 300 homes. #renewableenergy #energy bit.ly/1KEtxqI
#Renewable #energy, excluding hydropower, will account for 28% of the overall growth of #electricity bit.ly/1KEu7EV
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The use of #solar Eenergy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun. Ralph Nader #renewableenergy
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In 200 B.C., people in China and the Middle East used #windmills to pump water and grind grain. #renewableenergy #energy
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In the 1830s, the British astronomer John Herschel used a #solar collector box to cook #food during an expedition to Africa.
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