Energy Resources Archive

  • Project: Community Energy Use Inventory

    Project: Community Energy Use Inventory

    SustainFloyd priority: Energy resource development and conservation Project Summary: To develop a comprehensive energy usage inventory (how, where and how much) for Floyd County. How the project integrates with our communities interests: An energy inventory provides a baseline for measuring changes in community energy usage, knowledge useful for community planning, economic development, grant applications and [...]

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  • Getting Off the Grid

    Getting Off the Grid

    If you haven’t heard of the “Bloom Box”, chances are, you will. This might be the first of the fuel-cell technologies to actually, economically (in today’s market) produce electricity at the point of use. Today, it is only affordable by the top dogs. In a few years, homes might have them, or municipalities like the [...]

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