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Most Europeans depend on other countries for their

natural gas. As a result, many homeowners are

accumulating firewood for supplemental heating.

Modern wood stoves operate at very high temperatures

and thus remove much of the particulate and unburned

gases typical of older stove designs.

Although burning wood produces greenhouse gases,

it is the same amount as would be produced if the wood

were left to decompose or was burned in a forest fire.

Thus, it is called “carbon neutral”.

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Battle Creek Elementary School

in St Paul, Minnesota has installed

a PV Solar Electric system. The

system is rated at 1,000 watts. It

is tied to the electric grid in such

a way that it can assist the electric utility in supplying

electric power to the school when the sun is shining.

When the system provides more power than the

school is using, the excess power is supplied to the grid.

This causes the power meter to run backward. As a

result, the school receives a credit on its utility bill.

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was developed by a talented volunteer.

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and test training materials. Credit is

given to volunteers at the web site.

A strategy of the association is to

produce Renewable Energy training

materials that will become widely

available through school public

education programs and elsewhere.

Another strategy is to provide

information and financial assistance to

schools that wish to incorporate

Renewable Energy Training in their

curriculum.

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