{"id":16660,"date":"2020-01-28T20:50:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boredmom.com\/?p=16660"},"modified":"2020-01-31T17:44:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T17:44:49","slug":"new-ways-renewable-energy-is-being-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.boredmom.com\/?p=16660","title":{"rendered":"New Ways Renewable Energy is Being Used"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>Many of us want to support the use of renewable energy, but we&#8217;re not entirely sure how to go about it. Other than installing solar panels on our roofs, what can we do as consumers or business owners?<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Renewable energy sources leave a much lighter environmental footprint than fossil fuels, so it&#8217;s essential we integrate their use globally to lessen global pollution.\u00a0 Even if we did not face the threat of climate change, minimizing pollution is basic for good health. It&#8217;s exciting to see that in many parts of the United States, renewable\u00a0and sustainable energy sources are being utilized and perfected.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Local governments taking the lead on renewable energy can dramatically reduce their carbon footprint by purchasing or directly generating electricity from clean sources.\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/texas\/round-rock\/why-douglas-healy-believes-mid-west-crucial-energy\">Douglas Healy<\/a>, energy expert, believes that a\u00a0large percentage of future electrical generation supply will come from plants that are powered by the sun or by natural gas.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Residential Solar without Having Solar Panels<\/b><\/h2>\n<div>Sounds impossible, right? Don&#8217;t I have to to put panels on my roof? But some electric companies in various states are increasing their solar power by building solar power plants. For example, in Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpl.com\/energy-my-way\/solar\/solartogether-res.html\">FPL\u00a0SolarTogether<sup>SM<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0gives everyone the opportunity to directly enjoy the economic and environmental benefits of solar energy while receiving bill credits. Residents do NOT need to have their own solar panels &#8211; they can simple &#8216;buy solar credits&#8217;\u00a0up to 100% of\u00a0 energy usage\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666666;\">that go towards\u00a0their monthly bill and can choose a monthly plan that best suits their energy needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><b>At Work<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<div><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Although residential homes are not eligible,\u00a0<\/span>EPA&#8217;s Green Power Partnership (GPP) is a free, voluntary program, helping to increase the use of green power among businesses and organizations in the United States.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Encouraging the business you work at to purchase Green Energy is a smart<\/span>\u00a0way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. Currently\u00a0Hundreds of Partner organizations collectively use billions of kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Not only do companies support green energy use, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/greenpower\">Green Power\u00a0Partners<\/a> get valuable recognition and assistance in promoting their green power use.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Turning Waste Into Natural Gas<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>In Iowa, a company named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscatineiowa.gov\/1122\/MARRVE\">Muscatine<\/a> is taking discarded <span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;\">organic waste, which would normally be sent to a landfill, and converting it into new fertilizer and natural gas. It&#8217;s estimated\u00a0that up to 30% of waste in a landfill is food waste, where it would\u00a0normally\u00a0sit there and produce methane and greenhouse gases, is being reused.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Companies are able to send in their organic waste to separated and then pumped into a tanker and brought to a waste water plant. From there it is put in the anaerobic digestors.\u00a0\u00a0The combination of anaerobic soup produces biogas (methane and other gases) as well as biosolids, a nutrient rich fertilizer that is applied to farm ground to naturally replenish nitrogen and phosphorus to the soil.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Manufacturing companies and grocery stores are now able to take advantage of the machine, instead of sending their product to the landfill. A win win for the companies and the local communities!<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us want to support the use of renewable energy, but we&#8217;re not entirely sure how to go about it. 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