Tag: energy
How to safely operate a wood burner
If you're going to heat your home with wood, you should learn how to operate and maintain a wood burner to keep it safe and efficient for many years.
Steps to maintaining your chimney this winter
With fall and winter knocking, chimney maintenance is a priority before firing up your wood burner. Learn how to properly clean and inspect your chimney.
Can solar power save rural America?
Solar developments are rapidly growing in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The renewable energy source could help family farms and the surrounding communities.
What to think about when thinking about solar leasing
So, you’ve been contacted by a solar developer about leasing your land or you want to see if your farm might be a good fit. Here's what you need to know.
How to make a fluorescent bulb glow under transmission power lines
Learn how to use the induced alternating magnetic field around high-voltage transmission power lines to make a fluorescent tube bulb glow.
Grants will support clean energy vehicle projects
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is awarding grants for clean energy vehicle projects in Pennsylvania.
Cabot ends oil and gas drilling in north central Ohio
With unsuccessful results, the energy developer decided to "cease operations" in the Ashland-Richland County area.
Cabot is making offers, but landowners advised to wait
Landowners in the Ashland-Holmes-Richland County area should review the lease agreement with Cabot carefully, and consider what they might gain and forfeit by signing.
Streaming devices gobble electricity, too
Televisions and related peripheral devices consumed 7 percent of the electricity used in American homes in 2015 and cost $103 per home per year to operate.
New power plant approved in Harrison County
The Ohio Power Siting Board authorized Harrison Power LLC to construct a 1,050-megawatt, natural gas-fired electric generation facility in Cadiz, Ohio.
