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Alternative Energy

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The power of solar seems like a natural in the Sunshine State as Florida companies vie to come up with the Next Great Idea for capturing the sun's energy, reusing garbage, developing nuclear power, harnessing water power and turning organic substances into alternative energy resources.

Alternative Energy Features

When Grey Is Green: Mining For Energy Savings In Tampa Bay

Olive Tree Energy is a "green" energy company situated in the Tampa Bay region that is in the business of recycling everyday wasted energy and using it to boost efficiency in commonly used appliances.

Hot Ideas Make Creative Minds Sizzle At Tampa Bay's coolTECH 2010

Scattered all across the Tampa Bay region -- in office parks, on college campuses, in home workshops and garages, perhaps even next door to you -- some of the world's coolest new technology is being envisioned, developed through trial and error, and adapted for practical use in business and industry as well as for personal assistance and play. Many examples were on display June 4 at the Tampa Bay Technology Forum's coolTECH 2010.

Will FL's Pasco County Rival CA's Silicon Valley?

Dais Analytic, a Pasco County nanotechnology company, is taking clean, green solutions across the globe, from mostly rural Odessa, just north of Tampa, to some of the world's most urban regions of China. The anticipated success of the energy and water innovator could also take Tampa Bay to a new place economically.

Ybor City Building Projects Turn Tampa Bay Green

Lots of people in Florida and elsewhere talk "green'' in concept, while others talk it, walk it and chalk it up to experience by developing real-life projects to save energy, extend resources and create cool living and working spaces that promise to make the world a bit better one building at a time. 83 Degrees takes a look at three such "green'' projects in Ybor City, an historic neighborhood in Tampa that is helping lead the region into a sustainable future.  

Bradenton Private School LEEDs Manatee County In Going Green

The new Saint Stephen's Episcopal School is among the first publicly registered schools in the Tampa Bay region to seek a LEED Gold certification for environmental awareness. Officials aim to win the prestigious Gold certification by the end of the school year.
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