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• Solar Month Celebration with Sierra Club

  • When
    19 Jun 2013
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    6:30 PM
  • Location
    Halyburton Park, 4099 S 17th St, Wilmington, NC 28412

  Let's Celebrate Solar Month!
  
  

  The NC Chapter of the Sierra Club was successful in encouraging Governor Pat McCrory to proclaim June as Solar Month in North Carolina. 
  
  To celebrate NC's rising participation in solar energy production - we are currently 6th in the US - Sierra Club's June meeting will feature Cape Fear Solar Systems with a seminar on basic solar technology, current tax incentives and the local solar industry. There will be demo units on hand and lots of photos of local installations. Please join us!
  
  When: Wednesday, June 19th, 6:30pm
  Where: Halyburton Park, 4099 S 17th St, Wilmington, NC 28412
  
  To learn more about more about the First in Solar campaign visit firstinsolar.org. There you can find Governor McCrory's proclamation, North Carolina solar facts and even watch the kickoff video with racecar driver Leilani Munter.

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• Biofuel Lunch & Learn

  • When
    21 Jun 2013
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  • Location
    5329 Oleander Drive

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  Cape Fear Green Building Alliance 

  Presents:

  Biofuel Lunch & Learn

  On June 21 at Tidal Creek Cooperative Food Market, Piedmont Biofuels will discuss biofuel:

  What are the steps involved in processing and producing biofuel? Why is it important to citizens of the Cape Fear region and local businesses?

  The newly-completed building, a stop on the B-100 Trail, in the Tidal Creek Co-op complex houses a 1,000 gallon biodiesel tank and fueling dispenser for Piedmont Biofuels, a renewable energy company that produces biodiesel in Pittsboro, North Carolina. The building earned the Outstanding Stewardship Award for Piedmont Biofuels from the Lower Cape Fear Stewardship Development Coalition.

  Speakers:

  ·      Katy Horton, Communications and Outreach Coordinator for Piedmont Biofuels

  ·      Lyle Estill, author of the book Biodiesel Power; the Passion, People and Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel

  ·      Jeff Gannon, speaking on the success of using biofuel for his company, Dig.

  ·      Eric Jabaley, Dogwood Architecture

  ·      Christopher Yermal, Old School Rebuilders

  Tidal Creek, Wilmington’s local cooperative food market, will provide lunches and discuss their mission to our community.

  When: June 21^st, 2013 from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

  Where: Tidal Creek, 5329 Oleander Drive

                              

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