Town flicks the switch on more green projects

The Town of Black Diamond is revealing its initiatives towards a green community and hope others will soon follow suit.

Black Diamond Mayor Sharlene Brown is flipping the switch to turn on the municipal building’s new five-kilowatt reflective solar energy system and sharing information on the community’s alternative energy initiatives at a public information session in the basement of the municipal building Feb. 26 at 1 p.m.

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Edmonton company working to turn oil pumpjacks into green micro-generators

EDMONTON,AB, Oct. 26,2012/ Troy Media/ – The slow sway of the oilfield pumpjack, or nodding donkey as some call it, is one of the most familiar sights in Alberta. Drive around long enough and they become just another part of the landscape. But a small, innovative company based in Edmonton, Alberta, named Canadian Control Works (CCW), is reimagining pumpjacks as green micro-generators.

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