SgurrEnergy plugs into the US market
By Ian Fraser Published: The Sunday Times Date: April 5th, 2009 SGURRENERGY, a Glasgow-based renewable energy specialist, ... of renewable energy, including onshore and offshore wind projects, solar power, bioenergy and wave ... energy efficiency and renewable energy as part of his economic stimulus programme. This is partly [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 23:02:30
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Ocean Tidal Power as Renewable Energy
One of the Earth’s great renewable energy sources is actually the energy that can be found in all the waves of the ocean. Let’s look at this further ... impact on large marine life. Tidal turbines are a new technology used for tidal energy ... tides. Although they are heavier and costlier to build, they also are capable of capturing more energy [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 23:30:09
NextEra Unveils Renewable Energy Trust
NextEra Energy Resources, a subsidiary of FPL Group Inc., has launched its EarthEra Renewable Energy Trust and associated renewable energy products to help businesses offset the energy impact of their operations or to meet other sustainability goals [more...]
Date: 2009-04-02 17:50:38
Renewable energy tax proposed
Nevada Appeal, April 3, 2009 (AP) — Insisting that power customers benefit from Nevada’s nascent renewable energy industry, Assembly Democrats want to tax solar, wind and other clean energy produced in the state ... fund a renewable energy commission, energy efficiency rebates and a program to help Nevada customers [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 16:02:18
Solar Panels For Your Home Easy and Inexpensively
by Sean Murphy Traditional sources of energy are causing harm to the environment and are getting more and more expensive ... that any guide you get shows you this secret, for sure. Many governments support renewable energy ... with renewable energy helps reduce the use of earth-consuming energies like coal. Be Environment [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 10:15:48
Dark days for renewable energy
We knew things were going badly in the renewable energy industry, but this week we got a grim view of just how ugly it looks out there ... bad in the United States, where financing of new renewable energy projects was only $500 million ... that the U.S. government’s energy-focused economic stimulus plan will unlock lending for new projects [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 01:00:32
India opposes protectionism under green label: Saran
India on Wednesday objected to attempts being made to club the country along with “major emitters” of green house gases and warned the developed ... Business Council (USIBC) in Washington, Saran sought a partnership with the US in renewable energy ... and renewable energy to jump-start its recession-hit economy, an Indo-US partnership between them, after [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 06:27:15
Photovoltaic Solar Array at Progress Energy’s Sutton Plant Site is Now Online
Progress Energy Carolinas’ power generation mix has become a little sunnier, as a 1.2-megawatt (MW) ... households and businesses in the Carolinas. Progress Energy also purchases renewable energy credits ... to pursue cost-effective renewable energy investments in meeting state goals and objectives. Hand [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 12:03:45
Government Report: New Wave of Coal Plants Not Needed
Quick post here - I will try to go into more details later. The Energy Information Administration just released their Annual Energy Outlook report ( ... and renewable energy technologies. All those new coal plants needed to meet our energy “demands” ... that the EIA data tend to undervalue efficiency and renewable energy potential. Yet, despite [more...]
Date: 2009-03-31 16:41:16
2007-08 CO Green Energy Legislation
I am working on a post about 2009 Colorado legislation dealing with green energy and our New Energy Economy ... (Merrifield/Gordon) Renewable Energy Dev. on State Lands HB-07 1146 (Levy/Gordon), Energy Conservation ... (C. Gardner/Shaffer), Renewable Fuel Crops HB-07 1279 (McKinley/Romer), Tax Credits, Renewable Energy [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 17:51:13
The Green Quote: Robert Redford And The Renewable Energy Gold Rush
“America is on the verge of a renewable energy gold rush. Hundreds of applications for wind and solar projects have been filed on public lands ... –Robert Redford writing in a new piece for the Huffington Post titled “ Balancing Renewable Energy ... . I think this is long overdue. We need sustainable energy to help us reduce global warming [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 16:51:12
Yes We Can: Southern Solutions for a National Renewable Energy Standard
http://www.cleanenergy.org/images/stories/serenewables022309rev.pdf Executive Summary: The Southeast has the ingenuity and renewable energy resources to become ... of renewable energy estimates in the region show sufficient resources to fulfill an aggressive [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 14:02:00
The storage challenge
In many respects, electric vehicles (EVs) are a classic example of a pivotal technological breakthrough in need of a few key breakthroughs of its own. EV's have the potential to transform renewable energy sources into very real alternatives ... of the renewable energy world. A flexible, widely applicable form of energy storage could very well [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 08:28:00
The Big Green Lie Finally Faces the Light of Day
It appears that Big Media is finally catching on to President Obama’s alternative-energy ruse, ... taxpayers and businesses. And eventually, maybe in our lifetime, renewable sources of energy ... to increase renewable energy than his predecessor…”The Bloomberg piece, in particular, cited the current [more...]
Date: 2009-01-30 11:23:30
Feed-in Tariffs: Ontario’s Experience
Several states are contemplating feed-in tariffs to spur growth in the renewables industry — a move that Ontario, Canada made three years ago ... government introduced North America’s first feed-in tariff policy to promote small-scale renewable energy ... -term preferential rates to small renewable energy developers so they can compete on price [more...]
Date: 2009-02-10 20:44:10
Rumor: McCain Supposedly Mulling Endorsing the Gang of Ten Compromise Update: The McCain Thing is Merely a Rumor; That Asinine Republican Senators Support This Abomination Is Not -- Kill It On Their Side
—Ace Put pressure on these idiot senators -- Corker, Graham, and Chambliss, among others -- to end this joke now ... U.S. oil companies would go to pay for $84 billion in new spending on dodgy renewable energy ... of subsidies for renewable energy, and gas prices have increased nearly $1.50 per gallon. Perfect [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 00:27:37
Group takes on Entergy in ad crusade
A new “pro-renewable energy” organization, which was founded just last week, ... Nuclear Power This page requires a higher version browser Prof Winnie Monsod... Renewable energy industry takes hold in Miss. Mississippi has dozens of renewable energy projects and is quietly [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 19:50:38
Banking on Energy
Chris Cook has a post at The Oil Drum on his proposal for an energy backed alternative currency - Banking on Energy ... in massive investment in new renewable energy infrastructure and energy efficiency savings ... . At a high-level conference in Tehran in January I made a proposal in respect of an “Energy [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 10:25:00
Energy Issues Spur Renewed Interest In The Sciences
In what could be an encouraging sign of change in America's longstanding shortage of graduates prepared for high-tech careers, ... enthusiasm for the science and technology of renewable energy sources will carry over into graduate school ... the hottest subject on college campuses across the nation right now seems to be renewable energy [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 18:30:37
New Jersey Utility Planning Huge Solar Project
We've been covering the ups and downs of Duke Energy's $50 million solar rooftop project and ultimately it seems that there are just too many holes ... itself to be renewable energy-friendly, with large offshore wind farm and wave power projects ... reasonable for adding renewable energy, this is where Duke Energy's plan was stopped by regulators. PSE&amp [more...]
Date: 2009-02-11 18:52:37
Federal funds quitting hydrogen for plug-ins
Back during the Clinton era, Federal funds in the U.S. favored plug-in hybrids research ... , and the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has taken Obama's pledge seriously ... Secretary for Renewable Energy. While I'm sure that most of our readers are likely to think [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 22:17:09
Europe Shortlists Capture Projects for Stimulus
European leaders shortlisted a dozen proposals to demonstrate large-scale carbon capture and storage at coal-fired power plants last month as ... by the end of 2010.One coda to earlier posts on renewable energy transmission: The stimulus package ... to move renewable energy around Europe. Unfortunately [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 14:43:05
Geothermal: Renewable Energy Stealth Candidate
The current investment in Geothermal energy is dwarfed by what's being put into wind and solar, but this is changing thanks to high energy prices, social pressure for clean, renewable energy sources, and breakthroughs in technology. The amount of heat trapped in the Earth's... read more [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 17:10:12
Countries Turn to Green Jobs for Economic Growth
With the U.S. Congress expected to pass its financial stimulus package this week, ... more than $800 billion, of which $50-$100 billion would be provided for extended renewable energy tax ... removing nearly $5 billion of renewable energy loan guarantees and alternative fuel funding [more...]
Date: 2009-02-09 16:59:52
Hell and High Water
by Bryan Walker on April 5, 2009 For some months now I have been visiting Joseph Romm’s blog Climate Progress regularly, ... . At last I have.It was well worth the reading. Romm holds a PhD in physics from MIT and is a senior fellow ... he was Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy with a focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy. His service [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 19:00:21
Solar Panels For Your Home To Save Money
by David Sullivan The largest sources of energy that we are currently using will eventually run dry ... tell you this. Many governments support renewable energy projects, even as small as home-scale ... . As we run out of non-renewable sources of energy, they are also getting more expensive. Renewable [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 08:09:52
Green Ink: Obama?s Energy Challenge and Electric Speed Bumps
Crude oil futures rose in early trading on hopes the stimulus package will provide a short-term boost to the economy, ... prices.” Should the government mandate renewable energy? A roundtable at National Journal, including ... renewable energy would cost about $100 billion, the WSJ reports (sub reqd.). Some utlities [more...]
Date: 2009-02-09 13:23:27
Google Earth Mash-Up Shows Best Areas for Renewable Energy Projects
You might think that renewable energy developers have few problems convincing towns to let them move in ... -up shows which renewable energy project locations are likely to provoke a fight based on the location [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 21:50:03
Of Renewable Energy and Antarctica
John LuckThe E-Base on King George Island is the first Antarctic station to run exclusively on renewable energy ... , and energy executives, on an expedition to Antarctica. Jeffrey Marlow, a master’s student in Earth Science ... , and the discussions of climate change and energy development that unfolded along the way, for Green Inc [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 15:45:18
Carbon Pricing Is Just One Piece of the Puzzle: Towards a Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy - Part 4
by: Michael Hoexter One of the limitations of carbon pricing is that, as a support for renewable energy or other clean generation technologies, ... utilitarian perspective about renewable energy without heavy policy support, excepting in some areas large ... it is a roundabout and scattered means of “leveling the playing field”. Energy markets that still [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 17:03:58
A Green Light for Green Energy
Cross-posted with the google.org blog To solve the climate crisis and meet our growing demand for energy, we need to move to clean, renewable energy sources that will cut global warming pollution and power our economic recovery ... on an unprecedented scale. Google.org’s Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal initiative is working to drive down [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 18:30:00
Stimulus and venture capital sow seeds for cleantech industry’s “revival”
Turns out that media reports of the death of the clean tech industry have been exaggerated (see “ Global recession? ... the need for tax equity financing, which has long been a mainstay for renewable energy projects. “ ... . Financiers and law firms specializing in renewable energy say they see growing interest [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 13:50:29
Nature vs Solar Power: Environmentalists Clash Over the Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert has become a battlefield for how President Obama’s clean energy goals should be moved forward, and conservationists and renewable energy advocates, usually natural allies, are now pitted ... on its renewable energy plans for the desert. “We have to accept our responsibility that something [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 21:31:24
Report: ‘Yes We Can’ Move Away From Coal In The Southeast
Our guest blogger is Kalen Pruss, intern with the Energy Opportunity team at the Center for American Progress, ... , or other renewable energy to move away from coal. Southern Company, the giant parent company ... empty excuses to prevent renewable energy development: Renewables like solar power and wind [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 23:01:19
Cash In On Federal Spending
Kiplinger: By now we’ve all heard one of the newest American complaints — all this stimulus and bailout money, but where’s mine? ... Schedules as well. 2. Renewable energy and energy conservation can save money, stabilize energy costs ... . 3. Old skills can do new jobs. Installing energy efficient water heaters in low-income housing may [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 14:07:28
State Senate Passes Tougher Renewable Energy Standard
SB14, which would require utilities to receive 33% of their energy from renewable sources by 2020, passed the state Senate today ... and trade" style appearance of "renewable energy credits" that utilities can pass to one another ... . This would be a more stringent standard than the federal bill introduced today by Henry Waxman [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 01:20:29
DC Rising Tide Disrupts Coal-to-Liquids Conference
DC Rising Tide came out swinging at the Coal-to-Liquids conference in Washington D.C. today ... to the use of fossil fuels and for adoption of clean, renewable, community-based energy sources ... and we need “Renewable energy now.” “Pound for pound coal produces more CO2 than almost any other [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 23:19:23
The Green Quote: Robert Redford And The Renewable Energy Gold Rush
“America is on the verge of a renewable energy gold rush. Hundreds of applications for wind and solar projects have been filed on public lands. I think that is towering overdue. We need sustainable energy to help us reduce global warming ... will get trammeled in its wake. Right now, we have an opportunity to start the clean energy era off [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 12:09:30
Bundling RECs With Energy Hedges Serves Dual Purpose
Locking in renewable energy prices can provide companies a valuable hedge against financial risks from fossil fuel fluctuations. Purchasing renewable energy hedges also demonstrates to stakeholders that a company is using environmentally friendly power options, according to a March 31 Webinar hosted by the Environmental [more...]
Date: 2009-03-31 18:13:20
Integrating Wind and Hydro Power in Quebec
Reuters; BusinesswireCan wind and water be combined to reliably produce clean power? ... They like to run at 100 percent or nothing,” Mr. Whittaker said. But renewable energy advocates have long ... a reliable, all-renewable energy platform. “You’re using the water in the reservoir as a giant battery,” [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 12:35:59
Will the Stimulus Help Wind and Solar?
The stimulus package, while welcome, may not be a quick fix for the struggling wind and solar industries, experts say ... can gear up a crucial loan guarantee program that would aid renewable energy projects — a matter ... immediately,” said Craig Mataczynski, president of Renewable Energy Systems Americas, a wind [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 12:25:28
UCS: Renewable electricity standard will create jobs and lower consumer energy bills
A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists makes a clear, convincing case for a strong nationwide renewable electricity standard (RES). Any renewable standard, of course, should be accompanied by an Energy Efficiency Resource ... 25 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025, in addition to assessing [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 20:57:01
Feature: Future fuels: What will power tomorrow's cars?
With air pollution getting worse and oil production declining, car manufacturers are looking to alternative fuels ... nations, such as the United States, have talked about energy independence. That is, being able to generate energy, especially renewable energy, domestically without having to rely on imported oil [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 05:27:01
Renewable energy tax proposed
Insisting that power customers benefit from Nevada’s nascent renewable energy industry, Assembly Democrats want to tax solar, ... efficiency rebates and a program to help Nevada customers with their power bills. “Renewable energy [more...]
Date: 2009-04-03 10:14:42
NYTimes Reminds: Renewables ain’t perfect
Those ever so dedicated journalists have found yet another weakness inherent in renewable energy systems: if you want solar energy after a heavy snowstorm, be prepared to shovel some snow! In <a href=” ... Galbraith lets readers know that winter can disrupt renewable energy systems. <blockquote&gt [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 14:43:39
Danger! Thin Ice!
I was sent this article about the thinning Arctic ice from the Jet Propulsion Lab ... acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Clinton Administration. Romm holds a Ph. D in Physics from MIT. On the other side we have Marc Morano [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 14:00:04
Going Beyond Earth Hour
Last weekend was "Earth Hour," a one hour period where people were supposed to turn out their lights ... sources. The term "green power" is used to define power generated from renewable energy sources ... has the potential to expand domestic markets for renewable energy technologies by fostering greater [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 03:25:00
Building Wind Power Generators To Power Your Home
Tagged with: constructionDIYdo-it-yourselfelectricityenergyenergy efficiencyengineeringgreenHome Improvementoilrenewable powertechnologywind energywind powerby David SullivanFossil fuels and non-renewable energy sources cannot last forever ... t know a thing about producing their own energy can make energy by installing their own renewable [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 15:57:19
Stimulating Clean Tech Start-Ups
Total clean tech investment, in millions of dollars. (Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers) ... of those renewable energy and smart grid projects have stalled. Mr. Obama directed $83 billion ... from companies that create renewable energy, like solar and wind energy, to those that make buildings [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 21:41:24
My Adventure In Renewables: The Home Energy Audit
Although we have already decided to buy a solar air heater, it has become very clear that in the world of renewable energy, ... and state rebates, I scheduled an energy efficiency audit. The waiting list was long ... . In Massachusetts, the energy audit is actually the gateway to 0% interest loans to replace inefficient [more...]
Date: 2009-03-01 04:48:10
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