• 10/20/10: World Strong Smart Grid Summit·China 2010 | Beijing, China

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    Since EPRI created the conception—Smart Grid in 2001, global smart grid research and construction have never been stopped. After ten years technology and framework working, China strong smart grid project has been finally launched. According to the plan kicked off by State Grid Cooperation of China, 2011 to 2015 is the all-round construction period of China [...]

  • 10/20/10: World Bio-energy Development Summit·China 2010 | Beijing, China

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    As a big energy-consuming country whose carbon dioxide emission has ranked second in the world, China is now facing the great pressure of reducing 40-45%of its carbon emission before 2020 according to its promise made at Copenhagen Summit. Bio-energy, as the fourth largest energy resource in the world, is the only storable and transportable renewable [...]

  • 9/29/10: Passive House In-Depth Workshop, West Coast Green Pre-Conference | San Francisco, CA

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    Passive House California presents California Passive House Week 2010! Here today and laying the foundation for net-zero homes and commercial buildings, Passive House is he the highest performance building standard available and provides the most efficient energy performance, highest indoor air quality, superb durability, and greatest comfort. It also provides a foundation for net-zero [...]

  • 9/15/10: CLEAN TECH WORLD | Berlin, Germany

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    For the first time, all relevant Clean Tech branches will be brought together and connected in a single event. CLEAN TECH WORLD is more than a trade show: during five days there will be conferences, workshops, events, parties and an exhibition that aims to enthuse the broad public about environmental technologies. The biggest fleet of [...]

  • 9/16/10: Clean Tech Media Award | Berlin, Germany

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    The Clean Tech Media Award is a tribute to the pioneers in the field of environmental technologies. It is a tribute to those who have transformed their passion for green technologies into action, those who in innovative ways are increasing awareness and promoting the new technologies. The award honours the celebrities and public figures who [...]

  • 11/23/10: BPI Heating Specialist | Jacksonville, FL

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    BPI Heating Specialist in FL – Jacksonville Energy Audit Training, and Building Performance Institute Training CleanEdison also specializes in Energy Audit Training offering a nationally-recognized BPI Certification from the Building Performance Institute (BPI). CleanEdison understands that building professionals need to get in and out of BPI Training courses as quickly and efficiently as possible so trainees can [...]

  • 10/5/10: BPI Heating Specialist in DC – Washington

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    BPI Heating Specialist in DC – Washington Energy Audit Training, and Building Performance Institute Training CleanEdison also specializes in Energy Audit Training offering a nationally-recognized BPI Certification from the Building Performance Institute (BPI). CleanEdison understands that building professionals need to get in and out of BPI Training courses as quickly and efficiently as possible so trainees can [...]

  • 12/21/10: BPI Heating Specialist | Birmingham, AL

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    BPI Heating Specialist in AL – Birmingham Energy Audit Training, and Building Performance Institute Training CleanEdison also specializes in Energy Audit Training offering a nationally-recognized BPI Certification from the Building Performance Institute (BPI). CleanEdison understands that building professionals need to get in and out of BPI Training courses as quickly and efficiently as possible so trainees can [...]

  • 9/13/10: BEST FEST ‘10: Sparking Collaboration for the Green Economy | Portland, OR

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    Join university researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and small businesses developing new renewable energy and sustainable built environment products and services for an all-day networking event and research expo at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. This year’s theme is the collaborative commercialization pipeline – from the research funding that generates breakthroughs to the creation [...]

  • 9/14/10: 6th Germany California Solar Day

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:35
    The German American Chamber of Commerce Inc., California Branch (GACC), will hold its “6th Germany California Solar Day” in San Francisco on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010. This year marks the sixth installment of a highly successful bilateral platform for U.S. and German experts to exchange the latest knowledge, thoughts and trends in the solar power [...]

  • IPCC told to stop lobbying and restrict role to explaining climate science

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Telegraph: Senior officials at the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have also been ordered to disclose their outside financial interests to avert any allegations that they may have profited from policies to tackle global warming. New controls should also be introduced to ensure that the scientific claims made in influential international reports are robust in future. The independent inquiry which delivered the rebuke was ordered after the IPCC admitted it had ...

  • Climate change predictions must be based on evidence, report on IPCC says

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Telegraph: The IPCC was hit with a wave of criticism after acknowledging in January that its 2007 global warming report had exaggerated the pace of Himalayan glaciers melting. It had previously said the report had overstated how much of the Netherlands is below sea level. "Qualitative probabilities should be used to describe the probability of well-defined outcomes only when there is sufficient evidence," said the review group, which was supported by the academies of science from the United ...

  • UN climate change panel to be warned over reports

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Telegraph: A review of the practices of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been conducted in response to intense criticism of the body, whose reports are used by governments to inform policy decisions on global warming. The findings of the review are due to be handed to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tomorrow. Conducted by a committee of representatives from the world's leading scientific bodies, the analysis is expected to recommend a number of changes to ...

  • Merkel wants to extend nuclear power plant lifespans

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Spiegel: An anti-nuclear power protest in front of the Emsland plant in Lingen, Germany, on Thursday. Chancellor Angela Merkel says she wants to extend the lifespans of Germany's nuclear plants by 10 to 15 years. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has for the first time provided concrete numbers in her vision of the future of nuclear power in the country. Members of the opposition have accused her of being a pawn of the nuclear lobby. For months, a bitter debate has raged within German ...

  • New nuclear tech 'could benefit developing countries'

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    SciDev.Net: The world is on the brink of a nuclear power renaissance, and developing countries may also benefit, according to researchers. In a study published in Science this month (12 August) British researchers outlined a vision for flexible and more user-friendly nuclear technologies, as worries over the climate change, energy supply security, and depletion of fossil fuels, are overturning decades of hesitancy over the safety of nuclear power plants. Robin Grimes, materials researchers ...

  • Russia submits 1st Kyoto CO2 offset project to U.N.

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Reuters: Russia has submitted its first clean energy project to a U.N. climate panel for registration to earn carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol, the United Nations' Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said on Monday. The project is located at Shaturskaya thermal power plant near Moscow and involves building an additional generating unit using a combined-cycle gas turbine. The submission could signal a substantial increase in the number of projects in the Kyoto Protocol's Joint ...

  • German ministers clash on nuclear report

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Reuters: Two key German ministers took different positions on Monday on the length of time that nuclear power plants should be extended after Chancellor Angela Merkel reduced expectations for a long extension. Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle and Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen drew differing conclusions from an expert report -- a study of four different scenarios -- aimed at helping the government form its energy policy in late September. Bruederle, who strongly favors extending ...

  • Oil sands polluting Alberta river system: study

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Reuters: Oil sands operations are polluting the Athabasca River system, researchers said on Monday, contradicting the Alberta government's assertions that toxins in the watershed are naturally occurring. In a study likely to add more fuel to the environmental battle over oil sands development, researchers said mercury, arsenic, lead and cadmium are among the toxins being released into the Athabasca, which flows north through the region's major oil sands operations. The findings of the ...

  • U.N. climate panel urged to reform, stick to science

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Reuters: The U.N. climate panel should only make predictions when it has solid evidence and should avoid policy advocacy, scientists said in a report on Monday that called for thorough reform of the body. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was widely criticized after admitting its 2007 global warming report wrongly said Himalayan glaciers would vanish by 2035 and that it had overstated how much of the Netherlands is below sea level. Such firm forecasts should be ...

  • China coal drive will not end health risks: report

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Reuters: China's drive to promote clean coal technology is unlikely to reduce significantly the health risks of extracting what remains the dirtiest of fossil fuels, environmental group Greenpeace said. A report released by Greenpeace and the China Disease Control Center said huge rates of coal consumption were a factor behind an increase in cancer and birth defects as well as non-specific and chronic nervous, immune and respiratory illnesses. Coal-fired power plants contribute three ...

  • China coal drive will not end health risks-report

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Reuters: China's drive to promote clean coal technology is unlikely to reduce significantly the health risks of extracting what remains the dirtiest of fossil fuels, environmental group Greenpeace said. A report released by Greenpeace and the China Disease Control Centre said huge rates of coal consumption were a factor behind an increase in cancer and birth defects as well as non-specific and chronic nervous, immune and respiratory illnesses. Coal-fired power plants contribute three ...

  • Dramatic Climate Change Is Unpredictable

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    redOrbit: The fear that global temperature can change very quickly and cause dramatic climate changes that may have a disastrous impact on many countries and populations is great around the world. But what causes climate change and is it possible to predict future climate change? New research from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen shows that it may be due to an accumulation of different chaotic influences and as a result would be difficult to predict. The results have just been ...

  • Angela Merkel risks Germans' ire with fresh commitment to nuclear energy

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Guardian: German chancellor Angela Merkel has announced an extension to the nation's nuclear power plant operations for up to 15 years beyond a scheduled phase-out, in a move critics fear might signal that atomic power is here to stay. The decision comes after a panel of experts advised that keeping the plants open was the only way of ensuring climate protection and economic goals were met and that electricity prices did not soar out of control. Merkel, who spent last week touring some ...

  • Bjørn Lomborg: the dissenting climate change voice who changed his tune

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Guardian: Lomborg advocates that much more attention and money be lavished on climate engineering methods. Photograph: Camera Press Few statisticians can have inspired more passion than Bjørn Lomborg, the Danish academic who became famous as the author of the controversial (some would say contrarian) Skeptical Environmentalist, which set him up as perhaps the world's best-known critic of the dominant scientific view of global warming and the ensuing climate change. Lomborg's prolific ...

  • More trust needed in climate change panel

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    Christian Science Monitor: One of my favorite cartoons shows a man writing a letter while snow falls outside his window. The letter states: "Dear weatherman, I just shoveled two feet of 'partly cloudy' off my driveway." Let's hope the United Nations scientific committee on global warming does not receive such letters in the future. Its forecasts of a toaster Earth this century so far seem on track with record temperatures in recent years. But the committee, known as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...

  • Canada: New Findings on Toxic Pollutants and Oil Sands Mining

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    NYT: Native Canadians living downstream from the oil sands mines in Alberta have long contended that their high cancer rates were related to the expanding excavation of bitumen for the production of synthetic crude. Their assertions have been disputed by the reports of a joint oil industry-government research panel that concluded that natural causes -- and not mining -- were responsible for the high levels of various metals in the sub-Arctic Athabasca River. But now a new study in the ...

  • Coal Plant Owner May Be Fined for Radiation

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    NYT: A power plant has overexposed its workers to radiation, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing a fine. The plant, though, is not a reactor; it runs on coal. The commission said on Monday that it was proposing a fine of $24,700 against the Basin Electric Power Cooperative, which exposed 17 workers, six of them above regulatory limits, at a three-unit coal plant in Laramie, Wyo. The workers were exposed to a radioactive element, cesium 137, that is common in nuclear ...

  • A Bike Boom Backlash

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:34
    NYT: Biking is booming in New York City, with the number of daily cyclists rising to an average of 236,000 in 2009, up 26 percent from 2008, according to statistics compiled by Transportation Alternatives, a pro-biking nonprofit group. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and other city leaders have praised the increase in cycling for reducing congestion and pollution and making the city streets safer overall. To accommodate the surge in bike commuters, the city has installed hundreds of bike racks ...

  • Solar PV module leader knocked off top spot

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    IMS Research shows that crystalline solar photovoltaic (PV) module supplier Suntech shipped more modules during Q2 ‘10 than any other company, beating previous market leader and solar thin-film rival First Solar. Sam Wilkinson, Solar PV Research Analyst at IMS, says: “The three largest Chinese suppliers performed very strongly ...

  • Shell and Cosan JV on sugarcane ethanol

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    Shell and Cosan have signed a US$12 billion joint venture (JV) agreement to produce and commercialise ethanol and power from sugarcane. The sugarcane ethanol will be distributed through a combined distribution and retail network in Brazil, and the JV will explore opportunities to take production and ...

  • Sheffield solar farm opened

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    University of Sheffield is now home to 70m² solar photovoltaic (PV) panels - expected to generate 8 MWh per annum. The solar PV panels are located on the roof of the University of Sheffield’s Hicks Building and have been designed to provide a real-world test platform for solar PV technology ...

  • PNE WIND completes second repowering project

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    PNE WIND AG has completed its second wind farm repowering project with the Görike wind farm in Brandenburg, Germany, quintupling the output. Four wind turbines totalling 2 MW were replaced by 5 wind turbines totalling 10 MW. The dismantled wind turbines generated approx. 1.5 GWh per year, while the ...

  • Nissan gears up to launch electric car Leaf

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    Nissan will usher in the auto industry’s electric era later in 2010 when its pioneering car the Leaf - its 100 per cent electric, Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) - goes on sale in Japan and Western countries in December, President and CEO of Nissan and Renault Carlos ...

  • Italian Energy Summit 2010 starts warming up

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    Conference organisers, IBC Energy, and the Italian daily newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, have teamed up to organise the Italian Energy Summit to be held from 27 to 29 September in Milan (Italy). Now in its tenth year, the summit has established itself as the premier ...

  • Getting more out of less: PNE WIND pushes forward with wind farm repowering

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    The wind farm developer PNE WIND AG has successfully completed the repowering of the Görike wind farm in Brandenburg (Germany). The project is the second repowering project conducted by PNE WIND, which has now received official confirmation that the wind farm has met all repowering requirements. ...

  • Abengoa Solar and E.ON complete 50% of Helioenergy solar thermal electric plant

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    Abengoa Solar and E.ON have constructed over 50% of their first solar thermal electric plant in Écija, near Seville (Spain). Over 200 people are already working on the construction of the facility, which comprises two cutting-edge concentrating solar power plants, both of which are on schedule. The ...

  • ‘UN climate panel needs major reform’

    Updated: 2010-08-31 21:06:33
    The UN’s climate change panel should “fundamentally reform” its procedures and structure to avoid a repeat of the errors contained in its 2007 global warming study, according to a review. Envoys of the world’s science academies yesterday published their report on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...

  • Geothermal: Getting Energy from the Earth

    Updated: 2010-08-31 17:57:10
    By Lester R. Brown The heat in the upper six miles of the earth’s crust contains 50,000 times as much energy as found in all the world’s oil and gas reserves combined. Despite this abundance, only 10,700 megawatts of geothermal electricity generating capacity have been harnessed worldwide. Partly because of the dominance of the oil, gas, and [...]

  • Coast Guard Implementing Net Zero Housing

    Updated: 2010-08-31 15:56:29
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 31 Recent Comment They have no right to waste our tax monies by paying premium prices fo . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Coast Guard Implementing Net Zero Housing Written by Megan Treacy on 31 08 10 The U.S . Coast Guard has set a goal of a net zero carbon footprint for housing at their Southwest Harbor Base in Maine . The base is using solar panels , solar hot water heaters and now a wind turbine for their energy needs . Efficiency-boosting retrofits will also be done , including new electrical systems and better . insulation The newly-installed wind turbine sits atop a 70-foot tower and provides power to a duplex housing unit located on the base . The upgrades and retrofits will begin in . October The

  • Renewable Energy News, August 31, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-31 15:01:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Tuesday , August 31, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 31, 2010 Sheffield , Vermont wind project granted final permit A Vermont Environmental Court judge has ruled that a 16-turbine wind-energy project is entitled to the final permits it needs to begin construction on Granby Mountain and Libby Hill in . Sheffield Judge Merideth Wright ordered several revisions in the construction stormwater permits issued to Vermont Wind , a subsidiary of Boston-based First Wind , but upheld those permits . Vermont Wind would be only the second such project to be constructed in Vermont . A commercial wind farm in Searsburg , in southern Vermont , was completed in 1997. If the company follows the permit conditions

  • August 31, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-31 14:59:42
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek Biomass Industry Wants New Boiler Rules from EPA Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal , PNC UBS Still Bucking the Trend Report Offers Roadmap to Cleaner Biofuels from Non-Food Sources Yet Another Biofuel Hopeful Goes Public , Bets on Isobutanol New RAN Executive Director Seeks to Pry Polluters Away from Washington Geopolitics Complicates Solutions to Turkey's Soaring Energy Demand Chinese Climate Negotiator Provides Candid Take on What Happened in Copenhagen IPCC Head Pachauri's Financial Dealings Spotless , Review Concludes Today's Climate : August 25, 2010 Today's Climate : August 27, 2010 more Home August 31, 2010 Climate Skeptic' Bjørn Lomborg Now Believes

  • Phase-out of 75 W Light Bulbs as of 1 September 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-31 14:31:05
    Last year 100 W light bulbs were phased out following the EU Ecodesign Directive. As of tomorrow, 75 W light bulbs follow suit. Sales will continue until stocks run out. According to the timetable set by Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009 of 18 March 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC with regard to ecodesign requirements for non-directional [...]

  • Green Tech Businesses Face Tough Realities in Sales and Marketing

    Updated: 2010-08-31 05:00:00
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  • Green Business Blog Carnival #12 at Green Building Elements

    Updated: 2010-08-30 21:38:58
    Another week, another Green Business Blog Carnival. Our friends at Green Building Elements did a very nice job of wrapping up the news you can use from the green business blogosphere… Quite a variety of stories this week… from the business of sustainable wine making (and whether it actually results in better wine), to US energy [...]

  • EPA's New Fuel Economy Labels Open For Public Comment

    Updated: 2010-08-30 21:17:31
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 30 Recent Comment I quite welcome this activity of EPA I believe that Canadian’s gove . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it EPA's New Fuel Economy Labels Open For Public Comment Written by Philip Proefrock on 30 08 10 The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its new vehicle fuel economy labels which are proposed to replace the current vehicle labels starting with the 2012 model year . The new labels provide consumers with additional information and a comparative ranking for new cars , with a comparison bar not unlike what is now provided on appliances like refrigerators and clothes dryers showing where the particular vehicle falls along the line from best to worst in fuel efficiency , greenhouse

  • Energy Scenario Study for German Energy Concept Published

    Updated: 2010-08-30 17:43:59
    The government has published the study it commissioned to model nine scenarios for its upcoming Energy Concept. Key variables in the scenarios are upgrading costs and the number of additional years (0, 4, 12, 20, and 28) that the German nuclear power stations shall be allowed to operate. In its coalition agreement last October, the [...]

  • Does the Nissan LEAF Have an Achilles Heel?

    Updated: 2010-08-30 17:16:11
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 30 Recent Comment The LEAF batteries should do just fine in the areas it is being releas . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Does the Nissan LEAF Have an Achilles Heel Written by Megan Treacy on 30 08 10 Starting tomorrow , you can officially order a Nissan LEAF and I don't think it's a surprise to anyone that we've been pretty excited about this vehicle . It will be the first mass-produced all-electric car on the market and , with federal and state incentives included , it will also be affordable . But I'm getting a bit nervous as . well As we've mentioned before this crowning of the LEAF as the inaugural mass market electric vehicle is both a blessing and a curse for Nissan and those of us who strongly

  • August 30, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-30 15:43:16
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek Biomass Industry Wants New Boiler Rules from EPA Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal , PNC UBS Still Bucking the Trend Report Offers Roadmap to Cleaner Biofuels from Non-Food Sources Yet Another Biofuel Hopeful Goes Public , Bets on Isobutanol New RAN Executive Director Seeks to Pry Polluters Away from Washington Geopolitics Complicates Solutions to Turkey's Soaring Energy Demand Chinese Climate Negotiator Provides Candid Take on What Happened in Copenhagen IPCC Head Pachauri's Financial Dealings Spotless , Review Concludes Today's Climate : August 25, 2010 Today's Climate : August 27, 2010 more Home August 30, 2010 Judge Denies Cuccinelli's Demand for Climate

  • Merkel: Nuclear Power Extension of 10 to 15 Years Technically Desirable

    Updated: 2010-08-30 11:28:59
    Chancellor Angela Merkel once again confirmed that nuclear power a “bridging technology” for renewable energy in an interview with ARD, one of the two major public television stations. An extension of 10 to 15 years beyond the phase-out dates stipulated in the Atomic Energy Act (AtG) was technically desirable, she said. Mrs Merkel based her [...]

  • E85 Case Study: Iowa

    Updated: 2010-08-30 10:26:45
    Join the forum discussion on this post The Saudi Arabia of Ethanol Iowa is to corn ethanol what Saudi Arabia is to oil. At present Iowa has the capacity to produce 3.5 billion gallons of ethanol per year, which is 26% of the nation’s total (Source). This is of course due to the large amount of [...]

  • The Kindle and the Environment

    Updated: 2010-08-29 21:22:58
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 29 Recent Comment I don't doubt that e-readers can be better for the environment than pr . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it The Kindle and the Environment Written by Hank Green on 29 08 10 Here at EcoGeek we've been long-time supporters of e-book readers . The publishing industry including books , newspapers and magazines is a serious environmental threat with a huge carbon footprint and raw materials that result in the harvesting of some 125 million trees per . year So we were excited . But as the realities of ebooks set in , and they actually began to explode in popularity with Amazon.com now selling more Kindle books than hard-covers we got apprehensive . Would this new trend really be good for the

  • August 28-29, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-29 14:10:04
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek Biomass Industry Wants New Boiler Rules from EPA Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal , PNC UBS Still Bucking the Trend Report Offers Roadmap to Cleaner Biofuels from Non-Food Sources Yet Another Biofuel Hopeful Goes Public , Bets on Isobutanol New RAN Executive Director Seeks to Pry Polluters Away from Washington Geopolitics Complicates Solutions to Turkey's Soaring Energy Demand Chinese Climate Negotiator Provides Candid Take on What Happened in Copenhagen IPCC Head Pachauri's Financial Dealings Spotless , Review Concludes Today's Climate : August 25, 2010 Today's Climate : August 27, 2010 more Home August 28-29, 2010 Probe Seeks UN Climate Panel Changes Wall

  • Merkel: Massive Investments in German Grid Necessary

    Updated: 2010-08-29 10:49:10
    On the last leg of her “Energy Tour” through Germany, Chancellor Andrea Merkel called for a massive expansion of the German grid. She was concered that grid expansion lagged behind the progress of the different energy sources, Mrs Merkel said. It is for example not possible to transmit wind power from Northern to Southern Germany. [...]

  • FINAL REDUCTION! Brand New 2 x 1KW Hummer Wind Turbines for US Market! Buy Now!

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  • Concrete Bases Improve Wind Turbine Tower Efficiency

    Updated: 2010-08-28 01:08:03
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 28 Recent Comment Ever notice that the first post on any ecogeek article is always by so . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Concrete Bases Improve Wind Turbine Tower Efficiency Written by Philip Proefrock on 28 08 10 Concrete is not often the greenest material choice , particularly since concrete production is one of the largest single sources of carbon emissions globally . But , for wind turbine towers , the use of concrete bases can provide a number of significant benefits , including reducing the amount of concrete needed for the footings for a tower by more than two-thirds . Concrete bases can also be more economical to install and can provide faster construction times for wind towers and also can

  • SRECs and Sustainability

    Updated: 2010-08-27 23:51:00
    Schools and universities across the U.S. are taking sustainability very seriously. A number of schools have established policies so that all new construction buildings are designed to have a reduced impact on the environment by meeting LEED certification standards. Many universities have also set targeted goals. Almost 700 universities have signed on [...]

  • First New US Solar Thermal Power Plant in 20 Years Approved

    Updated: 2010-08-27 21:49:35
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 27 Recent Comment Anybody have a link showing why so much water is needed Kern county i . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it First New US Solar Thermal Power Plant in 20 Years Approved Written by Philip Proefrock on 27 08 10 The State of California has granted approval for a new solar thermal power plant . The 250-megawatt Beacon Solar Energy Project is the first solar thermal power plant to be licensed in the United States in nearly 20 years . Commercial operation is expected to start by the third quarter of 2011. Several other solar projects are also in the pipeline and seeking approval by the end of the year , including the Brightsource 400 MW solar tower More than 4 GW of other solar thermal projects are

  • It’s the Oil, Stupid

    Updated: 2010-08-27 20:27:59
    Join the forum discussion on this post I am no economist, but bear with me while I try to explain why I think we are in for a very long and difficult economic period. My thesis for The Long Recession goes something like this: Historically, when oil prices rose quickly and remained high the economy [...]

  • Five for Friday: Great Green Blog Posts for the Week (8/27/10)

    Updated: 2010-08-27 19:00:33
    While I’m not at all surprised to see that environmental politics, climate change, and the BP oil spill still dominate the rankings on Regator’s Environmentalism page this week, I am a bit perplexed by one of the issues that doesn’t appear at all: the massive recall of eggs potentially contaminated with salmonella. Of course, Regator’s [...]

  • Colorado IKEA Will Be Geothermal Powered

    Updated: 2010-08-27 18:26:31
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 27 Recent Comment Quest kept referring to geothermal as a renewable energy source . So . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Colorado IKEA Will Be Geothermal Powered Written by Megan Treacy on 27 08 10 A new IKEA store planned for Centennial , Colorado just outside Denver will be heated and cooled by geothermal energy IKEA got assistance from the fine scientists at NREL in designing and constructing a geothermal system located under the store's parking garage . At 500 feet under the ground , 130 pipes will pump liquid that will help to heat or cool the store depending on the time of year in the summer , ground temperatures will keep the liquid cooler than surface air and vice versa in the winter During times

  • Cleaning Service Options Go Green

    Updated: 2010-08-27 17:08:42
    Green cleaning* has emerged as the new wave in household cleaning services. “Green” methods of cleaning have become extremely popular due to the safety and effectiveness of products and techniques used that minimize health risk and maximize cleanliness. There are currently hundreds of thousands of chemicals present in household cleaning products that can compromise the health [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, August 27, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-27 15:45:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Friday , August 27, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 27, 2010 For Hurricane Katrina Victims , A Solar Restart The rooftop of Robert Green’s home bears two unmistakable marks that it is part of the effort to rebuild New Orleans with a new . resilience There is a safe exit to a secure area of the roof—a feature that needs no explanation for longtime Lower Ninth Ward residents like Green , who lost both his mother and his three-year-old granddaughter in 20-foot-high floodwaters after the Industrial Canal levee broke in the wake of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. But in addition to that echo of the tragic past , there is an installation that points to a hopeful future : 15 solar photovoltaic .

  • Chairman of Monopolies Commission Calls for Power Trading Market Surveillance Body

    Updated: 2010-08-27 14:07:02
    In an interview with Rheinische Post, Prof. Justus Haucap, Chairman of the Monopolies Commission, called for a special market surveillance body (Marktüberwachungsstelle) for power trading. The body should investigate possible market abuse and could be attached to the Federal Cartel Office. Mr Haucap’s demand has to be seen in connection with the discussed extension of [...]

  • August 27, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-27 12:27:33
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek Biomass Industry Wants New Boiler Rules from EPA Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal , PNC UBS Still Bucking the Trend Report Offers Roadmap to Cleaner Biofuels from Non-Food Sources Yet Another Biofuel Hopeful Goes Public , Bets on Isobutanol New RAN Executive Director Seeks to Pry Polluters Away from Washington Geopolitics Complicates Solutions to Turkey's Soaring Energy Demand Chinese Climate Negotiator Provides Candid Take on What Happened in Copenhagen IPCC Head Pachauri's Financial Dealings Spotless , Review Concludes Today's Climate : August 25, 2010 Today's Climate : August 27, 2010 more Home August 27, 2010 Another Ice Island Breaks Off Arctic Glacier

  • Sigh of Relief from Solar Stakeholders

    Updated: 2010-08-27 05:00:00
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  • State by State Solar Licensing Database

    Updated: 2010-08-27 02:43:16
    Earlier this week, we came across a great resource we think our installer partners could use to expand and grow their businesses.  It’s called the ‘Solar Licensing Database’, and it was created by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). The Solar Licensing Database inventories, on a state by state basis, the licensing requirements to become a [...]

  • Small Diesel Pickup Truck from India Coming to US

    Updated: 2010-08-26 22:30:19
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 26 Recent Comment The only reason it is not cheap is because of American Capitalism . Y . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Small Diesel Pickup Truck from India Coming to US Written by Philip Proefrock on 26 08 10 American automakers , as well as foreign manufacturers selling in the US have a few full-size pickup trucks with diesel engines , but for years a small pickup with a diesel engine has not been available . That is set to change as Indian car maker Mahindra Majindra has received EPA approval to sell its small pickups in the . US The company is producing small pickups with a 2.2 liter common-rail turbo diesel engine that has 140 horsepower and gets up to 30 miles per gallon . Mahindra trucks have

  • Hybrid Wind Turbines Can Generate Power Even When the Wind Isn't Blowing

    Updated: 2010-08-26 19:23:48
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 26 Recent Comment What about putting a solar panel instead of natural gas to get the tur . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Hybrid Wind Turbines Can Generate Power Even When the Wind Isn't Blowing Written by Philip Proefrock on 26 08 10 A Colorado company is introducing a system that will allow wind turbines to generate power even when the wind is not blowing . The SmartGen hybrid gas-wind turbine enables wind turbines to produce energy at periods of low wind , by turning the turbine with compressed air generated at the base of the tower from a turbo-compressor that is run on natural gas or . biogas Even more importantly , the SmartGen system can be retrofitted into existing wind turbines , allowing

  • Lung-Inspired Fuel Cell Cuts Platinum, Boosts Efficiency

    Updated: 2010-08-26 16:33:41
    , Home Contact About EcoGeek.org AUG 26 Recent Comment I'd much rather have a hydrogen-powered car than a battery-driven one . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Lung-Inspired Fuel Cell Cuts Platinum , Boosts Efficiency Written by Megan Treacy on 26 08 10 Scientists at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters have designed a new fuel cell inspired by the bronchial structure of the lungs . The new design requires less of the expensive platinum catalyst while also boosting . efficiency The fuel cell features channels modeled after bronchial tubes that supply hydrogen and oxygen to their respective electrodes . This system spreads the gases more uniformly across the electrodes , which boosts the cell's efficiency and creates greater surface

  • Renewable Energy News, August 26, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-26 15:42:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Thursday , August 26, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 26, 2010 Early tidal power test in Eastport , Maine called a success The Coast Guard’s 41-foot search and rescue boat eased away from the dock Tuesday morning , its batteries fully charged by electricity generated from the waters beneath its . hull Since Aug . 18, a tidal energy generator developed by Ocean Renewable Power Co . has been producing clean , grid-compatible power for the Coast Guard boat . On Tuesday , the renewable power company and Coast Guard officials welcomed dignitaries and local residents to view up close what they described as the first-ever successful implementation of tidal energy at a federal . facility This has put

  • Where To Find and Buy Delicious Raw Milk

    Updated: 2010-08-26 15:31:12
    I love milk. Raw milk, anyway. I never buy milk from the grocery store, even if it is organic. Raw is really the only way to drink it. You can read up on the so-called raw milk “debate” if you really want to, but just take my word: raw is better and it’s the healthiest [...]

  • August 26, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-26 14:24:54
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek Biomass Industry Wants New Boiler Rules from EPA Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal , PNC UBS Still Bucking the Trend Report Offers Roadmap to Cleaner Biofuels from Non-Food Sources Yet Another Biofuel Hopeful Goes Public , Bets on Isobutanol New RAN Executive Director Seeks to Pry Polluters Away from Washington Geopolitics Complicates Solutions to Turkey's Soaring Energy Demand Chinese Climate Negotiator Provides Candid Take on What Happened in Copenhagen IPCC Head Pachauri's Financial Dealings Spotless , Review Concludes Today's Climate : August 25, 2010 Today's Climate : August 27, 2010 more Home August 26, 2010 U.S . Spill Panel Question Drilling Policy

  • Reiche Calls for Port Masterplan for Offshore Wind Industry

    Updated: 2010-08-26 10:04:12
    Dr. Katharina Reiche (Christian Democratic Union – CDU) called for a masterplan to ensure port capacities for the expansion of offshore wind parks. The German government pins high hopes on the expansion of wind power, especially offshore wind power. According to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany wants [...]

  • Scottish scientists develop whisky biofuel

    Updated: 2010-08-26 09:00:00
    By-products from distilling process could be used to power cars and even aviation, according to researchers in Edinburgh (from the Guardian)

  • U.S. Energy Use Declines, Renewables Increase

    Updated: 2010-08-26 05:00:00
    A new government study shows that Americans are using less energy overall and making more use of renewable energy resources.

  • FERC Ruling Complicates States Ability to implement Feed in Tariffs

    Updated: 2010-08-25 23:57:17
    A Feed in Tariff or FiT, is a policy mechanism requiring utilities to purchase electricity generated from a certain source at a fixed rate (which is typically higher than average market electricity rates). FiTs are implemented as a means to encourage the development of renewable energy by balancing the cost between electricity generated from renewable [...]

  • Guest Essay: Why Conservatives Are Bad on Energy

    Updated: 2010-08-25 20:35:46
    Join the forum discussion on this post I am working on yet another project, due at the end of this week. Therefore, I haven’t had a chance to work much on my next essay, which will be about the potential for E85 to push Iowa much closer to energy self-sufficiency. Meanwhile, I have been sent [...]

  • Postdoc Position in Wind Energy - Bloomington, IN

    Updated: 2010-08-25 17:27:23

  • Preliminary Information on Upcoming German Energy Concept

    Updated: 2010-08-25 15:44:50
    Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) published preliminary information from an internal key issue paper of the Ministry for the Environment (BMU) on the upcoming energy concept. According to BMU it was one of many working papers, the status of which was unclear, FAZ said. Byl 2050, renewables shall account for 50% of the energy supply, with [...]

  • First German Energy Blog Newsletter Released

    Updated: 2010-08-25 15:17:51
    We are happy to announce that the first German Energy Blog Newsletter has been sent out. You can subscribe here.  Several readers – as much as they like our blog – told us that they would like regular updates by e-mail about what has been going here. Not everyone wants to visit the blog regularly, [...]

  • August 25, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-25 15:04:16
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  • More green energy for the globe

    Updated: 2010-08-25 05:00:00
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  • From DC Microgrids to DC-Powered Network Communities: Using Smart Power Servers with Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2010-08-25 05:00:00

  • Cash for Infrastructure

    Updated: 2010-08-25 05:00:00
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  • Taking Stock of the Stimulus

    Updated: 2010-08-25 05:00:00
    The technology funding in last year's recovery act is just beginning to reach its targets.

  • Green Business Blog Carnival #11 at Green Marketing TV

    Updated: 2010-08-25 01:59:57
    Better late than never, right? The folks over at Green Marketing TV ran into some issues last Friday that forced a postponement of the Green Business Blog Carnival… but they were able to get Edition #11 posted yesterday, and it was worth waiting for. So, what’s the buzz in the green business blogs over the past [...]

  • A Global Shift to Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2010-08-24 17:41:40
    By Lester R. Brown As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, is being replaced by one powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy. [...]

  • August 24, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-24 15:08:58
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek Biomass Industry Wants New Boiler Rules from EPA Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal , PNC UBS Still Bucking the Trend Report Offers Roadmap to Cleaner Biofuels from Non-Food Sources Yet Another Biofuel Hopeful Goes Public , Bets on Isobutanol New RAN Executive Director Seeks to Pry Polluters Away from Washington Geopolitics Complicates Solutions to Turkey's Soaring Energy Demand Chinese Climate Negotiator Provides Candid Take on What Happened in Copenhagen IPCC Head Pachauri's Financial Dealings Spotless , Review Concludes Today's Climate : August 25, 2010 Today's Climate : August 27, 2010 more Home August 24, 2010 Did BP Fail to Take Action on Technical

  • Procedural Schedule Adopted for NIPSCO Net Metering and Feed-in Tariff Case

    Updated: 2010-08-24 14:53:30
    On Thursday, August 19th a pre-hearing conference in the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) case (Cause No. 43922) involving a revised net metering tariff and a new proposed feed-in tariff was held at the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC). The Office of the Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) is a party to all proceedings before the [...]

  • Power Transmission -- Yes, the Problem is Real

    Updated: 2010-08-24 05:00:00
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  • An Installer’s Guide to SREC Sale Strategies

    Updated: 2010-08-24 02:12:04
    by George Ashton As a residential solar installer, you have without question been challenged by prospective customers regarding the high price tag of solar; a typical residential system (3kW in size) can cost between $18,000 and $24,000. Luckily, there are a number of incentives available at the federal, state, and local levels that you can [...]

  • BfN Calls on Offshore Wind Developers to Contact Agency Early

    Updated: 2010-08-24 01:23:26
    The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz – BfN) called wind park developers to contact the agency as early as possible regarding offshore projects. While permits for offshore wind farms including their foundations are issued by the Federal Agency for Maritime Shipping and Hydrography (Bundesamt für Schifffahrt und Hydrographie – BSH), BSH consults [...]

  • Arthur D. Little Study on Nuclear New Build

    Updated: 2010-08-23 21:29:24
    A study by Arthur D. Little’s German Energy & Utilities practice analyzes trends and challenges in the nuclear industry with regard to the global renaissance of nuclear energy and the many new build projects. In addition, the study provides insights into the approach of owners and project companies towards their projects. To this end, Arthur [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, August 23, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-23 21:01:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Monday , August 23, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 23, 2010 Australia Steps Up Renewable Energy Efforts NYTimes.com Australia has plans to build the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere by 2013, part of its scramble to fight climate change and harness its abundance of clean energy sources wind , solar , waves , geothermal energy and . bioenergy Renewable energy now supplies just 6 percent of power in Australia because the country has historically lacked the political and commercial will to pursue big renewable energy projects . And the very sources of Australia’s clean energy its vast outback and nearly 60,000 kilometers , or 37,000 miles , of coast are major obstacles to linking new ,

  • Lake County Solar Farm Proposal in NIPSCO-land

    Updated: 2010-08-23 20:32:33
    Stories have been breaking last week in NW Indiana concerning proposed renewable energy projects in NW Indiana presumably in response to the recent Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) filing that includes a proposed new feed-in tariff. The following stories appeared in the NW Indiana Times. Solar power plant coming to Schneider (http://www.post-trib.com/news/lake/2609086,new-lcsolar0818.article) August 18, 2010 [...]

  • Faster Catalysts Improve Hydrogen Generation

    Updated: 2010-08-23 19:00:00
    Researchers describe progress on technology for storing energy in the form of hydrogen fuel.

  • What’s Really Holding Cellulosic Biofuels Back

    Updated: 2010-08-21 18:45:14
    Join the forum discussion on this post There was a recent article in MIT Technology review called What’s Holding Biofuels Back? There is a relatively simple answer to the question that I will delve into below, but the short answer to “What’s holding biofuels back?” is that we placed unreasonable expectations on them to begin [...]

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  • Renewable Energy News, August 20, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-20 16:10:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Friday , August 20, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 20, 2010 French government launches 1.35bn renewable energy investment scheme The French government has agreed to invest 1.35bn in a renewable energy and green chemistry demonstration . programme The main objective of the new demonstrateurs energies renouvelables et chimie verte initiative is to promote the development of innovative technologies and low carbon . organisations Only projects at the stage of industrial research and demonstration will be supported under the new regime , which aims to provide finance links in the chain of innovation in order to spur experimental research and promote the deployment of promising new energy . systems

  • Israel and U.S. Cooperate on Renewables

    Updated: 2010-08-20 05:00:00
    We may be getting close to negotiations between the U.S., Israel and the Palestinians. While we wait for those talks to begin, we can at least partner on other, less politically volatile things, right?

  • Ontario Solar Explained

    Updated: 2010-08-20 00:15:32
    Ontario Solar Explained According to the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA), the Canadian Province of Ontario had only 2 Megawatts (MW) of installed solar electric capacity in 2008. In 2010 alone, approximately 100 MW of solar capacity has already been installed in Ontario. Furthermore, CanSIA expects the province to install nearly another 100 MW [...]

  • Is the Transmission 'Problem' Real?

    Updated: 2010-08-19 05:00:00
    Aside from policy stability, it's probably one of the most widely-cited problems facing the renewable energy industry: The lack of transmission. But is the problem really as big as we're told? Or are utilities using it as an excuse to get more money for an unnecessary build-out of infrastructure and increase profits?

  • Solar Installation Projects Well Underway in Ontario but Is It Enough?

    Updated: 2010-08-19 05:00:00

  • Renewable Energy News, August 18, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-18 15:22:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Wednesday , August 18, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 18, 2010 On Land , Air and Sea , a Retrofit Mission Green Blog NYTimes.com Want to stimulate demand for renewable energy Send in the . Marines That was Navy Secretary Ray Mabus’s message when he outlined plans to slash the Navy and Marine Corps’ dependence on fossil fuels during an appearance on Monday evening at San Francisco’s Commonwealth . Club We use in the Navy and Marine Corps almost 1 percent of the energy that America uses , 8221 Mr . Mabus said . If we can get energy from different places and from different sources , you can flip the line from Field of Dreams’ If the Navy comes , they will build it . 8217 If we provide the market

  • DC Area School Uses Creative Financing Tool to Go Solar

    Updated: 2010-08-18 15:06:48
    Located in Bethesda, MD, the country’s first LEED certified school is continuing its commitment to energy efficiency and environmental education through the installation of a renewable energy system. The Sidwell Friends Lower School plans to install a 27.6 kW photovoltaic system in time for the start of the 2010 fall semester. In order to finance the [...]

  • How to Exit the Age of Oil: Closing the Renewables Gap

    Updated: 2010-08-18 05:00:00
    We are living in a time when the theory of unlimited economic growth is running into the reality of limited energy sources. To solve the problem, it is commonly thought that renewables are simply a drop-in replacement for oil, gas and coal – but many experts are warning about the faultiness of that assumption.

  • Death Knell for Some Clean Tech Companies

    Updated: 2010-08-18 05:00:00
    With prospects dim for comprehensive climate legislation, companies focused on carbon emissions could fail or be forced to scale back their ambitions.

  • Renewable Energy News, August 17, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-17 15:28:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Tuesday , August 17, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 17, 2010 For Lean Budgets , a Plug-and-Play Solar Array Green Blog NYTimes.com For eco-conscious homeowners who have considered a solar system for their rooftops but have found the cost and complexity daunting , Clarian Power thinks it has an . idea The Seattle-based clean tech start-up is developing a plug-and-play” solar appliance called the Sunfish that will generate clean solar electricity for the home . You bring it home and plug it in , just like a refrigerator , and it will cost about the same , 8221 said the company’s president , Chad . Maglaque New England grid chief : Cooperate on wind power A cooperative approach among New England

  • Why Pennsylvania Needs Clean Energy, Part I: Fracking Out of Control

    Updated: 2010-08-17 05:00:00
    We are living in a time when the theory of unlimited economic growth is running into the reality of limited energy sources. To solve the problem, it is commonly thought that renewables are simply a drop-in replacement for oil, gas and coal – but many experts are warning about the faultiness of that assumption.

  • Renewable Energy News, August 16, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-16 16:08:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Monday , August 16, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 16, 2010 Wind Turbine Projects Sprouting Around New York NYTimes.com For years , New York officials have envisioned powering the region from a set of huge wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island . But well before an offshore wind farm would be up and running , giant turbines may soon be spinning much closer to the . city Within three years , the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey hopes to have five wind towers , each more than 280 feet tall , operating on the west side of New York Harbor . Nearby , the City of Bayonne , N.J . plans to install an equally large turbine to power a sewage-pumping station . Meanwhile , the

  • A Better Ethanol Policy

    Updated: 2010-08-16 08:52:58
    Join the forum discussion on this post In my recent post Thoughts on an Ethanol Pipeline, I described what I feel would be a more rational approach to ethanol policy than some of the policies that have been pursued over the years. This gist is that the Midwest currently produces about 95% of the ethanol [...]

  • Standard Solar to Bring Solar Energy to University of Delaware

    Updated: 2010-08-16 05:00:00
    Standard Solar, Inc., the East Coast's premier full-service developer, integrator and installer of solar electric systems, today announced that it will install solar power at the University of Delaware (UD). The array will be installed by Standard Solar and jointly developed, owned and operated with its joint venture partner Perpetual Energy Systems LLC (PES), a comprehensive financier of solar powered renewable energy systems.

  • New Battery for Cheap Electric Vehicles

    Updated: 2010-08-16 05:00:00
    Founder of A123 Systems starts a new company to commercialize the technology.

  • Community Net Energy Metering: How Novel Policies Expand Benefits of Net Metering to Non-generators

    Updated: 2010-08-15 14:42:57
      ABSTRACT As interest in community solutions to renewable energy grows, more states are beginning to develop policies that encourage properties with more than one meter to install shared renewable energy systems. State net metering policies are evolving to allow the aggregation of multiple meters on a customer’s property and to dissolve conventional geographical boundaries. [...]

  • A Secondary Market for SRECs In California?

    Updated: 2010-08-13 23:15:54
    In California, the environmental attributes of solar electricity are bundled with the electricity; in fact, they are not allowed to be separated. For this reason, the environmental attributes of solar-generated electricity, or Solar Renewable Energy Credits are not tradable as compliance commodities. This means there is no secondary market for Solar Renewable Energy Credits (“SRECs”) [...]

  • Modular Renewables for the Military

    Updated: 2010-08-13 05:00:00
    The military spends a lot of money and manpower getting fossil energies to combat troops. Over the last 4 years, there have been more calls to get modular wind and solar units deployed in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • SolarEdge Makes Impossible Installations Possible

    Updated: 2010-08-13 05:00:00
    The military spends a lot of money and manpower getting fossil energies to combat troops. Over the last 4 years, there have been more calls to get modular wind and solar units deployed in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Aftermath in the Gulf

    Updated: 2010-08-12 23:03:40
    Join the forum discussion on this post Signs of Recovery While it will only be with years of hindsight that we can determine the total environmental impact of the Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, there are encouraging signs that the environmental devastation will be less severe than many had feared. Today a reader sent [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, August 12, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-12 20:56:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Thursday , August 12, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 12, 2010 Spanish solar firm to put US base in Arizona A Spanish manufacturer of glass for commercial solar plants announced Wednesday that it will build a 50 million U.S . headquarters in the Phoenix suburb of . Surprise Rioglass Solar said the 130,000-square-foot facility will employ more than 100 workers . An additional 130,000 square feet of manufacturing space is on the drawing . board The company makes curved glass sheets used in solar plant parabolic concentrators . It is a subsidiary of Rioglass Solar . Holdings Colorado increases renewable energy standard Today , a Colorado law goes into effect that will increase the state’s

  • ADB Plans $1B in Asian Renewables Investment

    Updated: 2010-08-12 05:00:00
    The Asian Development Bank has said it will invest another $1 billion in renewable energy projects and private equity funds devoted to cleantech around the region. The ADB has been a strong backer of clean energy in recent years, investing over $10 billion in the sector.

  • The End of Renewables As a Political Issue

    Updated: 2010-08-12 00:12:41
    The politics of solar and other renewable energy policies are changing dramatically as the underlying economic drivers of our economy move from manufacturing and energy to financial services and technology. Renewable energy will soon disappear as a partisan issue and the United States is destined to move towards supporting renewable energy and solar energy through renewable portfolio standards, SREC markets, and other incentives.

  • Renewable Energy News, August 11, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-11 19:47:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Wednesday , August 11, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 11, 2010 Solar Projects Envisioned on Dry California Farmland NYTimes.com LEMOORE , Calif . Thousands of acres of farmland here in the San Joaquin Valley have been removed from agricultural production , largely because the once fertile land is contaminated by salt buildup from years of . irrigation But large swaths of those dry fields could have a valuable new use in their future making . electricity Farmers and officials at Westlands Water District , a public agency that supplies water to farms in the valley , have agreed to provide land for what would be one of the world’s largest solar energy complexes , to be built on 30,000 . acres At

  • Canadian Solar Inc. Announcing the Selection of Guelph to Host its Solar Module Manufacturing Facility in Ontario, Canada

    Updated: 2010-08-11 05:00:00
    Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world`s largest solar companies, is announcing the location and the next steps to establishing a new solar module manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada at a media conference being held this morning. The facility, located at 525 Speedvale Avenue, West in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, is expected to be ready to commence production early next year, and will be one of the largest solar panel module manufacturing plants in North America. The facility is being developed by Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. – a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar.

  • ASES & National Solar Tour Sponsor Globama Initiative for Solar on the White House

    Updated: 2010-08-11 05:00:00
    The American Solar Energy Society (http://www.ases.org) is lending its support to a powerful public-private partnership to demonstrate the technological advances that can bring clean, job-creating, domestically-produced solar energy back to the White House. The Globama Initiative is encouraging citizens of all political persuasions to confirm their support of this taxpayer-friendly project by signing an electronic petition that can be found at www.solaronthewhitehouse.com.

  • American Solar Energy Society Issues Call for 15th Annual National Solar Tour

    Updated: 2010-08-11 05:00:00
    Online registration has begun for solar-savvy installers and grassroots organizations interested in showcasing their communities' solar-powered homes, businesses and public agencies during the non-profit American Solar Energy Society's (http://www.ASES.org) 15th Annual National Solar Tour, the world's largest grassroots solar event.

  • Electric Cars and National Security

    Updated: 2010-08-11 05:00:00

  • Integrated Energy Planning

    Updated: 2010-08-11 01:46:16
    Whether it is to reduce CO2 emissions and mitigate climate change, because the reserves of easy accessible fossil fuels are shrinking, or for geopolitical reasons, it looks like the world economy will have to move away from fossil fuels in the coming decades. Given the massive role of fossil fuels today, this is an enormous challenge. Ensuring our future energy supply without fossil fuels will need a radical reorientation. read more

  • USW Signs Deal With Chinese Energy Firms

    Updated: 2010-08-10 20:33:13
    United Steelworkers announced a deal with two Chinese power companies, A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. and Shenyang Power Group, to employ union workers at all levels of the supply chain to produce wind turbines. In addition to buying 50,000 tons of steel from unionized American steel mills, the Chinese firms will employ a substantial number of [...]

  • NREL Releases Feed-in Tariff Guide

    Updated: 2010-08-10 05:00:00
    With over 75 countries, states and provinces around the world with some kind of feed-in tariff, policymakers and researchers in the U.S. are considering the role for the policy in America.

  • A Sticker Makes Solar Panels Work Better

    Updated: 2010-08-10 05:00:00
    A startup's polymer sticker increases power output by 10 percent, and can be applied to panels that are already installed.

  • Matthew Simmons Passes Away at 67

    Updated: 2010-08-09 18:00:02
    Simmons had recently become a frequent topic of discussion after the many doomsday predictions he made about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

  • Renewable Energy News, August 9, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-09 16:33:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Monday , August 09, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 9, 2010 World’s largest solar project secures second permitting milestone BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah solar electric generating system , due to be the world’s largest solar project when complete , has reached its second permitting milestone , securing the US Bureau of Land Management’s BLM final environmental impact statement for the . project Last week , the company announced that a California Energy Commission CEC siting committee had recommended full approval of the project , which is based in San Bernardino County , . California BrightSource said it expects to have all of the final permits to commence construction in fall 2010. Wind Farm

  • New NREL Report: A Policymaker’s Guide to Feed-in Tariff Policy Design

    Updated: 2010-08-09 12:09:29
    From our friend Paul Gipe pgipe@igc.org, www.wind-works.org  Download the new report HERE: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/44849.pdf Authors: Toby D. Couture (E3 Analytics); Karlynn Cory (NREL); Claire Kreycik (NREL); Emily Williams (U.S. Department of State) Abstract: Feed-in tariffs (FITs) are the most widely used renewable energy policy in the world for driving accelerating renewable energy (RE) deployment, accounting for a [...]

  • Jet Fuel from Plants

    Updated: 2010-08-09 05:00:00
    A way to get a high-energy fuel out of an abundant and renewable resource.

  • Solar Energy Gets Cheaper Than Nuclear Energy

    Updated: 2010-08-06 23:31:43
    The steady decline in solar photovoltaic system costs is helping solar electricity become cheaper than electricity from new nuclear power plants. In a recent report titled “Solar and Nuclear Costs – The Historic Crossover (1), Dr. John O Blackburn and Sam Cunningham of Duke University makes a strong case for utilities to adopt a distributed [...]

  • FERC issues first major ruling on compatibility of state feed-in tariffs with applicable federal energy law

    Updated: 2010-08-06 20:17:27
    This article appeared here http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5954259d-4d3b-48bf-b29e-4f8e9c2aa8d6 Van Ness Feldman Howard E. Shapiro, David P. Yaffe and Van Smith USA July 22 2010 In its first major ruling on state feed-in tariffs for renewable resources, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) partially rejected the State of California’s proposal to require investor-owned utilities (IOUs) to purchase renewable energy [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, August 6, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-06 19:48:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Friday , August 06, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 6, 2010 Oregon on track to get utility-scale wave farm Ocean Power Technologies announced Wednesday it's close to getting a license to build a wave energy plant off the coast of . Oregon The New Jersey-based company has signed a settlement agreement that includes over 11 government agencies , and several private companies , to develop a 1.5-megawatt wave energy . station When completed the plant will consist of 10 PowerBuoys that could generate enough electricity to power 1,000 homes annually , according to Ocean . Power Reid Says Renewable-Energy Funds Will Be Restored Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised Thursday that Congress

  • Update on Proposed Changes to Solar Investment Tax Credit and Section 1603 Grant Program

    Updated: 2010-08-06 14:50:55
    A discussion draft of the Domestic Manufacturing and Energy Jobs Act of 2010 was introduced by acting Chairman of the House Way and Means Committee last week. The Chairman’s discussion draft (the “Bill”) proposes significant changes to the current federal incentive structures for renewable energy. One major change is that the Bill [...]

  • 2nd CSP Training series : solar resource, solar desalination and market figures

    Updated: 2010-08-06 11:03:51
    Following the first training series dedicated to Concentrated Solar Power technology description, we launch a second one devoted to market aspects, special applications (solar desalination) and solar resource assessment. <a href="https://www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/register.asp?m=211&c=141"Register for the course read more

  • Renewable Energy News, August 5, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-05 18:42:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Thursday , August 05, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 5, 2010 Installing wind turbines on Lake Erie could generate thousands of jobs , study says cleveland.com Creating an industry to build and maintain hundreds of power-generating turbines on Lake Erie by 2030 would support up to 8,000 jobs and cost 31 billion , an economic-impact study . says An existing supply of manufacturers for land-based turbines makes the region and Ohio a plausible fit for the risky offshore industry , says the analysis commissioned by NorTech , which supports local high-tech . development The analysis renders no judgments on the feasibility of or the prospects of success for efforts to erect five massive turbines on

  • IURC Approves 1st IPL Feed-in Tariff Contract Under Rate REP

    Updated: 2010-08-05 00:22:09
    At its regularly scheduled weekly conference on 07/28/10, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) approved the first Indianapolis Power and Light Co. (IPL) feed-in tariff contract under Rate REP. The 30-day Filing ID No. 2725 pursuant to IURC Order in Cause No. 43623 was filed 06/24/10 for the agreement between IPL and the Time Factory. The [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, August 4, 2010

    Updated: 2010-08-04 17:56:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Wednesday , August 04, 2010 Renewable Energy News , August 4, 2010 Montpelier Biomass energy plan faces airing : Times Argus Online MONTPELIER Representatives from the U.S . Department of Energy , which has granted Montpelier 8 million to pursue a biomass district energy plant , will hold a public hearing Tuesday in Montpelier to speak with residents about the . project The hearing comes as city officials and consultants continue to sort through the details of the complicated project , which is expected to cost roughly 23 million and could eventually reshape how government and private buildings in the Capital City are . heated The Montpelier City Council this week took a step closer to putting a

  • Ofgem releases Solar PV figures which show the success of the UK Feed in Tariff scheme

    Updated: 2010-08-04 09:00:50
    Solar Power Portal recently broke the news that Ofgem had officially released figures showing the success of the UK Feed in Tariff since the launch of the scheme on the 1st April 2010. The UK Feed in Tariff has provided an attractive incentive for homeowners, businesses and farmers wanting to become self-sustainable in energy generation whilst also [...]

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