• 10/1/10: Carbon Footprints and Climate Risk: Tools for Business and Government | Portland, OR

    Updated: 2010-09-30 18:20:05
    A one-day workshop focusing on tools and techniques related to conducting a greenhouse gas inventory and climate risk identification. Ruta Stabina University of Oregon Continuing Education 800-824-2714 Rstabina@uoregon.edu

  • 10/5/10: 2010 GreenGov Symposium | Washington, DC

    Updated: 2010-09-30 18:20:05
    This is the first time the Obama Administration will bring together leaders from federal, state and local governments, nonprofit and academic communities and the private sector to identify opportunities around greening the Federal Government. Participants will share challenges and best practices, and discuss cutting-edge approaches for the future. The GreenGov Symposium is focused on the performance goals [...]

  • “Chunks” of U.S. Climate Bill Coming in 2011?

    Updated: 2010-09-30 18:20:03
    After almost two years of stalled efforts, President Obama announced that he will be making climate change legislation one of his administration’s top priorities next year. In a recent Rolling Stone magazine interview, the President said that he was very disappointed at his inability to keep his ...

  • Ceres Power demonstrates wall-mounted natural gas CHP solid oxide fuel cell product

    Updated: 2010-09-30 18:20:03
    Ceres Power has successfully demonstrated its integrated, wall-mounted combined heat and power (CHP) product at its solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) mass manufacturing facility in Horsham, UK. Ceres Power demonstrated the fuel cell CHP product operating in representative home-like environments, including a kitchen and the company’s installer ...

  • Platina and ETF invest £20 million in wind turbine foundations firm TAG Energy Solutions

    Updated: 2010-09-30 18:20:03
    Platina Partners (‘Platina') and Environmental Technologies Fund (‘ETF') have completed a Management Buy-out of TAG Energy Solutions Ltd (‘TAG'), the UK's first manufacturer of tubular foundation structures for offshore wind turbines. The investment was led by Platina, a private equity firm specialising in renewable energy and ...

  • Pennsylvania Solar REC Market May Be Tight in 2011

    Updated: 2010-09-30 17:57:52
    If commercial-sized solar projects that have been announced in Pennsylvania are built within the next 12 months, Pennsylvania could experience a significant oversupply of solar renewable energy credits in 2011. In other words, there may be more than enough solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) available for Pennsylvania energy suppliers to meet their solar energy [...]

  • German Cartel Office Concludes Electric Heating Abuse Proceedings

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:43:35
    The German Cartel Office concluded abuse proceedings against providers of electricity for night storage heaters and heat pumps. The investigated companies as well as numerous other market participants agreed to various market opening measures. In addition 13 utilities will compensate some 530,000 customers with a total of EUR 27.2 million. The Office published a detailed [...]

  • September 30, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-30 11:18:19
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek America's First Oil Sands Project in Utah to Face Legal Challenges Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World Conservationists Go Funny With Online Videos Battle in Pacific Northwest over 800-Mile Route to Canada's Oil Sands Heats Up Japan to Drill for Controversial Fire Ice Energy Production Pushing Water Supply to Choke Point Pennsylvania's Fracking Program Gets Mostly High Marks in Independent Review DOE : Big Utilities Can Get Reliable Power from Small Solar PV Arrays Director James Cameron Says Oil Sands Will Become Curse Without Science-Based Regulations Oil and Water in Nebraska : Elected Officials Ducking Pipeline Issue

  • Europe Tops its Renewables Targets

    Updated: 2010-09-30 10:19:13
    Belgium EU objectives for this year set out in a 1997 white paper have consistently been overhauled, with 16 GW of PV over target by five times, 1 GW of geothermal heat by three times, and 75 GW of wind by 80%, says EREC. This ...

  • Atlantic Coast Offshore Wind Trumps Oil and Gas

    Updated: 2010-09-30 10:19:12
    Non-profit international organization, Oceana, whose sole focus is ocean conservation, released a report this week that shows that offshore wind power up and down the Atlantic coast could generate 30% more electricity than "economically recoverable offshore oil and gas in the same region combined." The report, ...

  • A New Solar Leasing Company Is In Town

    Updated: 2010-09-30 10:19:12
    Based in New York but operating in California, BrightGrid has just entered the marketplace as a new solar leasing company, taking on established solar leasing giants such as SunRun and SolarCity. Like all the solar leasing programs, homeowners that choose to lease solar PV equipment pay ...

  • RusHydro, Voith Hydro Sign Equipment Deal

    Updated: 2010-09-30 10:19:11
    Russia Russia's largest power producer RusHydro and Austria's Voith Hydro have signed a memorandum of cooperation to upgrade and re-equip RusHydro's hydropower plants, news agencies reported. The document provides for the joint consideration of technical and commercial terms of a long-term contract to supply ...

  • Green Car Smackdown at Paris Motor Show

    Updated: 2010-09-30 10:19:10
    The stage is set for a fierce battle at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, which opens to the public on Oct. 2. In the age of global warming, major global automakers are fighting over which company has the right technology to deliver all the power and style required by ...

  • Eneco’s First UK Wind Farm Comes On Line

    Updated: 2010-09-30 10:19:10
    UK With the commissioning its first UK wind farm, Eneco has declared a goal of "rapid growth" in the market. Another Scottish wind farm – a 17-turbine plant in Lochluichart – is already planned and the firm has development rights for a 900 MW ...

  • Europe Tops its Renewables Targets

    Updated: 2010-09-30 05:00:00
    EU objectives for this year set out in a 1997 white paper have consistently been overhauled, with 16 GW of PV over target by five times, 1 GW of geothermal heat by three times, and 75 GW of wind by 80%, says EREC.

  • Governator to utilities: Invest in energy storage … maybe

    Updated: 2010-09-30 05:00:00
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  • In Search of Lasting Farming Solutions to Climate Change

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:44
    Inter Press Service: In the semi-arid Laikipia district of Kenya's Rift Valley province, research scientist Sarah Ogalleh Ayeri travels from one village to another, documenting methods used by peasant farmers as they attempt to adapt to changing climatic conditions. Laikipia district, found on a high plateau north-west of Mount Kenya, is divided into two ecological regions. The side closer to Mount Kenya receives some seasonal rains, while the northern part of the plateau is arid. "Farmers in this ...

  • Italy: Thinking Small, and Still Smaller, on Wind Power

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:44
    NYT: An article in The New York Times on Wednesday centers on Tocco da Casauria, a small, traditional town in Italy whose four wind turbines, installed over the past four years, produce 30 percent more energy than its residents use. In fact, money made from the production of clean energy has brought the town back from the brink of insolvency and allowed to renovate its school and perform other much-needed municipal repairs. Tocco is near L'Aquila, the site of a devastating earthquake in ...

  • Green outcry as EU blesses Spanish support of coal

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:42
    Reuters: Spain gained approval from Europe's competition watchdog on Wednesday to support unprofitable coal mining until 2015, which critics said would prop up an ailing sector to the detriment of the environment. The decision coincides with a wave of strikes by Spanish coal miners demanding unpaid wages. Under a decree passed by the Spanish government, 10 power generators will have to burn some domestic coal instead of cheaper imports. "I am satisfied that the planned ...

  • U.S. government to unveil new drilling rules by Thursday

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:41
    Reuters: The Obama administration was set to release its latest set of requirements for offshore oil drillers by Thursday as the government moves toward lifting its contested ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The Interior Department has said it will release new drilling regulations by the end of September aimed at increasing safety in the industry, which was rocked by the BP oil spill disaster. The new rules are one of the conditions the department said must be in place ...

  • Pennsylvania GOP rejects natural gas tax plan

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:41
    Reuters: A top Pennsylvania Republican rejected a Democratic-sponsored plan for taxing natural gas production on Wednesday, vowing to stop a bill that he said would drive energy companies out of the state. The opposition will force Governor Ed Rendell, a Democrat, to seek a compromise between Democratic and Republic plans. Sen. Joseph Scarnati said a bill proposing to tax gas drillers 39 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of gas produced was "totally unacceptable" and that it would not even go ...

  • Abbott attacks PM over changing carbon tax policy

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:32
    Australian: JULIA Gillard has again declined to commit to a timetable for introducing a carbon price. The Prime Minister said yesterday she will allow the government's multi-party climate change committee to finish its deliberations at the end of next year before making a final decision, and would not play "rule-in rule-out games" before the committee had even met. "The committee will start, the committee will work, it'll do it diligently and we'll see where it gets to and what the ...

  • NYC to curb water runoff with blue and green roofs

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:31
    Reuters: New York City wants to catch and store rainwater temporarily in new roof systems to stop heavy storms sending sewage spilling into city waterways. The catchment systems would consist of "blue" roofs that have a series of drainage pools and "green" or grass- or ivy-covered roofs, under a plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg estimates the city could save $2.4 billion over 20 years if the state allows it to use this kind of green technology instead of relying on ...

  • EU clampdown on gas-guzzling vans suffers setback

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:29
    Reuters: Europe's efforts to wean itself off costly oil imports suffered a setback on Tuesday when a European Parliament panel threw out plans for speed-limiters on vans and light trucks. In the finely balanced vote, the parliament's environment committee approved the main goal of the regulation -- cutting van emissions by around 14 percent to an average of 175 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer by 2016. But that target is widely seen as unambitious, given rapid gains in efficiency ...

  • Arctic sea ice melt season ends, with ice continuing its recent sharp downward trend

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:26
    Climate Central: After a false alarm earlier this month, the 2010 Arctic sea ice melt season has come to a close, with sea ice extent reaching the third-lowest in the satellite record. This continues the steady and steep decline in sea ice cover during the past few decades, which scientists have traced mainly to emissions of greenhouse gases, as well as natural climate variability. Underscoring the rapid changes sweeping the Arctic, both the Northwest and Northeast Passages were open for a time, and two ...

  • China Vows to Continue to Reduce Carbon Emissions

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:21
    Voice of America: One of China's top energy officials vows the country will continue working to reduce the growth of its carbon emissions - a promise made ahead of last year's United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen. The vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, Xie Zhenhua, says the government has so far mainly tried to raise public awareness of energy conservation and environmental protection issues. Speaking in Beijing Wednesday, he said China will incorporate ...

  • Coral reefs 'could disappear by 2100.'

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:21
    Ecologist: Weak climate change targets could mean the end of coral reefs by 2100 if 'urgent action' isn't taken. A new report by the Institute of Physics (IOP) suggests nations have failed to commit to high enough targets to reduce emissions, and warns, unless these are raised, CO2 levels leading to ocean acidification could destroy coral reefs by the end of the century. The IOP's analysis of the Copenhagen Accord, the international pledge agreed at last year's Copenhagen climate change ...

  • How human water security is threatened across the world's rivers

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:18
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  • China says emissions goal already tough, no cap for now

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:16
    Reuters: China's goals to slow greenhouse gas growth will be tough and costly, the nation's top climate change official said on Wednesday, presenting an absolute cap and major carbon market in the world's top emitter as distant plans. China's key policy for fighting global warming is to reduce its "carbon intensity" -- the amount of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, emitted for each dollar of economic activity -- by 40-45 percent by 2020 compared to the 2005 level. That domestic ...

  • Sharing the Pain of Climate Change

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:14
    Reuters: With a recent study warning that the Caribbean could lose six percent of its Gross Domestic Product annually to the ravages of climate change, some experts say that a combination of adaptation funding and risk pooling is the region's best hope for the future. "Climate risk insurance is already considered a critical tool in any comprehensive framework aimed at effectively adapting to the changing, and more changeable, climate," Milo Pearson, chair of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance ...

  • China to host working group meeting of UN Climate Change Conference

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:13
    Xinhua: The working group meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in north China's coastal city of Tianjin from Oct. 4 to 9, Xie Zhenhua, China's top climate change negotiator, said at a press conference on Wednesday. It is the final meeting before the United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held in Cancun at the end of this year, and the first time that such formal meeting has been convened in China. About 3,000 delegates from party and observer ...

  • Carbon price timing up in the air

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:12
    Sydney Morning Herald: THE Gillard government has left open the timing for the establishment of a carbon price, with Climate Change Minister Greg Combet confirming it will be discussed by the new multiparty climate change committee. The decision to leave timing on the table means the government has left itself room to walk away from its pre-election position not to establish a carbon price until 2013. Mr Combet said: ''It's too early at this stage to be talking about timing, just as it is too early ...

  • Forestry gains momentum in voluntary carbon market

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:09
    Reuters: Voluntary carbon market players could increase demand for carbon credits from the forestry sector after the first forestry investment was issued credits under an industry-backed standard last week. "It could trigger a boom. Everyone has been waiting forever so hopefully we finally see some forestry credits come to market," said a market player, who declined to be named. The voluntary carbon market, which operates outside mandatory emissions cutting schemes, has been waiting for ...

  • Sustainable Forestry: In Honduras, REDD Projects Hold Real Potential for Communities and the Environment

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:09
    Rainforest Alliance: In July, Honduras held its first national workshop on climate change and forests, called "Opportunities for Honduras to Participate in the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Mechanism," with support from the Rainforest Alliance, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and a coalition of allied organizations and donors. One key outcome of the workshop: a promising new commitment to begin building a platform for REDD -- a commitment that ...

  • Asian Development Bank raises $232m in green bond sale

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:09
    Business Green: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today sold $232.2m (£146.7m) in Clean Energy Bonds to support its renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Asia and the Pacific. The bonds were primarily issued to Japanese retail investors, according to Thierry de Longuemar, ADB's treasurer. "The healthy sale of the Clean Energy Bonds shows a clear desire among Japanese investors to see funds committed to clean energy projects that will help improve the environment but ensure ...

  • Half of shoppers support carbon tax on harmful products

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:09
    Business Green: A carbon tax on environmentally damaging products could have popular support, a survey released today indicates. According to the survey of 2,000 people from environmental consultancy AEA, 51 per cent agreed that products that cause particular harm to the environment, either directly or through emissions associated with long-distance transport, should carry an additional green levy. Public backing for a carbon tax could represent good news for the coalition government, which ...

  • Wind will power fossil fuel-free Denmark in 2050, report predicts

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:08
    Guardian: The falling cost of renewable energy and rising cost of oil and gas will allow Denmark to develop an energy network entirely free of fossil fuels by 2050, according to a report published by the government's climate commission. The committee predicted that wind and biomass energy could meet the bulk of the country's energy requirements. It also argued that switching to renewables would be cheaper than continuing to use fossil fuels, particularly if predictions of soaring oil and ...

  • Obama vows to make energy top priority for 2011

    Updated: 2010-09-30 02:18:08
    Business Green: After a chastening few months that have seen his efforts to pass a climate change bill defeated and his commitment to environmental protection questioned in the wake of the BP oil spill, Barack Obama has publicly pledged to make energy and climate change policy one of his top priorities for the coming year. In an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone magazine published yesterday, the president expressed frustration over his failure to deliver on campaign pledges to drive the ...

  • 10/6/10: Water Business Workshop: The Water Energy Nexus | Cambridge, MA

    Updated: 2010-09-29 18:17:04
    Join Imagine H2O for our Water Business Workshop on The Water Energy Nexus on MIT’s Campus Oct. 6th On October 6th , Imagine H2O will convene a unique event featuring water entrepreneurs, leading cleantech investors, and industry experts who will discuss how the water energy nexus affects the industry today. Beyond the panel presentation, this interactive [...]

  • 10/6/10: 8th Annual Innovation 2010 Conference | New York

    Updated: 2010-09-29 18:17:02
    Sessions to cover large-scale, super-green buildings and the super-green cities that support them. Focused on “Big and Super-Green: From Buildings to Cityscapes,” the two-day conference will address the latest technical developments and strategies for large-scale green building, featuring case studies from Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, South Korea’s New Songdo City, Chicago’s Decarbonization Plan, Canada’s Manitoba Hydro Place, [...]

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Act as “Gas Station in the Desert” to Aquatic Biomes

    Updated: 2010-09-29 18:17:00
    A Spiegel report, on offshore wind turbines in the North Sea, is inspiring, giving advocates for clean, renewable energy hope that the future will generate loads of clean energy sources to reduce the world’s current dependence on polluting and destructive fossil fuels. What the report explains is that ...

  • Elk Horn, Iowa: Eliminating Range Anxiety in the Midwest

    Updated: 2010-09-29 18:14:55
    , : Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 29 Recent Comment Austin That is not true for what I've heard . Power plants and electri . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Elk Horn , Iowa : Eliminating Range Anxiety in the Midwest Written by Megan Treacy on 29 09 10 Here's a surprise statistic : nbsp the nation's largest concentration of electric vehicle charging stations is in Elk Horn , Iowa . nbsp Not anywhere in California or Oregon , but in . Iowa Now , to be clear , Elk Horn's population is only 650, so it didn't take many charging stations to hit that high concentration , but at four charging stations , it sadly still beats out many cities just in the amount of . stations The town got these stations from a local businessman , Mike Howard ,

  • Assistant Professor Position in Energy - Las Vegas, NV

    Updated: 2010-09-29 17:07:58

  • Baker Institute researchers find electric cars hold greater promise than establishing a national renewable portfolio standard

    Updated: 2010-09-29 15:48:57

  • Super-Lightweight Electric Car Doesn't Need Batteries

    Updated: 2010-09-29 14:02:31
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 29 Recent Comment oops I meant to say pure' electric car , not pre-electric' I alrea . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Super-Lightweight Electric Car Doesn't Need Batteries Written by Philip Proefrock on 29 09 10 While there are a lot of good things about electric cars , one of the biggest drawbacks is the heavy load of batteries they must carry . But students at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences are building a car that instead gets its power from the road The power is delivered to the vehicle through cables embedded in the roadway using inductive charging allowing a much lighter electric vehicle that does not need to haul a great mass of . batteries There are companies proposing to charge

  • Adapting crops to climate change

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:42:46
    Is boosting crop resistance to water shortage or temperature extremes, or increasing investment in agriculture the best approach?

  • September 29, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:04:33
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek America's First Oil Sands Project in Utah to Face Legal Challenges Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World Conservationists Go Funny With Online Videos Battle in Pacific Northwest over 800-Mile Route to Canada's Oil Sands Heats Up Japan to Drill for Controversial Fire Ice Energy Production Pushing Water Supply to Choke Point Pennsylvania's Fracking Program Gets Mostly High Marks in Independent Review DOE : Big Utilities Can Get Reliable Power from Small Solar PV Arrays Director James Cameron Says Oil Sands Will Become Curse Without Science-Based Regulations Oil and Water in Nebraska : Elected Officials Ducking Pipeline Issue

  • Government Reconsidering Plans to Increase Energy and Electricity Taxes

    Updated: 2010-09-29 11:38:33
    The government’s recent austerity package contained plans to increase the energy and electricity tax by revoking exemptions. This plan may be softened, Chancellor Merkel announced at an event organized by Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (Umbrella Organization of German Industry – BDI). “I promise that we will review our plans. It is not our intention to [...]

  • Salmond claims 100 green electricity in Scotland achievable' by 2025 Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-09-29 10:16:12
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  • Salmond claims 100 green electricity in Scotland achievable' by 2025 Environment guardian.co.uk

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  • 10/9/10: Green Drive Expo | Richmond, CA

    Updated: 2010-09-29 10:16:03
    The Bay Area’s first consumer expo for eco-friendly vehicles. See the latest in fuel-efficient and clean-energy cars!

  • 10/2/10: Green Everett Renewable Living Fair and Solar Tour | Everett, WA

    Updated: 2010-09-29 10:16:02
    Sustainable Living on a budget in conjunction with the 2010 Solar Tour. Come, talk with vendors, listen to presentations and start to think sustainably in your living.

  • Critigen Joins the Meridian Systems Consulting Partner Network

    Updated: 2010-09-29 05:00:00
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  • PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE OCEANS

    Updated: 2010-09-29 00:00:00
    Lecture/talk: 13 Oct 2010, United Kingdom.

  • Can the UK ever be sustainable?

    Updated: 2010-09-29 00:00:00
    Lecture/talk: 1 Dec 2010, United Kingdom.

  • REV's 9th Annual Renewable Energy Conference & Expo

    Updated: 2010-09-28 20:09:00
    : Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Tuesday , September 28, 2010 REV's 9th Annual Renewable Energy Conference Expo Tomorrow , September 30th , marks the start of Renewable Energy Vermont's two-day renewable energy conference and expo . REV's fall conference is in its ninth year and is being held at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference . Center Renewable energy technology and policy experts , as well as more than 60 of the region's renewable energy businesses , will be leading workshops and discussions on Vermont's sustainable . future Brian Dunkiel of SDRS will be on a panel discussing renewable energy policy and Geoff Hand , also of SDRS , will be moderating the panel on wind energy development in . Vermont For more

  • High Fructose Corn Syrup Now “Corn Sugar?”

    Updated: 2010-09-28 18:14:26
    Just because you change the name of something doesn’t make it any better than it was. Well, the Corn Refiners Association would have you think otherwise with their petition to rebrand high fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar” on food packaging. Obviously, the best way to tackle a bad reputation is to simply rename your [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, September 28, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-28 16:00:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Tuesday , September 28, 2010 Renewable Energy News , September 28, 2010 Study : Winds could power East Coast The strong winds off the Atlantic Ocean could become a cost-effective way to power much of the East Coast especially the Carolinas , Delaware , Massachusetts , New Jersey and Virginia , a new study released today . says The report by the conservation advocacy group Oceana argues that offshore wind could generate 30 percent more electricity on the East Coast than could be generated by the region's untapped oil and gas . It predicts that wind from the ocean could be cost competitive with nuclear power and natural gas to produce . electricity Scotland renewable powered by 2025' First Minister

  • Training on Photovoltaic Systems - Session 5 - Economic Analysis

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:15:46
    Fifth session of the Photovoltaic Training Course about photovoltaic plant economic analysis. read more

  • Government Adopts Energy Concept

    Updated: 2010-09-28 14:49:25
    The German Government today adopted its new Energy Concept for the period until 2050.  The final concept has been slightly modified compared to the draft from 7 September. Changes relate to various areas, including the introduction of a market transparency office, toning down the 2050 energy efficiency goals for buildings, or CO2 emission targets for [...]

  • Live web chat Kelly Rigg of the TckTckTck climate movement Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-09-28 13:16:11
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  • September 28, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-28 11:49:58
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek America's First Oil Sands Project in Utah to Face Legal Challenges Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World Conservationists Go Funny With Online Videos Battle in Pacific Northwest over 800-Mile Route to Canada's Oil Sands Heats Up Japan to Drill for Controversial Fire Ice Energy Production Pushing Water Supply to Choke Point Pennsylvania's Fracking Program Gets Mostly High Marks in Independent Review DOE : Big Utilities Can Get Reliable Power from Small Solar PV Arrays Director James Cameron Says Oil Sands Will Become Curse Without Science-Based Regulations Oil and Water in Nebraska : Elected Officials Ducking Pipeline Issue

  • Clean Energy Patents at New High in 2d Quarter- Clean Energy Patent Growth Index

    Updated: 2010-09-28 05:00:00
    Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. is pleased to announce results for the first quarter of 2010 for the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) by the firm's Cleantech Group.

  • Energy Storage takes on the Variability Conundrum

    Updated: 2010-09-28 05:00:00
    The Holy Grail, the final piece in the renewable energy jigsaw, an unnecessary luxury - energy storage has been described as all of these in relation to large-scale renewables' penetration.

  • Darken Your Sunglasses: Emerging Markets May Drive an Even Brighter Future for Renewable Energy

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  • Improved Storage for Solar Thermal Power Plants

    Updated: 2010-09-27 21:21:00
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 27 Recent Comment I agree with shasta--increased storage capabilities would be a huge ad . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Improved Storage for Solar Thermal Power Plants Written by Philip Proefrock on 27 09 10 Another big grant recipient from the six seriously geeky developments that received USDOE funding as part of the ARPA-E program is a program to develop thermal energy storage with supercritical fluids from the University of California Los Angeles UCLA We've noted that the State of California has started approving solar-thermal power plants and Google is even involved in research for solar-thermal power it is a technology that has languished for some years , but is now starting to gain wider notice

  • 11/2/10: CNG Fueling Station Design and Operation & Maintenance Classes | Downey, CA

    Updated: 2010-09-27 21:10:01
    These classes offer information about methods and practices for sizing, designing, specifying, permitting, and construction of CNG stations as well as provide a comprehensive review of proven operation and maintenance practices of natural gas stations.

  • 10/13/10: 5th Annual Biomass Finance & Investment Summit | Washington, D.C.

    Updated: 2010-09-27 21:10:00
    Join us at the 5th annual edition of the Biomass Finance & Investment Summit – THE networking hub where developers, technology providers, feedstock suppliers, investors, lenders, utilities, EPC contractors and other key industry players come together to get biomass projects developed and financed

  • Cellist Ben Sollee Tours US by Bike

    Updated: 2010-09-27 19:16:02
    /h2 Ditching the Van After successfully touring by bike from his hometown in Kentucky to the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee in 2009, Ben Sollee was inspired to launch the Ditch the Van Tour in 2010. He and his band mates have embarked on a transcontinental tour, opting to use bicycles and an occasional train instead of [...]

  • State Aid for Electromobility Networking Project

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:40:32
    BMWi (Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology) informed that its 100th grant under its main support program for innovations of small and medium-sized companies (ZIM) went to to an electromobility networking project. The project comprises twelve partner companies from four states that want to create a network for light-weight components for electric cars for middle-sized suppliers, [...]

  • Improving Magnets - A Strategic Necessity?

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:02:10
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 27 Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Improving Magnets A Strategic Necessity Written by Philip Proefrock on 27 09 10 Perhaps the least photogenic of the six recent projects which received US Department of Energy ARPA-E funding is also the most timely . GE Labs is working on the development of next-generation permanent magnets that include lower amounts of rare-earth elements . Recent reports have indicated that the Chinese government may cut off the export of rare earth materials as part of a trade dispute , or as a political move . The current dispute between China and Japan is one aspect of this , but there are concerns that a similar embargo could be imposed in other areas . The development of new magnets could lead to

  • September 27, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-27 12:41:12
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek America's First Oil Sands Project in Utah to Face Legal Challenges Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World Conservationists Go Funny With Online Videos Battle in Pacific Northwest over 800-Mile Route to Canada's Oil Sands Heats Up Japan to Drill for Controversial Fire Ice Energy Production Pushing Water Supply to Choke Point Pennsylvania's Fracking Program Gets Mostly High Marks in Independent Review DOE : Big Utilities Can Get Reliable Power from Small Solar PV Arrays Director James Cameron Says Oil Sands Will Become Curse Without Science-Based Regulations Oil and Water in Nebraska : Elected Officials Ducking Pipeline Issue

  • Renewables Continue Remarkable Growth

    Updated: 2010-09-27 05:00:00
    By 2010, renewable energy had reached a clear tipping point in the context of global energy supply, concludes the 'Renewables 2010 Global Status Report'. With renewables comprising fully one quarter of global power capacity from all sources and delivering 18% of global electricity supply in 2009, the latest release of the definitive assessment of the state of the global renewable energy industry from the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) details the current status and key trends of global markets, investment, industry and policies related to renewable energy.

  • The US - Will It Take the Necessary Steps to Be a Renewable Energy Leader

    Updated: 2010-09-27 05:00:00
    The Holy Grail, the final piece in the renewable energy jigsaw, an unnecessary luxury - energy storage has been described as all of these in relation to large-scale renewables' penetration.

  • 3/21/11: Gentech Asia 2011 | Singapore

    Updated: 2010-09-26 21:06:02
    Gentech Asia 2011 is Asia’s only event that brings together power generators, independent and on-site power producers, developers, engineering companies, technology and service providers to meet and discuss advancements in power generation technologies to promote efficiency, boost productivity and enhance sustainability.

  • September 25-26, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-26 14:05:46
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek America's First Oil Sands Project in Utah to Face Legal Challenges Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World Conservationists Go Funny With Online Videos Battle in Pacific Northwest over 800-Mile Route to Canada's Oil Sands Heats Up Japan to Drill for Controversial Fire Ice Energy Production Pushing Water Supply to Choke Point Pennsylvania's Fracking Program Gets Mostly High Marks in Independent Review DOE : Big Utilities Can Get Reliable Power from Small Solar PV Arrays Director James Cameron Says Oil Sands Will Become Curse Without Science-Based Regulations Oil and Water in Nebraska : Elected Officials Ducking Pipeline Issue

  • California Adopts Nation’s Strongest RES

    Updated: 2010-09-24 23:01:23
    Yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted unanimously to strengthen the state’s renewable energy standard.  The new RES, which is the strongest in the nation, requires utilities to generate 33 percent of their electricity through clean, renewable sources by 2020.  ”This standard is going to further diversify and secure our energy supply while also [...]

  • Suzanne Goldenberg guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-09-24 20:22:10
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  • World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens in UK

    Updated: 2010-09-24 17:52:54
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 24 Recent Comment After years of trailing behind countries operating renewable energy pl . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens in UK Written by Megan Treacy on 24 09 10 The UK has starting operating the Thanet wind farm , the largest offshore wind farm in the world for . now The wind farm occupies 35 square miles off the coast of Kent and contains 100 turbines capable of generating 300 MW of power . This new project establishes two major milestones for Britain : the country is now generating more offshore wind power than the rest of the world combined and it's now caught up with other European countries like Germany by having generated 5 GW of power from renewable .

  • Arlington, Virginia Commercial Scale Solar Development RFP

    Updated: 2010-09-24 14:23:58
    Notice to developers in the Washington DC metropolitan area: we want to share with you an RFP for commercial scale solar developments. Arlington County has issued a Request for Proposals to pre-qualify multiple firms for installation of solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems on County government buildings over the next 3 years. Pre-qualified firms [...]

  • September 24, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-24 12:27:28
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek America's First Oil Sands Project in Utah to Face Legal Challenges Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World Conservationists Go Funny With Online Videos Battle in Pacific Northwest over 800-Mile Route to Canada's Oil Sands Heats Up Japan to Drill for Controversial Fire Ice Energy Production Pushing Water Supply to Choke Point Pennsylvania's Fracking Program Gets Mostly High Marks in Independent Review DOE : Big Utilities Can Get Reliable Power from Small Solar PV Arrays Director James Cameron Says Oil Sands Will Become Curse Without Science-Based Regulations Oil and Water in Nebraska : Elected Officials Ducking Pipeline Issue

  • "Down on the Farm" Solar Tour Provides Cost-Cutting Ideas for Energy-Hungry Chicken Houses, Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Homes

    Updated: 2010-09-24 05:00:00
    Mississippi is helping build momentum to make the 2010 American Solar Energy Society (ASES) National Solar Tour the most successful grassroots solar event in history. The more than 650 tours featured in this year's tour is nearly triple the number of tours featured in 2009, and more communities continue to join the movement each week.

  • Cheaper-than-Coal Power from a Tethered Kite

    Updated: 2010-09-23 17:46:09
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 23 Recent Comment People , you aren't going to have everything . You call yourselves envir . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Cheaper-than-Coal Power from a Tethered Kite Written by Philip Proefrock on 23 09 10 Makani Power is one of six recent US Department of Energy ARPA-E grant winners for their Airborne Wind Turbine AWT a tethered flying wing that flies in endless loops around its anchor point on the ground and generates electricity from propellers on board . Makani believes it will be able to produce wind power that is 40 cheaper than conventional wind power and , more importantly , at an unsubsidized real cost competitive with coal-fired power . plants Think of this as a really big wind turbine . But

  • Federal Network Agency Draft for AusglMechAV Amendment

    Updated: 2010-09-23 14:42:00
    After a consultation process, Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) presented a draft amendment of the Equalisation Scheme Execution Ordinance (AusglMechAV). The draft contains revised rules for marketing renewable energy that network operators have to buy pursuant to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG). Pursant to the AusglMechV, on which the AusglMechAV builds, transmission system operators have [...]

  • September 23, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-23 12:42:23
    Contact Subscribe About SolveClimate Daily Climate News and Analysis Store Policy Tracker Climate Players All News POPULAR ThisWeek America's First Oil Sands Project in Utah to Face Legal Challenges Tibetan Nomads Struggle as Grasslands Disappear from the Roof of the World Conservationists Go Funny With Online Videos Battle in Pacific Northwest over 800-Mile Route to Canada's Oil Sands Heats Up Japan to Drill for Controversial Fire Ice Energy Production Pushing Water Supply to Choke Point Pennsylvania's Fracking Program Gets Mostly High Marks in Independent Review DOE : Big Utilities Can Get Reliable Power from Small Solar PV Arrays Director James Cameron Says Oil Sands Will Become Curse Without Science-Based Regulations Oil and Water in Nebraska : Elected Officials Ducking Pipeline Issue

  • marcus evans Electric Energy Storage Conference Set for January 12-13, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ

    Updated: 2010-09-23 05:00:00
    marcus evans, a conference production company, will host the Electric Energy Storage Conference, January 12-13, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ. More than 16 industry experts will provide insights on best practices for energy storage, share results of research and design projects and explain how to integrate storage into their renewable portfolio and overall portfolio.

  • Mid-term Elections and Discussion of a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard

    Updated: 2010-09-23 05:00:00
    marcus evans, a conference production company, will host the Electric Energy Storage Conference, January 12-13, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ. More than 16 industry experts will provide insights on best practices for energy storage, share results of research and design projects and explain how to integrate storage into their renewable portfolio and overall portfolio.

  • It's about M-O-N-E-Y, Mr. Friedman

    Updated: 2010-09-23 05:00:00
    marcus evans, a conference production company, will host the Electric Energy Storage Conference, January 12-13, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ. More than 16 industry experts will provide insights on best practices for energy storage, share results of research and design projects and explain how to integrate storage into their renewable portfolio and overall portfolio.

  • BENZ Direct Drive Wind Turbines Available through MyWindPowerSystem!

    Updated: 2010-09-22 20:43:05

  • Six Seriously Geeky Developments Get USDOE Funding

    Updated: 2010-09-22 19:26:01
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 22 Recent Comment Let's hear it for geeky ideas that may change the world Thanks for an . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Six Seriously Geeky Developments Get USDOE Funding Written by Philip Proefrock on 22 09 10 The US Department of Energy recently awarded funding to six programs for a total of 9.6 million in funding under the department's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy ARPA-E program . Three of the six projects received funding of over 2 million dollars apiece . The other three each received an amount between one-half and three-quarters of a million dollars . Each of these programs offers the potential for significant advances in their respective . fields By investing in transformative ideas

  • Yahoo Unveils Super Efficient Data Center

    Updated: 2010-09-22 17:38:41
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 22 Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Yahoo Unveils Super Efficient Data Center Written by Megan Treacy on 22 09 10 It was just a little over a year ago that Yahoo announced it was building a super-effiicient data center in Lockport , NY one that would be powered by Niagara Falls . Just this week , the company unveiled the finished . product The Lockport facility will indeed be powered by Niagara Falls hydropower , but the impressive part of the data center is the efficient design . Called the Yahoo Computing Coop , the facility was modeled after a chicken coop , with long , narrow buildings that encourage re-circulation of Lockport's cool air . Between the cool climate and the efficient design , the data center will only use

  • Exploration of Gorleben as Permanent Nuclear Waste Disposal Site to Start Again

    Updated: 2010-09-22 17:10:26
    10 years after the exploration of a salt dome in Gorleben as a permanent disposal site for nuclear waste was suspended, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) shall again start examining the suitability of the Gorleben site. Yesterday, Lower Saxony’s Environment Minister Hans-Heinrich Sander (FDP) informed the state government that the framework operating plan [...]

  • High Cost for Solar Energy Threatens to Split Renewables Alliance

    Updated: 2010-09-22 16:23:17
    The German Wind Energy Association (BWE) firmly asked Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW Solar) to make specific proposals to curb the skyrocketing solar costs, the magazine Spiegel writes. BSW Solar is the interest group of the German solar energy industry. The dispute may lead to a fracticidal war in the renewables camp, the magazine warns. Solar energy, [...]

  • Peak Oil Interview: Misconceptions, Replacing Oil, and False Solutions

    Updated: 2010-09-22 08:33:33
    Join the forum discussion on this post Back in June, I gave a presentation on Peak Oil at the Global Footprint Conference in Siena, Italy. (More on the event here). Following my presentation, I was asked to do a pair of interviews. One was for an upcoming documentary called Critical Mass. The second was for [...]

  • Schneider Electric to present new product line at Solar Power International

    Updated: 2010-09-22 05:00:00
    Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, is exhibiting at Solar Power International in Booth 1211 to showcase our Renewable Energy Solutions and launch a new product offering. Media are invited to a press conference for an in-depth introduction to the new product line and to Schneider Electric's renewable energy solutions.

  • 7th SouthEast European EE & RES Congress & Exhibition Presented at Nis

    Updated: 2010-09-22 05:00:00
    The organisers of the 7th International Congress and Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for South East Europe (13-15 April 2011, Sofia) have made a presentation of this important for the Balkan Region event on 17 Sept. during Energy Management Forum in Serbia.

  • RES Part XIV: The Return of the Mandate

    Updated: 2010-09-22 05:00:00
    It's back and, well, not really better than ever. But at least it's back.

  • Senate Introduces Renewable Energy Standard

    Updated: 2010-09-21 23:52:59
    A bipartisan group of Senators introduced standalone renewable energy legislation earlier today.  The bill’s lead co-sponsors, Senators Jeff Bingaman (D. - New Mexico) and Sam Brownback (R. - Kansas), say it will require utilities to generate 15 percent of their energy through renewables by 2021.  Wind, solar, ocean, geothermal, biomass, new hydropower, and landfill-genrated methane [...]

  • Vattenfall’s New Business Strategy Announced – Potential Divestments

    Updated: 2010-09-21 21:13:25
    Vattenfall AB today announced its new business strategy. The company wants to focus on its core markets Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. It strives to increase profit and value creation, reduce debt and CO2 exposure. This may lead to its subsidiary Vattenfall Europe selling German coal-fired power plants, Handelsblatt writes. “Potential divestments of geographic positions [...]

  • Solar Cell Production Climbs to Another Record in 2009

    Updated: 2010-09-21 19:22:56
    By J. Matthew Roney Solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturers produced a record 10,700 megawatts of PV cells globally in 2009—an impressive 51-percent increase from the year before. While growth in 2009 slowed from the remarkable 89-percent expansion in 2008, it continued the rapid rise of an industry that first reached 1,000 megawatts of production in 2004. [...]

  • E. Coli Could Replace Petroleum in Plastic Production

    Updated: 2010-09-21 16:40:15
    . Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 21 Recent Comment Start to educate these people that there are not enough jobs to go aro . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it E . Coli Could Replace Petroleum in Plastic Production Written by Megan Treacy on 21 09 10 A biotechnology company based in Boulder , Colorado has discovered a way to engineer E . coli to convert sugar into acrylic acid a major component in paints , diapers and adhesives in place of petroleum . This new process produces 75 percent less CO2 emissions than the petroleum-based process OPX Biotechnologies is a start-up company that is engineering bacteria to make industrial chemicals and renewable fuels . This new E . coli-based process they've developed is actually cheaper than the

  • Photovoltaic Training - Session 4 - Plant Maintenance

    Updated: 2010-09-21 15:14:26
    Fourth session of the Photovoltaic Training Course about photovoltaic plant maintenance. • Importance of good maintenance procedure in the plant operation. • Components o e aintained. o PV anel. o Inverter. o Transformer. o Solar racker. o Cabinet. read more

  • Global Foundation Supports Renewable Energy in Florida

    Updated: 2010-09-21 05:00:00
    The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy (FARE) announced today a one-time matching grant commitment from a global philanthropic organization with the objective of advancing a renewable energy marketplace in Florida based on widespread, distributed generation of renewable energy. Starting this week, the foundation has committed to match corporate and individual contributions and donations received by FARE.

  • Focus Electric Is Ford's EV for 2011

    Updated: 2010-09-20 17:56:10
    Home Contact About EcoGeek.org SEP 20 Recent Comment I actually think that the volt is a pretty good looking car . But at View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Focus Electric Is Ford's EV for 2011 Written by Philip Proefrock on 20 09 10 While Nissan and GM seem to be getting the majority of the electric vehicle attention recently with the Leaf and the Volt both slated to begin reaching consumers in only a couple of months , Ford is getting its own electric vehicle ready for rollout . The Focus Electric which is due in early 2011, will be a Ford Focus with a battery electric system and roughly 100 mile . range The Focus Electric may be seen as a more direct competitor to the Leaf , since both are solely electric vehicles . But , unlike Nissan ,

  • Presentation on Feed-in Tariffs to WISER on 9/22/2010 in Delphi, Indiana

    Updated: 2010-09-20 16:54:28
    WISER Indiana Public Forums  return on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at the Wabash & Erie Canal Interpretive Center Delphi, Indiana     What is the next step in the sustainable/renewable energy saga for Indiana?   Laura Arnold from Indiana Distributed Energy Advocates (IDEA) will be presenting on a recently approved renewable energy incentive, including the [...]

  • EU Energy Commissioner Oettinger: German CO2 Emission Reduction Target Ambitious

    Updated: 2010-09-20 14:40:20
    In an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the German EU Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger, a fellow member of Chancellor Merkel’s conservative CDU party, called the government’s 40% CO2 emission reduction target “ambitious”. “In this regard an industrialized country like Germany may perhaps have to examine its leeway”, Mr Oettinger said. The interviewer critically mentioned [...]

  • Comprehensive ACORE Report on Renewable Energy in the 50 States

    Updated: 2010-09-20 14:25:17
    Last week the American Council on Renewable Energy released an impressive report “Renewable Energy in America: Markets, Economic Development and Policy in the Fifty States ”; and it’s free. The interactive report provides an executive summary on a state by state basis of the capacity of renewable energy installed, the type of technology, a [...]

  • Over 300 top executives expected at TIREC 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-20 05:00:00
    TIREC Organisers are expecting a high profile audience of 300+ senior executives to attend the 4 congresses, 2 training courses, receptions and awards ceremony and dinner.

  • Consumer & Environmental Groups Say Settlement on Edwardsport IGCC BAD for Indiana

    Updated: 2010-09-18 17:15:49
      NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 17, 2010                                                          Contact: Kerwin Olson (317) 702-0461  John Blair (812) 464-5663                                           Today, a coalition of consumer and environmental watchdog groups announced their opposition to the recently filed settlement agreement pertaining to the Edwardsport IGGC power plant currently under construction in Knox County, IN.    The settlement, which [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, September 17, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-17 17:15:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Friday , September 17, 2010 Renewable Energy News , September 17, 2010 California Braces for Showdown on Environmental Law A ballot initiative to suspend a milestone California law curbing greenhouse gas emissions is drawing a wave of contributions from out-of-state oil companies , raising concerns among conservationists as it emerges as a test of public support for potentially costly environmental measures during tough economic . times Charles and David Koch , the billionaires from Kansas who have played a prominent role in financing the Tea Party movement , donated 1 million to the campaign to suspend the Global Warming Solutions Act , which was passed four years ago , and signaled that they were

  • Solar Leasing: An Exciting New Way to Get Solar Panels

    Updated: 2010-09-17 16:24:01
    There are many ways to go about getting solar panels on your home.  Most of them involve hiring a good contractor to design and install a system on your roof.  And, unfortunately, it often involves spending a lot of money up front on the system and installation.  Fortunately, there are alternatives that are rapidly evolving [...]

  • President of Cartel Office Calls for Change in Support Program for Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2010-09-17 14:08:00
    Andreas Mundt, president of the German Cartel Office, said promoting renewable energy should become more market-oriented. Admitting unlimited renewable energy into the German grid at fixed feed-in tariffs was incompatible with the concept of a free market. In Germany the Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz – EEG) provides for fixed feed-in tariffs for renewable [...]

  • Training on Photovoltaic Systems - Session 3 - Plant Operation

    Updated: 2010-09-17 08:07:56
    Third session of the Photovoltaic Training Course about photovoltaic plant operation. read more

  • Seeing China's Push for Clean Energy Up Close: My Visit to Trina Solar

    Updated: 2010-09-17 05:00:00
    TIREC Organisers are expecting a high profile audience of 300+ senior executives to attend the 4 congresses, 2 training courses, receptions and awards ceremony and dinner.

  • Financing Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2010-09-17 05:00:00
    TIREC Organisers are expecting a high profile audience of 300+ senior executives to attend the 4 congresses, 2 training courses, receptions and awards ceremony and dinner.

  • Maryland Clean Energy Summit 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-16 20:45:34
    Maryland’s Clean Energy Summit – October 4th, 2010 – Hilton Inner Harbor George Ashton, Vice President and CFO of Sol Systems, the largest SREC aggregator and a leader in solar finance, will be speaking at this year’s Clean Energy Summit in Baltimore, MD. The summit will bring federal and state policy leaders together in a public [...]

  • Japan Offers To Help Fund California High Speed Rail Network

    Updated: 2010-09-16 19:41:05
    Japan announced it is prepared to offer loans to help California complete its planned high speed rail system, provided that the state installs Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train system.  The size of the loans, says a Japanese transportation official, would depend on the scope of the project.  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Asia this week, checking out [...]

  • US DOE Awards Almost $100M To Renewable Energy Research

    Updated: 2010-09-16 05:00:00
    The Obama administration has made it clear from day one that it is interested in furthering the development and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects throughout the United States. Announcements made this week and last by the government highlight that commitment.

  • The Limits and Potential of Plant-Based Energy

    Updated: 2010-09-15 23:19:55
    By Lester R. Brown As oil and natural gas reserves are being depleted, the world’s attention is increasingly turning to plant-based energy sources. These include food crops, forest industry byproducts, sugar industry byproducts, plantations of fast-growing trees, crop residues, and urban tree and yard wastes—all of which can be used for electrical generation, heating, [...]

  • IDEA Files Petition to Intervene in NIPSCO Feed-in Tariff Case

    Updated: 2010-09-15 20:12:10
    Today (9/15/2010) Indiana Distributed Energy Advocates, Inc. (IDEA) filed a petition to intervene in the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) case in Cause No. 43922. In this proceeding NIPSCO is proposing a to change in their net metering tariff and to propose a new feed-in tariff (FiT). You can download IDEA’s petition to intervene here: [...]

  • Due diligence in national renewable energy plans

    Updated: 2010-09-15 04:30:00
    Home Tagcloud Sitemap Contact us Login The Global Community for Sustainable Energy Professionals Leonardo ENERGY About us Blogs Community E-learning Library Service Home Due diligence in national renewable energy plans Due diligence in national renewable energy plans By Bruno De Wachter Published on Wed , 2010-09-15 05:30 Further reading The Irish Times : Striking the right energy balance' 5 It's about evaluating all of the risks , not merely calculating return on investment There are several ways to look at government incentives for renewable energy . Often , the choices that governments have to make are presented as a balance between cost , environmental return , and economic return . But in reality , it is extremely difficult to evaluate such choices by simple calculations of return on

  • The NJ SREC Bubble & Importance of Long Term Contracts

    Updated: 2010-09-14 23:41:31
    by Natacha Kiler What do the dot-com bust, the home mortgage crisis, and the NJ solar market have in common? Lots of people started believing that their investment was certain to make them rich. Perhaps we should learn from history: when the masses start believing they are certain to get rich easily, they are [...]

  • Recovery Act Helps Bring About “Tremendous Milestone” For Michigan’s Clean Energy Manufacturing

    Updated: 2010-09-14 22:54:46
    Anyone looking for an indication that clean energy investment has the potential to fuel America’s manufacturing comeback need search no further than A123 Systems new lithium ion battery plant - the largest of its kind in North America - which celebrated its opening in Livonia, Michigan yesterday.  Political heavyweights like Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and [...]

  • Oil Man Bush Favours Wind Power

    Updated: 2010-09-14 21:15:42

  • Green Shopping Green shopping guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-09-14 19:36:28
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  • All environment stories 14 September 2010 guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-09-14 19:36:28
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  • Training on Photovoltaic Systems - Session 1 - Design

    Updated: 2010-09-14 15:16:17
    First session of the Photovoltaic Training Course goes accross design practice of a photovoltaic installation. read more

  • Technical Conference Set for 9/21 in NIPSCO Net Metering and Feed-in Tariff Case

    Updated: 2010-09-14 12:30:07
    The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) approved the pre-hearing conference order on September 8, 2010 in the NIPSCO Net Metering and Feed-in Tariff case in Cause No. 43922.  The Prehearing Conference Order can be downloaded here:  43922order_090810[1]_prehearing conference order  Indiana Distributed Energy Advocates (IDEA) plans to file a Petition to Intervene later this week and to [...]

  • Repealing California’s Climate Law Would Hurt The Economy, Warns UC Berkeley Study

    Updated: 2010-09-13 20:26:45
    With just over a month before voters decide the fate of California’s Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32), a new UC Berkeley study warns that the suspension of this law could be detrimental to the state’s economy. “Since most significant climate policy efforts in California are linked to [the climate law],” says Berkeley law professor Daniel [...]

  • Washington Post Piece Misses Clean Energy - Manufacturing Connection

    Updated: 2010-09-09 19:55:19
    A piece in the Washington Post’s Business Section yesterday marked the closing of GE’s last large U.S. incandescent lightbulb manufacturing plant.  The piece rightly notes that the closing was one more in a seemingly endless barrage of defeats for American manufacturing and the workers who depend on the good-paying jobs its industries have historically provided.  [...]

  • Long-term SREC Contracts to Secure Financing for Solar Power Projects

    Updated: 2010-09-09 15:55:16
    An article recently posted in the Novogradac and Company Journal of Tax Credits discusses the implications of securing financing for solar energy developments utilizing long-term SREC contracts (as opposed to state rebate and grant money). We recommend reading the full article, but we wanted to provide a quick analysis of its central points, and [...]

  • AP: Ind. panel’s proposal would expand `net metering’

    Updated: 2010-09-08 19:13:52
    By RICK CALLAHAN (AP)   INDIANAPOLIS — A proposed expansion of Indiana’s rules dictating which owners of wind turbines and other renewable power systems get credit for excess power they generate is drawing early support from clean energy advocates. The draft “net metering” rule would boost the state’s power cap for renewable power units and [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, September 8, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-08 15:05:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Wednesday , September 08, 2010 Renewable Energy News , September 8, 2010 Maine tidal power turbine being moved to benefit fishermen For weeks , Ocean Renewable Power Co . has been working with local officials and the Maine Marine Patrol to find a new location for its tidal power turbine so that the equipment would not negatively affect local . fishermen Rumors were rampant this week that the 60-kilowatt turbine was supposed to have been removed by Sept . 1 and that it would interfere with the coming sea urchin . season On Tuesday , Town Administrator John Sutherland and ORPC Project Manager John Ferland both confirmed that the date for removal is Sept . 30, although the mooring should be removed as

  • The high financial risk of nuclear energy

    Updated: 2010-09-07 04:30:00
    Has solar PV become cheaper than nuclear? This past month, both The New York Times and CleanTechnica.com reported on a paper from Duke University in North Carolina claiming that the costs of solar energy and nuclear energy have passed an historical crossover point at 16 dollar cents per kilowatthour. Solar photovoltaics are now supposed to be a lower-cost alternative to new nuclear plants. How accurate is this claim? Why are the figures on the cost of nuclear energy so divergent? And to what extent are solar photovoltaic energy and nuclear energy competitors? read more

  • Crude Oil From Biomass: Evaluating KiOR

    Updated: 2010-09-05 20:28:51
    Join the forum discussion on this post Cracking Biomass Back when I worked in a refinery, I used to spend a lot of time thinking about how biomass would behave in certain refining processes. A fluidized catalytic cracker (FCC), for instance, takes oil and subjects it to heat and a catalyst to fracture larger hydrocarbons into [...]

  • Readying to Hit the Ground Running After Recess, Reid Says RES Alive

    Updated: 2010-09-05 19:07:36
    Energy legislation that would include a renewable electricity standard (RES) “absolutely” remains a possibility for this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D), said this week. The statements, coming as the Senator turned his attention to his annual energy conference in his home state of Nevada next week, were welcomed by the wind energy industry [...]

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