• 11/4/10: BPI Insulation & Airsealing Weatherization Training | Mooresville, NC

    Updated: 2010-10-31 18:31:43
    Everblue would like to help you become a home performance expert. We train and certify residential energy efficiency professionals using specialized testing equipment including blower doors, duct blasters, carbon monoxide and combustion gas testers. Our energy auditor training offers professional certification from the nation’s leading home performance standard – the Building Performance Institute (BPI). Our [...]

  • 11/1/10: BPI Building Analyst and Envelope Professional Training Course | Atlanta, GA

    Updated: 2010-10-31 18:31:43
    Everblue would like to help you become a home performance expert. We train and certify residential energy efficiency professionals using specialized testing equipment including blower doors, carbon monoxide and combustion gas testers. Our energy auditor training offers professional certification from the nation’s leading home performance standard – the Building Performance Institute (BPI). Rising utility costs, growing [...]

  • Named to Canada’s Cleantech Top 10

    Updated: 2010-10-31 18:31:18
    green stocks) - For the fourth consecutive year, Canadian solar pioneer Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) has been named to Corporate Knights Magazine's Cleantech 10™, a list of Canada's preeminent publicly-traded cleantech companies compiled by Corporate Knights Inc. and Cleantech Group LLC, the leading producer of ...

  • Vietnam and Japan to Mine Rare Earths Together

    Updated: 2010-10-31 13:56:18
    Source:  Reuters Vietnam will partner with Japan in mining rare earth minerals and building a nuclear power plant in the Southeast Asian country, as Tokyo seeks to reduce its dependence on China.

  • Republicans on the Offensive as Tuesday Nears; House Could Fall, Senate Unlikely

    Updated: 2010-10-31 11:34:00
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  • PGE Offers to Close Coal Plant Earlier

    Updated: 2010-10-31 11:00:00
    Source:  The Oregonian Portland General Electric has drafted a much firmer proposal to close Oregon's only coal plant by Dec. 31, 2020, at least 20 years earlier than anticipated.

  • Prop. 23 Is a Money Saver, Valero Contends

    Updated: 2010-10-31 10:50:00
    Source:  Los Angeles Times The Texas oil company says its big Wilmington refinery would face prohibitive new costs, which it would have to pass on to consumers, if there's no relief from California's new emissions law.

  • Better Monitoring Urged for Ailing Oceans by 2015

    Updated: 2010-10-31 10:28:42
    Source:  Reuters Ocean scientists urged governments to invest billions by 2015 in a new system to monitor the seas and give alerts of everything from tsunamis to acidification linked to climate change.

  • Inquiry Backs UK Oil Drilling

    Updated: 2010-10-31 10:00:00
    Source:  Daily Express The chair of the parliamentary select committee investigating safety in the North Sea in the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill believes deepwater drilling should continue in the UK continental shelf.

  • Former Indonesian REDD Negotiator Arrested on Corruption Charge

    Updated: 2010-10-31 09:00:00
    Source:  Mongabay Wandojo Siswanto, one of the lead negotiators for Indonesia's delegation at last year's climate talks in Copenhagen and a key architect of its Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation program, has been arrested and charged with receiving bribes.

  • 12/13/10: BPI Building Analyst Training Course | Trenton, NJ

    Updated: 2010-10-31 01:40:34
    BPI Building Analyst Training Course in NJ – Trenton 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 [...]

  • Sec. Clinton: China Has ‘No Intention’ of Withholding Rare-Earth Minerals

    Updated: 2010-10-31 01:15:51
    Source:  The Hill Secretary of State Clinton said in Hanoi Saturday that China has provided reassurances it will not block export of rare-earth minerals used in energy and hi-tech industries.  

  • Agreement In UN Plan To Protect Biodiversity

    Updated: 2010-10-31 01:00:00
    Source:  Red Orbit Delegates at a UN summit on Saturday reached an agreement to sign an historic global treaty to protect the world's ecosystems within 10 years.

  • 12/8/10: Renewable Energy in America National Policy Forum | Washington, D.C.

    Updated: 2010-10-30 17:00:43
    A new Congress will convene and a slate of new Governors will take office in January following this year’s important November elections. The Phase II National Policy Forum will lay the groundwork for the 2011 US Renewable energy market and finance policy agenda. It will explore the key issues on renewable energy supply, national security, economic [...]

  • DP World first global port operator to set green targets

    Updated: 2010-10-30 17:00:40
    Building on its company-wide effort to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, DP World has become the first international marine terminal operator to join the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). This initiative is part of DP World's broader global sustainability programme to reduce its environmental footprint, it said yesterday ...

  • Mena nations urged to increase their resilience

    Updated: 2010-10-30 17:00:39
    The World Econ-omic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, which this year took place under the theme ‘Purpose, Resilience and Prosperity', was intended to serve as a wake-up call for Mena leaders from the private and public sectors and to consider ways of building ...

  • Making users pay key to successful water strategy

    Updated: 2010-10-30 17:00:39
    No water strategy can work without introducing pricing to the users, despite the fierce political difficulties this can cause. Governments need to build coalitions with business and civil society to increase awareness of water as a valuable resource rather than a free right. This is particularly important in ...

  • Nations agree historic deal to save nature

    Updated: 2010-10-30 17:00:38
    Delegates from nearly 200 nations agreed on Friday to a sweeping plan to stem the loss of species by setting new 2020 targets to ensure greater protection of nature and enshrine the benefits it gives mankind. Environment ministers from around the globe also agreed on rules for ...

  • Commission Approves State Aid for Alpha Ventus Offshore Wind Park

    Updated: 2010-10-30 16:40:09
    The European Commission has authorised Germany under EU state aid rules to provide EUR 30 million aid for Alpha Ventus, Germany’s first off-shore wind park. Alpha Ventus is the world’s first offshore wind park located far away from the coast in water deeper than 25 m. Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen said that the aid will [...]

  • Federal Network Agency Publishes September PV Figures and 2011 Solar Feed-in Tariffs

    Updated: 2010-10-30 12:36:33
    The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has published the latest September solar capacity figures and the expected 13% reduction in solar feed-in tariffs for 2011. Depending on type and size of the PV installation, the feed-in tariffs for new installations in 2011 will be between EUR 0.2111 and 0.2874/kWh. The 13% degression is the maximum reduction [...]

  • Geoengineering sparks international ban, first-ever congressional report

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Washington Post: A senior House Democrat from Tennessee issued the first congressional report on geoengineering Friday, just as delegates from 193 nations approved a ban on such research under a global biodiversity treaty. The debate over whether humans should explore ways to manipulate the climate has taken on increased urgency over the past year, as efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming have encountered political roadblocks in the United States and elsewhere. The measure adopted...

  • Power price to rise unless carbon price is set soon

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Sydney Morning Herald: THE federal government has been warned electricity prices will rise further unless power generators get a clear carbon price by 2012, and that Australia's greenhouse gas reduction targets are already ''difficult to achieve''. The ''incoming government brief'' to the new Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, said there was ''considerable evidence'' that uncertainty over climate-change policy was stalling long-term investment in efficient, cheaper power generation, which was ''resulting in sub-optimal...

  • A cut-and dry forecast: U.S. Southwest's dry spell may become long-lasting and intensify as climate change takes hold

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    ScientificAmerican: Lake Mead, the massive reservoir created in the late 1930s by Hoover Dam on the Arizona--Nevada border, has dropped to its lowest level ever, it was reported earlier this month. The lake has been steadily growing shallower since drought began reducing the flow of its source, the Colorado River, starting in 2000 due to below-average snowfall in the Rockies. It is still too early to know whether the situation at Lake Mead and recent droughts throughout the U.S. Southwest are due to anthropogenic...

  • Tropical Storm Tomas buffets Barbados and heads west

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Reuters: Tropical Storm Tomas, nearly a hurricane, battered Barbados on Saturday, damaging homes and downing power lines as it headed toward the northern Windward Islands in the eastern Caribbean, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Packing top sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, Tomas swept over the Caribbean's easternmost island of Barbados, blowing roofs off some houses, causing widespread power outages and blocking some roads with debris, residents said. Some residents left their homes to...

  • Senators raise concerns on oil sands pipeline

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Reuters: Nearly a dozen U.S. Senators on Friday raised questions about the need for a proposed $7 billion pipeline that they said will bring "dirty oil" from Canadian oil sands to U.S. refineries and significantly increase the country's reliance on fossil fuels. The lawmakers, 10 Democrats and one independent, said the State Department needs to answer several key questions before deciding whether to approve TransCanada's application to build the 2,000-mile Keystone XL pipeline. "Approval of this pipeline...

  • Carbon markets, foreign exchange taxes top U.N. climate aid suggestions

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Reuters: Carbon markets and taxes on foreign exchange deals or plane tickets are among suggested sources for a promised $100 billion a year from 2020 to help poor nations fight climate change, a draft report by U.N. advisers said. The draft, obtained by Reuters on Friday, showed that the group co-chaired by Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi reckoned that both the public and private sectors would have to be tapped for cash. Industrialized nations promised...

  • Analysis: Climate phenomenon may grip Europe this winter

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Reuters: Weather and renewable energy supplies across much of western Europe could be hit this winter by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a phenomenon that can exert a powerful influence over temperature and rainfall. Meteorologists say a negative NAO usually points to colder, calmer and drier winters in northern Europe and wetter, windier weather across the Iberian Peninsula and Italy as westerly winds from the Atlantic are pushed south. The NAO has been negative since last autumn, pointing to...

  • White House Should Coordinate Geoengineering Research to Help Fight Climate Change

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    FOX News: The White House should come up with a strategy for federal research into large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system that could help tackle climate change, a new watchdog report concludes. The Government Accountability Office found in its report more than 50 current studies, totaling slightly more than $100 million, focusing on piecemeal strategies to reverse climate change, but none directly addresses what would happen if adventurous programs on carbon dioxide reduction and solar radiation...

  • China on path to clean energy leadership

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Japan Times: China is rapidly becoming a global colossus in renewable energy as it seeks to reduce reliance on polluting fossil fuels and establish itself as a leading clean power manufacturer and exporter. Its rise in some key sectors of the green energy business has been breathtaking. In 1999, China made around 1 percent of the photovoltaic cells that are put into solar panels to generate electricity. A decade later it was the world's leading producer, with a 40 percent share of the market. Firms in China...

  • Key outcomes at U.N. talks to preserve nature

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Reuters: A U.N. meeting of nearly 200 countries agreed on Saturday new targets for 2020 to protect nature and a new global pact aimed at giving developing countries more share of profits made from their genetic resources. The following are key outcomes of the meeting: 2020 TARGET, STRATEGIC PLAN Delegates agreed to "take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity in order to ensure that by 2020 ecosystems are resilient and continue to provide essential services". The new goal...

  • Betting Big on Natural Gas

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    New York Times: Exxon Mobil is the biggest publicly traded company in the world, but its stock price has been lagging over the last year chiefly because a lot of people wonder why it’s making such a big bet on natural gas. Exxon Mobil spent $41 billion a year ago to acquire XTO Energy, doubling its natural gas reserves. And it is building up a massive liquefied natural gas capacity around the globe. Too bad for Exxon Mobil that a gas glut in the United States and elsewhere is causing gas prices to tank, and a...

  • Premier Wen reaffirms climate change principle of "common but differentiated responsibility"

    Updated: 2010-10-30 06:00:00
    Xinhua: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the country would actively encourage global co-operation on climate change under the principle of "common but differentiated responsibility". Wen made the statement while explaining the Communist Party of China Central Committee's Proposal for Formulating the Twelfth Five-year Program (2011-2015) on National Economic and Social Development. According to the proposal, China is set to make reducing its energy consumption intensity and carbon dioxide emissions "binding...

  • 12/27/10: BPI Building Analyst Training Course | Tampa, FL

    Updated: 2010-10-29 23:40:29
    BPI Building Analyst Training Course in FL – Tampa 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 [...]

  • Green Business Blog Carnival #21

    Updated: 2010-10-29 16:28:47
    Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, step right up… it’s time once again for the greatest show in the green business blogosphere: the Green Business Blog Carnival! Each week, green bloggers from around the Internets bring you some of the best green business content from the past seven days. Last week, our co-founder Triplepundit played [...]

  • 11/8/10: RESNET HERS Rater Training | Waltham, MA

    Updated: 2010-10-29 15:08:08
    Everblue’s HERS Rater training will provide individuals with the knowledge necessary to provide homeowners and home builders a detailed analysis of energy consumption and options to save money by conserving energy. This course will teach you how to help builders and architects improve home energy efficiency and provides instruction for energy efficiency analysis using the [...]

  • 11/30/10: Grid-Interop | Chicago, IL

    Updated: 2010-10-29 15:08:08
    Held in partnership with NIST and the GridWise Architecture Council, Grid-Interop has been held since 2007 to define the interoperability framework necessary for Smart Grid to flourish. Grid-Interop is designed for interoperability and standards leaders in the full breadth of Smart Grid from utilities to infrastructure to the consumer’s arena. System architects, vendors of technologies and [...]

  • As Arctic warms, increased shipping likely to accelerate climate change

    Updated: 2010-10-29 14:58:46

  • Federal Network Agency Orders DB Energie to Provide Grid Access

    Updated: 2010-10-29 10:57:34
    The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), the German grid regulator, ordered DB Energie GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) to provide grid access for end customers connected to its grid by 1 February 2011 at the latest. DB Energie GmbH operates 50Hz grids at over 5,000 locations in Germany. They serve mainly to provide energy [...]

  • Solar power projects face potential hurdles

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    New York Times: The long-promised solar building boom in the desert Southwest is finally under way. Here in the Mojave Desert, a dice throw away from the Nevada border, giant road graders and a small army of laborers began turning the dirt for BrightSource Energy’s $2 billion Ivanpah project, the first large-scale solar thermal power plant to be built in the United States in two decades. The Ivanpah plant is the first of nine multibillion-dollar solar farms in California and Arizona that are expected to begin...

  • Climate-friendly ag sector needed

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    United Press International: The international community is in desperate need of agricultural practices that are climate friendly, a United Nations' food agency report concluded. Alexander Mueller, the assistant director general for agriculture at the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, warned that agricultural production is expected to experience major challenges in part due to rising food demand. A 48-page report from the FAO calls on developing countries to adapt "climate smart" agricultural strategies...

  • Wind farm revolts blamed for dramatic fall in planning approvals

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    Telegraph: More than 230 campaign groups across the country are putting plans to generate more than a quarter of Britain's electricity in jeopardy, it was claimed. New figures show one in three wind farm applications were approved by councils amid heightened opposition from angry residents. Approvals in England has fallen by 50 per cent half over the past year while the number of new wind farms coming "on-stream', or becoming active, has dropped by almost a third. The report, from RenewableUK, which...

  • Googling in the wind: The search engine giant goes green

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    PBS: Once upon a time, Google was a simple white web page with a little search bar. Now, the company has its own Google Price Index, Google Television, a Google phone -- even a "driverless" Google car. So what`s next for the search giant? Apparently, green energy. Google announced last week that it was investing at least $200 million in an unprecedented plan to build a transmission network for wind energy across the Atlantic Seabord. Called the Atlantic Wind Connection, the 350-mile spine would...

  • Climate change policy: Cancun offers slim hopes of progress

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    Financial Times: A year since the Copenhagen summit brought world leaders together to try to forge a global agreement on climate change, the prospect of a treaty looks as remote as ever. In the intervening months, some of the fissures that were apparent at the summit have opened even wider, and this year’s United Nations meeting in Cancun, Mexico, in early December looks set to be a fractious affair. The simmering row between the two biggest participants – the US and China – has broken out into openly expressed...

  • UK commits £100 million for international forestry

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    Edie: UK commits £100 million for international forestry Environment secretary Caroline Spelman The government has announced that it will commit £100 million to international forestry projects to 2015. The announcement was made at the UN Convention on Biodiversity in Nagoya, Japan. The money is intended to provide benefits for biodiversity by funding projects to reduce the destruction and degradation of habitats leading to the loss of animals and plants. The Comprehensive Spending Review earmarked...

  • Historical perspective on the Russian heat wave of 2010

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    Climate Central: The summer of 2010 brought intensely hot weather to large portions of the northeastern U.S., central Europe, and Russia. Russia was especially hard hit as a heat wave -- with daily high temperatures hitting 100°F -- contributing to the deaths of as many as 15,000 people in Moscow while wildfires tore across more than 2,900 square miles in the central and western part of the country. Drought accompanied the record high temperatures decimating more than a quarter of Russia's grain harvest. Economists...

  • Greener carbon capture comes closer

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    CBC News: New Canadian research may help scientists design a system that captures carbon without guzzling water and energy like current methods do. Capturing carbon dioxide before it reaches the atmosphere and storing it underground is one way governments are hoping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which have been linked to global warming. To capture carbon before it escapes from the smokestacks of factories or power plants, the emissions are bubbled through water that contains dissolved chemicals...

  • GE to place "largest ever order" for electric vehicles

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    Business Green: GE is set to order "tens of thousands" of electric vehicles in a move that will provide a major boost to the embryonic market and bear out predictions that large corporate customers will drive adoption of the emerging technology. At a speech in London yesterday, chief executive Jeff Immelt said the company would place the "largest order in history" in the next week, although he did not confirm an exact figure or manufacturer. However, he did say that under the initiative about half of GE's...

  • United Nations Carbon Credit Prices May Rise by 42% by 2012, Barclays Says

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    Bloomberg: Prices of United Nations Certified Emission Reduction credits will increase by as much as 42 percent by 2012 as new rules reduce supplies, Barclays Plc said. CERs under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism program may rise to about 18 euros a metric ton in two years, and to as much as 25 euros in the third phase of the European Union’s carbon- trading plan starting 2013, Trevor Sikorski, a London-based analyst at Barclays Capital, said yesterday. UN CERs for December fell 1.6 percent to 12.69...

  • Defra commits £100 million international forestry funding up to 2015

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    Defra: The Government has today committed £100 million to international forestry projects which provide specific benefits for biodiversity. The money comes from the new international climate finance included in the Comprehensive Spending Review, which will include new money for the UK’s contribution to REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation), a programme which aims to prevent the loss of forests in developing countries. Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman confirmed...

  • India: ''Climate change will have far reaching impact on agriculture''

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    Press Trust of India: Union Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas today said impact of climate change on agriculture in India would be "far reaching" as a major chunk of population is dependent on it. "Due to high percentage of population dependent on agriculture, excessive pressure on natural resources and lack of fast alternatives, the impact of climate change on agriculture will be far reaching in the country," he said, inaugurating an international workshop on 'Climate change and Island Vulnerability' here....

  • Wind Power Growth Slows to 2007 Levels

    Updated: 2010-10-29 06:00:00
    NYT: In July, the American Wind Energy Association reported that it was having a lousy year. It appears the third quarter of 2010 wasn`t much better. According to an analysis to be released on Friday, the trade group reports having its slowest quarter since 2007, adding just 395 megawatts of wind power capacity. For the year to date, new installations were down 72 percent. The reasons are many. For starters, as any number of unemployed Americans can testify, the nation`s economic engines just...

  • Bulgaria, Israel Could Trade Water for Gas

    Updated: 2010-10-29 05:00:00

  • General Motors' Freese Named Chairman for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Trade Group's Key Conference

    Updated: 2010-10-29 05:00:00
    The Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA), has tapped Charlie Freese, General Motors (GM) top fuel cell executive, to chair its 2011 annual conference and expo.

  • Coal in My backyard (CIMBY)

    Updated: 2010-10-29 05:00:00

  • sustainablog Approved: Solar Sphere

    Updated: 2010-10-28 18:28:52
    Regular readers of sustainablog will probably recognize the name Kriss Bergethon, as he’s contributed a number of guest posts over the last few months on topics ranging from off-grid living to the latest solar news. Writing isn’t Kriss’ main gig, though… he and his wife Sue are the owners of Solar Sphere, an online store [...]

  • 2nd CSP Training series : solar resource assessment (1/2)

    Updated: 2010-10-28 16:32:41
    Fourth session of the 2nd Concentrated Solar Power Training dedicated to solar resource assessment.read more

  • IURC Issues Latest Draft of Proposed Amendments to Net Metering Rule; Requests Fiscal Impact

    Updated: 2010-10-28 16:13:46
    Dear IDEA Blog Readers: I received this on October 26, 2010 via email. My quick review indicates positive changes made to the draft Proposed Rule circulated by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) on September 1, 2010. IDEA plans to coordinate responses to the fiscal impact questions listed below. Please contact me if you are [...]

  • 12/6/10: 2nd Annual Small Hydropower USA | Washington, D.C.

    Updated: 2010-10-28 16:12:29
    Scaling up the market for small hydro power. This event will bring together the key stakeholders of the value chain to discuss how to drive this dynamic market forward and the policies and legislation that need to be put in place to ensure its continued growth. Utilities, equipment manufacturers, R&D organizations, financiers, power plant owners & operators, [...]

  • Bundestag Votes in Favour of Nuclear Power Extension and Energy Concept

    Updated: 2010-10-28 15:58:29
    After a controversial debate, the German Parliament (Bundestag) voted in favour of two amendments of the Atomic Energy Act (AtG). Bundestag also cleared two new laws concerning an energy and climate fund and a nuclear fuel rod tax. The government’s recently presented Energy Concept also got parliamentary approval. The existing Atomic Energy Act, passed by [...]

  • Biofuels and birds: perennial crops beat annuals

    Updated: 2010-10-28 15:35:10
    In US Midwest, mixed grasses offer better bird biodiversity than corn or soybean

  • World Bank launches scheme to green government accounts

    Updated: 2010-10-28 06:00:00
    Reuters: The World Bank on Thursday launched a program to help nations put a value on nature just like GDP in a bid to stop the destruction of forests, wetlands and reefs that underpin businesses and economies. The five-year pilot project backed by India, Mexico and other nations aims to embed nature into national accounts to draw in the full benefits of services such as coastal protection from mangroves or watersheds for rivers that feed cities and crops. "We're here today to create something that...

  • Climate Change Denial Pervades U.S. Elections

    Updated: 2010-10-28 06:00:00
    Inter Press Service: In the run-up to the U.S. elections set to take place Nov. 2, the amount of money being spent and eccentricities on display have reached record levels. This has been particularly obvious in debates over energy and climate change. The U.S. will vote on candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives as well as on numerous state governorships and other issues next week. With a new court decision allowing unrestricted – and unprecedented – spending by corporations and unions in this year's...

  • Runaway Global Economy Decimating Nature

    Updated: 2010-10-28 06:00:00
    Inter Press Service: One-fifth of all birds, fish and animals are threatened with extinction - as many as six million unique and irreplaceable forms of life – an authoritative new assessment warned Wednesday. Deforestation, agricultural expansion, overfishing, invasive alien species and climate change are the specific causes, but the main engine of destruction is an economic system that is blind to the reality that there is no economy or human well-being without nature, experts here say. "Without global conservation...

  • United States: Bay Area Maps Out Bike-Sharing Effort

    Updated: 2010-10-28 06:00:00
    NYT: The San Francisco Bay area, long a center of cycling aficionados and Zipcar enthusiasts, is about to play host to a $7 million pilot bike-sharing program that will blend the two popular commuting alternatives. The largest pollution-control agency in the San Francisco Bay area is joining forces with several local jurisdictions and transportation agencies to pay for the program, whose aim is to reduce some of the tailpipe emissions that are responsible for more than half of the air pollution in...

  • US navy completes successful test on boat powered by algae Environment The Guardian

    Updated: 2010-10-27 22:50:38
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  • 12/13/10: GCC Solar Power Meeting | Doha, Qatar

    Updated: 2010-10-27 22:50:29
    This meeting will offer a unique platform for global and regional discussion that will bring the future of the energy world into the present.

  • 12/6/10: BPI Building Analyst Training Course | Raleigh, NC

    Updated: 2010-10-27 22:50:27
    BPI Building Analyst Training Course in NC – Raleigh 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 [...]

  • In pictures London Futures climate change exhibition Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-27 14:10:33
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  • Variable summer rainfall in U.S. southeast linked to climate change

    Updated: 2010-10-27 06:00:00
    ScienceDaily: A doubling of abnormally wet or dry summer weather in the southeastern United States in recent decades has come from an intensification of the summertime North Atlantic Subtropical High (NASH), or "Bermuda High." And that intensification appears to be coming from global warming, according to a new analysis by a Duke University-led team of climate scientists. The NASH is an area of high pressure that forms each summer near Bermuda, where its powerful surface center helps steer Atlantic hurricanes...

  • State Dept: Keystone decision months away

    Updated: 2010-10-27 06:00:00
    Reuters: The United States is months away from any final decision on a proposed $7 billion pipeline to carry crude from Canada's oil sands to U.S. refineries and approval is not a foregone conclusion, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows this month when she said her department was "inclined" to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which Calgary-based TransCanada Corp (TRP.TO: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) had hoped to start building...

  • New Emissions Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles Go Hand-in-Hand with Apollo’s Clean Transportation Manufacturing Plan

    Updated: 2010-10-26 18:57:49
    Today the E.P.A. and Department of Transportation announced the first-ever greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty pickups, vans, and vocational vehicles like buses, tractors, and cement and dump trucks.  The new regulations would require a 20 percent emissions and fuel use cut in vehicles sold between 2014 and 2018 The E.P.A. says that heavy duty vehicles [...]

  • Renewable Energy News, October 26, 2010

    Updated: 2010-10-26 18:32:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Tuesday , October 26, 2010 Renewable Energy News , October 26, 2010 World's Biggest Solar Energy Project Approved for California The United States Monday approved a permit for the largest solar energy project in the world four massive plants at the cost of 1 billion each in southern . California The Blythe solar power plant will consist of four , 250-megawatt plants , built on public lands in the sun-drenched Mojave desert , Interior Secretary Ken Salazar . said When completed the project is expected to generate up to 1,000 megawatts of energy That's enough electricity to power up to 750,000 average American homes and to make Blythe the largest solar power plant facility in the world . California

  • Freecycling: Get a Great Green Look for Next to Nothing

    Updated: 2010-10-26 18:09:07
    Is Freecycling right for you and your family? For young couples just starting out and for those who are experiencing a temporary crisis in the family budget, Freecycling can be a lifesaver, but saving money is only one of the reasons for joining this program which allows its members to advertise unneeded, useful items which [...]

  • Hot water to get cities out of energy trouble?

    Updated: 2010-10-26 15:37:01
    Urban heat island effect means warm water underground could provide clean geothermal energy

  • Clearingstelle EEG Initiates Biomass Bonus Consultation

    Updated: 2010-10-26 14:37:38
    The Renewable Energy Act (EEG) provides for a  bonus of 3 Cent/kWh on top of the standard biomass feed-in tariffs if the electricity is generated from renewable resources or manure (Section 27 para 4 no. 2 EEG). Clearingstelle EEG (EEG Clearing Agency) recently initiated an advice procedure (Hinweisverfahren) with respect to the interpretation and interplay [...]

  • Good News: US Solar Power to Double in 2010

    Updated: 2010-10-26 00:30:44
    Editor’s note: Not sure why this post got pulled back into the pending queue yesterday… apologies if you clicked through and got an error page. In light of mid-October’s Solar Power International Conference, there is some great news about the industry.  The Solar Energy Industry Association  (SEIA) is reporting that solar power in the US will [...]

  • Global food crisis forecast as prices reach record highs Environment The Guardian

    Updated: 2010-10-26 00:30:35
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  • Lower Increase of Energy and Electricity Tax?

    Updated: 2010-10-25 19:27:57
    After Chancellor Merkel had announced a review of the governments plans to revoke tax exemptions for the manufacturing industry with respect to the Electricity Tax Act (Stromsteuergesetz – StromStG) and the Energy Tax Act (Energiesteuergesetz – EnergieStG) in late September, Frankfurter Allgemeine and Focus report that the government agreed on a lower increase of the [...]

  • ALIVE Industries, Inc. Announces $268 Million Private Placement

    Updated: 2010-10-25 05:00:00
    ALIVE Industries, Inc., a developer of utility-scale solar and utility-scale energy storage solutions, today announced that ALIVE is entering into a definitive agreement in conjunction with existing investor/partners, to sell 536,000,000 shares of its preferred stock and warrants, expiring on December 31, 2010, at a blended exercise price of $0.56 per share, for net proceeds of $268,000,000 US dollars.

  • New Study Examines Ontario's Solar Economy

    Updated: 2010-10-25 05:00:00

  • Breaking news: FERC clarifies California feed-in tariff procedures

    Updated: 2010-10-22 17:36:00
    : : Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Friday , October 22, 2010 Breaking news : FERC clarifies California feed-in tariff procedures The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC today clarified for California how the state can encourage development of new electricity generation resources in a way that does not conflict with federal laws and . regulations In today’s action , FERC further clarified for the California Public Utilities Commission CPUC and the state’s three investor-owned utilities its July 2010 order that outlined how the state could implement its feed-in tariff . Feed-in tariffs typically are designed to encourage certain types of generation resources by offering a guaranteed purchase price for electricity generated from

  • Environment Committee Hearing About Nuclear Power Extension

    Updated: 2010-10-22 01:10:19
    Yesterday’s expert hearing held by the Parliamentary Committee for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety confirmed that the assessment of potential security risks continues to differ greatly. The hearing took place shortly before the German Parliament (Bundestag) shall decide about an extension of the operating times of the German nuclear power plants on 28 [...]

  • Could barbecues help fight climate change Duncan Clark Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-21 20:08:17
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  • Renewable Energy News, October 21, 2010

    Updated: 2010-10-21 15:24:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Thursday , October 21, 2010 Renewable Energy News , October 21, 2010 Vermont solar projects cross party lines In a field just outside Vergennes , where cows used to graze , steel brackets are sprouting up . Soon , those steel foundations will be covered by some 4,000 solar panels , arched toward the sky to soak up enough sun to produce a megawatt of . power Once , Burlington developer Ernie Pomerleau thought he might build a shopping center here . It doesn’t have access to sewer lines , however , so the shopping center went across the road , and Pomerleau’s held on onto the property for 20 years . Now , it represents Pomerleau’s newest business venture : selling renewable . energy Pomerleau is

  • Stromwatch 3 Study: High Electricity Prices Due to Little Competition

    Updated: 2010-10-21 11:35:31
    Shortly before the German Parliament will decide about an extension of the operating times of the German nuclear power plants on 28 October, a controversial study commissioned by Bündnis ’90/Die Grünen criticizes a lack of competition in the German electricity market. After two prior critical studies in late 2007 and early 2009, Prof Dr Uwe [...]

  • IRENA Head Makes Surprise Resignation

    Updated: 2010-10-21 05:00:00
    Helene Pelosse's abrupt departure as interim director general of the International Renewable Energy Agency has puzzled observers as the Abu Dhabi-based organization prepares for its fourth preparatory commission.

  • Sol Systems Supports the Rebuild Sudan Foundation

    Updated: 2010-10-21 03:54:50
    Sol Systems sponsored a fundraiser in Washington DC this evening for the Rebuild Sudan Foundation, a small non-profit dedicated to developing and constructing schools for children in southern Sudan as well as other critical infrastructure. Rebuild‘s founder, Michael Kuany spoke to a group of young professional’s about his vision for the future of Sudan, and [...]

  • NYT: Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith; Baron Hill v. Todd Young

    Updated: 2010-10-21 01:07:00
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/us/politics/21climate.html October 20, 2010 By JOHN M. BRODER JASPER, Ind. — At a candidate forum here last week, Representative Baron P. Hill, a threatened Democratic incumbent in a largely conservative southern Indiana district, was endeavoring to explain his unpopular vote for the House cap-and-trade energy bill. It will create jobs in Indiana, reduce foreign oil [...]

  • TÜV Rheinland Survey Shows High Interest in Electric Cars – RWE Introduces First Electric Serial Cars

    Updated: 2010-10-20 16:10:23
    54% of the 1,000 participants of a TÜV Rheinland survey said they would consider buying an electric car within the next five years. The study showed that potential customers viewed the following aspects as the greatest limitations of electric cars: long charging time of batteries (36%), limited range (29%), limited top speed of 120 km/h [...]

  • Spending review green policies checklist Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-20 09:20:35
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  • Grupo TelSat to Demonstrate Second Wind's Industry-Leading Remote Sensing System to Spain's Industry Leaders

    Updated: 2010-10-20 05:00:00
    On Oct. 28, wind energy developers in Spain will get a hands-on look at a new technology that is changing the way the wind power industry does measurement and resource assessment studies. Grupo TelSat, recently appointed as Second Wind's latest Triton Certified Partner and a leading technical services firm for the Spanish and Portuguese wind power industries, will host a demonstration event to showcase the Triton® Sonic Wind Profiler.

  • UK Cuts Go Easy on Clean Energy

    Updated: 2010-10-20 05:00:00
    While environment activists were disappointed that a new Green Investment Bank will now have just £1 billion ($1.58 billion) in state funding – half the expected figure – the RHI was welcomed, as was a continuance of current FiTs, and £200 million ($317 million) for developing offshore wind.

  • Opportunities Abundant as Ontario Moves Closer to a Green Economy

    Updated: 2010-10-20 05:00:00

  • Leasing Solar: It’s Like Leasing a Prius

    Updated: 2010-10-20 01:37:47
    A solar lease is a lot like an automobile lease – or more accurately, it’s like a lease for a Toyota Prius... With a solar lease, you get the electricity generated from the photovoltaic (PV) energy system, which can cut your utility bills in half (or more), and you promote clean, renewable solar energy – instead of using dirty fossil fuels. You don’t have to pay $30,000* for the solar energy system, you just pay a monthly fee, and at the end of your lease, you have the option to buy the PV system at fair market value. Your PV system maintenance is typically covered under the lease too.

  • E.ON Tests Smart Grid Ability of Peugot iOn Electric Cars

    Updated: 2010-10-19 22:56:15
    E.ON announced to test 60 Peugeot iOn electric vehicles in two communities in Lower Saxony. During the field test, the households of the test drivers shall be integrated into a smart grid for the first time. Photovoltaic plants shall generate electricity which can either be consumed in the households or saved in the batteries of [...]

  • Moving Truck Rental Not Required – Bikes to the Rescue

    Updated: 2010-10-19 17:26:12
    Moving by Bike is Contagious Inspired by this video of a Portland, OR bike move, Nicholas Whitaker decided to help his girlfriend, Jes Schultz move her apartment by bike. Taking only two trips and about three hours, they successfully relocated her 1 bedroom apartment including futon, dresser and numerous odds and ends. This was all done using [...]

  • REC Solar Germany will sponsor the

    Updated: 2010-10-19 05:00:00
    The event will help for promotion of the big opportunities in the energy efficiency and RES sector of South East Europe - Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Albania, etc.

  • Texas Renewable Energy Leaders Find Worldwide Solar Industry Awakening To Texas Potential

    Updated: 2010-10-19 05:00:00
    The renewable energy industry in Texas is ready. Interest in Texas Renewables 2010 conference is high. "Everyone is definitely feeling bullish about this year and the next few years." Tom Pash, president and CEO, ONtility

  • Sub-Saharan Renewables Poised for 'Exponential Growth'

    Updated: 2010-10-19 05:00:00
    But the research company's Annual Renewable Energy Project Tracker highlights feed-in tariffs – already announced in South Africa and Kenya – as key to this surge in renewables.

  • Renewable Energy News, October 18, 2010

    Updated: 2010-10-18 17:47:00
    : , Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Monday , October 18, 2010 Renewable Energy News , October 18, 2010 40-turbine wind project in Maine under way First Wind of Massachusetts has started final construction of its 130 million Rollins Mountain wind project with hopes of having it finished by April 1, officials said . Friday It is hard to predict , and God knows the weather in Maine doesn’t cooperate all the time , but that’s our hope , 8221 First Wind spokesman John Lamontagne . said First Wind leaders told town Economic Development Director Ruth Birtz that they would continue installation work that began with site clearing and road building on Sept . 21 at Rollins Ridge off Route 6 by pouring concrete bases for the 40 turbines , each

  • SREC Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification, Explained

    Updated: 2010-10-18 15:22:42
    When speaking with homeowners who have recently invested in solar energy, and who are considering how to manage the sale of their Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs), a common question is, “how will my solar electricity be monitored and how do I earn SRECs?” This simple question cuts right to some of the most complex [...]

  • Official Spanish Participation at

    Updated: 2010-10-17 05:00:00
    The interest in the EE& RES markets in South East Europe grows and it could be seen from the strong interest in the international exhibition to be held in April 2011 in Sofia.

  • Hermann Scheer: Great Vision Put Into Practice

    Updated: 2010-10-16 05:00:00
    The interest in the EE& RES markets in South East Europe grows and it could be seen from the strong interest in the international exhibition to be held in April 2011 in Sofia.

  • In Case You Missed It

    Updated: 2010-10-16 02:21:28
    Join the forum discussion on this post In addition to the EPA’s decision to raise the allowed ethanol blends to 15%, there were three other energy-related stories of interest this week. Deep-Water Ban Ends The first was that the Obama administration has lifted the ban on deep-water drilling: Obama ends ban on deep-water oil drilling in Gulf of [...]

  • Misleading Article Misses Mark on Success of Recovery Act’s Cash Grants Program

    Updated: 2010-10-16 01:08:11
    The first part of a three part series was published yesterday in E&E News questions the effectiveness of Section 1603 in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Section 1603 program enables qualifying renewable power projects that are eligible for either the federal production tax credit (PTC) or investment tax credit (ITC) to receive [...]

  • How to Turn Sunlight into Water: the Portable Solar Desalination Plant

    Updated: 2010-10-15 17:26:24
    Editor’s note: This post is sustainablog’s contribution to Blog Action Day 2010; this year’s topic is water. When island nations experience disaster (think the Haitian earthquake), the victims are often faced with a cruel irony summed up (in a different context) by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any drop to drink.”  Sure, aid [...]

  • The Massachusetts Solar Carve Out Program and SREC Market

    Updated: 2010-10-15 15:53:25
    Solar electric system owners in the state of Massachusetts have the opportunity to receive income for the solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) and significantly improve the economics of their solar projects

  • Work Begins at Sheffield Vermont Wind Site

    Updated: 2010-10-15 15:16:00
    : Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Friday , October 15, 2010 Work Begins at Sheffield Vermont Wind Site Photo simulation of the Sheffield Wind Project click to enlarge Construction work begins at Sheffield wind site The Burlington Free Press Construction has started on a 16-turbine wind energy project in Sheffield , the first such project to be built in Vermont since the state’s only operating commercial wind farm was built in Searsburg 13 years . ago Vermont Wind , a subsidiary of Boston-based First Wind , has begun clearing trees and building roads to the project site on Granby Mountain and Libby . Hill First Wind spokesman John Lamontagne said he is not sure whether construction will start on the turbines this fall , or next spring

  • 70 aspects of sustainable energy

    Updated: 2010-10-14 16:40:38
    This is a selection of articles that appeared on the Sustainable Energy Blog over the past four years. They are discussions that are as timely today as when first posted. The collection is certainly not an exhaustive, all-embracing overview. However it does attempt to present a broad spectrum of themes, issues, and opinions that have been flying around in the world of sustainable energy in recent years. read more

  • Climate Feedback

    Updated: 2010-10-13 12:51:18
    nature.com homepage Climate Feedback Climate Feedback Current content For the latest comment , analysis , news and features , go to Nature Reports Climate Change Nature’s online resource dedicated to in-depth coverage of climate science and the implications for policy , the economy and . society Search Search this : blog Categories Conferences and Meetings AAAS AGU EGU 2008 G8 Summit 2008 Major Economies Meeting UN Conference on Climate Change , Bali Features Topics Adaptation Biodiversity and Ecology Business Climate Policy Carbon Markets Climate Science Atmospheric Science Attribution Biosphere Feedbacks Climate Prediction Climate Variability Cryosphere Extreme Events GHG Emissions Hurricanes Ocean Science Paleoclimate Regional Climate Uncertainty Communicating Climate Change Opinion

  • Use Celsias.com reduce global Celsius

    Updated: 2010-10-13 12:51:17
    Climate Change is Not a Spectator Sport . Advertise on Celsias Competitions Press About Us Contact News Opinions Discussions Actions Projects Companies Orgs Sign Up Free Log In Check out the latest News Opinions Support Projects around the world Make change by completing Actions Get your Organizations involved Already a member Login now Brett Walton Circle of Blue Toxic Sludge Carries Arsenic , Mercury into Danube River High levels of mercury and arsenic have been released from a containment pond at a Hungarian alumina plant , according to Greenpeace . Water quality testing by Greenpeace , a leading group of read more Joe Romm We're Still On Track for the Hottest Decade on Record Solar cycle 24 revs up , though changes in the sun are increasingly a bit player in the global warming trend

  • Climate Ark Climate Change and Global Warming Portal News Feed and Search

    Updated: 2010-10-13 12:51:10
    : , Raising the Roof on Global Ecological Sustainability EI's 75,000 Year-End Fund-Raiser Support EI's proven Internet-based grassroots global advocacy and biocentric policy-making 3 2,320 from 22 donors 72,680 or 97 to go . nbsp Gift Our Shared Earth Now matching grant doubles donation Ecological Internet EI provides for free the most successful Internet based environment portals and international Earth advocacy network ever , regularly achieving environmental conservation victories around the world . Your tax-deductible donation to EI will support one of the leanest most effective environmental advocacy efforts in . existence Thank you , nbsp Dr . Glen Barry , President , Ecological Internet , . Inc Dismiss This Message Climate Ark Climate Change and Global Warming Portal Featuring

  • Green Business News Resources and Sustainability Career Tools Business GreenBiz.com

    Updated: 2010-10-13 12:51:09
    , , GreenBiz.com Climate Biz Greener Buildings Greener Computing Greener Design GreenBiz Intelligence Get our E-Newsletter Delivered to Your Inbox Enter your keywords : Login About Us Contact Us About GreenBiz.com® About GWM Editorial Advertise Jobs Press Browse Energy Climate Business Operations Design Packaging Resource Efficiency Small Business Marketing Communications Engage News Blogs Careers Jobs Events Newsletters RSS Twitter Webcasts Videos Podcasts Research Reports Tools Bookstore Organizations Professional Services Featured Sponsor Welcome to GreenBiz.com Home What Role Can IT Play In Corporate Sustainability Computing By Christopher Mines October 13, 2010 The next phase of the growth of Green IT will require getting the IT department involved in sustainability across the

  • Environment blog Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-13 12:51:08
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  • Spotlight On… The World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

    Updated: 2010-10-12 11:25:01

  • Schneider Electric launches new product line at Solar Power International 10

    Updated: 2010-10-12 05:00:00
    Schneider Electric's Renewable Energies Business is launching two new grid tie inverters, a high voltage charge controller, and is exhibiting a range of solutions at Solar Power International (SPI), the premiere marketplace in North America for professionals in the solar industry, from October 12-14. The Schneider Electric exhibit is at booth 1211 in the Los Angeles Convention Centre and hosts product displays with Schneider Electric experts on hand, iPad™-facilitated demonstrations, and video.

  • Second Wind, in Partnership with Beijing New Energy Technology Co., launches its Triton Wind Profiler in the world's largest wind energy market

    Updated: 2010-10-12 05:00:00
    Second Wind is giving wind project developers in China the opportunity to use the wind energy industry's leading remote sensing system by launching the Triton Sonic Wind Profiler at this week's China Wind Power 2010 conference and exhibition in Beijing.

  • Richardson Electronics Releases New Products Selector Guide

    Updated: 2010-10-12 05:00:00

  • Vermont PSB Passes on Feed-inTariff Preemption Issue

    Updated: 2010-10-11 15:53:00
    : Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Monday , October 11, 2010 Vermont PSB passes on Feed-inTariff preemption issue In an October 8, 2010 memorandum the Vermont Public Service Board PSB concluded that it will not request that FERC examine the validity of Vermont's standard offer program because no party had demonstrated that the standard offer program violates federal law or that it must be suspended . The PSB also declined to halt the . program The Public Service Board review of the Vermont standard offer program or Feed-in Tariff program was triggered by a Vermont Department of Public Service request to review whether Vermont's program would be viewed as preempted due to FERC's decision in California Public Utilities Commission 132

  • Wind Calculator

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  • Observer Food Monthly Life and style guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-10 01:50:50
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  • U.S. Navy Pays Big Bucks for Biofuels

    Updated: 2010-10-08 22:01:46
    The U.S. military, as the single biggest consumer of fossil fuels in the world, are particularly interested in alternatives due to supply risks and price security.

  • US Customer Special: All Power America Complete Wind Package 3.5KW

    Updated: 2010-10-08 16:29:42

  • California’s HomeBuyer Solar Option Sets Example for Growth of Distributed Solar Generation

    Updated: 2010-10-07 23:09:57
    California continues to prove its leadership in advancing the solar industry by instituting a new HomeBuyer Solar Option and Solar Offset Program to promote distributed solar development. The HomeBuyer Solar Option requires residential real estate developers to offer a solar photovoltaic energy system option to all new home buyers. Developers who do not participate in [...]

  • NRDC Sues Feds to Reinstate PACE Program

    Updated: 2010-10-07 18:17:00
    : Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Thursday , October 07, 2010 NRDC Sues Feds to Reinstate PACE Program The Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC has filed suit against the federal agencies responsible for halting the Property Assessed Clean Energy PACE . program The PACE program was implemented as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA It allowed local governments to finance the upfront costs of homeowners’ clean energy and energy efficiency projects . Those upfront costs would then be paid back over time by an increase in property . taxes Since those upfront costs are often the primary hindrance to homeowners taking on clean energy and energy efficiency projects , PACE diminished that concern and enabled homeowners

  • Environment blog Biofuels Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-07 17:08:19
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  • Environment blog Climate change Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-07 17:08:18
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  • Environment blog Food Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-07 17:08:17
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  • Environment blog Renewable energy Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2010-10-07 17:08:16
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  • RealClimate

    Updated: 2010-10-07 17:08:13
    start here home about data sources RC wiki contributors index archive Solar spectral stumper Filed under : Climate Science Climate modelling Sun-earth connections gavin 7 October 2010 It’s again time for one of those puzzling results that if they turn out to be true , would have some very important implications and upset a lot of relatively established science . The big issue of course is the if” . The case in question relates to some results published this week in Nature by Joanna Haigh and colleagues They took some hot of the presses’ satellite data from the SORCE mission which has been in operation since 2003 and ran it through a relatively complex chemistry radiation model . These data are measurements of how the solar output varies as a function of wavelength from an instrument called

  • NIPSCO Net Metering and Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Case Schedule Revised; NIPSCO Spreadsheet Analysis for FIT Rates Revealed

    Updated: 2010-10-06 23:13:45
    The second Technical Conference  in the NIPSCO net metering and feed-in tariff case in Cause No. 43922 was conducted Monday afternoon October 4th.  Most of the Technical Conference was devoted to a spreadsheet analysis presented by NIPSCO supporting its proposed feed-in tariff rates. See NIPSCO Feed-in Model Spreadsheets For a general overview, please see the PowerPoint NIPSCO [...]

  • State Senate Candidate Eckerty supports nuclear power in Delaware County; State Senator Sue Errington proponent of renewable energy

    Updated: 2010-10-06 19:25:25
      Republican Doug Eckerty wants to look beyond wind to nuclear energy. By SETH SLABAUGH• October 6, 2010 • http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20101006/NEWS01/10060316 MUNCIE — Forget wind energy; Doug Eckerty, a state Senate candidate, wants to see nuclear power reactors in Delaware County. Sen. Sue Errington, D-Muncie, championed wind energy during a recent debate with Eckerty, a Republican [...]

  • FTC proposes to expand green marketing claims to renewable energy

    Updated: 2010-10-06 18:35:00
    : Renewable Energy Law Blog The Law , Science , and Policy of Renewable Energy Development Wednesday , October 06, 2010 FTC proposes to expand green marketing claims to renewable energy Today , the U.S . Federal Trade Commission released for public review and comments proposed changes to its Green Guides . The document can be found : here Proposed Revisions to the Green Guides . 8221 There are numerous proposed changes , but most significantly for the readers of this blog is the proposed expansion of the Green Guides to cover made with renewable energy” and carbon offsets” . claims The proposed Green Guides advises marketers that they should not make unqualified renewable energy claims if the power used to manufacture any part of a product was derived from fossil . fuels In addition ,

  • South-East European Eco Forum at IFAT in Munich

    Updated: 2010-10-06 05:00:00

  • Country Profile: Romania Opens up to Green Energy

    Updated: 2010-10-06 05:00:00
    Obstacles remain, but two events suggest that the nation of 22 million, long powered by coal and large-scale hydroelectric plants, is finally ready to start fulfilling its widely recognised clean energy potential.

  • Second Wind offers flexible rental and leasing programs for Triton Sonic Wind Profiler

    Updated: 2010-10-05 05:00:00
    Enabling a wide range of wind energy companies to measure hub-height wind speeds by employing highly reliable and dependable remote sensing systems in their wind resource assessment studies, Second Wind announced today a new, flexible leasing program for its Triton® Sonic Wind Profiler.

  • October Is National Energy Awareness Month

    Updated: 2010-10-05 04:35:01
    We are officially four days into National Energy Awareness Month, and throughout October, federal agencies will be highlighting the work they have been doing “to position our country for a sustainable future, create new clean energy jobs and lay the foundation for our long-term economic security.”  President Obama kicked things off over the weekend with [...]

  • As the Federal RES Evolves, What Does it Mean for Solar?

    Updated: 2010-10-04 20:55:28
    The proposed federal RES is a good beginning, and provides a decent foundation for future legislation. Although it may not be perfect for solar initially, it forces legislators to address the important issue of alternative energy development, and provides them with a blueprint with which to do so. Our guess is that the requirements, and the ACP, will likely increase on a state-by-state basis. In the meantime, renewable energy is able to put itself on the map, and we’ve taken the first step of many in diversifying our energy infrastructure and moving towards a more sustainable future.

  • IDEA Supports IREC Written Comments on IURC Draft Proposed Rule on Net Metering

    Updated: 2010-10-03 22:09:35
    Indiana Distributed Energy Advocates (IDEA) endorsed the written comments filed by Jason Keyes with Keyes and Fox on behalf of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) on the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) draft proposed rule on net metering. IREC Indiana Net Metering Comments Sep 30 2010 IREC redline of Indiana draft NEM rule Sep [...]

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