• 8/29/11: Wind Turbine Supply Chain Management | Berlin, Germany

    Updated: 2011-05-30 22:30:46
    The wind power industry comes along with an increasingly complex and competitive wind turbine supply chain. Supply chain issues have dictated delivery capabilities, product strategies and pricing for every wind turbine manufacturer. Global expansion and new international competitors in the market are pushing manufacturers to optimise their supply chain, align their logistics and strengthen their [...]

  • Cheap human-powered generator brings light to East Africa

    Updated: 2011-05-30 21:51:53
    A few months ago, I took a look at the difference micro solar systems were making for people in the developing world: a small system that provides enough energy to charge a light and a cell phone can change these people’s standard of living immensely. As you might imagine, companies like Barefoot Power aren’t the... Read More...

  • Uniquely Upcycled: How Two St. Louis Designers Are Recreating Fashion (Part 1)

    Updated: 2011-05-30 19:55:46
    William McDonough and Michael Braungart, authors of Cradle to Cradle, defined “upcycling” (a term coined by Swiss archtect Walter Stahel) as creating useful products from waste materials. Upcycling helps to lessen the use of new, raw materials when making original products and, in turn, reduces energy use, air and water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.... Read More...

  • Ethics Commission Report – German Energy Turnaround Decision

    Updated: 2011-05-30 18:20:57
    The Ethics Commission has presented its official report to Chancellor Merkel. Even before receiving the report, the coalition committee last night reportedly agreed to essentially phase out nuclear power by 2021/2022. 1. Ethics Commission Report As information was leaked to the media before the presentation, it came as no surprise that the Ethics Commission considers a phase-out feasible within a [...]

  • Environment blog Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2011-05-30 13:50:40
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  • Hydropower tunnel under Niagara Falls

    Updated: 2011-05-30 13:50:29
    A 10 km tunnel under the Niagara Falls has been drilled to increase the output of the hydropower plant, Sir Adam Beck Generating Station, in Ontario, Canada. By Renewable Energy Focus staff The extension project, which is expected to be finished in 2013, will increase the flow of water by ...

  • Army Demonstrates Stealth Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle at Indy 500

    Updated: 2011-05-30 13:50:28
    The United States Army displayed its stealth Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle (CERV) during the first Emerging Technology Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as part of a lead-up to the 100th anniversary of the Indy 500 race. The Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) demonstrated ...

  • US automobile workers union seeks to claw back wage concession

    Updated: 2011-05-30 13:50:27
    United Auto Workers vice-president Joe Ashton, who negotiates with General Motors, said he wants to raise the $14-an-hour entry-level wage for union members at assembly plants in talks this year. The pay for new employees, about half of what senior workers get, is "not a middle-class wage," Ashton ...

  • Progress in carbon tax talks

    Updated: 2011-05-30 13:50:27
    Australian Climate Change Minister Greg Combet said he expects to conclude details of a plan for a carbon tax yesterday after making progress in talks with lawmakers. The Multiparty Climate Change Committee, which includes the minister and lawmakers, met in Canberra since Saturday to try to formulate the ...

  • Middle Eastern airlines studying biofuels as efficient alternative

    Updated: 2011-05-30 13:50:27
    Middle Eastern airlines are being urged to invest in biofuels programmes to help their industry achieve ambitious targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Aviation produces about 2 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions, but growth in air travel will cause the industry to triple its greenhouse ...

  • Dubai utility shortlists 18 developers for Hassyan I

    Updated: 2011-05-30 13:50:25
    Dubai utility has selected 18 developers to bid for the development of the first facility of 1,500 megawatts in Dubai to be developed as an independent water and power project. The project — Hassyan I power and seawater desalination plant — aims to meet rapidly increasing power ...

  • Cate Blanchett TV ad angers climate change sceptics

    Updated: 2011-05-30 13:31:00
    Guardian: Cate Blanchett appears in an ad funded by pro-climate action groups, urging fellow Australians to 'finally' do something about climate change. The Hollywood actor Cate Blanchett has found herself in the middle of a slanging match over climate change following her appearance in a TV commercial calling on Australians to back a tax on carbon. The advert, paid for by climate action groups, says it is time to tax big polluters and finishes with Blanchett, who is Australian, calling on her fellow...

  • Global carbon at record high: IEA

    Updated: 2011-05-30 12:15:00
    Agence France-Presse: Carbon-dioxide emissions hit a record high last year, the International Energy Agency said on Monday, dimming the prospects of limiting the global temperature increase to two degrees Celsius. "Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates," the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a statement. After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, emissions are estimated to have climbed to a record 30.6 gigatonnes...

  • Australia: Cate Blanchett sparks climate change debate

    Updated: 2011-05-30 11:05:00
    In the News: Climate change is a contentious subject that often divides opinion, most recently over Cate Blanchett's support for the introduction of a carbon tax in her native Australia. The actress ignited controversy when a television advert urging people to back the introduction of a carbon tax was released starring her. She is firmly behind Australia reducing its emissions, as are the Australian government and the Greens. However, not everyone shares these opinions, sparking a discussion that has...

  • Scientists Create Ethanol From Hydrogen They Created From Ethanol

    Updated: 2011-05-30 10:39:20
    Join the forum discussion on this post Alas, today I had intended to put up my book review of Amanda Little’s book Power Trip, but I left the book on my desk in the office and I need to review some notes first. So that should be posted for my Thursday column. If you haven’t [...]

  • Nuclear power: Japan crisis tests carbon emission cuts as nations end atomic option

    Updated: 2011-05-30 07:00:00
    Guardian: Moves to cut carbon emissions in line with international targets have come under renewed strain since the nuclear crisis in Japan led some countries to shelve plans to use the technology. Switzerland became the latest country to decide to phase out nuclear power last week, citing concerns over the accident at the Fukushima plant that was left stricken by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami in March. The Swiss decision not to build any new nuclear stations - three were in the pipeline - follows...

  • China expands lead in renewable energy technology: index

    Updated: 2011-05-30 07:00:00
    China Post: China widened its lead over the United States as the most attractive country for renewable energy projects, following its “greenest” five-year plan to date, Ernst & Young LLP said. China's score out of 100 increased to 72 from 71 last quarter, while the U.S. remained in second place at 67 points in the consultant's quarterly Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index released on Thursday in an e-mailed statement. India drew ahead of Germany to claim third place. “This is principally due...

  • Analysis: India Takes Unique Path To Lower Carbon Emissions

    Updated: 2011-05-30 07:00:00
    Reuters: With four times the population of the United States, an economy growing 8-9 percent a year and surging energy demand, India's race to become an economic power has propelled it to No. 3 in the list of top carbon polluters. India's greenhouse gas emissions will keep rising as it tries to lift millions out of poverty and connect nearly half a billion people to electricity grids. But it is also trying to curb emissions growth in a unique way, fearing the impacts of climate change and spiralling energy...

  • Record gas emissions 'puts drive to halt temperature rise at risk'

    Updated: 2011-05-30 06:00:00
    Telegraph: The bleak statistics, compiled by the International Energy Agency (IEA), will prompt fears the world's drive to limit emissions and halt temperatures increases are likely to fail. Despite a high level push by governments to limit global warming, unprecedented levels of carbon were released into the air over the past 12 months, the unpublished figures have disclosed. The IEA found a record 30.6 gigatons (Gt) of carbon dioxide gushed into the atmosphere, mainly from burning fossil fuel -- a rise...

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  • Greenpeace Activists Climb Greenland Oil Rig

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  AP Three Greenpeace activists on Sunday climbed up an oil rig off Greenland's coast in an attempt to stop a Scottish oil company from starting deepwater drilling in the arctic waters, the green group said.

  • Australia: Climate Ad Divides Community, Politicians

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  AAP A television advertisement urging Australians to support a tax on carbon has earned kudos and criticism as the debate over what to do about climate change deepens.

  • China Expands Lead in Renewable Energy Technology: Index

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  China Post <pChina widened its lead over the United States as the most attractive country for renewable energy projects, following its "greenest" five-year plan to date, Ernst & Young LLP said.

  • Climate Change to Deal Blow to Fruits, Nuts: Study

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  <div class="field-item odd" AFP Climate change is expected to alter the global industry in fruits and nuts dramatically as tree crops such as pistachios and cherries struggle in the rising temperatures, researchers said.  

  • Judge Orders U.Va. to Hand Over Climate Records

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  AP The University of Virginia has been ordered to turn over documents produced by a former scientist studying climate change so a state judge can decide which documents are exempt from the state's Freedom of Information Act.

  • Mexico: Withering Heat Prompts Warnings

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Los Angeles Times Extreme temperatures are gripping much of Mexico, prompting warnings from health officials and causing concern among some residents over the absence of seasonal rainfall this week.

  • SC Nuclear Plant Becoming 1st in U.S. to Go Digital

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  AP Technicians will soon finish installing digital controls for the operating and safety systems of a nuclear reactor in South Carolina, a move being closely watched by other nuclear complexes.  

  • Michael Bloomberg: Too Much 'Hot Air' on Climate Change

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Bloomberg New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has accused politicians in the United States of a failure of leadership when it comes to dealing with climate change.

  • Everest Glacier 'Turning Into a Lake' Due to Global Warming

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Telegraph A study of glacial melting in the high Himalaya found that the Imja glacier has melted from solid ice in the mid-1950s to a one and a half mile long lake today.

  • Facing Legal Pressure, Pentagon Shrinks Backlog of Challenged Renewable Energy Projects

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  ClimateWire Tucked into Section 358 in the National Defense Authorization Act is a provision that demands the Pentagon vote up or down on more than 200 clean energy projects that have run aground.

  • Ailing UN Climate Talks Jolted by Record Surge in Greenhouse Gases

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Guardian The record leap in global greenhouse gas emissions last year has thrown the spotlight on the world's only concerted attempt to stem the tide of global warming – the UN climate negotiations.

  • Germany to Scrap Nuclear Power by 2022

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  AFP Germany on Monday announced plans to become the first major industrialized power to shut down all nuclear plants in the wake of the Japan disaster, with a phase-out due to end by 2022.  

  • Julia Gillard Orders Carbon Tax Blitz

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ordered a national blitz by senior ministers to sell the government's climate change plans amid mounting opposition from business to the carbon tax.

  • Bacterial Enzyme Converts Carbon Monoxide to Hydrocarbons

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Green Car Congress Researchers at Utah State University report on an engineered bacterial enzyme — a molybdenum (Mo) nitrogenase — that is capable of converting carbon monoxide into usable hydrocarbons. <div class="custom-ad"

  • China Drought Affects More Than 34 Million People

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  AFP A debilitating drought along China's Yangtze river has affected more than 34 million people, leaving farmers and livestock without water and parching a major grain belt, the government said.

  • Activists All Out to Stop Rare Earth Plant

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Free Malaysia Today In the town of Gebeng in Pahang, a new rare earth plant has evoked fears of radiation contamination as residents seek to stop the construction of the world's largest such refinery.

  • Kyoto Protocol Deal Loses Four Big Nations

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Sydney Morning Herald Russia, Japan and Canada told the G8 they would not join a second round of carbon cuts under the Kyoto Protocol at UN talks this year, and the U.S. reiterated it would remain outside the treaty.

  • Canada: Tories Left Oil Sands Data Out of UN Report

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  Ottawa Citizen </div Canada has said it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20% increase in annual pollution from the oil sands industry in 2009 from a recent 567-page report that it was required to submit to the UN.

  • Trucks Lose, Ships Win in Warmer Arctic

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  AFP Global warming will have a devastating effect on roads in the Arctic but open up tantalizing routes for shipping, according to a study published on Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change.  

  • Democrats Want Hearing on Marcellus Impacts

    Updated: 2011-05-30 05:00:00
    Source:  The Charleston Gazette Democrats on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce want to hold congressional hearings on the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing. <br /

  • Ailing UN climate talks jolted by record surge in greenhouse gases

    Updated: 2011-05-29 22:07:00
    Guardian: A coal-powered power plant in the notoriously polluted city of Linfen in Shanxi province. China is focusing on carbon emissions in its next five-year plan. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images The record leap in global greenhouse gas emissions last year has thrown the spotlight on the world's only concerted attempt to stem the tide of global warming – the United Nations climate negotiations. Next week, governments will convene in Bonn, Germany, for the latest round of more than 20 years...

  • Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink

    Updated: 2011-05-29 22:07:00
    Guardian: Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming to safe levels all but out of reach, according to unpublished estimates from the International Energy Agency. The shock rise means the goal of preventing a temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Celsius – which scientists say is the threshold for potentially "dangerous climate change" – is likely to be just "a nice Utopia", according to Fatih Birol,...

  • Climate change demands we re-engineer the world economy now

    Updated: 2011-05-29 21:57:00
    Guardian: As an alarm call, the surge in emissions revealed by the International Energy Association is deafening. After the banking crisis of 2008, the cooling of the global economy had appeared to have given our wheezing, warming world pause for breath. As GDP went into reverse, so did energy use and the pumping of planet-heating gases into the atmosphere. Attempts to agree global action went into reverse at the same time, despite the 120 heads of state who burned the midnight oil in Copenhagen in 2009....

  • Dow introduces COMPAXX wind blade core material

    Updated: 2011-05-29 20:30:30
    Dow Formulated Systems is introducing the COMPAXX™ 700 foam core material for use in the manufacture of wind turbine blades. COMPAXX 700 is the first in a line of new core materials designed to help extend blade life through the creation of high performance sandwich composites. According to Dow, ...

  • Wind farms: Britain is 'running out of wind'

    Updated: 2011-05-29 19:37:00
    Telegraph: According to government figures, 13 of the past 16 months have been calmer than normal - while 2010 was the “stillest” year of the past decade. Meteorologists believe that changes to the Atlantic jet stream could alter the pattern of winds over the next 40 years and leave much of the nation's growing army of power-generating turbines becalmed. The Coalition has drawn up plans to open more wind farms in an effort to meet Britain's European Union target of providing 15 per cent of its energy...

  • Germany to decide on nuclear phase-out plans

    Updated: 2011-05-29 16:53:00
    Reuters: Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition is expected on Sunday to formulate a timetable for closing Germany's nuclear power plants and a plan for replacing their output. Merkel in March backtracked on an unpopular decision just months earlier to extend the life of aging nuclear stations in Germany, where the majority of voters opposes nuclear energy. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), her Bavarian sister Christian Social Union (CSU) party and junior coalition partner the Free Democrats...

  • Masdar graduation a milestone

    Updated: 2011-05-29 11:50:21
    The upcoming graduation of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology's first batch of students will be an important occasion not only for our young institution, but for the UAE as a whole. The institute was set up to address Abu Dhabi's dual aims of becoming a knowledge ...

  • Ocean acidification is latest manifestation of global warming Environment The Observer

    Updated: 2011-05-29 03:10:34
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  • Food output may be hit as climate shifts

    Updated: 2011-05-28 18:39:03
    Global food output may be hurt as climate change brings more extreme weather over the next decade, with China likely set for harsher droughts and North America getting heavier rain, said the World Meteorological Organisation. "Extreme events will become more intense in the future, especially the heat ...

  • Japan takes a shine to renewable energy

    Updated: 2011-05-28 15:00:00
    Washington Post: In the now-abandoned town of Futuba, inside the 12-mile evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi plant, a sign that arches over the entrance to a main street reads: "Nuclear power is the energy of a bright tomorrow.' But today, as workers continue their struggle to contain radioactive leakage at the plant, resource-poor Japan has been forced to scale back that commitment to nuclear power and is scrambling to find alternatives. A new energy policy, which Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan began...

  • Analysis: German drought threat to biodiesel producers

    Updated: 2011-05-28 15:00:00
    Reuters: Drought will sharply cut the rapeseed harvest in Germany, which produces about a quarter of the European Union's crop, and is likely to force biodiesel producers to cut output. About 75 percent of Germany's rapeseed is used by its biodiesel industry, the largest in the EU. "The biodiesel producers must seek to find alternative supplies or may face the prospect of cutting their production," said Claus Keller of German commodity analysts FO Licht. Drought in the past four weeks has caused...

  • Australia's burping cows more climate friendly than thought

    Updated: 2011-05-28 15:00:00
    Reuters: Australia's huge cattle herd in the north might be burping less planet-warming methane emissions than thought, a study released on Friday shows, suggesting the cows are more climate friendly. Cattle, sheep and other ruminant livestock produce large amounts of methane, which is about 20 times more powerful at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. One cow can produce about 1.5 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year. Half of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture and most...

  • United States: Report on greenhouse gas emissions draws complaints

    Updated: 2011-05-28 15:00:00
    Record: Greenhouse gas emissions in New Jersey declined 8 percent from 2007 to 2008, the state estimates in a new report that has drawn fire from environmentalists who question the numbers and the state's methodology. The report estimates that emissions of greenhouse gases totaled 124.9 million metric tons in 2008. Not only did emissions decline, the total was slightly better than a state target of the 125.6 million metric tons it is supposed to reach by 2020. Transportation sources accounted for 50...

  • GOP presidential hopefuls shift on global warming

    Updated: 2011-05-28 13:30:00
    Associated Press: For Republican presidential contenders who once supported combatting global warming, the race is heating up. Most of the GOP White House hopefuls have stepped back from their previous positions on global warming. They're catering to an activist right wing that questions the science of climate change and disdains big government. When they were governors, Tim Pawlenty, Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney all supported regional plans to curb greenhouse gases. Romney changed his position in 2005. Pawlenty...

  • Climate change to hit global food output: UN

    Updated: 2011-05-28 09:00:00
    Bloomberg: Global food output may be hurt as climate change brings more extreme weather over the next decade, with China likely set for harsher droughts and North America getting heavier rain, said the World Meteorological Organization. “Extreme events will become more intense in the future, especially the heat waves and extreme precipitations,” Omar Baddour, a division chief at the United Nations’ agency, said in a phone interview. “That, combined with less rainfall in some regions like the Mediterranean...

  • 9/26/11: OLEDs World Summit 2011 | San Francisco, CA

    Updated: 2011-05-28 01:30:46
    The 13th annual OLEDs World Summit 2011 will feature world-class speakers discussing major issues, challenges, controversies and upcoming trends impacting the OLEDs industry in both the lighting and display sectors.

  • E-Waste Management: The Big Picture (infographic)

    Updated: 2011-05-27 20:42:15
    Electronic waste (or e-waste) presents a number of challenges: its growth, its toxicity, unethical approaches to recycling… the list goes on. And while it’s a big issue in the United States, it’s not limited to us: the rest of the world is also trying to figure out what to do with all of those discarded... Read More...

  • Biofuels For Transportation: Been There, Done That

    Updated: 2011-05-27 16:56:28
    There is a great deal of controversy about the wisdom of diverting a significant percentage of the US corn crop into the production of ethanol to fuel cars.  Something like 25-30% of the crop will probably be used this way in 2011 which sounds alarming in the face of global food supply issues that have... Read More...

  • Ernst & Young Releases Quarterly Country Attractiveness Report

    Updated: 2011-05-27 14:05:00
    Global consultant group Ernst & Young has just released its latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices, which numerically rank the top 30 global renewable energy markets by their investment strategies and infrastructures. The indices are updated quarterly.

  • Aggressive efficiency and electrification needed to cut California emissions

    Updated: 2011-05-27 11:38:28

  • Enzyme holds the key to renewable hydrocarbons

    Updated: 2011-05-27 11:25:37
    Researchers in US solve key step in process that uses bacteria and carbon dioxide to produce hydrocarbons

  • 100.85 MWp New German PV Capacity in February 2011

    Updated: 2011-05-27 11:18:49
    The Federal Network Agency’s preliminary February 2011 figures for additional PV capacity in Germany show new build of 100.85 MWp. This is a significant decrease compared with the 266.0345 MWp in January, and lower than the 163.280 MWp from February 2010. The figures for January and February, however, resemble last years data to a certain [...]

  • Solazyme pumps up pricing for $198m biofuel IPO

    Updated: 2011-05-27 09:59:00
    Business Green: Solazyme pumps up pricing for $198m biofuel IPO Company announces IPO will be offered at $18 a share, ahead of expected listing later today One of the largest clean tech IPOs of this year is set to get underway, after California biofuel and bioproducts firm Solazyme announced yesterday that it was increasing the pricing for its stock offer ahead of an anticipated listing on the Nasdaq later today. Earlier this month, the San Francisco-based firm said it planned to offer 9.98 million shares...

  • ERGEG Consultation on Regulatory Oversight of Energy Exchanges

    Updated: 2011-05-27 09:58:41
    On 18 May 2011, the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG) launched a public consultation on its draft advice for best practices on the regulatory oversight of energy exchanges. It is intended to serve as a background paper which may be utilised in the discussion of the regulatory framework for an energy wholesale market [...]

  • Japan moves to protect children as new nuclear leak revealed

    Updated: 2011-05-27 09:26:00
    Reuters: Japan will pay schools near the quake-ravaged Fukushima nuclear power plant to remove radioactive top soil and set a lower radiation exposure limit for schoolchildren after a growing outcry over health risks. The Education Ministry triggered protests in April when it set a radiation exposure limit for children of 20 millisieverts per year, the same dosage the International Commission on Radiation Protection recommends for nuclear plant workers. The decision became a focal point for anger over...

  • Facing legal pressure, Pentagon shrinks backlog of challenged renewable energy projects

    Updated: 2011-05-27 06:00:00
    ClimateWire: Clashes between military radar and renewable energy catapulted into the limelight last year when plans for a massive Oregon wind farm snagged on Pentagon objections. Military brass eventually approved the project, but lawmakers did not forget the outrage wrought by that showdown -- or similar conflicts that preceded it. And in the fiscal 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, they did something about it. Tucked into Section 358 is a provision that demands the Pentagon vote up or down on the...

  • Cornish town aims to be UK's first to adopt solar power - struggle becomes YouTube series

    Updated: 2011-05-27 05:01:00
    Independent: The residents of the small town of Wadebridge, Cornwall, are aiming to transform the area into the first solar- and renewable-energy powered town in the UK. Their journey towards this goal is the subject of a YouTube mini-series. The small town located in Cornwall on the southern tip of the United Kingdom has a population of around 6,000 and, thanks to a campaign by local residents, aims to become the first solar-powered town in the UK. This campaign to convert to renewable energy is being...

  • ASU Scientists Develop Secreting Bacteria With Green Auto-Recovery To Eliminate Cost Barriers For Renewabl

    Updated: 2011-05-27 03:48:00
    REDORBIT: A Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing low-cost, renewable biofuels from bacteria. The team has reprogrammed photosynthetic microbes to secrete high-energy fats, making byproduct recovery and conversion to biofuels easier and potentially more commercially viable. “The real costs involved in any biofuel production are harvesting the goodies and turning them into fuel,” said Roy Curtiss, of the Institute’s...

  • Venice floods no worse under climate change

    Updated: 2011-05-27 03:44:00
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Future reprieve Venice may be less at risk than feared from rising sea levels because damaging storm surges are likely to get less frequent this century as a side-effect of climate change, says an Australian expert. Shifts in storm patterns in the Adriatic Sea could be a local impact of global warming, and this could offset higher sea levels in a city whose St Mark's Square and other historic areas are often flooded. "Higher sea levels will be counteracted by less severe storm surges," says...

  • Scientists generates hydrogen as an energy source from ethanol and sunlight

    Updated: 2011-05-27 03:09:00
    ScienceDaily: Scientists Generates Hydrogen as an Energy Source from Ethanol and Sunlight A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) and the University of Auckland (New Zealand) uses ethanol and sunlight to generate hydrogen as an energy source. Jordi Llorca, director of the Institute of Energy Technology and researcher at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya's Nanoengineering Research Centre, is one of the authors of the study,...

  • Flexible films for photovoltaics

    Updated: 2011-05-27 03:09:00
    ScienceDaily: Flexible Films for Photovoltaics Displays that can be rolled up and flexible solar cells -- both are potential future markets. Barrier layers that protect thin-film solar cells from oxygen and water vapor and thus increase their useful life are an essential component. What do potato chips and thin-film solar cells have in common? Both need films that protect them from air and water vapor: the chips in order to stay fresh and crisp; the solar cells in order to have a useful life that is as long...

  • Himachal Pradesh becomes first Indian state to sell carbon credits to the World Bank

    Updated: 2011-05-27 01:27:00
    Infochange India: Himachal Pradesh is the first Indian state to sell carbon credits under the UN-mandated Clean Development Mechanism to the World Bank from new forests to be developed largely on waste ground Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in India to sign an agreement with the World Bank to secure carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in 11 watershed divisions under the Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project. Under the agreement, the World Bank will buy carbon...

  • NJ plans to pull out of greenhouse gas initiative

    Updated: 2011-05-27 00:18:00
    Associated Press: New Jersey is dropping out of the Northeast's program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced Thursday, calling the pact a failure at cutting pollution and a burden to taxpayers. The decision to withdraw from the 10-state cap-and-trade program at the end of the year marks a turnaround for New Jersey, a heavily industrialized state that was an early backer of efforts to curb the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. Environmentalists were dismayed,...

  • Sustainable palm oil hits five million-tonne milestone

    Updated: 2011-05-27 00:15:00
    Business Green: Sustainable palm oil hits five million-tonne milestone Green Palm reports that RSPO-certified palm oil now accounts for nine per cent of global supply as demand grows Palm oil certified by the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) now accounts for nine per cent of global supply, according to certificate trading scheme Green Palm. This marks another step forward for the sector blamed for widespread deforestation. Green Palm announced on its blog this week that RSPO-certified palm oil...

  • BlueGreen and Apollo Join Forces to Strengthen Movement for Good 21st Century Clean Energy Jobs Apol

    Updated: 2011-05-27 00:11:32
    , : Apollo Alliance : Clean Energy Good Jobs Working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans back to work Working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans back to work Home About Mission Achievements Why Do We Call It The Apollo Alliance Board Endorsers Funders Staff Jobs Programs Reports The New Apollo Program The California Program Clean Transportation Manufacturing Action Plan Green Manufacturing Action Plan GreenMAP Economic Recovery Act Green-Collar Jobs Pledge Imagining Newark’s Green Future The Green Room Research Reports State Local California Los Angeles Oakland San Diego Colorado Hawaii Indiana Ohio Oregon Massachusetts Missouri Michigan New York State New York City Texas Washington Wisconsin Signature Stories

  • 10/17/11: 3rd Ukrainian Renewable Energy Forum | Kyiv, Ukraine

    Updated: 2011-05-27 00:11:01
    The Ukrainian renewable energy Forum was traditionally a door to the Ukrainian energy market. During the year we prepare a business platform REF, so that later within two days to give the forum participants the maximum, if it is possible, concerning the quality of information and communication, and to give the next impetus to the [...]

  • Transportation Funding for Bicycling: an Economic No-Brainer?

    Updated: 2011-05-26 22:53:32
    Even the most die-hard supporter of our current personal transportation infrastructure (essentially, roads and bridges designed for cars) will likely admit that bicycling (and walking) has some fundamental benefits: a very low environmental footprint, a lot of saved money for those using bikes for at least some of their transportation (though just how much savings... Read More...

  • The Easiest Way to Grow Your Own Potatoes

    Updated: 2011-05-26 18:06:08
    I gotta admit, I’m something of a lazy gardener. I will always seek out the easiest way to plant vegetables and grow my own food. But I have some good excuses, too: I don’t like tilling soil because it disrupts the soil life, and why would I spend all that time weeding when I can... Read More...

  • Biden Says U.S. Will Lead Energy Revolution

    Updated: 2011-05-26 14:45:00
    America, with its entrepreneurial spirit and innovative national labs, will lead the global clean-energy revolution and reap the economic and environmental benefits that go with it, Vice President Joe Biden vowed in a visit last week to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

  • Huge solar photovoltaic farm opens in France big picture Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2011-05-26 12:27:00
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  • Teaching algae to make fuel

    Updated: 2011-05-26 10:51:18

  • Federal Cabinet Approves Draft Bill Transposing Ecodesign Directive 2009

    Updated: 2011-05-26 08:57:54
    The Federal Cabinet yesterday approved a draft bill amending the Energy Using Products Act (Energiebetriebene-Produkte-Gesetzes – EBPG) to become the Energy Consumption Relevant Products Act (Energieverbrauchsrelevante-Produkte-Gesetz, EVPG). The bill shall transpose the 2009 Ecodesign Directive into German law. The Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC contains a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy related products with the aim [...]

  • Schneider Electric's solar solutions to be presented at Intersolar Europe 2011

    Updated: 2011-05-25 19:48:46
    Schneider Electric Renewable Energies Business will have a significant presence at Intersolar Europe 2011, the largest business-to-business solar event in Europe. Along with displays of complete solar solutions and a competitive line of products, Schneider Electric's team of experts will be on hand in Hall B4, Booth 270 to discuss how to make the most of your energy.

  • 7/4/11: Offshore Foundations for Wind Turbines | Bremen, Germany

    Updated: 2011-05-25 18:20:38
    Assessing next generation foundation designs and installation processes for cost effective offshore solutions. High-level speakers from research and industry including SPT Offshore, WeserWind, Bilfinger Berger Ingenieurbau, MBD Offshore Power and many more will present their projects and share their expertise.

  • Sustainable Wheat Production Through Intensification

    Updated: 2011-05-25 16:48:35
    Last week I had the honor of meeting Dr. Jason Clay, Vice President of the World Wildlife Fund.  We were on the same panel at CropLife America’s second annual National Policy Conference.  Jason got the opportunity to promote his main project which is influencing major commercial entities in the food chain to promote intensification of agriculture... Read More...

  • The Dangers of Energy Generation

    Updated: 2011-05-25 14:00:00
    Sign-In or Create a Free Account World's 1 Renewable Energy Network for News Information News Blogs Podcast Video Finance Companies Products Jobs Calendar Magazines Events Our Magazines Article Archives The Dangers of Energy Generation By Elisa Wood , Contributor 2011-05-25 09:00:00.0 Post Your Comment In the aftermath of the Fukushima-Daiichi incident it should be recognised that all forms of generation involve risk although wind and solar are among the safest . Do you like this article Email Bookmark Print Feed Share Tweet Share Virginia , US-- It was a bit astounding . Somehow , despite the massive tsunami that hit Japan's Kamisu offshore wind farm 11 March 2011, its seven turbines emerged intact . While the crushing wave wrecked almost everything in its path , the turbines stood tall

  • Clearingstelle EEG Initiates Advice Procedure on Extension of PV Installations

    Updated: 2011-05-25 01:07:00
    Clearingstelle EEG (EEG Clearing Agency) recently initiated an advice procedure (Hinweisverfahren) aimed at determining the commissioning date for PV installations that are extensions of existing PV power plants. EEG Clearing Agency is an independent body established by the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety that serves interested parties with regard to the [...]

  • The Best Vegetarian Friendly Ballparks

    Updated: 2011-05-24 23:15:55
    While we all may sing about “peanuts and Cracker Jack” during the seventh inning stretch, when we head to the food vendors at baseball parks, we’re more likely to go for hot dogs, burgers, bratwurst, etc. Unless you’re vegetarian, of course… and, in that case, you may just assume you’re going to go hungry during... Read More...

  • TSOs See Significant Impact of Nuclear Power Moratorium

    Updated: 2011-05-24 16:35:30
    The four German TSOs have indicated that the nuclear power moratorium is having a significant impact on the German electricity supply system. Sufficient security of energy supply may not be guaranteed in southern Germany on very cold winter days with concurrent low wind power generation. Section 11(1) of the German Energy Act (EnWG) obliges transmission system [...]

  • Renewable Energy World Asia moves to Malaysia in 2011 for annual gathering of renewables industry professionals

    Updated: 2011-05-24 12:36:11
    Renewable Energy World Asia, the region's premier conference and exhibition for the renewable and sustainable energy industry, will move to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 27th to 29th September 2011.

  • 3TIER Releases 90 Meter Wind Prospecting Tools

    Updated: 2011-05-23 18:13:01
    3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis, today announced the release of new 90 Meter Wind Prospecting Tools. The web-based service gives wind project developers and financiers immediate access to 90 meter resolution wind resource data across the continental US – the highest resolution data currently available on-demand. Such finely detailed data reveal how even small terrain features will affect wind power generation, enabling anyone with a financial stake in a project to better manage spatial risk during the earliest stages of project development.

  • OLG Hamm: DSO Must Connect Wind Power Plant at Nearest Grid Connection Point

    Updated: 2011-05-23 10:16:51
    In a recent ruling the Higher Regional Court of Hamm (OLG Hamm) decided that the distribution system operator had to connect the wind power plant at the nearest grid connection point for his grid. Failure to do so resulted in liability for damages. In the case at hand, defendant had connected the wind power plant of plaintiff [...]

  • Wind Turbine Gear Heads (60HZ) GE 1.5mW Opportunity!

    Updated: 2011-05-23 07:11:32

  • India Balances Development against Emissions

    Updated: 2011-05-23 07:00:00
    One of the key challenges facing fast developing economies such as India is how to fuel and sustain economic growth while simultaneously reducing emissions. Like China, India is strongly opposed to setting emission reduction targets, arguing that any constraints would adversely impact economic growth, with this resistance unlikely to weaken before the current first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends in December 2012. But this emission constraint resistance should not be confused with sustainable market development.

  • 8/9/11: Wind Energy Update’s Health and Safety Summit USA | Dallas, TX

    Updated: 2011-05-20 21:17:45
    Wind Energy Update’s Health and Safety Summit USA will attract over 150 attendees across two days. Working on site at wind farms can be dangerous business but employers can significantly reduce that risk by adopting outstanding EHS strategies designed from industry best practice to avoid citation, ensure staff safety and maximize productivity. Wind Energy Update’s [...]

  • EEG Revison – Initial Consultation Phase for Ministerial Draft Bill

    Updated: 2011-05-20 19:12:12
    The ministerial draft bill (Referentenentwurf) for the upcoming amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) has been released by the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety for comments to organisations and groups which will be affected by the law. Concurrently, the draft has been submitted to other ministries which are concerned with the EEG [...]

  • New speakers confirmed at Wind Power Italia: 14-15 June, Rome

    Updated: 2011-05-20 16:15:00
    Don't miss out on attending Wind Power Italia to hear from Roberta Benedetti (EON Climate and Renewables), Pio Forte (UniCredit Leasing), Carl Durante (Maestrale) and Paolo Grossi (RWE Innogy) along with other senior practitioners shaping the Italian wind industry.

  • California, Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, and Colorado Top the Nation in Clean Energy Leadership

    Updated: 2011-05-20 14:40:00
    Clean Edge's second annual U.S. Clean Energy Leadership Index, released today, provides the industry's most comprehensive and objective analysis and ranking of how all 50 states, and the individuals, businesses, and organizations that operate there, compare across the clean-energy spectrum.

  • Beijing Sets Plan for Massive EV Adoption

    Updated: 2011-05-20 10:18:00
    A tentative subsidy for purchasing electric vehicles (EVs) for personal use in Beijing has passed reviews by several government ministries and commissions with oversight authority and is expected to go into effect soon.

  • 5/26/11: “通过有效的遮阳系统实现节能””Energy saving due to effective sunshading systems” | Shanghai, China

    Updated: 2011-05-20 05:09:13
    “Energy saving due to effective sunshading systems” “通过有效的遮阳系统实现节能” Short outline By significantly reducing the energy required to heat and cool a building, sun shading systems effectively pay for themselves. Building climate control consumes large amounts of energy, and windows play a major role in the energy balance. Flexible external systems, such as external venetian blinds, [...]

  • First Financial Instrument to Hedge Wind Power Variability Risk Now Available

    Updated: 2011-05-19 22:54:07
    Sign-In or Create a Free Account World's 1 Renewable Energy Network for News Information News Blogs Podcast Video Finance Companies Products Jobs Calendar Magazines Events Recent Activity About Blog Press Releases Calendar Products Feeds Contact First Financial Instrument to Hedge Wind Power Variability Risk Now Available By 3TIER 2011-05-19 17:54:07.0 Galileo and 3TIER Offering to Lower Cost of Development Capital Do you like this article Email Bookmark Print Feed Share Tweet Share Seattle , WA 3TIER® , a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis , and Galileo , a global leader in weather risk management , announced today their collaboration in offering the first financial products designed to assist the wind power industry in hedging the financial risk of wind variability .

  • EUR 200 Million in Research Funds for Storage Facilities

    Updated: 2011-05-19 19:48:33
    The expansion of new storage facilities is a key element for a speedy expansion of renewable energies. The German federal government acknowledged this in last year’s Energy Concept as well as in the  6-point Key Paper for an Accelerated Transformation of the German Energy Infrastructurefollowing the Fukushima nuclear accident. Yesterday, the competent ministries announced to make available EUR [...]

  • Beyond Emission Pricing – a Renewables Revolution in the True Sense of the Word

    Updated: 2011-05-19 09:07:22
    Join the forum discussion on this post The following guest essay was written by Dr. Felix Mormann from Stanford Law School. Dr. Felix’s research focuses on the regulatory and policy challenges of climate change mitigation through sustainable energy solutions. Previously, Dr. Felix worked as a corporate and energy lawyer representing a major [...]

  • Federal Cabinet Adopts Government Programme Electromobility

    Updated: 2011-05-18 23:09:32
    Following the presentation of the second report of the National Electromobility Initiative (NPE) on Monday, the Federal Cabinet adopted a Government Programme Electromobility. As already announced on Monday by the competent ministries, the government intends to allocate an additional EUR 1 billion for R&D until the end of the legislative term. The joint press release by the [...]

  • Renewable Integration Still a Challenge for Utilities

    Updated: 2011-05-18 22:48:38
    As the world continues to fight against the effects of climate change, renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, wave, biomass and others are often cited as the solution to help both curb carbon emissions and meet rising global demand for power.

  • Will the real Renewable Energy Foundation please stand up Leo Hickman Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2011-05-18 21:10:54
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  • 7/11/11: India International Footwear Exhibition,Calicut/Kozhikode – IIFE 2011 | Calicut/Kozhikode, India

    Updated: 2011-05-18 21:10:31
    The Kerala State Small Industries Association (KSSIA) will host a two-day international footwear exhibition at Kadavu Resort,Calicut/Kozhikode, Kerala, India from July 11,2011. For more details, visit the IIFE 2011 Official Website : http://www.iife2011.com/

  • The Interview: Public Incentives Roundtable

    Updated: 2011-05-18 10:17:00
    During the recession, about the only game in town was the Treasury Department's cash grant program, known as "1603"," a reference to its section within the American Recovery and Reconstruction Act

  • Apollo’s TMAP Events Create Local Excitement Apollo Alliance Clean Energy Good Jobs

    Updated: 2011-05-18 03:53:39
    : Apollo Alliance : Clean Energy Good Jobs Working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans back to work Working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans back to work Home About Mission Achievements Why Do We Call It The Apollo Alliance Board Endorsers Funders Staff Jobs Programs Reports The New Apollo Program The California Program Clean Transportation Manufacturing Action Plan Green Manufacturing Action Plan GreenMAP Economic Recovery Act Green-Collar Jobs Pledge Imagining Newark’s Green Future The Green Room Research Reports State Local California Los Angeles Oakland San Diego Colorado Hawaii Indiana Ohio Oregon Massachusetts Missouri Michigan New York State New York City Texas Washington Wisconsin Signature Stories

  • Sol Systems Presents Nationally on SRECs Markets & Best Practices

    Updated: 2011-05-17 19:32:22
    As the SREC markets continue to grow by 50% annually, these markets will grow in complexity, and so our efforts must grow in focus. We at Sol Systems take this responsibility very seriously.

  • Canadian Solar Announces 81 MW Sales Agreement with Saferay

    Updated: 2011-05-16 18:33:10
    Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, today announced that the Company has signed an agreement to sell 81 MW of solar modules to Saferay GmbH (www.safe-ray.com) at a fixed price for projects in Germany. Canadian Solar is expected to deliver the full 81 MW before the end of the third quarter 2011. Delivery has already commenced.

  • 100 Percent Renewables: The Resources are There, Says UN Report

    Updated: 2011-05-16 16:42:06
    Renewable energy sources are expected to contribute up to 80 percent of global energy supply by 2050, according to a new report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

  • Ecuador Adopts Feed-in Tariffs

    Updated: 2011-05-16 16:08:21
    The electricity authority of Ecuador adopted a system of feed-in tariffs for the development of renewable energy on April 14, 2011. The regulations cover both continental Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands.

  • Carbon Trust maps emissions flow' of traded goods Duncan Clark Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2011-05-16 13:50:46
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  • No Nukes, No Problem? Germany's Race for a Renewable Future

    Updated: 2011-05-13 17:43:00
    During the last several years, there has been talk of a global "renaissance of nuclear energy". That was yesterday. Today, the tragic disaster in Fukushima, Japan, has raised worrying questions about the safety standards of existing nuclear power plants.

  • How nuclear disaster forced Japan to be frugal with energy Jonathan Watts Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2011-05-13 01:17:35
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  • How nuclear disaster forced Japan to be frugal with energy Jonathan Watts Environment guardian.co.uk

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  • 5/19/11: Algae Growing, Harvesting and Extraction Technologies Collaboration, Strategic Alliances and Networking Conference | Fairless Hills, PA

    Updated: 2011-05-13 01:17:15
    The National Algae Association and BARD Holding are co-sponsoring the Algae Growing, Harvesting and Extraction Technologies Collaboration, Strategic Alliances and Networking Conference on May 19, 2011. The event will focus on progress in algae growing, harvesting and extraction methods, along with proven technologies that are ready for commercial-scale algae production. NOAH, Drexel University and CBO [...]

  • 7/18/11: Geothermal Designer Boot Camp Training with LoopLink Certification | virutal

    Updated: 2011-05-13 01:17:14
    COURSE DESCRIPTION The course will use IGSHPA’s “Residential and Light Commercial Design and Installation Manual”, and is taught by the author. LoopLink, an online geothermal design tool, will be used heavily in the class and the course comes with a 1-year license for the software. Loop Link Certification is earned by successfully completing the final [...]

  • 9/26/11: Clean Coal China Congress 2011 (CCCC 2011) | Beijing, China

    Updated: 2011-05-11 23:50:48
    Together with China’s main coal producers and power generators, we are delighted to announce Clean Coal China Congress 2011 (CCCC 2011): the ONLY event in China to bring together regional operating companies with international suppliers to discuss the latest technology development and strategic opportunities for coal gasification, IGCC and Polygeneration, CCS, CTL, Coal to Chemicals, [...]

  • 3TIER Names Craig Husa as New CEO

    Updated: 2011-05-11 23:12:48
    3TIER®, a global leader in renewable energy risk analysis, today announced that Craig Husa has been named Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Husa brings over twenty years of executive leadership experience in high-growth, technology companies. He previously served as CEO of break-through companies including NeuralIQ, General Software, and Healia. He also founded CourtLink Corporation which was acquired by LexisNexis.

  • IURC Approves Final Net Metering Rule

    Updated: 2011-05-11 21:20:37
    I received this message this afternoon following the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) weekly conference today (5/11/2011). Dear Interested Parties,   Thank you for your participating in the administrative rulemaking for net metering.  This afternoon, the Commission approved the attached Final Rule.  The rule will now be circulated through the State process for full approval.  [...]

  • Keeping America Competitive Apollo Alliance Clean Energy Good Jobs

    Updated: 2011-05-11 06:30:53
    : Apollo Alliance : Clean Energy Good Jobs Working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans back to work Working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans back to work Home About Mission Achievements Why Do We Call It The Apollo Alliance Board Endorsers Funders Staff Jobs Programs Reports The New Apollo Program The California Program Clean Transportation Manufacturing Action Plan Green Manufacturing Action Plan GreenMAP Economic Recovery Act Green-Collar Jobs Pledge Imagining Newark’s Green Future The Green Room Research Reports State Local California Los Angeles Oakland San Diego Colorado Hawaii Indiana Ohio Oregon Massachusetts Missouri Michigan New York State New York City Texas Washington Wisconsin Signature Stories

  • IURC Weekly Conference Agenda 5/11/2011 Lists Final Net Metering Rule

    Updated: 2011-05-11 01:01:52
    The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) weekly conference agenda for Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 2:00 pm lists RM#09-10 which is the new net metering rule. The agenda indicates that the new rule–if approved–will become effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher. I assume this notation refers to publication in the Indiana Register. It [...]

  • Webinar - Cost of Losses for Network Investment

    Updated: 2011-05-10 16:45:14
    Home Tagcloud Sitemap Contact us Register Login The Global Community for Sustainable Energy Professionals Leonardo ENERGY About us Blogs Community E-learning Library Service Home Webinar Cost of Losses for Network Investment Webinar Cost of Losses for Network Investment By Fernando Nuno Published on Tue , 2011-05-10 16:45 Date : nbsp Monday , May 30, 2011 09:00 Duration timezone : nbsp 1 hour Brussels time Moderators : nbsp Harry Colebourn Enroll for this event : nbsp https : www.onlineregistrationcenter.com register.asp m=211 c=159 Content : nbsp The cost of losses is a critical input to the planning , design and operational activities of distribution network businesses . Whilst the cost of losses will rarely provide the complete justification for an augmentation project , it will change

  • Webinar - The Energy Report - A fully sustainable and renewable global energy system is possible by 2050

    Updated: 2011-05-10 16:24:51
    Home Tagcloud Sitemap Contact us Register Login The Global Community for Sustainable Energy Professionals Leonardo ENERGY About us Blogs Community E-learning Library Service Home Webinar The Energy Report A fully sustainable and renewable global energy system is possible by 2050 Webinar The Energy Report A fully sustainable and renewable global energy system is possible by 2050 By Fernando Nuno Published on Tue , 2011-05-10 16:24 Date : nbsp Tuesday , June 14, 2011 16:00 Duration timezone : nbsp 1 hour Brussels time Moderators : nbsp Kees van der Leun Enroll for this event : nbsp https : www.onlineregistrationcenter.com register.asp m=211 c=158 Content : nbsp For several reasons , the world will need an adapted energy system to accommodate its growing population . Climate change ,

  • Italy changes solar FITs

    Updated: 2011-05-09 01:58:16
    Editor’s Note: This article from Craig Morris is a follow-up on an earlier post entitled, Abound Solar Wants Italian Sun; Will Italian Government Extention of Current Feed-in Tariff Impact Indiana? Craig Morris and I are both members of the Alliance for Renewable Energy Steering Committee. Last week during our monthly telephone conference call I asked if anyone [...]

  • The 10 major Wind Power Companies in the World

    Updated: 2011-05-05 17:05:59

  • Utilities Gearing Up for Smart Grids

    Updated: 2011-05-05 08:47:00
    It wasn't so long ago that we were wondering whether the term 'smart grid' should have a hyphen or not.

  • Reassessing the Chinese Clean-Tech Juggernaut (or Why the U.S. Shouldn't be Written off Quite Yet)

    Updated: 2011-05-04 20:40:25
    China is clearly a clean-tech force to be reckoned with. It installed more wind power, manufactured more solar PV and solar hot water heaters, and spent more money overall on clean-energy investments than any other nation in 2010. The Chinese government, facing severe pollution issues and energy shortages, has made clean tech a cornerstone of its economic security and development plans.

  • Mike Pence: Best energy strategy is independence; Is Pence running in 2012 for Indiana Governor?

    Updated: 2011-05-04 15:42:10
     Editor’s Note: We could know by the end of the week if Mike Pence will run for Indiana Governor. The Sixth District Republican told reporters Monday that he and his family have made their decision. The announcement could have taken place Monday, but was postponed because of news of the death of Osama bin Laden. If [...]

  • Sierra Club’s Coal Free Indiana University (IU) finances 8 solar panels at Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) installed by Mann Plumbing/MPI Solar

    Updated: 2011-05-03 22:58:56
     Original story: http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=81348 By Claire Aronson | IDS | April 26, 2011 Eight solar panels producing two kilowatts of clean energy were installed on the roof of the Indiana Memorial Union on Thursday. The panels are each 250 watts and are located on the left side of the Whittenberger Auditorium entrance, said Jill Minor, Mann [...]

  • IURC rejects Rockport hearing delay; Watchdog sought time to review emails to former IURC Chairman Hardy

    Updated: 2011-05-03 16:31:50
    Editor’s note: I find it fascinating that there are now two docket entries in this case in Cause No. 43976 on 4/18/2011 and 4/26/2011 entitled, “Tender of communications”. These docket entries contain emails addressed to IURC Chairman Jim Atterholt from members of the general public expressing their feelings about the Indiana Gasification project. Doesn’t that [...]

  • Watchdog Group Citizens Action Coalition Says State agency heads colluded on gas deal

    Updated: 2011-05-03 16:19:11
    Original article: http://www.ibj.com/watchdog-state-agency-heads-colluded-on-gas-deal/PARAMS/article/26920   by Chris O’Malley, Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) May 2, 2011   Former Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission chief David Hardy and the state’s then-finance director, Jennifer Alvey, improperly discussed the merits of a $6.9 billion contract the Indiana Finance Authority ultimately struck with operators of the Indiana Gasification plant proposed for Rockport, plant [...]

  • Abound Solar Wants Italian Sun; Will Italian Government Extention of Current Feed-in Tariff Impact Indiana?

    Updated: 2011-05-03 01:21:34
    Editor’s Note: Abound Solar will be manufacturing soon in Tipton, Indiana. Mark Chen, Director of Marketing at Abound Solar, told me in a phone conversation last month that 92% of Abound’s product is exported to Germany and Italy. Of the remaining 8% of their product destined for the US, 80-90 % of that goes to [...]

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