• Will Indiana lawmakers give solar PV a property tax exemption in 2012?

    Updated: 2012-02-29 17:45:05
    Indiana state lawmakers are entering the final days of the 2012 Indiana General Assembly. The short session which occurs in even-numbered years must adjourn by March 14th by state law but there is an agreement to adjourn early by Friday, March 9th. The Indiana State Senate just passed HB 1072 with little more than 5 [...]

  • Abound Solar halts production of pv, cuts 180 jobs; Indiana operations won’t start until company reaches capacity in Colorado

    Updated: 2012-02-29 17:22:54
    Associated Press February 28, 2012 As published by the IBJ at http://www.ibj.com/abound-solar-halts-production-cuts-180-jobs/PARAMS/article/32931 A Colorado-based solar module maker said Tuesday that it was suspending work on its first-generation models and laying off about 180 workers as the company focuses on a more efficient product. Abound Solar, which hoped to hire up to 1,200 people in Indiana [...]

  • Renewable Energy Industry Leaps into Mainstream Power Generation

    Updated: 2012-02-29 16:22:14
    It’ a leap year and I am writing this on February 29th. This year we have one extra day to make our work count. It’ exciting and invigorating to me. #xD; There’ another exciting and invigorating development taking place this year. It is one that proves renewable energy has made it to the mainstream and it is happe

  • New York and Wind Power: Can It Take Off?

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:47:00
    New York Times: As we report in Wednesday`s Times, New York is finally pursuing wind power by planning a few projects that take advantage of the city’s coastal features. In the meantime, many city residents can buy wind power through their utility companies. Paul Thomas, chief executive officer of Green Mountain Energy, a provider that offers a “pollution free” blend of wind and hydropower through Con Edison, said that tens of thousands of New Yorkers who buy from his company do not mind paying a small premium...

  • US Congress urged not to cut global health funding

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:46:00
    SciDev.Net: Proposed US cuts to funding for global health research and development could scupper gains made in tackling diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, warns a report released yesterday (28 February). The Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC) -- a grouping of non-profit health research organisations -- presented its report at a Congressional briefing. They highlighted the key role of US government bodies in developing vaccines, drugs, diagnostic products and other necessary tools...

  • United States: Projects to add wind power for city gain momentum

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:00:00
    New York Times: Despite Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s long-expressed dream of putting wind turbines on skyscrapers and bridges, the constraints of an urban landscape have so far proved too challenging for reliable wind power in the city, energy experts said. As a result, New York City has been largely inactive — and behind the national curve — in embracing wind power. But that is about to change. This spring, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection will solicit plans for the first major wind project, the...

  • Report: Slower steaming could cut ship emissions by 15%

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:00:00
    EurActiv: Published 29 February 2012Tags CO2 targets fuel efficiency maritime emissions If ships were obliged to immediately cut their speeds, they could also slash 15% of their carbon emissions and save billions in lower ship fuel bills, according to a new report. The report, 'Regulated slow steaming in maritime transport' by the consultants CE Delft, says that if global average maritime speeds were reduced by 10%, carbon dioxide savings would rise to 19%, even after the cost of building and operating...

  • Counting the Family Carbon

    Updated: 2012-02-29 13:19:00
    New York Times: Which has the lower carbon footprint - our life in the New Jersey suburbs or our life in a cabin in the woods of Maine? We recently hit the halfway mark for our year in the woods, so I now have enough data to answer the question. As a social scientist at the Nature Conservancy, I collect data compulsively. It`s not my only compulsion, but it`s on par with drinking fine beers. (Sadly, the two do not mix well - unless I`m counting beers.) Since we moved from Australia to New Jersey nearly six...

  • EU carbon lacks direction amid low volumes

    Updated: 2012-02-29 09:28:00
    Reuters: EUAs were stable on Wednesday morning amid thin volumes as the market waited for fresh direction following a day of big price swings on Tuesday, when prices hit a 10-week high. By 0900 GMT, the ICE ECX December 2012 EU Allowance contract was pegged at 9.04 euros, down 2 cents on Tuesday's settlement. The bellwether contract opened at 9.00 euros, falling to a low of 8.88 euros in the first two hours of the session when less than 1 million December 2012 EUAs were traded. "There are pretty...

  • U.K. firm to raise $500 million for Asia clean-tech

    Updated: 2012-02-29 09:04:00
    Reuters: U.K. investment firm Sustainable Development Capital LLP plans to raise more than $500 million to invest over the next two to three years in specialist funds and companies involved in environmental projects in Asia, its chief executive said. The London-based investment and advisory company will tap pension funds, private equity firms and wealthy individuals for investments. The firm will fund projects dealing with water treatment, sustainable land management and low-carbon transport systems, chief...

  • Does building turbines use more energy than they produce?

    Updated: 2012-02-29 09:03:00
    Guardian: Critics of wind energy often claim that the energy used to construct a wind turbine outweighs the energy produced during its lifetime in operation. This is not correct. An evidence review published in the journal Renewable Energy in 2010, which included data from 119 turbines across 50 sites going back 30 years, concluded that the average windfarm produces 20-25 times more energy during its operational life than was used to construct and install its turbines. It also found that the average "energy...

  • Australia: Australian utilities face carbon bill

    Updated: 2012-02-29 06:00:00
    Age: VICTORIA'S major power generators have emerged as some of the biggest carbon emitters in the country and will pay hundreds of millions of dollars under the carbon tax - costs that will largely be passed on to consumers. Government figures released yesterday under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act show Great Energy Alliance Corporation, which owns Loy Yang A station, pumped out 19.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in the 2010-11 financial year. International Power, which owns...

  • Enbridge Races to Expand in Oil-Rich Bakken

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Crews Work to Clean Up Snake River Oil Spill in Wash. State

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
    (AP) Crews are working to clean up an oil spill on the Snake River Tuesday following a leak of about 44 gallons of oil. The leak occurred during an operation to transfer oil.

  • EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules Under Scrutiny in Two-Day Hearing

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • EPA: Greenhouse Gas Permits Won’t Target Smaller Sources

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • World's Oldest Nuclear Plant Shuts in Britain

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Sen. Inhofe: Climate Change Theories Rely on ‘Rigged’ Data

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • EU Carbon Market Changes Move Ahead

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Oil Drilling Finds Friends Among Greens Embracing Carbon Capture

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • First Solar Hit by Steep Loss, Shares Slip

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Greens and Gulf Coast Officials Push Congress for Fund for Oil Spill Cleanup

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Clinton: No Timeline Yet for New Keystone XL Pipeline Decision

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Projects to Add Wind Power for New York City Gain Momentum

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • More Americans Believe in Climate Change: Poll

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Canada Aims to Boost Clean Air, but Slash Environmental Protection Budgets

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Merkel Cabinet Endorses Steep Solar Power Cuts

    Updated: 2012-02-29 05:00:00
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  • Arguments preview fight on EPA greenhouse gas rules

    Updated: 2012-02-29 00:16:00
    Reuters: Heavy industry groups and states argued in a federal court on Tuesday that U.S. environmental regulators had used faulty science in determining that greenhouse gas emissions endangered human health in the latest attempt to dismantle the Obama administration's rules on the emissions. During the first of two days of arguments on a case that seeks to overturn Environmental Protection Agency regulations, Harry MacDougald, a lawyer for the petitioners, said uncertain evidence was used to reach "90...

  • DEHSt Informs About Use of CERs in European Emission Trading as of 2013

    Updated: 2012-02-28 23:26:05
    The Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) published a fact sheet (in German) with information about the use of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in European emission trading as of 2013. Under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), emission-reduction projects in developing countries can earn certified emission reduction credits, each equivalent to one [...]

  • New BMWi Energiewende Newsletter

    Updated: 2012-02-28 23:25:03
    A newsletter on the German “Energiewende” (energy turnaround) provided by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology will inform about the progress made in restructuring the German energy infrastructure following Germany’s decision after the Fukushima nuclear disaster to pull out of nuclear energy earlier than previous envisaged and reach an 80% renewable energy supply by [...]

  • Renewable Energy Law Blog

    Updated: 2012-02-28 22:25:00
    Tuesday , February 28, 2012 Photo via Flickr Maine tidal project wins pilot license Federal regulators have issued a pilot project license to a tidal energy project proposed in Maine's Cobscook Bay . Yesterday , the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued an order granting Ocean Renewable Power Company Maine , LLC an 8-year pilot project license to construct , operate , and maintain its proposed Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project . As licensed , the 300 kilowatt project will be located in Cobscook Bay north and east of Seaward Neck and west of Shackford Head State Park in Eastport , . Maine ORPC Maine applied for its pilot license in September 2011. Last month , FERC issued its Environmental Assessment of the Cobscook project , finding generally that licensing the hydrokinetic project

  • The Woodwalk Goes to Park City: the Paradigm Project on Film

    Updated: 2012-02-28 19:44:35
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  • Richmond (Indiana) Power and Light Municipal Utility Fires General Manager (GM) Sam Saum; No reason given

    Updated: 2012-02-28 19:01:56
    Richmond Utility Fires GM InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report The general manager of Richmond Power and Light has been fired. The utility’s board, which is also the Richmond Common Council, made the decision roughly a week after not renewing Steve Saum’s contract. A specific reason for the firing has not been announced Kicks 96 in Richmond reports even [...]

  • Get involved in the green agenda at the Guardian's Open Weekend Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-02-28 17:37:00
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  • Oil Drilling Finds Friends Among Greens Embracing Carbon Capture

    Updated: 2012-02-28 14:21:00
    Bloomberg: Oil drilling, long opposed by environmentalists worried about climate change, gained a friend among green groups that say old wells may offer a low-cost way to keep a gas linked to global warming out of the atmosphere. At an event today in Washington, Southern Co. (SO) and Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) will join their usual green foes to push tax breaks for so- called enhanced oil recovery, which advocates say will boost domestic production and curb emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas scientists...

  • Expect severe climate change, German envoy tells Nigerian farmers

    Updated: 2012-02-28 14:00:00
    Vanguard: German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs. Dorothee Janetzke-Wenzel, has declared that Nigeria will be affected by severe climate change than many other countries in Europe. Dorothee said this, yesterday, at a workshop on legal and regulatory frameworks for agricultural insurance reform in Nigeria for protecting Nigerian farmers from climate change in Abuja. She noted that the workshop was organised to find ways to ameliorate the impact of climate change in the country. Dorothee stressed further that...

  • Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session 9

    Updated: 2012-02-28 13:10:49
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  • New research links crop disease and climate change

    Updated: 2012-02-28 13:01:00
    Physorg: "Currently, there is considerable debate about climate change adaptation and mitigation in relation to controlling crop disease, while also maintaining sufficient food production," said Professor Fitt, a leading authority on plant pathology. "Government policy and the agricultural industry need to prepare for the impacts of climate change particularly where food production is likely to be adversely affected. Strategies for adaptation to climate change are needed to maintain good disease control and...

  • Reduction In Carbon Emissions Attributed To Cheaper Natural Gas

    Updated: 2012-02-28 12:18:00
    redOrbit: Lower emission from power plants in 2009 was driven by competitive pricing of natural gas versus coal In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative to 2008. In the power sector, however, the recession was not the main cause. Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have shown that the primary explanation for the reduction in CO2 emissions from power generation that year was that...

  • Scotland's spectacular scenery 'being wrecked by windfarm vultures'

    Updated: 2012-02-28 12:00:00
    Guardian: Scotland's spectacular mountain scenery is being wrecked by "windfarm vultures" making millions on the back of government subsidies, an environmental group says. The warning follows a decision by the Scottish government to approve a 59-turbine windfarm on the Glenfiddich estate on Speyside, south of Dufftown. The estate is owned by Christopher Moran, a multi-millionaire London financier whose insurance and property business is said to be worth more than £200m. Critics allege that he is now...

  • Obama angers green businesses with support for Keystone Plan B

    Updated: 2012-02-28 11:42:00
    Business Green: President Barack Obama has angered green businesses and NGOs by throwing his weight behind a new plan that could see work start on the controversial KeystoneXL tar sands oil pipeline in the next few months, crushing hopes that the administration would permanently block the project. Pipeline developer TransCanada announced yesterday it will start construction of the southern section of the pipeline, running from Cushing, Oklahoma to Port Arthur, Texas. It will also reapply for permission to construct...

  • EU politicians approve plan to withhold carbon permits

    Updated: 2012-02-28 11:21:00
    Business Green: A European Parliamentary committee has voted through proposals to support fragile carbon prices by setting aside a number of permits in the next phase of the EU's emissions trading scheme. As expected, the committee backed an amendment to the Energy Efficiency Directive that would let the Commission take measures that "may include withholding of the necessary amount of allowances" from the 2013-2020 phase of the EU market. The move is designed to reduce a surplus of allowances in the carbon...

  • EU vote expected to back plan to prop up carbon price

    Updated: 2012-02-28 10:47:00
    Business Green: EU parliamentarians are today expected to back action to stimulate carbon prices in the bloc's emissions trading scheme (ETS) as part of a wider vote on energy efficiency. With prices of EU Allowances (EUAs) hitting record lows over the past few months, politicians are considering proposals to set aside a number of emissions permits due to be sold from 2013 in a bid to reduce an estimated surplus of a billion allowances in the carbon market. The impact of the world-wide recession left carbon...

  • EU politicians back proposal to withhold EU carbon permits

    Updated: 2012-02-28 10:23:00
    Reuters: A senior European Union parliamentary committee backed a proposal on Tuesday to allow the EU Commission to cut the supply of carbon permits in the bloc's emissions trading scheme in a bid to prop up low prices. The industry committee of the EU Parliament passed an amendment to the Energy Efficiency Directive that would let the Commission take measures that "may include withholding of the necessary amount of allowances" from the 2013-2020 phase of the EU market. Before becoming law the bill...

  • Live Q A Climate scientist Michael Mann on the hockey stick' controversy Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-02-28 09:29:40
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  • 6/6/12: GeoPower Indonesia & Philippines | Jakarta, Indonesia

    Updated: 2012-02-28 09:29:16
    GeoPower Indonesia & Philippines will bring together policy figures with local and international geothermal companies from across the geothermal value chain for two days of networking and solutions, as the industry addresses how to reduce lead times for developing projects, how to leverage the investment to stimulate the growth of the industry, and how to [...]

  • Prince Charles to get funding from 'blot on the landscape' windfarms

    Updated: 2012-02-28 09:03:00
    Guardian: Prince Charles is set to benefit from the erection of onshore windfarms in England and Wales despite once declaring them a "horrendous blot on the landscape". Under a change in funding arrangements for the royal household due to come into effect next year, the upkeep of his London home, Clarence House, and the costs of his official trips on private charter jets and the royal train will be funded through income from the crown estate, which leases out land for the largest onshore windfarm in the...

  • Australia releases rules for $9.2 bln CO2 price support

    Updated: 2012-02-28 09:00:00
    Reuters: The Australian government on Tuesday released rules governing$8.6 billion ($9.2 billion) in free carbon permits to polluting industries, a key part of a package of sweeteners needed to win support for a nationwide price on carbon emissions from July. The carbon-pricing programme, only the second of its type outside Europe, has proved deeply divisive in Australia, with miners, manufacturers and the energy sector saying it will hurt earnings and cost jobs. To win over industry, the government...

  • EU Industry Emissions Rise Slightly In 2011: Analysts

    Updated: 2012-02-28 09:00:00
    Reuters: European Union industrial carbon emissions rose by up to 2.4 percent last year, analysts surveyed by Reuters estimated, below the market cap and keeping the 27-nation bloc on track to meet its 2020 climate target. The EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) limits the emissions of over 12,000 installations, including power plants and factories, and covers over 40 percent of the 27-nation bloc's total emissions. The EU Commission publishes emissions data for the scheme in April each year, which...

  • EU politicians poised to back carbon, energy action

    Updated: 2012-02-28 08:46:00
    Reuters: European Union politicians are expected on Tuesday to back action to prop up the collapsed carbon market, as part of a wider debate on energy saving, putting pressure on the EU executive to tackle a huge surplus of pollution permits. Anticipation of a positive vote in the European Parliament has helped to drive up EU carbon allowances from a low of less than 7 euros in December to above 9 euros. Supporters of market intervention span the political divide and include industry as well as the...

  • U.S. greenhouse gas emissions rebound 3.3 percent

    Updated: 2012-02-28 08:15:00
    Reuters: Higher energy consumption and warmer weather drove up total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 3.3 percent to 6.866 billion tonnes between 2009 and 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said in its latest emissions inventory report released Monday. After declining in both 2008 and 2009, greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel consumption rose 3.6 percent in 2010, according to the report. "This trend is attributed to an increase in energy consumption across all economic sectors, due to...

  • Who is in charge of Britain's energy policy?

    Updated: 2012-02-28 08:03:00
    Guardian: The battle over how the UK should meet its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 is at its most feverish in the energy sector. Lobbying by energy companies to channel government policy towards serving their best interests is intense. This would not be a problem if ministers and civil servants wielded their power to base policy on evidence rather than influence, but Britain has moved well past this point. There is genuine uncertainty about who is in control of the overall energy...

  • Canadian oil sands: Defusing the carbon bomb

    Updated: 2012-02-28 06:00:00
    Nature: Environmentalists and many politicians have called the oil sands a planetary-scale threat as they fight to prevent further development of the resource. Andrew Weaver and Neil Swart, both climate scientists at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, listened to the rhetoric and decided to run some calculations. Because of the energy-intensive process for producing oil from this region, it is true that greenhouse gas emissions are higher than average. But their work underscores evidence that...

  • United Kingdom: Campaign calls for link between £4bn carbon tax and Green Deal

    Updated: 2012-02-28 06:00:00
    Business Green: Using the expected £4bn a year in revenues that will be raised from carbon taxes to fund energy efficiency retrofits would create 200,000 jobs and quadruple projected carbon emission cuts. That is a conclucion of a major study released to coincide with the launch of a new campaign, dubbed the Energy Bill Revolution, which is calling on the government to link green taxes to low carbon investment programmes. The report warns that without a significant injection of additional financial support,...

  • Report: 1950s lighting technology costing UK industry £1.4bn a year

    Updated: 2012-02-28 06:00:00
    Business Green: UK industrial and manufacturing firms could save themselves up to £1.4bn a year by switching to new lighting technologies, according to a major new study undertaken by one of the UK's leading energy efficient lighting firms. The report from Vita Energia, a start-up that specialises in new light fittings and retrofit projects that promise to slash energy use, is based on on-site surveys of more than 500 companies, each employing over 100 people. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the report makes the case...

  • EPA Proposes Keeping Carbon Regulation Limited to Top Polluters

    Updated: 2012-02-28 05:00:00
    Bloomberg: The Environmental Protection Agency proposed keeping U.S. limits on permitting requirements for greenhouse-gas emissions to power plants and other sources that discharge more than 100,000 tons per year. The proposal, posted on the agency’s website on Feb. 24 without notification, would maintain standards established in 2010 for new or revamped plants. The rules require companies building qualifying plants to get state permits, and to use “best available” control technologies. The plan was posted...

  • Keystone breakthrough may muffle Republican attack on Obama

    Updated: 2012-02-28 02:17:00
    Reuters: A Canadian company's decision on Monday to proceed with part of a U.S. pipeline might end up muffling one of the Republicans' loudest arguments in this election year: that President Barack Obama has pursued failed energy policies. TransCanada Corp announced it intended to begin work on the southern leg of the $7 billion Keystone XL project, from Oklahoma to Texas, leaving for later another run at the more controversial, and complicated, northern segment. For months, Republicans have hammered...

  • Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session 8

    Updated: 2012-02-28 00:59:51
    Home Tagcloud Sitemap Login The Global Community for Sustainable Energy Professionals Leonardo ENERGY About us Microsites Blogs Community E-learning Library Service Home Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries Session 8 Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries Session 8 By Fernando Nuno Published on Tue , 2012-02-28 13:59 Date : nbsp Thursday , March 22, 2012 15:00 Duration timezone : nbsp 1 hour Brussels time Moderators : nbsp Mr . Baillargeon , Xavier Lemaire Content : nbsp This is the 8th session of the Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries Register here for the whole Course . You are invited to register regardless the number of sessions you plan to join . You only need to do it once , it will be valid

  • Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session 7

    Updated: 2012-02-28 00:41:24
    Home Tagcloud Sitemap Login The Global Community for Sustainable Energy Professionals Leonardo ENERGY About us Microsites Blogs Community E-learning Library Service Home Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries Session 7 Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries Session 7 By Fernando Nuno Published on Tue , 2012-02-28 13:41 Date : nbsp Thursday , March 8, 2012 15:00 Duration timezone : nbsp 1 hour Brussels time Moderators : nbsp Mr . Baillargeon , Xavier Lemaire Content : nbsp This is the 7th session of the Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries Register here for the whole Course . You are invited to register regardless the number of sessions you plan to join . You only need to do it once , it will be valid

  • Duke Energy Indiana Seeks to Purchase Power; RFP Issued for up to 400 MWs

    Updated: 2012-02-27 23:18:01
    updated: 2/27/2012 10:55:10 AM InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=52400 Duke Energy Indiana is looking to purchase 400 megawatts of power between 2014 and 2017. The utility says the request for intermediate and/or peaking power is part of a response to stricter federal environmental regulations. February 27, 2012 News Release PLAINFIELD, Ind., Feb. 27, 2012 — Duke Energy [...]

  • BNetzA and Grid Operators Reach Agreement for ARegV Investment Budgets

    Updated: 2012-02-27 20:18:05
    The German grid regulator, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) and reportedly 38 grid operators have reached a settlement regarding investment budgets pursuant to the Incentive Regulation Ordinance (ARegV), which determines the revenue caps for the grid fees German network operators can charge. Last year the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (OLG Düsseldorf) handed down a number [...]

  • Kick Off Spring by Shopping Locally: St. Louis Farmers Markets, Craft Shows, and More

    Updated: 2012-02-27 17:15:58
    . , , Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About sustainablog Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Living Kick Off Spring by Shopping Locally : St . Louis Farmers Markets , Craft Shows , and More Kick Off Spring by Shopping Locally : St . Louis Farmers

  • E.P.A. proposes streamlining CO2 permitting for heavy industry

    Updated: 2012-02-27 16:13:00
    Reuters: U.S. environmental regulators have proposed a new rule that limits requirements for factories to hold permits for greenhouse gas carbon emissions to the largest sources such as big coal-fired power plants and big manufacturers. The Environmental Protection Agency's chief Lisa Jackson signed on Friday the third step of a so-called "tailoring rule" on carbon emissions which proposes to keep greenhouse gas permitting at current levels of at least 100,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent....

  • United Kingdom: Wind power still gets lower public subsidies than fossil fuel tax breaks

    Updated: 2012-02-27 15:17:00
    Guardian: Public subsidies for the development of wind power in the UK are dwarfed by the tax breaks enjoyed by fossil fuels, a new Guardian analysis has revealed. Financial support for fledgling renewable energy industries has increasingly come under attack in recent months, but the new data shows that the older industries benefit to a far greater extent. Gas, oil and coal prices were subsidised by £3.63bn in 2010, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , whereas...

  • EPA's Green Power Partnership Helps Big Corporations Greenwash

    Updated: 2012-02-27 14:02:00
    While I generally have nothing but praise for the Environmental Protection Agency, their Green Power Partnership program falls short of the agency’ usual standard. In particular, the program — roviding media recognition for participating companies who procure renewable energy — nflates the activities of large

  • Nigeria, Energy Poverty and Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2012-02-27 14:00:00
    Nigeria’ decision to attain 15 percent renewable energy use by 2015 has been tagged to be a very proactive commitment. An important fact to note is that more than 60 percent of the nation’ population is not connected to the national grid and the remaining population can only boast an epileptic ower supply.  #xD; Apart from th

  • Wind turbines bring in 'risk-free' millions for rich landowners

    Updated: 2012-02-27 06:00:00
    Guardian: The boom in onshore wind power, likened to a "new industrial revolution", is being dominated by a small number of private landowners who will share around £1bn in rental fees over the next eight years. Rental payments vary and are secret but, say property agents speaking in confidence to the Guardian, landowners can now expect £40,000 a year "risk-free" for each large turbine erected on their land. Those set to benefit include senior members of the royal family and the Forestry Commission in Wales...

  • 2/28/12: 5th EV Battery Tech: Global Cost Reduction Initiative | London, UK

    Updated: 2012-02-26 01:29:17
    Initiative examines improving the cost performance ratios of battery system materials and technology by analysing the latest materials, chemistry, technology and integration advances that are capable of providing increased energy density, power, range and longevity from the EV battery pack.

  • Indiana state energy adviser Brandon Seitz takes job with utility, raising concerns among watchdog groups

    Updated: 2012-02-25 17:56:11
    Dear Readers: So what do you think? Laura Ann Arnold Original story: http://www.indystar.com/article/20120225/BUSINESS/302250002/State-energy-adviser-Brandon-Seitz-takes-job-utility-raising-concerns-among-watchdog-groups?odyssey=nav|head Written by John Russell, 12:10 AM, Feb. 25, 2012 Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman’s top energy policy adviser has taken a job with a major Indiana utility, raising more questions about the closeness of the Daniels administration and the energy companies it regulates. Brandon [...]

  • Natural Gas vs Wind Energy

    Updated: 2012-02-24 20:55:54

  • D.C. Leading in Solar Density

    Updated: 2012-02-24 19:39:16
    Most comparisons of current solar capacity rely on the raw figures for installed solar without taking into account the size of the area in which that wattage is contained. Calculating the density of installed solar, measured in kilowatts per square mile, reveals true solar hotspots around the county. The results may surprise you. While Washington, [...]

  • Indiana based solar PV manufacturer Nusun Solar successfully certified to UL standard; now in production

    Updated: 2012-02-24 00:08:09
    Columbus, Ind. (February 14, 2012) –Nusun Solar, an Indiana based manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (Solar PV) panels, has been successfully certified to Underwriters Laboratories UL 1703 standard by ETL certification testing labs – a final pre-production step that ensures the safety, performance and quality of both their solar module’s and the manufacturing processes. Certified in [...]

  • Tax breaks for Rockport gas plant stripped; Indiana lawmakers say too many questions unanswered

    Updated: 2012-02-23 23:40:00
    Original article: http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/feb/22/tax-breaks-rockport-gas-plant-stripped-bill-indian/ By Lesley Weidenbener / Special to the Evansville Courier & Press; Posted February 22, 2012 at 11:33 p.m. INDIANAPOLIS —Questions about a synthetic natural gas plant proposed for Southern Indiana led a House committee Wednesday to strip tax breaks for the $2.6 billion project from a bill that already has passed the [...]

  • 5 Problems with Being a Throwaway Society (Film)

    Updated: 2012-02-23 21:52:35
    : Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About sustainablog Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Media 5 Problems with Being a Throwaway Society Film 5 Problems with Being a Throwaway Society Film February 23, 2012 By SnagFilms 1 Comment Hello there If you are

  • MI Public Service Commission: Renewables Less Expensive than Coal, Spark Economy

    Updated: 2012-02-23 20:23:26
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 CONTACT: Heather Kevnick (517) 333-1606 or mieibc@mieibc.org www.mieibc.org Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/MIEIBC Follow us on Twitter @MI_EIBC New report shows renewable energy standard creates jobs; utilities on track to meet RES LANSING – A Michigan Public Service Commission report shows Michigan’s renewable energy standard is directly sparking [...]

  • Housing Workers for an Offshore Windfarm

    Updated: 2012-02-23 20:09:06
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 23 Recent Comment and will definitely keep the workers happy When I was working on the . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Housing Workers for an Offshore Windfarm Written by Philip Proefrock on 23 02 12 Installing offshore wind turbines is already a logistical nightmare to get all the components delivered to the proper site . But the biggest issue may be getting the workers to the worksite . For the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the east coast of England north of Norfolk , the workers are being housed on-site in a 137-room ferry during their 2-week on 2-week off . rotations A former cruise ferry , the Regina Baltica has now been repurposed to serve as a floating hotel for wind farm

  • Obama Proposes Tax Reform, Making Renewables Credits Permanent

    Updated: 2012-02-23 18:39:23
    The US Federal Government is making another pitch for business-tax reform, and within that thrust it is underscoring its support for renewable energy.

  • BMWi and BMU Reach Agreement Regarding Solar Feed-in Tariff Cuts and EU Energy-Efficiency Directive

    Updated: 2012-02-23 18:12:27
    In a joint press conference Minister Philipp Rösler (Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology – BMWi) and Minister Norbert Röttgen (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety – BMU) presented plans for further solar feed-in tariff cuts and their common position concerning the the EU proposal for a Directive on Energy Efficiency. [...]

  • Raspberry Pi is a Low-Power, Credit-Card Sized Computer

    Updated: 2012-02-23 16:01:06
    , Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 23 Recent Comment I'm not so sure children will appreciate this but enterprising adults View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Raspberry Pi is a Low-Power , Credit-Card Sized Computer Written by Philip Proefrock on 23 02 12 A low-cost , low-power , credit-card sized computer developed by a charitable foundation set up by some computer science instructors from Cambridge University . Their goal was to produce a very inexpensive , low-power computer that could be used by kids to learn programming . Now the first examples of the resulting low-cost credit-card sized computer are about to reach the market with a starting price as little as 25. The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized computer that plugs into

  • 3/8/12: Meet with Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers | Palo Alto, CA

    Updated: 2012-02-23 15:49:05
    Join us for a one-hour presentation on how entrepreneurs and startups can work directly with KPCB and become part of their dynamic portfolio.

  • State Aid for the Coal Sector – Inevitable or Dispensable?

    Updated: 2012-02-23 14:32:24
    My article “State Aid for the Coal Sector – Inevitable or Dispensable?” has just been published in European State Aid Law Quarterly (EStAL). The article is much more comprehensive that what I can put in a blog post. EStAL is  recognized as the leading pan-European publication for State aid law. Its philosophy is to serve as a forum for [...]

  • The Big Question: What Can We Hope for in the Next 12 Months?

    Updated: 2012-02-23 14:00:00
    For its first Big Question feature of 2012, REW asked its readers to share their hopes and fears, opinions and predictions for the year ahead given the outcomes (or lack thereof) of the climate negotiations in Durban, ongoing shakeouts in major renewable energy sectors and the challenging global economic climate.

  • 6/19/12: Biogas East & Midwest | Chicago, IL

    Updated: 2012-02-22 18:48:27
    The 2nd annual Biogas East & Midwest conference will bring together industry leaders from the East and Midwest to put a spotlight on the biogas feedstock value chains that hold untapped potential for developing profitable projects, with a particular focus on how to capitalize on the high energy yields of food and organic waste streams, [...]

  • EEG Clearing Agency: Vote on Solar Feed-in Tariffs for Installation on Commercial Use Conversion Area

    Updated: 2012-02-22 15:53:09
    Clearingstelle EEG (EEG Clearing Agency) has issued a vote concerning solar feed-in tariffs for solar plants on conversion areas from commercial use. The decision relates to conversion areas from commercial use (Konversionsfläche aus wirtschaftlicher Nutzung) pursuant to Section 32 para. 3 sent. 1 no. 2 Renewable Energy Sources Act as applicable until 1 January 2012 (EEG 2009) EEG Clearing [...]

  • How a Garden Builds Real Community: Edible Bus Stop

    Updated: 2012-02-22 15:35:04
    : Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About sustainablog Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Culture How a Garden Builds Real Community : Edible Bus Stop How a Garden Builds Real Community : Edible Bus Stop February 22, 2012 By Important Media Cross-Post

  • Community Choice Aggregation Lets Cities Buy (Cleaner and Local) Electricity in Bulk

    Updated: 2012-02-22 14:00:00
    In 30 states, citizens have just one choice for their electricity service. It's like the old communist truism: "You can have any color car you want, as long as it's red." What if citizens could collectively shop around for electricity in bulk to get lower prices and cleaner, local power? In six states they can with community choice agg

  • 5/21/12: B4E Global Summit 2012 Berlin | Berlin, Germany

    Updated: 2012-02-21 23:40:42
    The green economy heralds a new era of opportunity, growth and sustainable development, placing a higher value on social equity, natural capital and ecological services. Delivering this will require an unprecedented level of collaboration, innovation and commitment to action. But what does this actually mean for business? The B4E Global Summit 2012 in Berlin will [...]

  • Gas Transmission System Operators Publish Draft National Gas Grid Development Plan

    Updated: 2012-02-21 18:32:01
    The German gas transmission system operators published a draft of the national gas grid development plan (NEP Gas) on their joint website www.netzentwicklungsplan-gas.de. It shall serve as a basis for the first NEP Gas, which the gas transmission system operators have to present to the German grid regulator, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) until 1 April 2012. In [...]

  • 4/25/12: 4th Annual Wind Energy Operations & Maintenance Summit USA | Dallas, TX

    Updated: 2012-02-20 22:15:59
    Wind Energy Update’s premier North American wind conference returns for its 4th year with over 300 attendees expected to be on site across three days. Implement proven O&M strategies to maximize generation and reduce costs in new build, end of warranty and out of warranty wind farms. Learn from Duke Energy, Iberdola, EDP Renewables, Infigen, [...]

  • Wind Innovations from the United States – The Cape Wind Project

    Updated: 2012-02-20 21:48:56

  • US Virgin Islands Plans 60% Reduction in Fossil Fuel Use By 2025

    Updated: 2012-02-20 18:07:11
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 20 Recent Comment I remember 25 years ago the Islands were offered a free powerproducer View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it US Virgin Islands Plans 60 Reduction in Fossil Fuel Use By 2025 Written by Megan Treacy on 20 02 12 The U.S . Virgin Islands has worked with NREL to come up with a strategic plan to reduce fossil fuel use by 60 percent by 2025. The plan will include the deployment of five different renewable energy technologies and a huge roll-out of energy efficiency improvements . The USVI , much like other islands , currently depends heavily on imported fuel for their energy needs , making electricity cost almost 0.50 kWh for residents about five times more than residents of the continental U.S .

  • IURC Hearing on Indiana Michigan Power Rate Case Starts Today –Feb. 20 at 9:30 am EST; Watch On-line

    Updated: 2012-02-20 14:03:31
    FYI: The IURC streaming video is down right now but they are trying to fix it. Check back periodicially to see if the problem is fixed so that you can watch on-line. Laura Ann Arnold Hearing Set For I&M Rate Case InsideINdianaBusiness.com Report The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor’s first evidentiary hearing in the [...]

  • BNetzA Reported to Investigate Electricity Trading During Recent Cold Spell

    Updated: 2012-02-17 15:33:50
    According to various newspapers, the German grid regulator BNetzA sent a letter to power traders on Monday, informing that it was investigating allegations that operating reserves had to be used during the recent cold spell to make up for balancing forecast errors by suppliers. Reportedly the letter speaks of considerable hour-long power shortages since 6 [...]

  • President Obama's New Budget Includes $10,000 EV Rebate

    Updated: 2012-02-16 19:47:10
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 17 Recent Comment Incentivizing better mobility is a good thing , but this does not mean View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it President Obama's New Budget Includes 10,000 EV Rebate Written by Megan Treacy on 16 02 12 President Obama's recently released new budget plan includes lots of incentives for cleantech industries and reportedly an exciting 10,000 rebate for electric vehicle . purchases Currently , if you purchase an all-electric vehicle , you are eligible for a 7,500 tax credit that you receive when you file your taxes for that year , but this new rebate program would allow consumers to slash 10,000 off the top of the cost of an electric car , right at the time of purchase . That's a huge incentive

  • Big Mac Mansion: The Worst of the Worst Mega Mansions Revealed

    Updated: 2012-02-16 19:47:08
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  • Global Economy Expanded More Slowly than Expected in 2011

    Updated: 2012-02-16 17:32:15
    Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About sustainablog Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Sustainability Global Economy Expanded More Slowly than Expected in 2011 Global Economy Expanded More Slowly than Expected in 2011 February 16, 2012 By Earth Policy

  • Map Shows NYC Energy Use Block by Block

    Updated: 2012-02-16 16:50:00
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 16 Recent Comment I didn't know it had floor information . I didn't see it on the wider View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Map Shows NYC Energy Use Block by Block Written by Megan Treacy on 16 02 12 A Columbia University study has plotted the energy use of New York City's buildings on a beautiful , interactive map where you can view energy consumption by block . The map really illuminates how different areas of the city , and the types of buildings located in those areas , use energy . differently In New York , buildings account for two-thirds of the energy used by the city , a major reason that the city has pushed for retrofitting programs . This new map can help city officials know where to

  • Federal Cabinet Facilitates Change of Supplier for Standard Customers

    Updated: 2012-02-16 09:11:57
    Yesterday the German government (Federal Cabinet) approved a draft ordinance to amend several energy law related ordinances. The amendments shall facilitate and accelerate the switch of the supplier for standard customers with no special supply arrangements (Grundversorgung). To this end the amendment shall change the notice periods in the Ordinance on General Terms Regulating Universal Service for [...]

  • OECD Report Germany 2012 Highlights Growth Potential of the Green Energy Sector

    Updated: 2012-02-16 07:44:22
    One of the main OECD recommendations for Germany in its Economics Report 2012 on Germany is to further tap the growth potential of the climate protection and green energy sector in a cost-effective way. A whole chapter is devoted to this topic. Environmental policy incentives become increasingly important for growth, not least in view of [...]

  • Environment blog Environment The Guardian

    Updated: 2012-02-16 04:17:56
    Turn autoplay off Turn autoplay on Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Jump to content s Jump to site navigation 0 Jump to search 4 Terms and conditions 8 Edition : UK US Sign in Mobile About us About us Contact us Press office Guardian Print Centre Guardian readers' editor Observer readers' editor Terms of service Privacy policy Advertising guide Digital archive Digital edition Guardian Weekly Buy Guardian and Observer photos Subscribe Today's paper The Guardian G2 features Comment and debate Editorials , letters and corrections Obituaries Other lives Sport Subscribe Subscribe Subscribe to the Guardian iPhone app iPad edition Kindle Extra Guardian Weekly Digital edition All our services The Guardian Environment User comments Web News Sport Comment Culture Business Money

  • Vectren: Rockport a ‘Loser’ For Indiana Natural Gas Customers

    Updated: 2012-02-16 00:25:01
    Dear Readers, Kerwin Olson, Executive Director of the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana (CAC) also testified at the House Ways and Means Committee hearing and essentially supported the testimony given by Vectren. The fact that CAC was supporting a position of an Indiana utility brought more than a few smiles and laughes from the Committee. Laura Ann [...]

  • 100+ Irrational Tory MPs Lobby Prime Minister to Cut Subsidies for Wind Turbines

    Updated: 2012-02-15 19:35:56

  • How to Keep Your Home Electricity Use Down (While Still Enjoying Your Favorite Gadgets!)

    Updated: 2012-02-15 19:34:46
    Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About sustainablog Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Living How to Keep Your Home Electricity Use Down While Still Enjoying Your Favorite Gadgets How to Keep Your Home Electricity Use Down While Still Enjoying Your

  • Inspiring: Hundreds of Jaw-Dropping Small Cabin and House Pics

    Updated: 2012-02-15 17:15:35
    : Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About sustainablog Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Media Inspiring : Hundreds of Jaw-Dropping Small Cabin and House Pics Inspiring : Hundreds of Jaw-Dropping Small Cabin and House Pics February 15, 2012 By ziggy 1

  • Clean Tech's Challenge of "The Disconnect"

    Updated: 2012-02-15 10:40:00
    Who's harder to educate, investors or politicians?

  • Web Natives Take Aim at Energy

    Updated: 2012-02-15 05:00:00
    Cleanweb entrepreneurs come armed with computer skills, a profit motive, and a determination to solve environmental problems.

  • Butanol & Natural Gas Reserves — R-Squared Energy TV Ep. 12

    Updated: 2012-02-15 04:35:57
    . Home About Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on Feb 14, 2012 with 24 responses Butanol Natural Gas Reserves R-Squared Energy TV Ep . 12 : Tags R-Squared Energy TV Tweet In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV I answer questions about butanol and natural reserves . I had intended to discuss the Open Fuel Standard when talking about butanol , but ultimately did not . I will get to that in an upcoming . episode Some of the topics discussed : are Why butanol is not widely available as an alternative fuel How butanol is made Whether 100 bbl oil signals peak oil What I think 2.50 MMBTU natural gas signifies Readers who have specific questions can send them to ask at consumerenergyreport

  • ESL Bulbs Offer Another Efficient Lighting Option

    Updated: 2012-02-14 18:32:22
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 14 Recent Comment Something that will beat out all others at the moment that will offer View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it ESL Bulbs Offer Another Efficient Lighting Option Written by Philip Proefrock on 14 02 12 Incandescent light bulbs are really little space heaters with a side benefit of producing some light . They are an old technology that is being phased out for many applications by more efficient alternatives . Now , in addition to the LEDs and CFLs , we can add ESL bulbs , which have started to reach the market , to the available . technologies We've been watching for Electron Stimulated Luminescence ESL lighting technology for a few years . It is now commercially available with the

  • How Your Earth-Friendly Habits Could Get You a Date (Infographic)

    Updated: 2012-02-14 17:46:33
    Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About sustainablog Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Living How Your Earth-Friendly Habits Could Get You a Date Infographic How Your Earth-Friendly Habits Could Get You a Date Infographic February 14, 2012 By Jeff

  • Obama revives green agenda with push to end oil industry tax breaks Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-02-14 16:10:01
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  • Obama revives green agenda with push to end oil industry tax breaks Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-02-14 16:10:01
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  • Project Investigating "Hot Rocks" Geothermal Energy Options

    Updated: 2012-02-14 16:09:19
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 14 Recent Comment We need to stabilize the temperature of the atmosphere and ocean by co . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Project Investigating Hot Rocks Geothermal Energy Options Written by Philip Proefrock on 14 02 12 Geothermal energy is often overlooked as the other renewable energy . Capping geysers to harness their energy is difficult , and the sites where these resources exist are not widespread . But companies are exploring new methods of obtaining energy from geothermal sources by stimulating accessible geologic formations to generate hot water and steam for energy . production A demonstration project being run by AltaRock Energy is underway in the Deschutes National Forest near Bend ,

  • The State of Solar Incentives in the UK – The Story So Far

    Updated: 2012-02-14 15:51:03
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  • NASA Searching for Green Propellant

    Updated: 2012-02-14 02:36:22
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 14 Recent Comment Interesting article thanks for sharing . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it NASA Searching for Green Propellant Written by Megan Treacy on 14 02 12 NASA has announced that they're seeking proposals for green propellant alternatives to the currently-used and highly-toxic fuel hyrdrazine . The space agency is asking for demonstrations of propellant technology that can perform as well as traditional fuels in future spacecraft , but have a much smaller impact on the environment and are less hazardous for those handling the . fuel Hydrazine is efficient , can be stored for long periods of time and is used widely in satellite and science and exploration missions , but it costs the agency in

  • No Free Lunch in Our Energy Options

    Updated: 2012-02-13 23:18:31
    Home About Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on Feb 13, 2012 with 45 responses No Free Lunch in Our Energy Options : Tags Tweet Land Usage and Wildlife vs . Carbon Emissions If I had to describe the theme of my upcoming book with just one phrase , it would be There is no free lunch in our energy options . 8221 Sometimes the costs are obvious , as when an oil spill occurs or a nuclear accident happens . Other times , the costs are not so obvious , but the trade-offs are always . there Some people have insisted to me that there really aren’t too many trade-offs with solar power , but a new story in the Los Angeles Times highlights a few of : them Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth

  • Germany is Powering Cars on Food Scraps

    Updated: 2012-02-13 19:28:22
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 13 Recent Comment Biogas for cars has been a reality in Sweden for over 10 years . We are . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Germany is Powering Cars on Food Scraps Written by Megan Treacy on 13 02 12 A pilot project in Germany is collecting food waste from wholesale fruit and vegetable markets and cafeterias to ferment and make methane , which will then be used to power vehicles that have been converted to run on natural . gas The pilot plant has been developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology and is located next to Stuttgart's wholesale produce market for easy access to food waste . The plant will make methane from the waste by using microorganisms to break

  • Sol Systems and Cooley Announce Webinar Series on Bankable Solar Contracts

    Updated: 2012-02-13 15:32:39
    Sol Systems, LLC and Cooley LLP are pleased to announce a webinar series on bankable solar contracts for solar installers, developers and investors.  Each webinar in the series will lead participants through key terms and issues of a different contract and will provide an opportunity for Q&A.  The webinars will be hosted by Sol Systems’ [...]

  • 6/8/12: CleanEdison Lead RRP Certification Course | Tucson, AZ

    Updated: 2012-02-12 06:39:16
    Renovation activities that disturb lead-based paint, such as sanding, cutting, and demolition, can create harmful lead dust and chips. As of April 22, 2008, the EPA has cracked down on requiring the use of lead-safe practices. All contractor renovation, repair and painting work that disturb lead-based paint must be trained and certified in lead-based work. [...]

  • Tesla's Model X Unveiled

    Updated: 2012-02-10 20:55:53
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org FEB 10 Recent Comment Just like all EV's this one can't go on a road trip of more than 300 m . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Tesla's Model X Unveiled Written by Philip Proefrock on 10 02 12 Tesla Motors has unveiled the prototype for their Model X a larger , family-oriented vehicle though not really a mini-van nor an SUV that will be beginning production along with the Model S sedan The body sits on the same battery-pack platform frame used for the Model S . The Model X does , in fact , look much like a taller , plumper version of the Model S in many . respects The rear seats are accessed through gull-wing style doors which the company calls Falcon Wings that offer a large opening for back seat

  • Review ITV's Cost of Going Green Nick Molho Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-02-10 16:11:01
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  • Review ITV's Cost of Going Green Nick Molho Environment guardian.co.uk

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  • 2/13/12: CleanEdison BPI Certification — Building Analyst Course | New York

    Updated: 2012-02-10 16:10:33
    CleanEdison specializes in Energy Audit Training, offering a nationally-recognized BPI Certification from the Building Performance Institute (BPI). Simultaneously, students in our BPI Classes learn about available federal and state incentives that can benefit work by having your Energy Audit Certification. CleanEdison’s BPI Building Analyst course will teach you basic principles of building science to assess [...]

  • 3/26/12: Cleantech Forum San Francisco | San Francisco, CA

    Updated: 2012-02-09 22:59:21
    Cleantech Forum San Francisco is an internationally recognized innovation conference that brings together leading investors, executives, entrepreneurs and policymakers from across the globe. The agenda examines strategic partnerships in clean technology from several perspectives throughout two and a half days including: utilities, solar, energy efficiency, biofuels, electric vehicles and transportation, and smart water.

  • Peak Oil & Carbon Emissions — R-Squared Energy TV Ep. 11

    Updated: 2012-02-09 19:41:13
    . Home About Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on Feb 9, 2012 with 44 responses Peak Oil Carbon Emissions R-Squared Energy TV Ep . 11 : Tags R-Squared Energy TV Tweet In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV I answer questions about peak oil and carbon trading . markets Some of the topics discussed : are Whether peak oil has been discredited Recent media headlines on peak oil or lack thereof Why I think peak oil debunkers” miss the point Why I believe carbon emissions will continue to climb Why the successful sulfur trading markets are not analogous to carbon trading markets Why I am skeptical that a global carbon trading scheme will work Readers who have specific questions can send

  • World Wind Power Grows by 6%

    Updated: 2012-02-07 22:22:44

  • Pathways and Challenges to Institutional Development of On-Site Clean Energy

    Updated: 2012-02-07 14:00:00
    Institutions seeking to deploy on-site clean energy solutions are facing a number of challenging questions: How can solutions be deployed under tight budget constraints, with a minimum of upfront cost? What deal and financing structures are available to non-tax paying institutions? Is it best to build and own a system internally, or use

  • Confused about Energy and Power?

    Updated: 2012-02-06 07:35:54
    Home About Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on Feb 6, 2012 with 41 responses Confused about Energy and Power : Tags energy power Tweet When I recently solicited feedback for topics to cover for my upcoming book , several people requested that I discuss the difference between energy and power . Just two weeks ago Congressman Dana Rohrabacher , R-Calif . who is on the House Committee on Science , Space , and Technology , admitted that he’s not educated enough to know the difference between the terms energy and . power You would certainly expect that someone who influences legislation over science and technology would know the difference , but it is true that people commonly get confused

  • Environment blog Environment The Guardian

    Updated: 2012-02-06 04:54:34
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  • Renewable Energy Law News - Week of January 30, 2012

    Updated: 2012-02-03 21:46:00
    : Friday , February 03, 2012 Renewable Energy Law News Week of January 30, 2012 Photo via Flickr AWEA Pushes For Production Tax Credit's Near-Term Extension Anticipating a tough fight to get legislation passed during an election year , the American Wind Energy Association AWEA is seeking near-term legislative action as a means to extend the production tax credit PTC which , for wind power , expires at the end of the . year We're putting everything we've got into getting legislation to move in the next five weeks , Rob Gramlich , AWEA's senior vice president of public policy , tells . NAW We've made extending the wind PTC our top focus this year , 8221 he says . We're working with a broad coalition to encourage the leadership of both parties to include the PTC in the payroll tax cut

  • Sol 10 Featured in Clean Energy Authority

    Updated: 2012-02-02 15:15:59
    Clean Energy Authority recently published an article on Sol 10, our new 10-year fixed price SREC pricing agreement in Massachusetts. Long-term contracts in MA have been hard to find, and Sol Systems is proud to offer a solution. Sol Systems CFO George Ashton was featured in the article. “At this time there aren’t that many, [...]

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