• 7/23/12: Solar Energy: Capturing the Sun | Cambridge, MA

    Updated: 2012-05-31 23:53:37
    WHO SHOULD ATTEND Professionals, educators and public, and all who are concerned about this planet’s future. A college background in science (even at a general level) will be sufficient to understand a majority of the material presented in this course. The course will develop principles from the ground up, and will be relatively self-contained, i.e., [...]

  • New Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier Announces 10-Point Programme Before Summer Break

    Updated: 2012-05-31 19:10:30
    The new Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier has presented initial elements of his political agenda as minister. He announced to present a 10-point programme before the summer break. It shall contain projects that he wants to implement before the elections in 2013. He is optimistic to reach a national consensus for the  energy policy shift within the next six [...]

  • Atmospheric CO2 Levels Over Arctic Have Reached 400 Parts Per Million

    Updated: 2012-05-31 17:35:33
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 31 Recent Comment And Terry : Climate is measured in multiple decades , not years . Yes , View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Atmospheric CO2 Levels Over Arctic Have Reached 400 Parts Per Million Written by Megan Treacy on 31 05 12 The atmosphere over the Arctic has hit a troublesome milestone : the concentration of CO2 has surpassed 400 parts per million . Stations across the region in Alaska , Greenland , Norway and Iceland have recorded the measurements that have surged since the winter and spring have brought a decline in CO2-absorbing vegetation . While the downswing in carbon absorption happens every year , this is the first time in 800,000 years that the CO2 concentration anywhere in the world has

  • European Commission: State Aid Rules for ETS Post 2012 Electricity Costs and for CCS Ready Power Plants

    Updated: 2012-05-31 17:24:11
    The European Commission has adopted a framework under which Member states may compensate certain electro-intensive users for part of the higher electricity costs expected to result from a tightening of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as from 2013. The rules shall ensure that national support measures are designed in a way that preserves the [...]

  • Geoengineering for global warming: Increasing aerosols in atmosphere would make sky whiter

    Updated: 2012-05-31 17:18:00
    ScienceDaily: One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar geoengineering could have a side effect of whitening the sky during the day. New research from Carnegie's Ben Kravitz and Ken Caldeira indicates that blocking 2% of the sun's light would make the sky three-to-five times brighter, as well as whiter. Their work is published June 1st in Geophysical Research...

  • Fossil fuel subsidies must end, says Indian microfinance firm

    Updated: 2012-05-31 16:45:00
    Guardian: Governments must end subsidies for fossil fuels and focus instead on supporting renewable energy sources, the executive director of an award-winning microfinance organisation said this week. Speaking to the Guardian, LH Manjunath, from Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) in southern India, which provides consumer loans for energy projects, said: "Most fossil fuels are subsidised. The [Indian] government is spending millions on subsidies. It must stop all subsidies for...

  • Redefining Security for the 21st Century

    Updated: 2012-05-31 15:58:03
    The situation in which we find ourselves pushes us to redefine security in twenty-first century terms. The time when military forces were the prime threat to security has faded into the past. The threats now are climate volatility, spreading water shortages, continuing population growth, spreading hunger, and failing states. The challenge is to devise new fiscal priorities that match these new security threats.

  • CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year – in pictures Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-05-31 15:51:31
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  • Top US companies shelling out to block action on climate change Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-05-31 07:49:10
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  • Indonesia: Cultivating Food Security in Their Own Backyards

    Updated: 2012-05-31 06:31:00
    Inter Press Service: Misradi, a 58-year-old farmer from the Jelok neighborhood in Pacitan, East Java, some 524 kilometres east of Jakarta, has found a way to reduce his monthly expenses by 30 percent: instead of buying produce from the local market, he and his family now harvest most of their vegetables from their own yard. Jelok, a neighbourhood of 126 families in Pacitan, the hometown of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, was chosen in February 2011 as the location for the pilot project of the Sustainable...

  • US companies need to disclose climate risk -investors

    Updated: 2012-05-31 06:23:00
    Reuters: Institutional investors and environmental advocates on Thursday urged companies to disclose their risks from the impact of climate change, two years after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidelines for firms to do just that. While the SEC guidelines do not force publicly traded corporations to assess such climate-related events as severe storms, droughts, floods and heat waves, some companies have done so anyway. But those disclosures have not been particularly useful, according...

  • U.S. Gas Exports Put on Back Burner

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Power Plant Gas Use Rose 40% in March, U.S. EIA Report Says

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • AEP Backs Down on Coal Plant Retrofit

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Obama Administration Hits Chinese Wind Energy Tower Exports with New Tariffs

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • California Revokes 'Hydrogen Highway' Grants

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Study Accuses Corporations of Hypocrisy on Climate Change

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Wildfires Plague New Mexico, Michigan and Colorado

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • TransCanada Readies Keystone XL Texas Linkage

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Bush's EPA Tougher on Oil and Gas Companies Than Obama's

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Australia: Bubbling River Blamed on Methane Gas Leak

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Japan: Panel Drops Idea of Expanding Nuclear Power Reliance

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Bain, Solyndra Now Center Stage in Romney, Obama Economic Fight

    Updated: 2012-05-31 05:00:00
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  • Join Sol Systems for a Q1 Customer Service Webinar

    Updated: 2012-05-30 20:40:56
    Tomorrow, the Sol Systems customer service team will host the Q1 Customer Service Webinar at 12:30 EST. The team will provide an overview of the company, payment statements and market conditions, our new meter reading process, as well as answer frequently asked customer questions. If you are unable to attend, the presentation and audio will [...]

  • 6/19/12: REFF Wall Street | New York, NY

    Updated: 2012-05-30 17:39:57
    What: Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) When: June 19-20, 2012 Where: The Waldorf=Astoria / 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY / Phone: 212-355-3000 Why: Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) is renowned throughout the industry as the meeting place for financiers, investors and renewable energy project developers to [...]

  • Groundwater Depletion Threatens Future U.S. Food Supplies, Study Says

    Updated: 2012-05-30 17:30:00
    Yale Environment 360: The rapid depletion of groundwater resources in key U.S. agricultural regions could portend future vulnerabilities in growing the nation’s food, according to a new study. In an assessment of water supplies in California’s Central Valley and the High Plains of the central U.S. -- which runs from northwest Texas to southern Wyoming and South Dakota -- University of Texas researchers found that in many places water is being used faster than it can be replenished, and that some regions may be unfit for...

  • Grid Development Plan Consultation: 3,800 km of New Power Lines and Grid Modernisation

    Updated: 2012-05-30 17:29:29
    The four German transmission system operators (TSOs) Amprion GmbH, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, Tennet TSO GmbH and Transnet BW GmbH have presented the first national ten-year grid development plan. It contains measures to modernise, enhance and extend the electricity networks that the TSOs consider necessary over the next ten years. The grid development plan is up for public consultation from [...]

  • Prius Now Third Best-Selling Car in the World

    Updated: 2012-05-30 16:34:50
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 30 Recent Comment In an October 24, 2011 article , Electric Vehicles Research indicated t . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Prius Now Third Best-Selling Car in the World Written by Megan Treacy on 30 05 12 If you thought you were seeing Toyota Priuses absolutely everywhere these days , you were right . The hybrid car has gone from a small , niche vehicle to global top-seller in just over a . decade High demand in the U.S . and Japanese incentives for domestic vehicles were driving factors in the Prius hitting the third-best selling mark in the first quarter of this year , where Toyota sold 247,230 of the vehicles globally and 86,027 in the U.S . alone . The expansion of the Prius family to include

  • Natural Gas Boom May Halt Renewable Energy Growth, IEA Warns

    Updated: 2012-05-30 16:30:00
    Yale Environment 360: A surge in natural gas supplies worldwide could halt any meaningful growth in the renewable energy sector over the next two decades if governments don’t take action, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns. New technologies to extract natural gas, primarily from shale formations using a technique known as hydraulic fracturing, could triple production of unconventional gas globally between 2010 to 2035, to about 1.6 trillion cubic meters, according to a new IEA report. These new sources of supply...

  • Geothermal energy could meet a fifth of UK's power needs – report

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:57:00
    Guardian: The UK could meet a fifth of its power needs – the equivalent of nine nuclear power stations – by exploiting geothermal power, a new report into the technology has found. But the report found that the current subsidy regime does not provide sufficient incentive to develop the technology in the UK - even as Charles Hendry, minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, flew to Iceland on Wednesday afternoon to discuss a possible new interconnector that could be used to import...

  • Ruling on wind farm says the countryside is as important as climate change targets

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:00:00
    Telegraph: The Coalition is obliged to boost the amount of energy from renewables as part of climate change targets imposed by Europe. This will mean more than doubling the amount of energy from onshore wind over the next ten years and building at least another 5,000 wind turbines onshore. Sea Land and Power Ltd argued that the wind farm near Gt Yarmouth would help to meet these targets. However Justice Laing said the target cannot take precedence over natural beauty. In a judgment handed down at...

  • Australia: Call to rein in wind farm construction

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:00:00
    Sydney Morning Herald: Michelle Edwards no longer canters her race horses on her Cullerin Ranges grazing land east of Gunning. Since Origin Energy's wind farm began operating in 2009 near the Cullerin sheep and cattle farm she runs with husband Brett, Mrs Edwards says she has lost her balance while riding. She says her vision is blurred, she is losing sleep and feels as if her stomach has battery acid in it. She qualified to train thoroughbreds to prepare horses on the property. She said her illness may not be...

  • EU carbon emissions rise, end multi-year decline

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:00:00
    Reuters: Greenhouse gases from the European Union rose more than 2 percent in 2010 when a cold winter and a rebound in many economies drove up energy use, breaking a multi-year pattern of emissions declines. The year-on-year rise in the official EU data released on Wednesday was slowed by emissions declines in struggling Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Higher use of renewable energy and natural gas, which is lower in carbon than other fossil fuels, also limited the increase, but a collapsed carbon...

  • 'Golden age of gas' threatens renewable energy, IEA warns

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:00:00
    Guardian: A "golden age of gas" spurred by a tripling of shale gas from fracking and other sources of unconventional gas by 2035 will stop renewable energy in its tracks if governments don't take action, the International Energy Agency has warned. Gas is now relatively abundant in some regions, thanks to the massive expansion of hydraulic fracturing – fracking – for shale gas, and in some areas the price of the fuel has fallen. The result is a threat to renewable energy, which is by comparison more expensive,...

  • Germany's renewable energy revolution leaves UK in the shade

    Updated: 2012-05-30 12:45:00
    Guardian: The blazing blue skies that Germany baked under last weekend added a fresh gleam to the nation's renewable energy revolution: a new world record for solar power generation, equivalent to 20 nuclear power stations. It is the battle between nuclear, fossil fuels and renewables, and between the big utilities and the community-owned renewables eating into their profits, that has driven Germany's radical energy transformation to the top of its political agenda, with success seen as vital to chancellor...

  • Companies’ Political Cash Contradicts Climate Stance, Group Says

    Updated: 2012-05-30 06:17:00
    Bloomberg: Companies that express concern about global climate change are more likely to donate to campaigns of U.S. lawmakers who oppose caps on carbon dioxide than to supporters of emission curbs, according to a study. The Union of Concerned Scientists studied 28 companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) that weighed in on a California campaign to repeal limits on greenhouse gases or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases endangered...

  • 26.6 GW PV Capacity at End of Q1 2012 – More Than 22 GW Solar Generation on 25/26 May

    Updated: 2012-05-29 19:59:20
    According to preliminary figures from the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA), newly installed PV capacity in the first three months was about 1,800 MWp. As of 31 March 2012, this would bring Germany’s total of installed PV capacity to 26.6 GWp. According to data from the EEX transparency platform, last Friday’s solar generation peaked at 22.4 GW, with Saturday not far [...]

  • BVerwG Denies Preliminary Injunction Against Extra-high Voltage Line Connecting Thuringia and Bavaria

    Updated: 2012-05-29 18:42:42
    In a decision of 24 May 2012 (ref. no. 7 VR 4.12) the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig (BVerwG) did not grant preliminary relief against the plan determination decision (Planfeststellungsbeschluss) for the 380 kV extra-high voltage power line between Vieselbach near Erfurt and Altenfeld, both located in Thuringia. Hence the construction of this part of the 210 km-long so-called Thuringian [...]

  • How green is shale gas Leo Hickman Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-05-29 17:31:43
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  • 9/4/12: 4th Annual Wind Turbine Supply Chain Conference| Berlin, Germany

    Updated: 2012-05-29 17:31:18
    The dedicated meeting place for purchasers and suppliers to secure business and network. Created to ensure that turbine manufacturers and developers are equipped with the tools and knowledge to improve their supply chain. The top-level decision makers and purchasers attend to meet the suppliers that can make this happen. Key issues covered include selection criteria, [...]

  • How plants chill out

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  • US Government Should Trust the Free Market for Green Energy Investment

    Updated: 2012-05-29 12:10:00
    The loan guarantee program should be retired permanently. The path to commercialization requires brains, discipline and grit. It is rarely aided, and often impeded, by government involvement. Our government should trust the free market forces that have made America great.

  • The First Commercial Cellulosic Plant is NOT About to Open

    Updated: 2012-05-29 12:01:29
    Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on May 29, 2012 with 8 responses The First Commercial Cellulosic Plant is NOT About to Open : Tags cellulosic ethanol energy policy farm policy Iogen subsidies Tweet House Ag Committee Holds Hearings on Energy On May 18, 2012 the House Committee on Agriculture held hearings on retaining Energy Title funding in the 2012 Farm Bill . Written testimonies and the video of the hearing are available at  Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill : Energy and Forestry Programs The hearings were held as Congress prepares to write the next Farm Bill . The purpose of this particular hearing was to discuss the renewable energy

  • Has climate change been the death of environmentalism?

    Updated: 2012-05-29 06:00:00
    RTCC: For some the climate change and sustainability movement`s aims have become so far removed from the vision of a world at peace with nature, that traditional environmentalism no longer has a place in the debate. For them protecting the planet has been replaced by the need to sustain human life in the wake of increasing climatic changes. Rio+20 offers yet another moment of reflection and debate for the world, but can climate change and the environment be reconciled? The debate was reignited...

  • Obama’s Aide on Climate Change Seeking Oil, Gas Allies

    Updated: 2012-05-29 06:00:00
    Bloomberg: Heather Zichal spent her early days in the Obama administration pushing a climate-change bill in Congress that oil and gas companies helped to derail. Now President Barack Obama has named Zichal, his deputy assistant for energy and climate change, as a liaison to that industry, and to make sure proposed rules don’t slow the surge in U.S. natural-gas development. With energy emerging as a central topic in the 2012 presidential race, efforts by the 36-year-old Iowa native may help Obama blunt...

  • Justice Department probes whether BP execs lied to Congress: WSJ

    Updated: 2012-05-29 02:50:00
    Reuters: The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether BP executives lied to Congress about how much oil leaked in the company's 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the investigation. According to the Journal, prosecutors are looking into statements the company made to members of Congress at a closed-door briefing of members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee by officials from BP, Halliburton Co. and Transocean Ltd. Dave...

  • Britain's climate change policy is going up in smoke

    Updated: 2012-05-28 20:30:00
    Guardian: Energy policy in the United Kingdom looks like a jam factory hit by a meteorite: a multicoloured pool of gloop studded with broken glass. Consider these two press releases, issued by the Department of Energy and Climate Change last week. Tuesday: the government's new energy bill will help the UK to "move away from high carbon technologies". Wednesday: applications for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea have "broken all previous records". This is "tremendous news for industry and for the...

  • The truth about Germany's nuclear phase-out Duncan Clark Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-05-28 19:20:58
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  • 7/9/12: Sustainability: Principles and Practice | Cambridge, MA

    Updated: 2012-05-28 19:16:27
    WHO SHOULD ATTEND This course is appropriate for professionals from a wide range of industries and sectors who are interested in organizational sustainability. Participants from local, state and federal government, especially those who are engaged in environmental and planning activities, would also benefit from the course. OVERVIEW This course will introduce participants to the goals, [...]

  • Environmental Groups Sue Over BHP Mine Expansion in New Mexico

    Updated: 2012-05-28 17:20:11
    A total of five environmental groups are suing the federal government for allowing a coal mine to expand in northwestern New Mexico.

  • Saggy Roads Waste Fuel, Cost Money

    Updated: 2012-05-28 16:57:58
    , Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 28 Recent Comment Richard , Great suggestion Question : Have you tried and seen an effe . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Saggy Roads Waste Fuel , Cost Money Written by Philip Proefrock on 28 05 12 Civil engineers from MIT have completed a study in which they have determined that vehicle fuel consumption could be reduced by as much as 3 percent by having stiffer roads . Looking at the way forces interact between the tire and the road , the researchers conclude that , This has the effect of making the tires on the vehicle drive continuously up a slight slope . Inefficiencies due to saggy roads are responsible for the use of an extra 273 million barrels of crude oil per year costing 15.6 billion at

  • SciShow: Geoengineering

    Updated: 2012-05-28 15:25:28
    : Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 28 Recent Comment this is one of my goals in long term , studying geotechnia , and probabl . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it SciShow : Geoengineering Written by Philip Proefrock on 28 05 12 Geoengineering is the term used to describe large-scale engineering projects meant to manipulate the planetary environment usually in order to address climate change Two items related to this topic are covered in this week's SciShow The first story notes that scientists in Italy are preparing to examine the supervolcano in the Campi Flegrei Caldera the area around Naples by drilling down toward the magma underlying the region . The study seeks to better understand the movement of magma in this area . Sensors

  • Wind farms considering detection systems to prevent bird deaths

    Updated: 2012-05-28 15:00:00
    LA Times: Just before daybreak, a group of naturalists don parkas to blunt the frosty wind blowing down a narrow canyon in the Tehachapi Mountains north of Los Angeles. They mount spotting scopes and cameras on tripods, and wait. "Showtime," one of them whispers at the first rays of light. The silence is broken by thousands of brightly colored birds the size of Christmas ornaments pouring north through the canyon on whooshing wings, just a few yards above ground. Kern County bird expert Bob Barnes stands...

  • The truth about Germany's nuclear phase-out Duncan Clark Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-05-28 10:29:45
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  • Climate Talks Stall As Bonn Meeting Ends

    Updated: 2012-05-28 06:18:00
    redOrbit: The latest round of climate talks stalled on Friday in Bonn, Germany as government delegates couldn’t resolve how to share the burden of reducing man-made global warming, running the risk of weakening any progress made at last year’s talks and possibly undoing a decades-long effort to control carbon emissions. Developing countries, spearheaded by China, say the industrialized world is responsible for much of the emissions seen and should face the burden of emissions cuts alone, but the developed...

  • New solar power generation world record set in Germany

    Updated: 2012-05-28 06:17:00
    Guardian: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity – equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity – through the midday hours of Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank has said. Germany's government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022. They will be replaced by renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and bio-mass....

  • Life-Cycle Analysis Shows Renewables Produce Only 5% of the Emissions of Coal

    Updated: 2012-05-27 20:17:09
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 27 Recent Comment The Japanese would no doubt would disagree with the efficiency claims . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Life-Cycle Analysis Shows Renewables Produce Only 5 of the Emissions of Coal Written by Philip Proefrock on 27 05 12 The fuel' used to generate power from the sun or the wind is , of course , emissions free . But we realize that it is necessary to look at more than just the fuel input in evaluating the total impacts of various technologies . Life-cycle analysis LCA goes beyond the operational comparison and also looks at the impacts of creating the equipment to harness those energies as well as the effects of decomissioning them at their end of . life Research by the National

  • Germany sets new solar power record, institute says

    Updated: 2012-05-26 19:03:00
    Reuters: German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster last year, closing eight plants immediately and shutting down the remaining nine by 2022. They will be replaced by renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and...

  • Q&A: A Green Economy Without a Pricetag on Nature?

    Updated: 2012-05-26 17:03:00
    Inter Press Service: As thousands gear up for the 2012 Earth Summit, Rio+20, scheduled to kick off in Brazil on Jun. 20, questions on the viability and adequacy of a ‘green economy’ abound. Experts, activists and policy makers are divided on what is needed to solve the deadlock on carbon emissions agreements and tackle global warming. Some believe a complete paradigm shift, away from the neoliberal freemarket ideology, is necessary to turn the massive tide of climate change, while others believe a market-based approach...

  • Grid problems steer China's huge wind power industry into financial doldrums

    Updated: 2012-05-26 15:00:00
    ClimateWire: After years of nurturing China's wind power sector to become the largest in the world, the nation's policymakers now appear to have second thoughts. A succession of government policies issued during the past few months have begun pushing officials and developers to shift their focus from building more wind farms toward ensuring that more of the wind-generated electricity can flow into power grids safely. "China's wind power sector used to focus on its development speed, but now more attention...

  • Greenhouse-gas emissions across globe hit record high

    Updated: 2012-05-26 15:00:00
    Climate Central: Thanks to developing countries like China, greenhouse-gas emissions across the globe hit record highs in 2011, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). While the IEA's report is a preliminary estimate of carbon dioxide emissions for 2011, the news as a whole is not good. The total weight of CO2 that entered the atmosphere thanks to fossil-fuel burning last year was 31.6 billion metric tons (or nearly 35 billion old-fashioned tons). That's a 3.2 percent increase over 2010, setting an...

  • Environmental groups press EPA to regulate carbon dioxide from existing power plants

    Updated: 2012-05-26 15:00:00
    Bloomberg: Environmental and public health advocates pressed the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants during a May 24 hearing on a proposal to limit carbon dioxide from new fossil fuel-fired units. EPA proposed carbon dioxide limits April 13 for new fossil fuel-fired power plants, but the proposal exempts existing and modified sources. At the hearing at EPA headquarters, Paul Billings, vice president of policy and advocacy at the American Lung Association,...

  • 6/11/12: Energy, Sustainability, and Life Cycle Assessment | Cambridge, MA

    Updated: 2012-05-26 08:21:40
    The purpose of this class is to address the issue of sustainability from an engineering perspective. First we review the concept of sustainability from several points of view including economics, ecology, and engineering. This discussion includes the widely used “Triple Bottom Line” approach of industry. The current state of the “Science of Sustainability” will be [...]

  • PJM Region Passes 1-Gigawatt of Solar Power

    Updated: 2012-05-25 21:57:55
    On May 15, the PJM Interconnection passed the one gigawatt (GW) milestone for solar power installed in the region. One GW, or one billion watts, of electricity can power up to one million homes. Passing this milestone is reflective of the continuing maturation of the solar industry. PJM Interconnection ensures the reliability of the electric [...]

  • Cities Collaborate in New EcoDistrict Institute

    Updated: 2012-05-25 20:17:29
    Portland, Oregon, and other US cities, are exploring the eco district concept, which focuses on neighborhood-scale sustainability efforts.

  • Will Rio+20 Spark a Green Revolution?

    Updated: 2012-05-25 19:03:00
    Inter Press Service: Think of Rio+20 as the hothouse to grow the green ideas and values humanity needs to thrive in the 21st century. No one is expecting, or even wants, a big new international treaty on sustainable development said Manish Bapna, interim president of the World Resources Institute, a global environmental think tank based in Washington, D.C. "The important action will be on the sidelines of the formal negotiations," Bapna told IPS in an interview. Blocs of countries, civil society organisations...

  • Analysis: UK bets on biomass in move away from coal

    Updated: 2012-05-25 17:59:00
    Reuters: Britain is placing Europe's biggest bet on biomass as an alternative to polluting oil and coal and expensive gas, but reliance on imports could challenge the plan's low-carbon credentials and Britain's energy security. Burning wood, sunflower husks or animal feces offers steady so-called "baseload" power, giving biomass an advantage over intermittent renewable rivals solar and wind. It also offers an alternative to Europe's gas-fired power plants, where profits have been eroded by rising natural...

  • Morocco Building 500 MW Solar Power Project

    Updated: 2012-05-25 16:17:52
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 25 Recent Comment Now that's what I'm talkin about View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Morocco Building 500 MW Solar Power Project Written by Megan Treacy on 25 05 12 Morocco is a country that is bursting with solar power potential it gets 3,000 hours a year of sunshine but it relies heavily on the import of fossil fuels . That may be turning around with plans for a 500 MW solar complex to include solar PV and concentrating solar installations and a larger goal to reach 2,000 MW of installed solar power capacity by 2020. The complex will be built in Ouarzazate and should be completed by 2015. The first phase will be a parabolic trough facility . When completed , the project will prevent 240,000 tons of

  • Solar Impulse Making a Transcontinental Voyage

    Updated: 2012-05-25 15:34:39
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 25 Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Solar Impulse Making a Transcontinental Voyage Written by Philip Proefrock on 25 05 12 Solar powered flight will reach a new milestone this week as the Solar Impulse makes a transcontinental voyage . The solar powered airplane has already completed the first leg of its journey with a 17 hour trip from their base in Switzerland to Madrid . The final destination of this trip is for the plane to fly on to . Morocco Solar Impulse has previously completed a 24 hour flight but that was done largely by circling in place . The current flight extends the Solar Impulse team's activity to address issues such as logistics and storms in the flight path . All of this is in preparation for the

  • Parliament Adopts Amendment of Combined Heat and Power Act

    Updated: 2012-05-25 12:07:54
    With the votes of the ruling Conservative/Liberal coalition, the German Bundestag (Parliament) adopted an amendment of the Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG – ref. no. 17/8801 as amended by the Economics Committee, ref. no. 17/9617). The bill aims to increase the share of combined heat and power in the German energy mix from roughly [...]

  • Global temperatures rising on a devastating trajectory

    Updated: 2012-05-25 06:00:00
    Inter Press Service: Climate-heating carbon emissions set a record high in 2011, in a 3.2 percent increase over the previous year, the International Energy Agency reported this week. The main reason for this dangerous increase is that governments are failing to implement policies to prevent catastrophic increases of global temperatures. A new report released on the last days of international climate talks in Bonn, Germany this week reveals that the planet is heading to a temperature rise of at least 3.5 degrees Celsius,...

  • Free Renewable Energy Training Classes Offered in Indiana in June! Act NOW to Learn More and to Sign-up

    Updated: 2012-05-24 20:52:50
    Dear IndianaDG Readers: Free Training in Renewable Energy Technologies–Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Geothermal and Energy Efficiency A $170,000 Grant has been provided for the State of Indiana to offer these professional training sessions. Classes are filling up quickly so ACT NOW. If you or someone you know is interested in a career in renewable energy [...]

  • Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley Signs SB 791 and HB 1187 into Law

    Updated: 2012-05-24 20:52:23
    On Tuesday, May 22, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard for Solar Energy and Solar Water Heating Systems bill (SB 791 and HB 1187). With the passage of these bills, the target date for achieving the 2% solar requirement will be accelerated by two years from the original compliance [...]

  • What’s the Real Cost of Your Lighting Choices? [Infographic]

    Updated: 2012-05-24 18:07:59
    What are the real differences between incandescents, CFLs, and LEDs? Are the latter two really cheaper in the long run? A new infographic spells out the differences.

  • Government and Federal States to Meet Twice a Year to Coordinate Energy Policy Shift

    Updated: 2012-05-24 16:26:22
    At yesterday’s meeting of Chancellor Angela Merkel with the state premiers and the Ministers of Economics and Technology, Philipp Rösler, and the new Environment Minister Peter Altmaier, the federal government and the federal states agreed to work closer together to coordinate and implement the energy policy shift away from nuclear power towards a renewable energy [...]

  • Utility Success: Interview with Thierry Vandal, President and CEO of Hydro-Quebec

    Updated: 2012-05-24 14:00:00
    Thierry Vandal, president and chief executive officer of Hydro-Quebec, discusses methods his company uses to provide energy to customers, the differences between operating in Canada vs the U.S. and the future of hydro and its integration into other energy strategies.

  • Electric Cars & Keystone Impact on Gas Prices — R-Squared Energy TV Ep. 23

    Updated: 2012-05-24 12:00:33
    . Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on May 24, 2012 with 12 responses Electric Cars Keystone Impact on Gas Prices R-Squared Energy TV Ep . 23 : Tags climate change electric cars gas prices global warming Keystone Pipeline R-Squared Energy TV Tweet In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV I answer the following : questions What are the chances that electric vehicles will be more than a boutique item , and will make up a noticeable portion of cars on the road by 2020 Do you agree with the recent report from the Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC that building the Keystone Pipeline will raise gasoline prices I will make one additional comment

  • Are IT Data Centers Emerging as a 'Killer App' for Green Power? Part 2

    Updated: 2012-05-24 01:48:00
    IT companies are increasingly exploring a wide range of green power solutions in response to growing energy use at their data centers and increased scrutiny from industry watchdogs. In part one of this article, we described utility-provided and offsite green power options available to IT companies.  In this post, we will discuss the onsi

  • The Slow Fashion Movement: A Lasting Trend that Gives Back to Consumers, Manufacturers and the Environment

    Updated: 2012-05-23 20:27:46
    Just as the slow food movement prompted us to think about where and how our food was being produced -- agricultural practices, worker safety, cleanliness of factories, treatment of animals, etc. -- “slow fashion” encourages fashion “consumers” to consider where and how their clothing is being made and to develop a greater sense of connection to the materials taken from the environment to create their looks.

  • Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power

    Updated: 2012-05-23 16:54:00
    With the world’s fleet of reactors aging, and with new plants suffering construction delays and cost increases, it is possible that world nuclear electricity generation has peaked and begun a long-term decline.

  • Munich Stock Exchange to Discontinue Trade with CO2 Emission Certificates

    Updated: 2012-05-23 16:37:10
    The Munich Stock Exchange (Bayerische Börse) announced that it is to discontinue trading with CO2 emission certificates on 30 June 2012. Trade volume at the European Stock Exchanges dramatically decreased to almost zero over the previous months, so that there was not enough volume for a functioning, liquid market, Munich Stock Exchange said. Bayerische Börse pointed out [...]

  • Final Action Needed to Revive the Pennsylvania Solar Jobs Bill

    Updated: 2012-05-23 16:36:41
    The Pennsylvania Solar Jobs Bill (HB 1580) remains stalled in the House Consumer Affairs Committee.  With no signs of movement in the near future, solar industry groups, including PA SEIA, have joined together to make one final push to bring this bill to a vote before the Memorial Day weekend. With a market that stands [...]

  • BNetzA Specifies Procedure for Data Collection for 2nd Regulation Period for Grid Charges in Electricity Sector

    Updated: 2012-05-22 23:29:05
    The German grid regulator, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) determined the procedure for collecting the data concerning the cost verification of the operation of electricity grids. The data is needed to establish the base level for setting the revenue caps on grid charges for the second regulation period pursuant to Incentive Regulation Ordinance (ARegV). The decisions handed [...]

  • 7/5/12: China Shale Gas Forum 2012 | Shanghai, China

    Updated: 2012-05-22 21:09:59
    “China Shale Gas Forum 2012″, as the most innovative and focused shale gas event, will gather 200+ decision makers from worldwide Oil & Gas companies,Oil & Gas field services companies to talk about the commercialization of China shale gas industry. This event provides you with a precious platform to network with China major shale gas [...]

  • Bicycle Rental: A Small Step to Going Greener

    Updated: 2012-05-22 17:28:53
    Cutting down on car emissions and using less fuel are two ways that help us green our lives. Commuting by bicycle is a great way to do this, but what if you live too far from work to make this a feasible option? How can the average person who doesn’t own a bicycle take advantage of all its green benefits? The answer is a bicycle share program, of course. In fact, there may already be a share site in your area.

  • NJ Senate Environment and Energy Committee Passes S1925

    Updated: 2012-05-21 22:49:25
    During the May 17th Senate Environment and Energy hearing, the New Jersey committee passed legislation to alter the state’s current Renewable Portfolio Standard. In addition, S1925 underwent several key revisions that will hopefully promote an even stronger and far-reaching fix to the declining SREC market. The Committee decided to further lower the Alternative Compliance Payment [...]

  • OLG Frankfurt: Contractor Subject to EEG and KWKG Surcharge

    Updated: 2012-05-21 21:59:08
    In a decision of late April, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt (OLG Frankfurt) dismissed the appeal of a contractor against the ruling of the prior instance that had ordered him to pay an electricity bill including the surcharges pursuant to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) and the Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG). [...]

  • 6/18/12: Innovations in Personal Urban Mobility | Cambridge, MA

    Updated: 2012-05-21 21:08:11
    This workshop-style course will focus on the development and deployment of innovations for achieving sustainable personal mobility in cities. We will examine the latest “in-the-box” innovations in technology, designs, strategies, and policies employed by cities to increase energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and improve overall access and mobility for increasingly dense and crowded urban environments. [...]

  • 6/21/12: 2012 Cleantech Open Conference & Expo | San Jose, CA

    Updated: 2012-05-21 21:08:10
    Do you want it all in a Conference? Networking, dynamic sessions, a great price, phenomenal connections, inspiration, dense content and a sense that you are contributing to something big? If you answered yes and want a place at the forefront of the cleantech industry, we welcome you to join us in this dynamic event. Come [...]

  • T. Boone Pickens Walks Away from Alternative Fuels All Together

    Updated: 2012-05-21 19:51:41
    . Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 22 Recent Comment He thought we were all as dumb as his buddy George W . Bush . Nothing in . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it T . Boone Pickens Walks Away from Alternative Fuels All Together Written by Megan Treacy on 21 05 12 Once upon a time , ex-oil baron T . Boone Pickens was one of wind energy's biggest proponents with plans for the world's biggest wind farm in Texas and massive transmission structure to get that clean power into our homes . He also backed natural gas as an alternative fuel for cars and trucks . He had a plan to save America and he was passionate , well , until it wasn't making him money like he thought it . would Three years ago , he backed away from his commitment to build

  • Will SolarWorld's Brand be Helped or Harmed by the China Trade Dispute?

    Updated: 2012-05-21 14:00:00
    When one thinks of the solar trade dispute that has led to a 31 percent-plus tariff on Chinese solar manufacturers, the first brand that comes to mind is SolarWorld, who publicly led the CASM Coalition and filed the complaint. Now that the decision is in, will SolarWorld’ leadership benefit its brand relationship with installers or hurt it?

  • 10/10/12: Biogas USA West | San Francisco, CA

    Updated: 2012-05-19 05:58:05
    The 4th Annual Biogas West conference returns to San Francisco as the region’s premier event for the biogas community to meet and enhance the profitability of new and existing projects. The US biogas meeting will examine how to capitalize on emerging high energy feedstocks such as wastewater, municipal solid waste and industrial food waste, whilst [...]

  • Nevada Home to World's First Hybrid Solar-Geothermal Plant

    Updated: 2012-05-18 21:16:02
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org MAY 18 Recent Comment I have to agree in many ways with net97surferx about rooftop installat . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Nevada Home to World's First Hybrid Solar-Geothermal Plant Written by Megan Treacy on 18 05 12 Nevada's Stillwater geothermal plant has added a solar array to become the world's first hybrid solar-geothermal plant . Enel Green Power North America installed more than 89,000 solar panels with a capacity of 26 MW to the site . The plant's combined capacity is now 59 MW of clean energy capable of powering more than 50,000 . homes Solar and geothermal are a match made in heaven . Both are great sources of clean energy , but solar power needs a backup for when the sun isn't shining

  • 5/22/12: ECOSMART-2012 2nd International Forum of Clean Technologies| Kiev, Ukraine

    Updated: 2012-05-18 00:09:39
    International Forum of Clean Technologies in Ukraine ECOSMARTTM is the most essential business platform for representatives of governmental, civil sphere, which are united by idea of sustainable development and building of a “green economy” in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. In continuation of the success of the ECOSMART-2011 forum, which Ukrainian Event Awards titled as the [...]

  • The Most Important Problem in Renewable Energy — R-Squared Energy TV Ep. 22

    Updated: 2012-05-17 19:36:56
    . Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on May 17, 2012 with 30 responses The Most Important Problem in Renewable Energy R-Squared Energy TV Ep . 22 : Tags artificial leaf artificial photosynthesis daniel nocera energy storage joule biotechnologies R-Squared Energy TV Tweet In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV I answer a question about the artificial leaf being worked on by Daniel Nocera at MIT . I discuss the strengths and weaknesses of various storage schemes , and explain why I believe storage is the most important problem in renewable . energy In the video I discuss the low energy density of batteries relative to liquid fuels . Below is a

  • Rethinking the Role of Government in Cleantech

    Updated: 2012-05-17 15:38:00
    Another year, another wringing of the hands over tax credits and incentives for clean technology. Lobbyists and vendors in the U.S. are once again inging the blues, calling for continued and expanding government investments in clean technology. At the same time, political challengers continue their olyndra hootenanny, raking the curren

  • NJ Senate Environment and Energy Committee to Vote on RPS Increase

    Updated: 2012-05-16 22:34:04
    The state of New Jersey’s ailing SREC market prompted the re-introduction of legislation geared to increase demand for solar energy.  On May 14th, Senators Bob Smith (D-17) and Stephen Sweeney (D-3) presented S 1925, which would adjust the State’s renewable portfolio standard’s solar energy requirements to create an adequate demand schedule that accommodates the astronomical [...]

  • Sol Systems Welcomes New Solar Analyst Intern

    Updated: 2012-05-16 21:06:57
    Sol Systems is proud to announce the arrival of our new, talented Solar Analyst Intern. Welcome to the team, Kevin! Kevin Collins joins Sol Systems after his second year at American University, where he studies Business Administration with a specialization in Information Systems Technology. Kevin will continue his studies at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland [...]

  • Hans-Josef Fell, Father of the Feed-in Tariff

    Updated: 2012-05-14 14:00:00
    I dropped by the Bundestag office of Germany’ Green MP Hans-Josef Fell the other day. Fell is a fascinating character and is one of the figures hailed as “the father of the feed-in tariff (FiT)” — ermany’ law that guarantees private producers of renewable energy a fixed, igher-than-market rate for their e

  • Misreported US Study on Connection Between Wind Turbines and Global Warming

    Updated: 2012-05-14 08:22:26

  • Putting D.C. to the Test: Comparing Solar Density in Cities

    Updated: 2012-05-11 20:14:19
    Recently, Sol Systems published a piece on D.C.’s solar density that places the District ahead of all other states, with an impressive 65.5 kW/mi2 of solar.  However, the true test for D.C. – which admittedly has more in common with a city than a state – is how it stacks up against leading solar cities [...]

  • Winners and Losers in the Renewable Energy Race

    Updated: 2012-05-10 16:23:38
    According to a recent Pew Charitable Trust report entitled, “Who's Winning the Clean Energy Race,” the United States overtook China in green energy investments during 2011 after lagging behind for the previous two years. #xD; When you add up asset finance, public markets, venture capital, and small distributed investments together, we

  • SolMarket Featured in NREL Article on Renewable Energy Project Finance

    Updated: 2012-05-10 16:20:15
    SolMarket is making a splash in the renewable energy project finance space. The online project finance platform was recently featured in an NREL article highlighting SolMarket’s ability to connect developers in need of capital with investors seeking investment opportunities. The article mentions how SolMarket and other innovative financing tools reduce transaction costs for solar. “Finding [...]

  • Nuclear Power in Japan, Methane Hydrates, and Gasoline Prices — R-Squared Energy TV Ep. 21

    Updated: 2012-05-10 12:00:44
    , , Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on May 10, 2012 with 21 responses Nuclear Power in Japan , Methane Hydrates , and Gasoline Prices R-Squared Energy TV Ep . 21 : Tags Fukushima gas prices methane hydrates R-Squared Energy TV Tweet In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV I : cover Japan’s decision to abandon nuclear power which will contend for the top energy story of the year regardless of how it plays out ConocoPhillips’ successful methane hydrates drilling test in the Arctic and whether that means that methane hydrates will soon be a viable energy option The likelihood that gasoline prices have indeed peaked for now Readers who have

  • Renewable Energy Law Blog

    Updated: 2012-05-09 14:57:00
    Wednesday , May 09, 2012 Photo via Flickr Vermont first state in nation to ban fracking for oil and gas With a 103-36 vote in the House of Representatives , Vermont on Friday became the first state to ban hydraulic fracturing to extract oil or natural gas . The bill passed the Senate earlier this week . The House debate was short . Heidi Scheuermann , R-Stowe , raised concerns that Vermont was banning the practice without knowing what natural gas resources it was giving up . We have no idea if some farmers in Franklin County might be able to take advantage of an economic opportunity on their property , 8221 she said in floor debate . Scheuermann urged the House to vote for a moratorium , which would sunset after a number of . years David Deen , D-Westminster , argued that there was a small

  • Washington Post Wonkblog shows map from EIA on state renewable energy generation; How does Indiana rank?

    Updated: 2012-05-07 19:48:30
    Who uses renewable power, in one map Posted by Brad Plumerat 10:14 AM ET, 05/02/2012 TheWashingtonPost We keep hearing that renewable energy is booming in the United States, but where is it? Here’s a handy map from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showing how much electricity each state gets from wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal [...]

  • Environment blog Environment The Guardian

    Updated: 2012-05-07 03:18:10
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    Updated: 2012-05-07 03:18:10
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