• BNetzA Announces 2.5% Degression of Solar Feed-in Tariffs for November to January

    Updated: 2012-10-31 17:43:45
    The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA) announced that the feed-in tariffs for electricity generated by photovoltaic installations commencing operation between 1 November 2012 and 31 January 2013 will decrease by 2.5% per month. The BNetzA continuously monitors the installation of new photovoltaic systems to set the feed-in tariffs withing the framework provided in [...]

  • UK sustainable palm oil targets are too weak, say retailers

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:58:00
    Guardian: Retail bodies and charities have criticised the government for setting "weak" targets on the use of sustainable palm oil. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) yesterday asked retailers, manufacturers and charities to sign up to "work towards" ensuring that, by 2015, all palm oil used in food and other products is responsibly produced and does not contribute to deforestation. But the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said that while the government deserved praise for...

  • After defeating coal plant, Borneo hosts renewable energy meeting

    Updated: 2012-10-31 16:37:00
    Mongabay: Last year, a coalition of environmentalists and locals won a David-versus-Goliath battle against a massive coal plant in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo. After facing a protracted campaign-including expert analysis of green energy options for Sabah-the state government announced it was scuttling plans to build the coal plant on a beach overlooking the Coral Triangle. Now, victorious grassroots campaigners are hosting the inaugural meeting of the Southeast Asia Renewable Energy People’s Assembly...

  • No Dash for Gas continues stand-off against police

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:58:00
    Guardian: The stand-off between climate change protesters perched high on two power station chimneys and police encircling the plant below is continuing in spite of high winds. Clinging to metal railings near the top of the 91m (300ft) water cooling tower at EDF's new gas-fired power station at West Burton in Nottingamshire, the group said that they were concentrating on stopping their tarpaulin shelter from blowing away. After tweeting a dawn picture of the second occupied chimney with the River Trent...

  • Bankrolling Climate Disruption

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:27:00
    EcoWatch: A number of major banks, including Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, invest in the acceleration of climate change each year by committing billions to polluting energy industries like coal, according to a report published yesterday by Rainforest Action Network (RAN). The report, Bankrolling Climate Disruption: The Impacts of the Banking Sector’s Financed Emissions, finds that major banks have failed to reduce investment in carbon-intensive companies at a time of global climate chaos. The report...

  • EU energy chief backs new renewable goal post 2020

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:13:00
    Reuters: The European Union needs new binding goals on renewable energy and on cutting carbon emissions to succeed green policy targets that expire in 2020, the EU's energy chief said, omitting any mention of replacing the current energy savings target. His comments added to a debate about whether the three existing green goals should be followed by another three, with some EU nations and industry opposing what they see as too much regulation. "I believe we need a binding target for renewable energy,"...

  • Sol Systems Welcomes New Hires

    Updated: 2012-10-31 15:09:58
    Sol Systems is proud to welcome Senior Associate Matthew Chou and two new Solar Analysts interns, Sahiba Chopra and Victoria Ngare to the Sol Systems team. Matthew Chou – Senior Associate Matthew Chou joins Sol Systems with over five years of experience in the energy and finance sectors. Most recently, he served as a senior [...]

  • 'Carbon bubble' looms for fossil fuel industry: Gilding

    Updated: 2012-10-31 14:00:00
    Age: Global business leaders have been warned of a "carbon bubble" that will pop as nations accelerate their move into renewable energy and send the value of coal miners and other fossil fuel industries tumbling. Paul Gilding, an Australian environmental activist and former head of Greenpeace, told the opening of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) that Asia was leading a drive into solar and other renewable energy sources that would leave countries dependent on coal exposed....

  • LIPA Expands a Successful FIT Pilot Program

    Updated: 2012-10-31 13:44:22
    On October 25th, the Board of Trustees of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) voted to expand its current feed-in tariff program by 100 MW for a total of 150 MW, tripling its current size. LIPA will issue the procurement no later than July 1st of next year. An additional set pricing block of 20 [...]

  • John Hayes's wind power warning is clever spin or national betrayal Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-31 10:58:19
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  • Coalition energy policy row as Ed Davey slaps down new Tory minister Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-31 10:58:18
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  • Climate and cost concerns mount in wake of "superstorm"

    Updated: 2012-10-31 09:02:00
    Reuters: Monday's mammoth storm that caused severe flooding, damage and fatalities to the eastern U.S. will raise pressure on Congress and the next president to address the impacts of climate change as the price tag for extreme weather disasters escalates. Hurricane Sandy devastated the east coast of the United States, claiming dozens of lives so far, cutting power to over 8 million people and damaging major roadways, buildings and infrastructure, such as New York's 108-year old subway system. Eqecat,...

  • Developing countries firm up common Doha climate talks position

    Updated: 2012-10-31 08:00:00
    Xinhua: Negotiators from 46 Least Developed Countries (LDC) met in Nairobi on Monday to develop a common position to be presented at the November climate talks in Doha. The technical experts said that developing nations will agree on shared goals which include establishment of a new climate treaty, financing and technologies required to accelerate green transition. "We all have a responsibility in some way to address climate change in order to achieve sustainable development. Africa, small island developing...

  • Energy efficiency boosts China's green shift

    Updated: 2012-10-31 07:59:00
    Xinhua: Higher energy-efficiency standards, rational prices on carbon and deep investments in urban energy infrastructure could quicken China's transition to a green economy, said Niels B. Christiansen, CEO of Danfoss, a world giant in green technology and business. China could make financial savings and improve living standards by adopting tougher regulation governing energy efficiency of homes, offices and factories, among others, Christiansen told Xinhua in a recent interview. Energy efficiency...

  • Scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell

    Updated: 2012-10-31 05:45:00
    ScienceDaily: Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices today. The results are published in the Oct. 31 online edition of the journal ACS Nano. "Carbon has the potential to deliver high performance at a low cost," said study senior author Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford. "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a working solar cell...

  • Ten Ways We Can Help Keep NYC From Drowning Under Water

    Updated: 2012-10-31 05:45:00
    Business Insider: The best scientific evidence shows that global climate change is caused by burning fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas), which emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases act like a bubble around the Earth, trapping heat in, and in turn, causing temperatures to rise on the planet's surface. This phenomenon can be observed through shrinking glaciers, thawing of permafrost, rising sea levels and, yes stronger storms. Superstorm Sandy brought unprecedented...

  • Climate Change Mitigation And Adaptation Equally Critical For Global Food Security

    Updated: 2012-10-31 05:18:00
    redOrbit: Two new reports on climate change and the food supply indicate, among other things, that over 18,000 megatons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere annually by agriculture and food production. Previous studies have examined the connection between agriculture and emissions, but the new report from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) performs that analysis on the entire food production infrastructure that accounts for up to 29 percent...

  • Water professionals urge caution over shale gas

    Updated: 2012-10-31 05:00:00
    BusinessGreen: Proposed shale gas projects in the UK should face mandatory environmental risk assessments, according to a water industry body that has become the latest organisation to warn the government it must tread carefully in developing the controversial energy source. In the UK, there is currently a moratorium on the process used to extract the gas, known as fracking, until more is known about its potential impacts, which campaigners say extend to earth tremors, landscape degradation, water contamination,...

  • Agriculture and food production contribute up to 29 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions

    Updated: 2012-10-31 02:59:00
    ScienceDaily: Feeding the world releases up to 17,000 megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually, according to a new analysis released October 30 by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). But while the emissions "footprint" of food production needs to be reduced, a companion policy brief by CCAFS lays out how climate change will require a complete recalibration of where specific crops are grown and livestock are raised. Together, Climate Change and...

  • When the chips are down: potato, maize and rice crop yields set to fall

    Updated: 2012-10-31 00:16:00
    Guardian: Farmers will need to grow different crops as rising temperatures and unpredictable rainfall lead to a drop in yields of maize, rice and wheat in developing countries, according to agricultural experts. The three crops are the main source of calories globally, but all regions will have to change their approach to what they grow and eat, researchers said in a report, Recalibrating food production in the developing world, which analysed the potential effects of climate change on 22 of the world's...

  • Wind farms see massive upswing in planning approvals

    Updated: 2012-10-31 00:05:00
    BusinessGreen: Onshore wind farms may be entering a new era of development, as government approval rates surged last year for the first time since 2008. That is the surprise finding of a new report from trade association RenewableUK analysing the state of the onshore and offshore wind industry in the UK between June 2011 and June 2012. The report finds that overall capacity approval of wind farms increased by nearly 50 per cent compared to the previous year, with 110 schemes receiving consent providing up...

  • Nuclear Plants Get Through the Storm With Little Trouble

    Updated: 2012-10-30 22:46:00
    New York Times: The nuclear reactors in Sandy’s path mostly handled the storm well - better than other parts of the region’s electric system. But one reactor, on the New Jersey coast, declared a low-level emergency because rising water threatened to submerge pumps it uses to pull in cooling water. That plant, Oyster Creek, in Toms River, about 60 miles east of Philadelphia, had shut a week earlier for refueling, but still had cooling requirements, especially for its spent fuel pool, where fuel used decades...

  • Did Global Warming Contribute to Hurricane Sandy's Devastation?

    Updated: 2012-10-30 21:57:00
    New York Times: Was the bizarre storm called Sandy a product, in whole or in part, of human-induced climate change? That may not be a top-of-mind issue for the millions of people who will spend coming weeks recovering from the damage. But it is an important scientific question, one whose answers could shed light not just on why this storm happened but also on what to expect in the future. The first thing to say is that climate scientists are just not in a good position to answer it yet. Some of them are...

  • Sol Systems CEO Speaks on Tax Equity at Greentech Media Conference

    Updated: 2012-10-30 21:38:41
    Sol Systems CEO, Yuri Horwitz, traveled to San Francisco this week in order to participate in Greentech Media’s U.S. Solar Market Insight 2012 conference. At Solar Market Insight, Yuri spoke on a panel alongside Raj Agrawal, Head of Infrastructure Business, at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, as well as Brian Matthay, Vice President of Environmental Finance at Wells Fargo. [...]

  • Court overturns regulators’ ruling on payments for Rockport (IN) coal-gas plant

    Updated: 2012-10-30 19:10:36
    UPDATE:  Link to Indiana Court of Appeals decision issued this morning– http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/pdf/10301201par.pdf   Original article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20121030/BUSINESS/121030048/Court-overturns-regulators-ruling-payments-Rockport-coal-gas-plant?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|IndyStar.com 2:51 PM, Oct 30, 2012   | Comments This coal gasification plant is being built in Edwardsport, while ground has yet to be broken on a similar plant in Rockport.  /  Courtesy Duke Energy Written by Tony Cook Related [...]

  • Hurricane Sandy May Force Pols to Discuss Climate Change

    Updated: 2012-10-30 18:54:00
    U.S. News and World Report: While scientific research continues to indicate the frequency of megastorms and hurricanes like Sandy are on the rise as a result of climate change and global warming, politicians from both sides of the aisle have been loathe to discuss the issue in recent years. On the presidential campaign trail, it's been virtually ignored by both President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Global warming skeptics on the Republican side have pushed many candidates to disagree with the notion...

  • United Kingdom: Hiatchi energises future of low-carbon power

    Updated: 2012-10-30 18:17:00
    Guardian: The future of low-carbon energy in the UK became a little clearer on Tuesday when a new player entered the nuclear race, and the government published a shortlist of four potential carbon capture and storage projects that will compete for funding. To the relief of ministers, the Japanese industrial company Hitachi agreed to buy the nuclear consortium Horizon, a former project of the German utilities RWE and E.ON which they put up for sale when they decided to bow out of UK nuclear energy in March....

  • Bundeswehr Opposition against Wind Turbines in Mecklenburg Western-Pommerania for Safety Reasons

    Updated: 2012-10-30 17:55:26
    The Wehrbereichsverwaltung Nord of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) filed an objection against the construction of 40 wind turbines in Mecklenburg Western-Pommerania, most of them over 100 metres high, for reasons of military air safety, the regional public radio and television station NDR reported. The Bundeswehr alleges that the wind turbines adversely affect the radar [...]

  • Why governments must pick the right energy policy winners' Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-30 17:01:57
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  • Why governments must pick the right energy policy winners' Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-30 17:01:57
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  • Americans use more efficient and renewable energy technologies

    Updated: 2012-10-30 15:35:45

  • Climate and energy: How do Romney and Obama compare?

    Updated: 2012-10-30 14:00:00
    USA Today: He pushed to make homes and businesses more energy efficient. He offered government incentives for renewable power and, early in his administration, tried to tackle climate change with fees on excessive corporate emitters of greenhouse gases. President Obama? Well, it may sound like him, but it's GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts -- a blue state with a Democratic-led legislature -- from 2003 to 2007. The two men have fairly similar governing records...

  • Can Germany Do the Energy Transition Alone?

    Updated: 2012-10-30 13:36:00
    No, and it’s not trying to, either. Under EU direction, all of Europe is undergoing an energy revolution, if at different speeds. The impact of energy policies does not stop at borders–Chernobyl drove that point home. And Germany is by no means trailblazing on its own while everyone else watches idly from the sidelines. The German energy system is

  • The Wireless HVAC: Going Mobile Can Increase Efficiency

    Updated: 2012-10-30 11:57:43
    When we don’t hesitate to head across the street to save a few pennies per gallon on gas, why would we play roulette with our monthly energy bill? Nowadays, the capability is there to know exactly what you’re consuming and spending on electricity at any given moment, instead of simply waiting on the meter checker to come by and send you a bill.

  • Poland Renewables Bill to Forge New Solar Market as EU Cuts Back

    Updated: 2012-10-30 04:00:00
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  • UK: Renewable Energy Set to Overtake Nuclear Power by 2018

    Updated: 2012-10-30 04:00:00
    : Home About Contact Tips Subscribe Donate Search this site : All Stories Climate Science Keystone XL Gas Drilling Nuclear Energy Clean Economy Breaking News Today's Climate All Topics October 30, 2012 Monster Storm Sandy Leaves New York , Eastern U.S . Crippled Reuters Nuclear Plant in N.J . on Alert , 3 Others Shut as Sandy Tests Industry Bloomberg Obama Cancels Third Campaigning Day to Oversee Storm Response Reuters see all headlines In Photographs : America's First Tar Sands Mining Site Slideshow Clean Economy News September 18 Could Romney Actually Roll Back New MPG Standards September 11 Will New Fuel-Economy Rules Reduce the Need for Oil Sands Imports September 6 Major Corporations Quietly Reducing Emissions—and Saving Money New Pipeline Safety Regulations Won't Apply to Keystone XL

  • Environment blog Environment The Guardian

    Updated: 2012-10-30 00:18:00
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  • Windreich AG and Tennet TSO GmbH Agree on Interim Grid Connection of Offshore Wind Farm Deutsche Bucht

    Updated: 2012-10-29 21:55:21
    British Wind Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of the offshore developer Windreich AG, and the transmission operator TenneT TSO GmbH have agreed on a temporary grid connection of British Wind Energy GmbH’s offshore wind farm project Deutsche Bucht and an end to a lawsuit brought by Windreich/British Wind against Tennet. Originally the Deutsche Bucht wind farm [...]

  • Community energy is on the up But will the government hobble it Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-29 15:53:59
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  • Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette Editorial: Winds of change; Alternative energy spurring jobs, growth

    Updated: 2012-10-29 15:47:49
    Published: October 28, 2012 3:00 a.m. Original story: The winds of change | The Journal Gazette | Fort Wayne, IN. The winds of change Alternative energy spurring jobs, growth Stacey Stumpf | The Journal Gazette Bill Savage, director of economic development for Elwood, describes the Wildcat Wind Farm as “a major boon for the community.” The wind farm [...]

  • Community energy is on the up But will the government hobble it Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-29 11:16:00
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  • Fracking to extract shale gas less water-intensive than Texan coal mining

    Updated: 2012-10-29 10:25:13
    In Texas gas-fired plants use less water per unit of electricity generated than coal powered

  • Making transport a driver for development in Africa

    Updated: 2012-10-29 09:55:33

  • Can You Make Fuel from Air and Water?

    Updated: 2012-10-26 21:37:45
    In this week's episode of R-Squared Energy TV, Robert Rapier addresses the recent claims of a U.K.-based company called Air Fuel Synthesis that they have invented a process to create fuel from air and water.

  • Parliament Adopts Amendment of Motor Vehicle Tax Act Extending Exemption for Electric Cars

    Updated: 2012-10-26 19:31:55
    The German Bundestag (Parliament) has adopted a bill modifying the Motor Vehicle Tax Act (KraftStG) so as to extend the exemption of electric cars (Section 3d KraftStG). The bill (ref. no. 17/10424) as amended by the Finance Committee of the Bundestag (ref. 17/11183) extends the presently applicable 5-year tax exemption for electric passenger cars to a 10-year [...]

  • German Rail CEO Warns of Cancellations If Datteln Power Plant Is Shut Down in December

    Updated: 2012-10-26 19:22:51
    In an interview with Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) Deutsche Bahn CEO Rüdiger Grube called on the state of North Rhine Westphalia to decide quickly about postponing the shutdown of the Datteln power plant that provides 75% of the 16.7 Hz railway power. Up to 30% of the train services might have to be cancelled on cold [...]

  • Maine University Tries Out River Ferry as Low-Carbon Transportation Alternative

    Updated: 2012-10-26 17:23:04
    Does your college or university campus offer car or bike sharing? Discounted transit passes? These are common ways to encourage students to leave their cars at home. Maine's University of New England, though, took a unique step by implementing the country's only river ferry service run by an academic institution.

  • Five Scary Solar PR No-No's for Halloween. Boo!

    Updated: 2012-10-26 11:00:00
    Since it’s nearing Halloween, it’s a good time to visit five ways you may be scaring away a solar reporter. Be very, very frightened. This list actually comes from personal experience. I’m in a quasi solar reporter world and a professional solar world. By day, I’m a solar marketer, and by whenever I have time or inspiration — about once a week — I

  • Businessweek: When It Comes to Government Subsidies, Dirty Energy Still Cleans Up

    Updated: 2012-10-26 01:16:32
    Original article: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-10-21/when-it-comes-to-government-subsidies-dirty-energy-still-cleans-up Posted by: Charles Kenny on October 21, 2012 The Oct. 16 presidential town hall debate featured Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama facing off on who was really Mr. Oil or Mr. Gas or Mr. Coal. Neither candidate even mentioned climate change. And while President Obama did refer to renewable production, solar got [...]

  • New York's carbon emissions visualised as giant spheres News guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-25 22:12:41
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  • New York's carbon emissions visualised as giant spheres News guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-25 22:12:41
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  • The Great Transition, Part I: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy

    Updated: 2012-10-25 16:26:58
    The great energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy is under way. As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about pollution and climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old energy economy, fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, is being replaced with an economy powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy.

  • OLG Düsseldorf: Doubts About Legal Basis for StromNEV Grid Fee Exemption

    Updated: 2012-10-25 09:52:18
    During hearings in two summary proceedings regarding grid fee exemptions for energy-intensive companies pursuant to Section 19 para. 2 sent. 2 Electricity Grid Charges Ordinance (StromNEV), the 3rd Cartel Senate of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (OLG Düsseldorf) expressed doubt with regard to a sufficient legal basis for the exemptions, the radio and television station WDR [...]

  • Borkum Offshore Wind Farm: Trianel Takes Legal Action Against Tennet TSO

    Updated: 2012-10-25 07:50:33
    Trianel GmbH, a joint venture of municipal and regional utilitities, announced that it brought legal action against Tennet TSO GmbH, because of delays concerning the connection of the offshore wind park Borkum allegedly caused by Tennet. The company also called for amendments of a bill recently adopted by the German government that shall help to accelerate the [...]

  • Parliament Hearing Regarding Amendment of Act on Legal Remedies in Environmental Matters (UmwRG)

    Updated: 2012-10-25 07:44:25
    In a hearing before the Environment Committee of the German Parliament (Bundestag) experts discussed a bill amending the Act on Legal Remedies in Environmental Matters (Umwelt-Rechtsbehelfegesetz – UmwRG; ref. no. 17/10957). The bill was triggered by a ruling of Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of May 2011 in favour of the environmental organisation BUND (German [...]

  • Synthetic Fuel Made From Air and Water

    Updated: 2012-10-24 17:16:15
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 24 Recent Comment Hydrocarbons are merely various arrangements of hydrogen and carbon at . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Synthetic Fuel Made From Air and Water Written by Philip Proefrock on 24 10 12 An English company called Air Fuel Synthesis has begun producing gasoline petrol directly from air and water . Using carbon capture technology to sequester CO2 out of the atmosphere , and electrolysis to crack water into its constuituent hydrogen and oxygen , the company's process then combines the hydrogen and carbon dioxide to create synthetic gasoline or other . fuels To be carbon emissions neutral , any carbon that is going to be burned as fuel ought to have come from the atmosphere , rather than

  • US Wind Power Passes 50,000MW of Generation Capacity

    Updated: 2012-10-24 10:50:06
    United States wind power developers are installing a record numbers of turbines this year: The U.S. wind industry in August for the first time surpassed 50,000 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity. That’s enough to power 13 million homes, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said in a report this week. Wind developers have added 4,728 MW [...]

  • Bundestag Passes 8th Amendment of Act Against Restraint of Competition

    Updated: 2012-10-23 20:33:25
    On 18 October 2012 the German Parliament (Bundestag) adopted the 8th Amendment of the Act Against Restraints on Competition (GWB; ref. no. 17/9852) as amended by the Bundestag’s Economics and Technology Committee (ref. no. 17/11053. The bill contains provisions affecting the electricity and gas sector. The amendment further approximates German and European merger control law, contains special [...]

  • Coming Soon: A German Energy Consultant

    Updated: 2012-10-23 14:12:00
    It might sound glib, but one answer to rising energy prices is simply to use less energy. And indeed this is exactly what Germany is saying in the face of higher energy prices. The math of it is easy enough: use less, pay less, and the environment wins, too. But how to do this when one already conscientiously flips off the bathroom lights when not

  • EEG Clearing Agency Procedure on Replacement, Relocation and Addition of/to Renewable Power Plants

    Updated: 2012-10-22 19:21:39
    Clearingstelle EEG(EEG Clearing Agency) recently started an advice procedure (Hinweisverfahren) on the legal consequences of the replacement and relocation of renewable power plants and parts thereof as well as the addition of whole new power plants or parts under the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) as in force from 2009 (EEG 2009) and the EEG [...]

  • How Sustainable is Food from a Hydroponic Garden?

    Updated: 2012-10-22 15:38:53
    Growing food on-site in hydroponic gardens is catching on in a number of locations. But does this approach create truly "local" produce, with all of the health and environmental benefits?

  • Sailing Close to the Wind?

    Updated: 2012-10-22 08:55:06
    Wind turbines are springing up all across the globe as Governments harvest one of the cleanest renewable energies, the wind. The majority of wind turbines are the traditional three-bladed turbines,  and while they may be getting larger, and more efficient, there’s a limit to the efficiency achievable with a bladed wind turbine.  It’s known as [...]

  • Hofmeister: An Energy Plan for America

    Updated: 2012-10-22 01:58:20
    John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil, set forth his vision of a sound energy policy for America in a recent interview with Consumer Energy Report.

  • Environment blog Environment The Guardian

    Updated: 2012-10-20 21:38:43
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  • Greener Plastics or More Greenwash?

    Updated: 2012-10-19 18:11:14
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 19 Recent Comment Interesting article although now I am just more concerned about all pl . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Greener Plastics or More Greenwash Written by Philip Proefrock on 19 10 12 While it may sound like a repeat of the Organic Vinyl April Fools joke from a few years ago , new bio-polymers are getting touted as a green alternative for conventional plastic . While there are some positive aspects to using plant-based feedstock rather than fossil materials , Building Green offers a strong critique of the problems still inherent in bio-PVC Avoiding petroleum feedstocks is a good move in general , although the diversion of food crop products is as troubling to us as it is when it is done

  • Family Planning Can Help Keep Our Lakes Blue

    Updated: 2012-10-19 01:50:04
    A human population of 11 billion might turn Wisconsin’s gorgeous lakes green. Not green as in environmentally sound, but green as in covered in slimy, stinky, toxic blue-green algae.

  • Sustainable Opportunities & Challenges for the Fashion World: A Review of a Lecture by Dr. Kate Fletcher

    Updated: 2012-10-18 19:40:08
    What are the opportunities that exist for creating a more sustainable fashion industry? What challenges remain. Dr. Kate Fletcher's recent lecture in St. Louis provided a glimpse into the future of "slow fashion."

  • The Real Cost of Windpower

    Updated: 2012-10-18 19:12:58
    I must confess to sometimes getting very exasperated with the grumbles and complaints voiced by some consumers, politicians, economists, and of course the fossil fuel lobby, when they point to the fact that windpower is more expensive than traditional carbon-generating fuels. It’s like saying that advertising and programmes to ween people of cigarettes are expensive, [...]

  • Renewable Energy Law News - Week of October 15

    Updated: 2012-10-18 18:48:00
    : Thursday , October 18, 2012 Renewable Energy Law News Week of October 15 Photo via Flickr Obama Administration Approves Roadmap for Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development on Public Lands WASHINGTON , D.C . As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production , Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today finalized a program for spurring development of solar energy on public lands in six western states . The Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement PEIS for solar energy development provides a blueprint for utility-scale solar energy permitting in Arizona , California , Colorado , Nevada , New Mexico and Utah by establishing solar energy zones with access to existing or planned transmission , incentives for development within those zones ,

  • Battery Maker A123 Enters Bankruptcy

    Updated: 2012-10-17 15:11:16
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 17 Recent Comment Whenever I see a reasonable successful enterprise so swiftly move into . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Battery Maker A123 Enters Bankruptcy Written by Philip Proefrock on 17 10 12 Further bad news for the electric vehicle market comes with word that A123, the company that owns the largest battery manufacturing plant in North America , has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this . week The two A123 manufacturing plants , which have been making batteries for electric vehicles including those built by General Motors and Fisker , will be taken over by Johnson Controls , which is acquiring A123's automotive . assets In addition to its vehicle batteries , A123 also produces cells and

  • Will US wind power splutter out if Mitt Romney cuts its subsidy Environment guardian.co.uk

    Updated: 2012-10-17 12:49:52
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  • Will US wind power splutter out if Mitt Romney cuts its subsidy Environment guardian.co.uk

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  • Big Wind’s Recurring Nightmare Climate Desk

    Updated: 2012-10-17 12:49:51
    Climate Desk Home Climate Desk Features Climate Desk Live Stories from our Partners Mapping The Change About Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Big Wind’s Recurring Nightmare Posted by Tim McDonnell on Tuesday , October 16, 2012 The wind industry is clamoring to renew a key tax credit . . Again James West Climate Desk Jacob Susman is frustrated again . Sitting in the bright green conference room of his company’s trendy industrial office , overshadowed by the Brooklyn Bridge , he’s a clean-cut poster child for the green economy” : Since 2007, Susman’s OwnEnergy , which installs wind turbines , has grown to be one of the nation’s most prominent wind installers . But he’s plagued by a recurring nightmare : Every few years the industry has to drop everything for six or nine months and focus

  • Environment blog Environment The Guardian

    Updated: 2012-10-17 12:48:16
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  • Giddyup! Wyoming to have World’s Biggest Wind Farm?

    Updated: 2012-10-17 08:58:38
    Wyoming may not be top of your list of United States of America, and may conjure up images of the Wild West, Cowboys and Indians, and Mid-West rednecks.  But it has an impressive record as being progressive and far-sighted. Take the vote for women. Which State granted that? Washington? New York? Nope. Wyoming. In 1869. [...]

  • 4th Annual Wind Power Conference Held in Turkey

    Updated: 2012-10-17 08:56:00
    Today is the second day of the 4th Annual Wind Power Conference, taking place in Istanbul, Turkey.  A number of people have said “why Turkey?” Well, for the clever investor, Turkey represents a real jewel in terms of wind power development. For starters, its economy is growing, something to be noted in comparison with Europe [...]

  • National Geographic Showcases England’s Greenest Island

    Updated: 2012-10-17 07:16:59
    The Isle of Wight, 2 miles off the South coast of Britain, is a diamond shaped island that has some fine views, a fine annual music festival (the 1969 one featured the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, and Bob Dylan), an amazing castle (Carisbrooke), and is where my parents used to take me for holidays (Sandown and [...]

  • UK to Import Wind Power from Ireland

    Updated: 2012-10-17 07:16:23
    The UK Government is considering plans to import wind power from Ireland to the National Grid via cables under the Irish Sea. The power would then be fed to areas in North and West Wales to up to three million homes. Element Power said the £6bn scheme could save consumers billions of pounds as it [...]

  • Online Advertising Poised to Finally Surpass Print

    Updated: 2012-10-17 05:00:00
    New numbers support speculation that the shrinking print advertising industry will fall behind its fast-rising digital counterpart.It looks like this is the year that Internet advertising revenue finally surpasses ad revenue in print media.

  • Cheaper New Anti-Reflective Solar Panel Coatings

    Updated: 2012-10-17 01:02:24
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 17 Recent Comment I think every massive energy consumer , should implement solar heating , View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Cheaper New Anti-Reflective Solar Panel Coatings Written by Philip Proefrock on 17 10 12 For efficiency , solar panels need to be as absorbtive as possible of the light that strikes them . Any light that reflects off the panel is not producing energy , so anti-reflective coatings have been studied by researchers trying to boost the performance and efficiency of solar panels . Highly efficient coatings have already been available for a number of years , but recent developments have been able to bring the costs down , as . well The latest coating development from the Australian

  • Sol Systems to Sponsor MDV-SEIA Conference November 27-28

    Updated: 2012-10-16 18:43:03
    The Maryland – DC – Virginia chapter of SEIA (MDV-SEIA) will be hosting their 6th annual conference on November 27-28, 2012 in Washington, DC.  The topic of this year’s conference is “Developing & Financing Solar on the East Coast.” The conference offers participants the opportunity to increase their visibility with solar businesses across the East Coast [...]

  • All-Natural Insulation with Expanded Cork Boards

    Updated: 2012-10-16 15:56:54
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 16 Recent Comment Cork was used for the refrigeration facility at a local vegetable pack . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it All-Natural Insulation with Expanded Cork Boards Written by Philip Proefrock on 16 10 12 Cork is a very versatile material with a great green pedigree . It is considered a rapidly renewable material because the bark of the cork oak can be harvested without killing the tree , allowing repeated cycles of production over the 200+ year lifespan of the tree . While cork has long been an attractive choice for flooring , it is now being used to provide building insulation boards as . well Like cork flooring , the cork insulation is also made from granules of cork that are left over

  • Psst! Solar Fred Marketing Tip: The Goal Is To Inspire Trust

    Updated: 2012-10-16 14:00:00
    Whether you’re a solar megawatt developer or a solar kilowatt installer, you may think that the goal is to sell solar panels and megawatts to each prospect. But the truth is that your main goal really should be to inspire trust….which will then lead to closing the sale. In simplest terms, what I mean by trust is this: You offer a solar product or s

  • UK Coalition Government Must Display Leadership

    Updated: 2012-10-16 08:42:24
    The UK coalition Government of Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, led by David Cameron, boasted of their green credentials when they came to power.  About to introduce an energy bill into Parliament in the next few weeks, it is essential that the Coalition shows its political leadership, and its grasp of economic analysis, and listen to [...]

  • IndyStar: Plenty of debates this week for political junkies; IndianaDG: Be Careful Not to OD :)

    Updated: 2012-10-15 20:58:50
    Original article: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012210140330&nclick_check=1 Written by Mary Beth Schneider Just can’t get enough of political debates? You’re in luck this week. The candidates in the Indiana election for U.S. Senate will meet in their first of two debates Monday, while the candidates for governor will face-off Wednesday in the second of their three debates. In addition, [...]

  • Enough Energy Available in Winds to Meet All of the World’s Demands

    Updated: 2012-10-15 18:06:18
    A detailed report was published last month in Nature Climate Change that concluded that there is enough energy available in winds to meet all of the world’s demand.  Carnegie’s Ken Caldeira examined the  limits of the amount of power that could be harvested from winds, adding in the effects that high-altitude wind power could have [...]

  • The Potential for a Heating Oil Crisis

    Updated: 2012-10-15 12:28:41
    Home About Contact Advertise Consumer Energy Report Banking Energy Biodiversivist Choke Points Econbrowser Editors' Corner Power Policy R-Squared Energy By Robert Rapier on Oct 15, 2012 with 57 responses The Potential for a Heating Oil Crisis : Tags Tweet The Energy Information Administration EIA last week reported on a potential crisis for heating oil customers in the Northeast part of the United States . In This Week in Petroleum TWIP the EIA : reported For the week ending October 5, distillate inventories in the U.S . Northeast PADDs 1A and 1B were 28.3 million barrels , about 21.5 million barrels 43 percent below their five-year average level Figure 1 Distillate inventories have historically been used to meet normal winter heating demand but are also an important source of supply when

  • UPDATE: IURC Meeting 10/18/12 on IRP Contemporary Issues Technical Conference Changed to 10 am EST

    Updated: 2012-10-14 19:53:26
    Dear IndianaDG Readers: I received this message from Beth Krogel Roads about a change in the start time for the upcoming IRP Contempary Issues Technical Conference. If you are interested in watching this conference on-line, I suggest that that you send her an email requesting that the IURC boradcast this session on the Internet. Email [...]

  • Midwest Energy News: Indiana coal controversy prompts push for more transparency in utility planning; Impact on IRP Rule?

    Updated: 2012-10-14 16:03:38
    See this blog post for details on the upcoming IRP Contemprary Issues Technical Conference. http://wp.me/pMRZi-Td Original article: http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2012/10/12/indiana-coal-controversy-prompts-push-for-more-transparency-in-utility-planning/Posted on 10/12/2012 by Dan Ferber The Edwardsport coal-to-gas plant under construction in Indiana. Cost overruns and other controversy surrounding the project have helped drive efforts to reform Indiana’s utility planning process. (Photo via Duke Energy) For the first time in [...]

  • Frozen Air Offers a New Concept for Power Storage

    Updated: 2012-10-12 01:11:13
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 12 Recent Comment Any light that reflects off the panel is not producing energy , so anti . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Frozen Air Offers a New Concept for Power Storage Written by Philip Proefrock on 12 10 12 An intriguing method for storing excess power from renewable generation sources is based using super cooled air as a means of storing power until it is needed . British-based Highview Power is developing the system with a pilot plant adjacent to a heat and power plant at . Slough The frozen air storage system cools air to cryogenic temperatures around 200 degrees F 129 degrees C and stores it in tanks . When power is called for , the liquified air can be evaporated and used to run turbines

  • Dominion Virginia Power Proposes New Solar Program during Protests over Virginia’s RPS

    Updated: 2012-10-11 19:03:36
    The State Corporation Commission of Virginia is currently debating two solar programs proposed by Dominion Virginia Power that would increase solar capacity within the state’s borders, something that critics say the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) has so far failed to achieve.  The larger proposal involves allowing the utility to select sites and directly [...]

  • Denmark Hits Solar Energy Goal 8 Years Early

    Updated: 2012-10-11 17:26:50
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 11 Recent Comment This is great and bizarre . I live in Germany . Denmark is in the north . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Denmark Hits Solar Energy Goal 8 Years Early Written by Philip Proefrock on 11 10 12 Installing solar power in Denmark is going faster than planned , and the country has already reached its goal of 200 megawatts of solar capacity . This amount was the goal that the Danish government had set to reach by 2020. At present , the country is adding 36 MW of solar panels each month , and industry predictions are that there will be 1000 MW of solar panels five times the goal installed by 2020. Denmark has one of the highest levels of renewable power installed as a percentage of total

  • Sol Systems CEO to Speak at Cooley Clean Tech Conference

    Updated: 2012-10-10 17:50:16
    Sol Systems CEO, Yuri Horwitz will be speaking at the 5th Annual Cooley Clean Energy and Technologies Conference today, October 10. Yuri will be one of three participants in a panel discussion regarding techniques to promote scalable models to expand the renewable energy development, including strategies to overcoming  renewable energy financing, policy, and competitive challenges facing [...]

  • Audi's Carbon Neutral E-Gas

    Updated: 2012-10-10 16:02:00
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 10 Recent Comment While I don't think this process is ideal , I'm always glad to hear whe . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Audi's Carbon Neutral E-Gas Written by Philip Proefrock on 10 10 12 Automakers have a strong interest in understanding and improving the fuel market . After all , without a stable fuel infrastructure in place , their products the cars they build are nothing more than big sculptures . So it's not surprising that Audi is involved in a carbon-neutral fuel called . e-gas Working with an organic waste burning facility , CO2 is captured and then combined with electrolytically produced hydrogen powered by clean energy sources like wind and solar to create synthetic methane which is

  • ​Flaws in the "Organic Food" Study

    Updated: 2012-10-09 18:15:00
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 09 Recent Comment While I myself try to eat as organic as possible to reduce the amount View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it Flaws in the Organic Food Study Written by Philip Proefrock on 09 10 12 Last month there was a great deal of media attention paid to a study about organic food Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives A Systematic Review which was widely cited for concluding that there is no evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods . But the study is more spin than significant . science A critique of the study in the New York Times by columnist and food writer Mark Bittman points out the weaknesses and oversimplifications in the

  • Indiana Integrated Resources Planning (IRP) Contemporary Issues Technical Conference Scheduled for 10/18/12; Discussion on Draft Rule

    Updated: 2012-10-08 23:05:53
    From: Roads, Beth Krogel <BKRoads@urc.in.gov> Date: Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:16 PM Subject: IRP Rulemaking – Draft Proposed Rule Please find attached the most recent Draft Proposed Rule for the IRP rulemaking, RM #11-07, in a red-line version showing the additional changes and a clean version.  Thanks to all that submitted written comments! RM11-07 IRP Draft Proposed [...]

  • Winchester Council proceeds with plan to build wind turbine

    Updated: 2012-10-08 16:46:11
    Dear IndianaDG Readers: When I read this newspaper article, I thought it was too good to be true. The article seems to say that Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) which is an operating subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP) has agreed to a feed-in tariff (FIT) contract with the City of Winchester, Indiana. Unbelievable, I thought. [...]

  • NREL Project Shows Solar Installations Over Time: Underlines Role of State Incentives

    Updated: 2012-10-08 12:57:05
    Dear IndianaDG Readers: I have learned recently that many solar PV advocates were unaware of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Open PV Project. In particular, the self-reported data on solar PV installations in Indiana today (10/08/2012) shows: Indiana Total Results: 222 solar PV installations Indiana Solar PV Cost/Watt: $9.37 Capacity (MW): 3.74 MWs With [...]

  • German Cars Are the Next Wave of EVs

    Updated: 2012-10-05 18:54:51
    Home Contact About Jobs EcoGeek.org OCT 05 Recent Comment I think the range will be around 600 km . There was a car pilot projec . View all Comments Share Email it Print it Digg it Reddit it Del.icio.us Stumble it German Cars Are the Next Wave of EVs Written by Philip Proefrock on 05 10 12 German carmakers are catching up to what other manufacturers are doing , and seem to be coming out with several models incorporating electric drive . According to reports from the Paris Auto Show , an electric drive Mercedes B-Class will be brought to the US market . And a hybrid Volkswagen Jetta is also scheduled to be available for the 2013 model year . An all-electric VW Golf which will be based on the newly introduced 2014 Golf is expected to be released as part of the 2015 line , as . well The

  • A Cleantech State of the Union

    Updated: 2012-10-05 16:15:00
    With October now upon us, data providers are beginning to issue their preliminary analyses of cleantech investment in the third quarter of 2012 that just closed. This quarter, the Clean Energy pipeline service of London’s VBResearch is the first to weigh in, counting cleantech venture capital & private equity investment (excluding buyouts) as appro

  • Will Facebook Make as Much From its Next Billion Users?

    Updated: 2012-10-04 22:14:00
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