MendoCoastCurrent, January 31, 2009 On January 26, 2009, Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies agreed to work together to develop a commercial-scale wave energy project off the coasts of Oregon or California. OPT is providing their expertise in project and site development as they build the plant’s power take-off and control systems with their PowerBuoy [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Lockheed, OPT Going for Wave Energy in the West
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Research, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, Iberdrola, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, Oregon, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Converter, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Suzlon to Build Indian Wind Park
Posted in India, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Gujarat Wind Park, India, MOU, Suzlon, Suzlon Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, January 30, 2009 Suzlon Gujarat Wind Park Ltd. (SGWPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzlon Energy Ltd., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the state government of Gujarat, India to develop up to 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity in the state. The MOU builds on the friendly investment climate for the [...]
Auto Electrification: Making It Happen
Posted in Auto Electrification, California, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, FERC, Funding, Green Recovery, Hybrid Vehicles, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Auto Electrification, California, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, FERC, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Schwarzenegger, Secretary Jon Wellinghoff, Smart Grid, Superhighway, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009 At his first White House press conference, President Obama declared “the days of Washington dragging its heels are over” and ordered an immediate review of the Bush administration’s refusal to give California authority to enforce tougher emission and fuel efficiency standards on gas and diesel automobiles. For more than two years [...]
PG&E Scores $6M for Mendocino, Humboldt Wave Energy Projects
Posted in California, CPUC, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, CPUC, Dept. of Energy, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rejection, FERC Review Team, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Stakeholders, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Editors Note: On May 11, 2009, PG&E pulled-out of Mendocino WaveConnect, read it here: http://tinyurl.com/qwlbg6 . The remains of the $6M are now solely allocated to Humboldt WaveConnect. MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009 PG&E caught a major renewable energy wave today as the California Public Utilities Commission approved $4.8 million in funding their centerpiece wave energy [...]
Mendocino Files Powerful FERC Motion to Intervene
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009 As the Monday, February 9, 2009 before 2 p.m. deadline for filing FERC Motion to Intervene papers regarding the Green Wave LLC wave energy preliminary permit off the Mendocino village coast approaches, locals, the City of Fort Bragg and fishing organization are participating and electronically filing their views with FERC. Here’s [...]
Ken Salazar, New Interior Secretary, Voices Openness to Offshore Oil Drilling
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Improper Practices, Mendocino, MMS, News, Northern California, Obama, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, President Obama, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Northern California, Obama, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Oil Shale, President Obama, Secretary Ken Salazar, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
STEPHEN POWER, The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2009 Interior Secretary Ken Salazar indicated Tuesday that the Obama Administration could be open to expanded offshore drilling and is considering doing away with a controversial program that allows oil companies to pay in kind for oil and natural gas taken from public lands. Salazar inherited a [...]
US Wind Energy Generating Capacity Grows by 50% in 2008
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Funding, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged AWEA, DOE, Economic Issues, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 28, 2009 To Keep Momentum, AWEA Calls for Quick Approval of the Obama Stimulus Package The massive growth in 2008 swelled the nation’s total wind power generating capacity by 50% and channeled an investment of some $17 billion into the economy, positioning wind power as one of the leading sources of new power [...]
Scaleback Urged for Coos Bay Wave Energy
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Coos Bay, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Gov. Ted Kulongoski, ODFW, OPT, Oregon, Renewable Energy, SOORC, Surfrider Foundation, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Susan Chambers, The World, January 26, 2009 Coos Bay, Oregon – Ocean Power Technologies is feeling pressure as local groups, the state and even the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission urge the company to shrink its 200-buoy Coos Bay plan. Oregon Wave Energy Partners I, as Ocean Power Technologies, filed its notice of intent and preliminary [...]
Wellinghoff Takes the Helm at FERC
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, LNG, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged 2000 Energy Task Force, Energy Innovations Sector, FERC, FERC Leadership, Jon Wellinghoff, Nevada, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, January 26, 2009 Almost lost amid President Barack Obama’s stream of appointments was that of Jon Wellinghoff as Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The FERC’s duties include regulating interstate transmission of electricity, watching over the nation’s wholesale electricity markets and also licensing new hydropower projects. Mr. [...]
Silicon Valley Looks Forward to Obama Stimulus Plan
Posted in Bay Area, California, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Economic Issues, Green Recovery, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Weatherization, Wind Energy, tagged Agilewaves, California, Economic Stimulus Plan, eMeter, EnerNOC, Obama, PG&E, Power Infrastructure, President Obama, Project Frog, Renewable Energy, Serious Materials, Silicon Valley, Silver Spring Networks, Smart Grid, Solar City, Solar Energy, SunPower, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. Power Grid, US Energy Policy, Weatherization, Wind Energy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SCOTT DUKE HARRIS and MATT NAUMAN, San Jose Mercury News, January 27, 2009 As President Barack Obama and Congress hammer out an economic stimulus package expected to be in the $825 billion range, Silicon Valley clean tech leaders are heartened by an energy agenda that starts with an emphasis on “smart grid” technologies that encourage [...]
Wellinghoff Named Acting FERC Chairman
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, LNG, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Peak Oil, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged FERC, FERC Leadership, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 27, 2009 Washington, D.C. — On January 23, 2009, President Barack Obama has named Jon Wellinghoff acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Wellinghoff responded that he looks forward to serving the president and the nation in this capacity. “I thank President Obama for the opportunity to lead FERC at a [...]
Obama to EPA: Reconsider California Car Emissions Plan
Posted in California, Car Charging Network, Dept. of Transportation, Electric Cars, EPA, FERC, Green Economy, Greenhouse Gas, Hybrid Vehicles, News, Obama, Peak Oil, President Obama, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Car Charging Network, Electric Cars, EPA, FERC, Fuel-efficiency Standards, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Jon Wellinghoff, National Power Grid, Peak Oil, President Obama, Technological Innovation, U.S., U.S. Dept. of Transportation on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SIOBHAN HUGHES, Dow Jones News, January 26, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to consider allowing California to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles, a policy that could spur the development of new vehicles. “The federal government must work with, not against, states to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions,” Obama said at a press [...]
Jon Wellinghoff, New FERC Chief Gives LNG Foes Hope
Posted in Environmental Issues, FERC, LNG, News, Obama, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Bradwood LNG Project, Environmental Issues, FERC, Gov. Ted Kulongoski, Jon Wellinghoff, LNG, Obama, Oregon, President Obama, Suedeen Kelly, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CASSANDRA PROFITA, The Daily Astorian, January 26, 2009 In a move eagerly anticipated by liquefied natural gas opponents on the North Coast of Oregon, President Barack Obama has named Jon Wellinghoff acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. “The move, together with likely changes to the board’s makeup in the coming months and pending [...]
Offshore Oil Drilling on the North Coast of California?
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, MMS, News, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Comment Period, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, Rulemaking, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let Your Voice Be Heard by March 23, 2009 by MendoCoastCurrent and pointarenabasin Beginning January 22, 2009 and ending on March 23, 2009, a 60-day Public Comment Period opened regarding new offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling in the pristine waters off northern California. And while this is a multi-step process and before things are cast [...]
MCT Demonstrating Tidal Energy in Nova Scotia
Posted in Canada, Electricity Generation, England, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Nova Scotia, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Bay of Fundy, Canada, England, In-Stream Tidal Energy, Ireland, Marine Current Turbines, Marine Energy, MBPP, MCT, MendoCoastCurrent, Nova Scotia, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, SeaGen, Strangford Lough, Tidal Energy, Tidal Generator, UK, Wave Energy on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 23, 2009 Marine Current Turbines Ltd, the Bristol based UK tidal energy company, in now in partnership Canada’s Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company Ltd to demonstrate and develop tidal power technology and facilities in Canada’s Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company Limited (MBPP) of Hantsport, Nova Scotia [...]
Scotland’s Siadar Marine Energy Project Given Go-ahead
Posted in Economic Issues, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Lewis Project, npower renewables, Oscillating Water Columns, Paul Cowling, Prof. Stephen Salter, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, University of Edinburgh, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wavegen on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
BBC News, January 22, 2009 One of the world’s largest wave stations is to be constructed in Scotland off the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles. The station will create up to 70 jobs and advance Scotland’s bid to lead the world in renewable energy, First Minister Alex Salmond said. Ministers have granted consent [...]
Mexico Launches $550 Million Wind Farm
Posted in Event, Funding, Mexico, News, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Acciona, Acciona Energia, Eurus Wind Farm, La Ventosa Wind Farm, Latin America, Mexico, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Zapotec Indians on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press, January 22, 2009 La Ventosa, Mexico — On January 22, 2009 Mexico inaugurated one of the world’s largest wind farm projects as the nation looks for alternative energy, in part to compensate for falling oil production. Mexico is trying to exploit its rich wind and solar potential after relying almost exclusively [...]
Bush Seeks Drilling Off California Coast in Final Days
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, MMS, Northern California, Obama, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Northern California, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, President Bush, President Obama, Richard Charter, Senator Ken Salazar, Southern California, U.S., U.S. Energy Secretary, US Energy Policy on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JANE KAY, San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2009 The U.S. Interior Department, acting in President Bush’s final days in office, proposed on Friday opening up 130 million acres off of California’s coast to drilling for oil and natural gas, including areas off Humboldt and Mendocino counties and from San Luis Obispo south to San Diego. [...]
Mendocino Energy
Posted in Biomimicry, Bioremediation, California, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Green Economy, Green Recovery, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mill Site Clean Up, MMS, News, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, Patents, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainable, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI Review Team Leads, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009 Here’s the post from MendoCoastCurrent in the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site: Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, wind, [...]
Mendo Coast Current Sees RED
Posted in News, tagged California, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, President-elect Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009 Today at the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site, I shared this: Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, [...]
Ken Salazar Pledges Reform to US Dept of the Interior
Posted in Congress, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Issue, MMS, Obama, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Offshore Oil Drilling, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Senator Ken Salazar, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MICHAEL FALCONE, The New York Times, January 16, 2009 On January 15, 2009, Senator Ken Salazar pledged to “clean up the mess” at the Interior Department if he is confirmed as the next chief of the department, which has been plagued by ethics scandals. Mr. Salazar, Democrat of Colorado, also said he shared President Obama’s commitment to ending [...]
PG&E, FERC Brief Fort Bragg on Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in California, California Coastal Commission, CPUC, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann Miles, California, California Coastal Commission, CPUC, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Tom Luster, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL’s article with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 15, 2009 After nearly two years of local pleas for specifics on the WaveConnect project, PG&E representatives surprised Fort Bragg and Mendocino County representatives with many new details. Those included the promise by PG&E that all environmental studies would be public, not private information. In the recent past, [...]
Stanford Creating $100M Precourt Institute of Energy
Posted in Bay Area, California, Energy Research, News, Precourt Institute of Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Stanford, Sustainable, U.S., tagged California, Energy Research, Global Climate and Energy Project, Lynn Orr, Precourt Institute of Energy, Renewable Energy, Stanford University, The Precourt Energy Efficiency Institute, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, U.S. on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GREEN BIZ, January 14, 2009 Stanford University is establishing a $100 million research institute to focus on energy issues and work toward development of more affordable and efficient ways to capture the power of the sun and store, deliver and use energy in addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. University President John Hennessy announced the launch [...]
Steven Chu Garners Praise from Senate Energy Committee
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Green Recovery, Issue, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Dept. of Energy, DOE, Green Recovery, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Senate Energy Committee, Steven Chu, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JIM TANKERSLEY, LA Times, January 13, 2009 Senators celebrated Steven Chu today as a scientist, administrator and Nobel Prize winner. But in the hearing on his nomination as President-elect Barack Obama’s Energy secretary, Chu was cast in a new role: politician. Under gentle questioning from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the physicist and [...]
Harvard Energy Researcher Claims Google Factoid Fabricated
Posted in CO2, Environmental Issues, Greenhouse Gas, Issue, News, U.S., tagged Alex Wissner-Gross, CO2, CO2 Emissions, Data Centers, Google, Green Computing, Harvard, London, Times, U.S. on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
RENAY SAN MIGUEL, TechNewsWorld, January 12, 2009 A Harvard researcher spent much of Monday setting the record straight about his research and how it relates to Google’s energy consumption. A Sunday Times of London story reported that conducting two Google searches generates as much carbon dioxide as boiling water, though the researcher denies singling out [...]
Sopogy’s Global Strategy Expands to Spain
Posted in Hawaii, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar Thermal, Spain, U.S., tagged Hawaii, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar Thermal, Spain, U.S. on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NANEA KALANI, Pacific Business News, January 12, 2009 Honolulu-based Sopogy announced last week that it will build a 50-megawatt system in Toledo, Spain, using its proprietary technology in partnership with a German energy financier and a Spanish project developer. The system could generate enough electricity to power 15,000 homes. Sopogy founder and CEO Darren Kimura [...]
T. Boone Pickens and FedEx Square Off on Fuel
Posted in Hybrid Vehicles, Issue, LNG, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Vehicles, News, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Commercial Hybrid Trucks, FedEx, Flawed Argument, Fossil Fuel, Fred Smith, Hybrid Vehicles, Issues, LNG, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Vehicles, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, T. Boone Pickens, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
NEIL KING, The Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2009 Dallas billionaire T. Boone Pickens and FedEx Corp. chief executive Fred Smith are now duking it out—over, of all things, the virtues of natural gas as a transportation fuel. Since announcing the Pickens Plan in July, the oilman-cum-wind power booster has spent over $60 million, along with [...]
Legislators Push Ban on California Coast Oil Drilling
Posted in California, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Issue, Marin, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Del Norte, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Rep. Mike Thompson, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CBS 5 with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 8, 2009 New legislation may prevent oil drilling off the California coast in Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties. Growing concern about the nation’s reliance on foreign oil has led to rekindled enthusiasm in some quarters for coastal oil drilling, and renewed efforts to protect the Northern California [...]
Obama’s Clean, Green Energy Economic Recovery
Posted in Alaska, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Congress, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Energy, Event, FERC, Green Collar Jobs, Green Construction, Green Economy, Green Recovery, MMS, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged American Recovery & Reinvestment Program, DOE, DOI, Economic Issues, Energy Technology, FERC, Green Collar Jobs, Green Construction, Green Jobs, Green Recovery, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 8, 2009 Key President-elect Barack Obama renewable energy quotes from his January 8, 2009 speech to the U.S. Congress and citizens, on his top economic priorities as he takes office. “. . .the first question that each of us asks isn’t ‘what’s good for me?’ but ‘what’s good for the country my children [...]
FERC Chief Resigning
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged California, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Joseph T. Kelliher, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, Oregon, President Obama, Rhode Island, San Luis Obispo, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 7, 2009 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher today issued the following statement: Today I announce my intention to step down as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), effective January 20, 2009. Although my term as commissioner does not end until 2012, I will also immediately begin to recuse [...]
Environmental Defense Fund Briefs Obama on Wave Energy
Posted in Issue, Wave Energy, News, FERC, Sea Turbine, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, US Energy Policy, U.S., Renewable Energy, Obama, MMS, OCS, Dept. of the Interior, Wave Energy Trials, Dept. of Energy, Wave Farm, Marine Energy, Ocean Energy, tagged DOE, DOI, EDF, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Environmental Defense Fund, FERC, Jurisdictional Issues, MMS, Obama, Ocean Energy, OCS, OPT, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Steven Chu, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID EHRLICH, Earth2Tech/GigaOm, December 23, 2008 Ocean energy could have a big part to play under President-elect Barack Obama’s environmentally friendly administration, but a coalition that’s pushing for more wave and tidal power says change is needed to expand the number of projects in the U.S. Right now, there are only a handful of ocean energy [...]
Tidal Energy Limited Gets Boost from Propeller and Wind Technologies
Posted in Environmental Issues, Europe, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged BWEA, Converteam, DeltaStream, Eco2, Environmental Issues, Marine Current Turbines, Ocean Current Turbine, Pembrokeshire, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, SeaGen, Tidal Energy, Tidal Energy Ltd., Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ALOK JHA, Guardian UK, January 5, 2009 Propellers on ships have been tried and tested for centuries in the rough and unforgiving environment of the sea: now this long-proven technology will be used in reverse to harness clean energy from the UK’s powerful tides. The tides that surge around the UK’s coasts could provide up [...]
Toyota Developing Solar Powered Car
Posted in Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Japan, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Solar Energy, Solar Powered Car, tagged Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Japan, Renewable Energy, Solar Cell, Solar Energy, Solar Powered Car, Solar PV, Toyota on January 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 1, 2009 Toyota Motor is developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy in an effort to turn around its struggling business with a futuristic ecological car, a top Japanese business daily reported. The Nikkei newspaper, however, said it will be years before the planned vehicle will be available on [...]
File Your Comment on Mendocino Wave Energy Development at FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Comments, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, North Coast, Northern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please Take Action By MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009 before 2:00 pm! MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009 Just a couple of weeks ago, Ann Miles, Director of Hydropower Licensing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission visited the Mendocino coast. The centerpiece of her presentation on January 13, 2009 at Fort Bragg Town Hall was to explain the [...]
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