SustainableBusiness.com News, April 30, 2009 A bill introduced in the Senate aims to encourage development of renewable ocean energy. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced the legislation as a companion to a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Jay Inslee, (D-Wash.), that would authorize as much as $250 million a year [...]
Archive for April, 2009
US Senate Bill May Boost Ocean Energy Research
Posted in Alaska, California, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Alaska, California, California Wildfires, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Funding, Marine Energy, Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Senate, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AB 811 Workshop in Sacramento on April 29th
Posted in California, California Energy Commission, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Event, Funding, News, Northern California, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rooftop Solar, Small Solar, Small Wind, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged AB 811, ARRA, Caifornia Energy Commission, California, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Funding, Mendocino, Northern California, Renewable Energy on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 26, 2009 The California Energy Commission is conducting a workshop on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Sacramento, to discuss the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provisions related to funding for energy projects. The workshop will focus on Assembly Bill 811 (Levine, Chapter 159, Statutes of 2008) that finances the installation of energy [...]
Ocean Energy Surges Forward
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, MMS, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, Fishermen, Hawaii, Humboldt, Maine, Marine Renewable Energy Center, Minerals Management Service, MMS, New York, Northern California, Ocean Renewable Power, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, PG&E, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Surfers, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Verdant, Wave Energy, WaveConnect, Wind Energy on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2009 Three miles off the craggy, wave-crashing coastline near Humboldt Bay, California, deep ocean swells roll through a swath of ocean that is soon to be the site of the nation’s first major wave energy project. Like other renewable energy technology, ocean energy generated by waves, tidal currents or [...]
FERC Dismisses All Grays Harbor Permit Apps
Posted in Alaska, California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, Massachusettts, Mendocino Coast Current, MMS, News, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, UAE, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Grays Harbor, Hawaii, Massachusetts, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, MOU, New York, OCS, OCS Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wave Energy, Renewable Energy, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 23, 2009 In Octoberr 2008 Grays Harbor Ocean Energy applied for seven Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) preliminary permits for projects located in the Atlantic Ocean about 12 to 25 miles offshore off the coasts of New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and in the Pacific Ocean about 5 to 30 miles off the [...]
Offshore Wind and Wave Energy DOI Regulations
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, Marine Energy, MMS, News, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Atlantic Coast, Atlantic Ocean, Cape Wind, Dept of Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, MMS, Ocean Energy, OCS, OCS Leases, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
H. JOSEF HEBERT, AP/StarTribune, April 22, 2009 Washington D.C. — The Interior Department issued long-awaited regulations on April 22, 2009 governing offshore renewable energy projects that would tap wind, ocean currents and waves to produce electricity. The framework establishes how leases will be issued and sets in place revenue sharing with nearby coastal states that will [...]
California AB 811 to Finance Local Renewable Energy?
Posted in California, Carbon Emissions, Economic Stimulus Plan, Energy Research, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Sonoma, Southern California, Sustainable, U.S., tagged AB 811, California, Funding, Mendocino, Napa, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Sonoma, U.S. on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
JEFF QUACKENBUSH, North Bay Business Journal, October 6, 2008 Santa Rosa – Sonoma County governments have aggressive goals and strategies for curbing gases blamed for climate change, and they now have a new tool for enticing owners of existing commercial and residential structures into reducing emissions via energy-efficient upgrades. Several North Bay local governments have [...]
PG&E Exploring Space Solar Energy
Posted in California, CPUC, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Southern California, Space Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, CPUC, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Gary Spirnak, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Solar Array, Solar Energy, Solaren, Southern California, Space, Space Energy, Space Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 17, 2009 San Francisco – PG&E has begun exploring renewable energy from space as it seeks approval from California state regulators, the CPUC, to purchase power from Solaren Corporation offering 200 megawatts over 15 years. Solaren’s technology uses solar panels in Earth orbit, converting the energy to radio frequency for transmission to an Earth-based receiving [...]
Wave Energy Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
Posted in Alaska, California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, NOAA, Northern California, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Alaska, California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Edwin Feo, Electricity Generation, Energy East, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera Renewables, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Maurice Hill, MMS, NOAA, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Palo Alto, Pilot Project Licensing Process, Renewable Energy, Roger Bedard, Socio-Economic Issues, Stanford University, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Geological Survey, Washington, Wave Energy on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
COLIN SULLIVAN, The New York Times, April 14, 2009 Palo Alto — Technology for tapping ocean waves, tides and rivers for electricity is far from commercial viability and lagging well behind wind, solar and other fledgling power sectors, a panel of experts said last week during a forum here on climate change and marine ecosystems. [...]
