CATHY PROCTOR, Denver Business Journal, July 31, 2009 Wind farms and solar power plants may offer free fuel costs and no carbon-dioxide emissions, but don’t assume there’s universal support from environmentalists, according to industry observers. “The world is changing,” said Andrew Spielman, a partner at the Denver office of Hogan & Hartson LLC who works [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Renewable Energy Has Its Price
Posted in Carbon Emissions, Electricity Generation, Energy Footprint, Energy Research, Energy Sprawl, Renewable Energy, Research, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Carbon Emissions, Energy Footprint, Energy Sprawl, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Impact, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbine Noise, Wind Turbines on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EnviroMission Files to Build Two Solar Towers in Arizona
Posted in Arizona, Australia, Electricity Generation, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S., tagged Arizona, Australia, Electricity Generation, EnviroMission, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Tower, U.S. on July 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 2, 2009 EnviroMission Ltd. recently filed two land applications in the United States for two prospective Solar Tower power station developments. Melbourne, Australia-based EnviroMission Limited, also opened operations in Phoenix, Arizona, and established a 100% owned subsidiary, EnviroMission (USA) Inc., to lead Solar Tower development in the American market. The drive for Solar [...]
The Way to a New Energy Future
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Carbon Emissions, Colorado, Congress, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, Geothermal Energy, Green Collar Jobs, Greenhouse Gas, New Mexico, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Wind Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, tagged Atlantic Ocean, Colorado, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Geothermal Energy, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, New Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, President Obama, Reduce Carbon Emissions, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on July 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ken Salazar, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, July 26, 2009 Just north of the Colorado-New Mexico border, in the sunny expanses of my native San Luis Valley, America’s clean energy future is taking root. Under President Obama’s leadership, four tracts of land in southern Colorado and two dozen tracts across six Western states may soon [...]
2010 Honda Hybrids
Posted in Auto Electrification, Batteries, Battery Recharging, Car Charging Network, Electric Cars, Energy Efficiency, Fuel Cell Hydrogen Vehicle, Hybrid Vehicles, News, Plug-in Hybrids, tagged Electric Battery, Electric Cars, Fuel Cell, Fuel Cell Hydrogen Vehicle, Fuel Efficient Cars, Honda, Hybrid Vehicles on July 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
KARA GILMOUR, NewsOXY.com, July 26, 2009 Honda electric vehicles will expand further on the hybrid idea offering consumers more of a variety from popular post-conventional concept vehicles. The new 2010 Honda Hybrid Cars will provide consumers with better options for electric and fuel cell technologies. What is more important is that these new automobiles will [...]
From Coal Mine to Wind Farm in Four Years
Posted in Coal-fired Power Plants, Electricity Generation, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Wyoming, tagged Coal Mine, Electricity Generation, Glenrock Wind Farm, Reclamation, Renewable Energy, Rocky Mountain Power, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Tracking, Wind Turbines, Wyoming on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DANIEL TERDIMAN, CNET, July 23, 2009 Wyoming — Walking across the former site of the Dave Johnston Mine here, about half an hour outside Casper, you’d never know that over the course of 42 years, 104 million tons of coal was taken out of the ground. But now, instead of having a heavy carbon footprint–and [...]
FERC Guiding & Accelerating Development of Smart Grid
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, News, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Cybersecurity, Demand Response, Electricity Generation, Energy Transmission, FERC, Smart Grid, Transmission Issues, U.S., U.S. Power Grid, US Energy Policy on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 19, 2009 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) moved to accelerate the development of a smart electric transmission system that could improve the efficiency and operation of the grid. The Smart Grid Policy Statement sets priorities for work on development of standards for the developement of a reliable and smart grid. Smart grid [...]
U.K. Funding Massive Marine Energy Project
Posted in Britain, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Cornwall, Electricity Generation, Energy Funding, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, RDA, Renewable Energy, Severn Tidal Project, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.K., Wave Energy, Wave Hub on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EMMA WOOLLACOTT, TG Daily, July 15, 2009 The world’s largest wave farm is to be built off the coast of south-west England under plans announced today. Pledging an investment of £9.5 million ($15.6 million), Business Secretary Lord Mandelson dubbed the region the first “Low Carbon Economic Area”. The Wave Hub project – a giant, grid-connected [...]
U.S. Treasury, DOE Offer Cash including Ocean and Hydro Renewable Energy Projects
Posted in Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Hydro Energy, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Dept of Treasury, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Funding, Energy Research, Funding, Hydro, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, Renewable Energy, Steven Chu, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hydro Review with edits, Pennwell, July 9, 2009 The U.S. Treasury and the Department of Energy are now offering $3 billion in government funds to organizations developing renewable energy projects including hydropower and ocean energy projects. The funds, from the economic stimulus package passed by Congress in February, support the White House goal of doubling [...]
DOE Awards $153 Million to State Energy Programs
Posted in ARRA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Funding, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Arkansas, ARRA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Funding, Georgia, Kentucky, Local Energy Strategies, Mississippi, Montana, New York, Renewable Energy, SEP, State Energy Programs, Steven Chu, U.S., US Energy Policy, Virgin Islands on July 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 06, 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $153 million in Recovery Act funding to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Montana, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under the Dept. of Energy’s State Energy Program (SEP), states and territories have proposed [...]
DOE Secretary Chu Heralds $32 Million to Modernize Hydropower
Posted in Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydro Energy, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Energy Infrastructure, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydro Energy, Hydropower, MendoCoastCurrent, Pumped Storage Technology, Renewable Energy, Steven Chu, U.S., US Energy Policy on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 30, 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is making available over $32 million in Recovery Act funding to modernize the existing hydropower infrastructure in the U.S., increase efficiency and reduce environmental impact. His announcement supports the deployment of turbines and control technologies to increase power generation and environmental stewardship at existing [...]
Massachusetts Proposes Master Plan for Ocean Energy
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Massachusettts, News, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, Massachusetts, OCS Leases, Outer Continental Shelf, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UCILIA WANG, GreenTechMeida, July 1, 2009 The draft plan covers how the state would plan and oversee all sorts of projects located within the state waters, including wind, tidal and wave farms. Massachusetts released a draft of a plan Wednesday that would govern the permitting and management of projects such as tidal and wave energy [...]
