ALLAN CHEN & RYAN WISER, Lawrence Berkeley Nat’l Lab, December 2, 2009
Home sales prices are very sensitive to the overall quality of the scenic vista from a property, but a view of a wind energy facility does not demonstrably impact sales prices.
Over 30,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity are installed across the United States and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘DOE’
Wind Energy Projects: No Impact on US Home & Property Values
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Distribution, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Hedonic Modeling, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wind Energy on December 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
New Jersey Couple Work to Harness Power of the Sea
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, New Jersey, News, Ocean Energy, Ohmsett Renewable Energy Facility, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Able Technologies, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Funding, Linda Rutta, New Jersey, Ohmsett Renewable Energy Facility, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Energy Trials on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
CAROL FLETCHER, The Record, November 29, 2009
Linda Rutta says she has a “tiger by the tail” with a renewable energy device she and her husband, Stanley, invented that can convert the power of ocean waves into electricity.
Now the research and development team needs funding to analyze five days of data from a landmark test of [...]
US Dept of Energy Investing in Small Business Renewable Energy Projects
Posted in ARRA, Clean Energy, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Stimulus Plan, Energy Research, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged ARRA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Funding, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Heat Exchange, Ocean Thermal Energy, Renewable Energy, Secretary Steven Chu, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., Wave Energy on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
RenewableEnergyFocus.com, November 25, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will fund $18 million to support small business innovation research, development and deployment of clean and renewable energy technologies, including projects to advance wave and current energy technologies, ocean thermal energy conversion systems, and concentrating solar power (CSP) for distributed applications.
The funding will come from the [...]
U.S. Treasury, DOE Offer Cash including Ocean and Hydro Renewable Energy Projects
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, 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 U.S. renewable [...]
DOE Awards $153 Million to State Energy Programs
Posted in ARRA, DOE, Dept. of Energy, 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 | 7 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, Kentucky, 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 statewide [...]
DOE Secretary Chu Heralds $32 Million to Modernize Hydropower
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, 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 non-federal hydroelectric [...]
Zoi Confirmed as Assistant Secretary for EERE
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPA, Energy Efficiency, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Cathy Zoi, Dept. of Energy, DOE, EERE, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joseph Romm, ClimateProgress, June 22, 2009
On June 19th, the United States Senate, by voice vote, confirmed Cathy Zoi to be the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Cathy Zoi, CEO of Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection, will now serve as Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) under Energy Secretary Steven [...]
Senate Adopts Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Adaptive Management Program, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Marine Energy, Marine Renewable Promotion Act, MendoCoastCurrent, Ocean Energy, OREC, Renewable Energy, Sean O'Neill, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Senate, Wave Energy on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 19, 2009
The United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today adopted legislation to include key provisions of the Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act (Senate Act 923).
In response, the Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition (OREC) commended Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for including the marine energy provisions to [...]
Obama Energy Officials Reveal New Western States Renewable Energy Initiatives and Strategies
Posted in ARRA, Biomass, DOA, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, tagged ARRA, Biomass, DOA, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, MOU, National Electricity Grid, Obama, Reliability Issues, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, Western States, Wildlife Data Systems on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 17, 2009
The West has been at the forefront of the country’s development and implementation of renewable energy technologies, leading the way in passing effective Renewable Portfolio Standards and harnessing the region’s significant renewable energy resources. The initiatives announced at the recent annual western governors’ meeting offered a collaboration of federal and state efforts [...]
Worldwide Investments Increasing in Tidal, Wave and Hydrokinetic Energy
Posted in Australia, California, DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Hawaii, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., UK, US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aguçadoura, Alstom, Australia, California, Canada, Chevron, Concepts ETI, Cost of Wave Energy, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Endesa, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Georgia Tech Research, Hawaii, Humboldt, Lockheed Martin, Northern California, Oceanlinx, OPT, Oregon State University, OTEC, OWC, Pacific Energy Ventures, PCCI, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Re Vision Consulting, Renewable Energy, RWE, SAI, Scotland, Siadar, Siemens, Snohomish PUD, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, University of Hawaii, University of Washington, Verdant, Wave Energy on June 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
JAMES RICKMAN, Seeking Alpha, June 8, 2009
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. As the world’s largest solar collectors, oceans generate thermal energy from the sun. They also produce mechanical energy from the tides and waves. Even though the sun affects all ocean activity, the gravitational pull of the moon primarily drives the [...]
Mendocino Energy Launches
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mushroom Bioremediation, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, SRI, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Stanford, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOD, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, EPRI, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, Mendocino Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, NOAA, Northern California, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy Incubator, Renwable Energy, Silicon Valley, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, May 20, 2009
At this core energy technology incubator, energy policy is created as renewable energy technologies and science move swiftly from white boards and white papers to testing, refinement and implementation.
The Vision
Mendocino Energy is located on the Mendocino coast, three plus hours north of San Francisco/Silicon Valley. On the waterfront of Fort Bragg, utilizing [...]
US Senate Bill May Boost Ocean Energy Research
Posted in Alaska, California, DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, 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 »
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 to promote [...]
AB 811 Workshop in Sacramento on April 29th
Posted in California, California Energy Commission, DOE, Dept. of Energy, 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 efficiency improvements, [...]
Secretary Salazar: Renewable Energy Now Top Priority
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Biomass, BLM, Cape Wind, Dept of Interior, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy and Climate Change Task Force, Environmental Issues, EPA, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, OCS, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 11, 2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that he has just signed his first order establishing renewable energy generation as the top priority of the Department of the Interior. Following President Obama’s lead in steering the United States into this new energy path, he said this agenda would create jobs and grow [...]
Wellinghoff Publishes Opinion on FERC Role in Ocean Energy
Posted in DOE, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Electricity Generation, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Jon Wellinghoff, Marine Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, February 14, 2009
Acting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Jon Wellinghoff recently published Facilitating Hydrokinetic Energy Development Through Regulatory Innovation.
Consider it required reading as a backgrounder on US wave energy policy development, FERC’s position on the MMS in renewables and FERC’s perceived role as a government agency in renewable energy, specifically marine energy, development.
Missing from this key [...]
PG&E Scores $6M for Mendocino, Humboldt Wave Energy Projects
Posted in CPUC, California, 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 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
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 generation in [...]
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 director of [...]
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 will inherit?”
On [...]
FERC Chief Resigning
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, 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 myself from [...]
Environmental Defense Fund Briefs Obama on Wave Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, 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 projects [...]
OPT Gaining Traction in Wave Energy Projects
Posted in Dept. of Energy, England, Funding, New Jersey, News, Oregon, U.S., UK, US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, tagged DOE, EMEC, Hawaii, Iberdrola, New Jersey, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, Oregon, Spain, U.S., UK, US Navy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Hub on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 15, 2008
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) recently reported quarterly financials and also recent developments:
- Deployed and tested a PowerBuoy off the coast of Spain under the wave power contract with Iberdrola
- Awarded $2.0 million from the US Department of Energy in support of OPT’s wave power project in Reedsport, Oregon
- Deployed and tested a [...]
GreenWave Granted Wave Energy Permit in Mendocino
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, Pelamis, PG&E, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, December 11, 2008
On December 9, 2008 “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted a Southern California development company exclusive rights to 17 square miles off the town of Mendocino for a wave energy study.
GreenWave LLC’s intent is to eventually produce a 100 megawatt wave energy power [...]
Fish Technology Draws Electricity from Slow Water Currents
Posted in Biomimicry, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged Aeolian Tones, Bernitsas, Biomimicry, DOE, Economic Issues, National Science Foundation, Ocean Energy, U.S., University of Michigan, Vivace, Vortex Hydro Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 29, 2008
Ann Arbor, Michigan — Slow-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power.
The machine is called VIVACE. A paper on [...]
Obama Chooses FERC and DOE Transition Team
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Dept. of Energy, DOE, Dr. Susan Tierney, Electricity Generation, Electricity Industry Restructuring, FERC, FERC Leadership, FERC Review Team, John Norris, Jon Wellinghoff, Joseph T. Kelliher, Obama, President Obama, Rose McKinney-James on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GERRY NORLANDER, Pulp Network, November 25, 2008
President-elect Obama has named Dr. Susan Tierney and Rose McKinney-James to his transition team for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is organizationally within DOE.
Both appointees, former state utility commissioners of Massachusetts and Nevada, respectively, have a record of supporting electricity industry [...]
Obama’s Team Leads in Renewable Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, EPA, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Cecilia V. Estolano, David J. Hayes, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI Review Team Leads, Dr. Susan Tierney, Elgie Holstein, Elizabeth Montoya, Energy Team Leads, EPA Review Team Leads, FERC, FERC Review Team, Lisa Jackson, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Robert Anderson, Robert Sussman, Rose McKinney-James, U.S., US Energy Policy on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 17, 2008
Announcements and short biographies of Obama’s Team Leads that oversee renewable energy policy development and associated agencies.
Energy and Natural Resources Team Lead
David J. Hayes is a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Project’s Agency Review Working Group responsible for the energy and natural resources agencies. He is former Global Chair of the Environment, [...]
Shall President-elect Obama Repurpose FERC?
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Charles Box, Dept. of Energy, DOE, FERC, FERC Leadership, FERC Restructuring, Green Recovery, John Norris, Jon Wellinghoff, Joseph T. Kelliher, Marc Spitzer, Obama, Philip Moeller, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Suedeen Kelly, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy on November 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher Note: FERC Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher announced his resignation effective January 20, 2009.
GERRY NORLANDER, Pulp Network, November 5, 2008
With the election of a new president comes renewed speculation about leadership change at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in an Obama administration.
The president . . . can designate a new chairman, who generally will belong [...]
Feds Award Grant for National Wave Energy in Oregon
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Funding, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Oregon, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged DOE, EISA, Floating Test Berth, Funding, Hawaii, Lincoln County, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center, Oregon, Oregon State University, OSU, OWET, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines, U.S., University of Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on November 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
TERRY DILLMAN, South Lincoln County News, September 23, 2008
Oregon’s emergence as a national leader in developing wave energy technology crested Thursday, when the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced grant support to establish the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) in Newport.
The agency selected 14 research [...]
Race to Turn Waves, Tides & Currents into Electricity is On
Posted in California, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, U.S., Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Alaska, California, Chevron, DOE, EPRI, FERC, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Hawaii, MMS, Ocean Energy, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, OREC, Oregon, OSU, Peak Oil, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, Verdant Power, Washington, Wave Energy on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ISABEL ORDONEZ, Dow Jones News Service, October 6, 2008
Surfers aren’t the only ones itching to jump in the water and catch some big waves.
Dozens of companies, from oil giant Chevron Corp. to smaller firms like Ocean Power Technologies Inc., have invested in or are evaluating the potential of technology designed to harness electrical energy from [...]
Mendocino County Granted FERC Role as FERC Asserts Position in Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, DOE, DOI, Eureka, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Denial, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, OCS, Outer Continental Shelf, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 16, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) claimed that it has jurisdiction over hydroelectric projects located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), pointing to laws that define its role.
FERC addressed the jurisdictional question, raised by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Management Service (MMS), in the context of a rehearing order on [...]
Power From the Restless Sea Stirs the Imagination
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, New York, News, Ocean Thermal, Oregon, Portugal, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Finavera, PG&E, U.S., Humboldt, Oregon, California, Funding, Portugal, Pelamis, Wave Farm, OPT, Fishermen, Tidal Stream, Tidal Energy, Mendocino Wave Energy, Verdant, East River Project, Environmental Issues, DOE, Economic Issues, General Electric, Ocean Thermal on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, September 23, 2008
For years, technological visionaries have painted a seductive vision of using ocean tides and waves to produce power. They foresee large installations off the coast and in tidal estuaries that could provide as much as 10% of the nation’s electricity.
But the technical difficulties of making such systems [...]
University of Hawaii Awarded Five-Year Project in Wave Energy Research
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged DOE, Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007, Funding, Hawaii, Maui, National Marine Renewable Test Center, Oceanlinx, Oregon State University, Power Grid Outlet, Research, UH, UH Marine Test Center, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wave Hub on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 19, 2008
The University of Hawaii (UH) has won an intensely sought-after award, being selected as one of two National Marine Renewable Test Centers, with Oregon State University as the other.
As a test center, UH will receive federal funding to study and encourage the implementation of wave energy systems in Hawaiian waters. The strong [...]
PG&E Awarded $1.2M by DOE for Mendocino & Humboldt Wave Energy
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOE, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News, September 18, 2008
PG&E “expects to be granted $1.2 million this week by the U.S. Department of Energy to study wave energy off Fort Bragg and Eureka” and is seeking “the new money earlier this summer to move its local wave energy study under a Federal [...]
U.S. Installed Wind Energy Tops 20,000 Megawatts
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Event, Germany, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged AWEA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Germany, Horizon Wind Power, MendoCoastCurrent, PTC, Renewable Energy Systems Americas, U.S., Vestas, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Xcel Energy on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 4, 2008
The American Wind Energy Association released today that the U.S. wind industry has surpassed the 20,000-megawatt (MW) installed capacity milestone, achieving in two years what had previously taken more than two decades (the 10,000-MW mark was reached in 2006). Wind now provides 20,152 MW of electricity generating capacity in the U.S., producing [...]
U.S. Seeks Applications for Clean Coal Power Initiative
Posted in Carbon Capture Technology, Carbon Emissions, Coal-fired Power Plants, Dept. of Energy, Funding, Issue, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Capturing CO2, Carbon Capture, CCPI, Clean Coal Power Initiative, CO2, Coal-fired Power Plants, DOE, Funding, U.S. on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GLOBE-NET, August 21, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued the final Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Round 3 of the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) which seeks to accelerate the commercial deployment of advanced coal technologies.
DOE anticipates making multiple awards under this FOA and, depending on fiscal year 2009 appropriations, may be able [...]
Ecology Challenges FERC for Bypassing Environmental Reviews of Energy Projects
Posted in Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged DOE, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Conditioned License, FERC Licensing, Finavera, Washington, Wave Energy on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Press Release from the Washington State Dept. of Ecology, March 15, 2008
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) today filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to protect the state’s role in federal licensing procedures for energy projects. The petition asks the court to clarify federal law [...]
DOE to Invest $114M in Cellulosic Biorefineries
Posted in Biofuel, Biomass, News, tagged Biofuel, Biomass, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Funding, U.S. on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DOE, January 29, 2008
The US Dept. of Energy announced on January 29, 2008 that it will invest $114 million in four small-scale biorefinery projects over four years. These small-scale biorefineries will use a wide range of feedstocks to test conversion technologies for the production of cellulosic ethanol. The new biorefineries—to be built in Colorado, Missouri, Oregon, and [...]
Troubled Seas: Washington DOE Challenges FERC License to Makah Wave Energy
Posted in FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged DOE, FERC, FERC Conditioned License, FERC License, Finavera, Makah, Washington on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ALYSSA MOIR, Marten Law Group, January 30, 2008
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) took the unusual step this month of challenging a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue a license for a wave energy project on the grounds that FERC had approved the project prior to having received certification from the [...]
Washington DOE Battles FERC Over Makah Wave Energy
Posted in Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged DOE, FERC, Makah, Washington, Wave Energy on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
January 21, 2008 by 8string
The feds outlandish behavior over states rights to determine environmental policy continues. This will probably end up in court for some time to come. It’s a pity, as we need to be moving alternative energy forward, but not at the sake of our local decision making process.
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Department of Ecology News [...]
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 FERC Hydokinetic [...]
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