MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2009
With demands on US ocean resources control growing quickly, the Obama administration today outlined a new comprehensive ocean management plan to guide federal agencies in restoring and protecting a badly stressed US coastal and ocean environment.
Today’s policy shift proposed by the president’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Obama Taking Ecosystem Approach for our Oceans
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, MMS, NOAA, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Coast Guard, Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Transportation, Ecosystem Approach, Environmental Issues, NOAA, Obama, Ocean Energy, Ocean Research, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, Stewardship, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on September 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Honda Backs Hydrogen as US Backs Electric Cars
Posted in Alaska, Battery Recharging, DOE, Electric Cars, Fuel Cell Hydrogen Vehicle, News, Obama, President Obama, US Energy Policy, Zero Emission Vehicle, tagged U.S., Obama, Fuel Cell Hydrogen Vehicle, Honda, US Energy Policy, Lithium-ion Batteries, Dept. of Energy, Car Charging Network, Battery Recharging, Battery-run Car, Fuel-cell car, Secretary Steven Chu, Hydrogen Fueling, Honda Clarity on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ALAN OHNSMAN and MAKIKO KITAMURA, Bloomberg, August 12, 2009
Honda Motor Co. is backing hydrogen power for the cars of the future, a stance at odds with the Obama administration’s decision to drop automotive fuel-cell technology in favor of battery-run vehicles.
“Fuel-cell cars will become necessary,” said Takashi Moriya, head of Tokyo-based Honda’s group developing the technology. [...]
Obama Grants $2.4 billion for Electric Cars
Posted in Electric Cars, Funding, Hybrid Vehicles, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., tagged Electric Battery, Electric Cars, Funding, Hybrid Vehicles, Obama, Plug-in Hybrids, Renewable Energy, U.S. on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Grist via Agence France-Presse, August 6, 2009
President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled a $2.4 billion funding boost for the development of new generation electric vehicles and slammed critics of his economic rescue plans.
The president traveled to a jobs crisis blackspot in the economically struggling midwestern state of Indiana to announce a plan he said would create [...]
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 [...]
Obama on Beach at D-Day
Posted in News, Obama, President Obama, tagged Obama, President Obama on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Obama Moves to Cut Wave Energy Funding
Posted in DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Budget Cut, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Obama, Port Townsend, President Obama, Puget Sound, Renewable Energy, Snohomish PUD, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Navy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on May 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
LES BLUMENTHAL, The Bellingham Herald, May 30, 2009
The Obama administration has proposed a 25% cut in the research and development budget for one of the most promising renewable energy sources in the Northwest – wave and tidal energy. At the same time the White House sought an 82% increase in solar power research funding, [...]
Wellinghoff Now FERC Chair with Kelly Nominated – Updated
Posted in Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, FERC, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: On September 21, 2009 FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly declined a nomination to serve a second term on the panel. Kelly, a Democratic commissioner nominated by President Obama, said she was leaving her post for the private sector. A FERC spokeswoman said Kelly would remain in her seat until Congress adjourns later this year.
In [...]
Center for Ocean Energy Tech Funding Ocean Turbine Studies
Posted in Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Florida, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged COET, Commercialization, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, FAU, FERC, Florida, Funding, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, SeaTech, Susan Skemp, Turbines, U.S., US Energy Policy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ocean Energy Council, March 17, 2009
Researchers in Dania Beach, Fla., landed almost $1.2 million in a federal grant to continue working on an underwater turbine prototype that will use ocean currents to generate power.
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) joined Rep. Ron Klein, D-Fla., today to announced the funding [...]
Surf Battle Generates Fear of Ocean Squatting
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, New Jersey, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Carol Browner, Deepwater Wind, DOI, East Coast, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Federal Power Act, FERC, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Leasing Issues, MMS, New Jersey, Obama, Permit Flipping, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EVAN LEHMANN, The New York Times, March 17, 2009
The oceans might not be big enough for sharp-elbowed renewable energy developers. Aspiring power producers are claiming sweeping stretches of sea along the East Coast, sometimes overlapping each other and igniting modern-day allegations of “claim jumping.”
Open water miles from shore is the newest frontier for prospectors, as [...]
MMS and FERC Rivalry Stalls Wind Energy
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, MMS, Marine Energy, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, FERC, MMS, Obama, OCS, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wave Energy, Offshore Wind Farms, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
H. JOSEF HEBERT, The Associated Press, March 16, 2009
While the Obama administration has touted offshore renewable energy development, a turf fight between two federal agencies has stymied the government’s ability to issue rules needed to approve wind energy projects off America’s coasts.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday the infighting has got to stop.
“It will be resolved,” Salazar said [...]
Kelliher Leaves FERC
Posted in FERC, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged FERC, FERC Leadership, FERC Restructuring, Joseph T. Kelliher, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CHRIS NEWKUMET, Platts.com, March 9, 2009
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Joseph Kelliher on Monday said he will leave the agency March 13.
Kelliher was chairman of FERC from July 9, 2005, until January 22, 2009, and has served at the commission since November 20, 2003.
Just before the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Kelliher announced he [...]
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 [...]
Wellinghoff on Energy Stimulus Funds, Removing Renewable Energy Obstacles and FERC
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy, Energy Research, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, Smart Grid, Socio-Economic Issues, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Demand Response, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Infrastructure, Energy Resarch, Energy Siting, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Bills, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent from Platts Energy Podium, February 12, 2009
The recently approved Economic Stimulus Plan includes expanding the US electric transmission grid and this may be the just the start of what will be a costly effort to improve reliability and deliver renewable energy to consumers from remote locations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Acting Chairman Jon [...]
Obama Enlists Silicon Valley Doerr and Phillips
Posted in Bay Area, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, President Obama, Silicon Valley, U.S., tagged Charles Phillips, Economic Issues, Economic Recovery Advisory Board, Economic Stimulus Plan, John Doerr, KPCB, Martin Feldstein, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Paul Volcker, President Obama, Robert Wolf, Silicon Valley, U.S. on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, February 11, 2009
President Obama chose two Silicon Valley notables as members of his new Economic Recovery Advisory Board. The 15-member board shall advise Obama on decisions about the US economy and announced to spur Congress into passing legislation for his economic stimulus plan.
President Obama said he created a panel of outside advisers to enlist [...]
Renewable Energy Now Looking for Economic CPR
Posted in Congress, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Funding, Green Jobs, Green Recovery, Issue, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PV, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Funding, Green Recovery, NextEra, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Tax Credis, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, T. Boone Pickens, U.S., U.S. Congress, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, February 4, 2009
Wind and solar energy have been growing at a blistering pace in recent years, and that growth seemed likely to accelerate under the green-minded Obama administration. But because of the credit crisis and the broader economic downturn, the opposite is happening: installation of wind and solar power is plummeting.
Factories [...]
OPT Oregon Wave Energy May Roll In Soon
Posted in Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Oregon, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Economic Stimulus Plan, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Funding, Lockheed Martin, Obama, OPT, PowerBuoy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SUSAN CHAMBERS, The World, February 4, 2009
Coos Bay, Oregon — The jobs are coming, so Ocean Power Technologies insists.
OPT spokesman Len Bergstein said Monday the company wants to get stimulus funds from the federal government.
“We have a strong interest in presenting a project that would be jobs-ready right now,” Bergstein said.
OPT wants to get a [...]
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 California [...]
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 | Leave a 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 [...]
Ken Salazar, New Interior Secretary, Voices Openness to Offshore Oil Drilling
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Improper Practices, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, 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 Bush Administration [...]
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 [...]
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 energy [...]
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 challenges to [...]
Bush Seeks Drilling Off California Coast in Final Days
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, Northern California, OCS, Obama, 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.
After a [...]
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, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mill Site Clean Up, 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, wave, green-ag, et [...]
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, wind, wave, green-ag, [...]
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 [...]
FERC Official Appearing in Fort Bragg January 13, 2009
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Obama, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann F. Miles, California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, Fishermen, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from article by FRANK HARTZELL, The Mendocino Beacon, December 24, 2008
On January 13, 2009, from 5-7p.m. at Fort Bragg Town Hall, a “top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear to explain the agency’s strategy on developing what it calls “hydrokinetic” power as an alterative energy source.
Ann F. Miles, FERC’s director [...]
Obama’s Controversial Pick for Secretary of the Interior
Posted in Clean Technology, Climate Change, Colorado, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Green Recovery, Issue, LNG, MMS, Natural Gas, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Climate Change, Colorado, Controversial, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Natural Gas, Obama, President Obama, Secretary of the Interior, Senator Ken Salazar, U.S. on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN M. BRODER, The New York Times, December 18, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Interior Department, Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado, will inherit an agency demoralized by years of scandal, political interference and mismanagement.
He must deal with the sharp tension between those who seek to exploit public lands for energy, minerals and recreation and those [...]
Hawaii Poised to Become Leader in Wave Energy
Posted in Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Funding, Green Recovery, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Better Place, Economic Stimulus Plan, Hawaii, Obama, Oceanlinx, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rep. Cynthia Thielen, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CYNTHIA THIELEN, The Star Bulletin, December 21, 2008
Rep. Cynthia Thielen represents the 50th District (Kailua-Kaneohe Bay) in the State House
An unusual consortium comprised of large utilities, environmental groups, energy think tanks and ocean energy developers has just written to President-elect Barack Obama about the tremendous potential of wave energy and the role it can play [...]
U.S. Presence at UN Climate Conference Raises Hopes
Posted in Climate Change, Issue, News, United Nations Climate Conference, tagged Carol Browner, Climate Change, Lisa Jackson, Obama, Poland, President-elect Obama, Steven Chu, UN Climate Conference, United Nations Climate Conference on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ELIZABETH ROSENTHAL, The New York Times, December 11, 2008
Poznan, Polan — Senator John Kerry arrived at the United Nations climate conference here on Thursday and immediately reassured delegates that the United States would take strong measures to combat climate change.
“President Obama will be like night and day compared to President Bush,” Mr. Kerry, Democrat of [...]
Obama Embraces Green Recovery Economic Plan
Posted in Clean Energy, Green Collar Jobs, Green Recovery, Issue, News, Obama, Smart Grid, U.S., Weatherization, tagged AEP, Clean Energy, Google, Green Collar Jobs, Green Recovery, KPCB, Obama, Smart Grid, U.S., Weatherization on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LORRAINE WOELLERT, Bloomberg, December 2, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama is considering a stimulus package that will include a heavy dose of spending on environmentally friendly projects aimed at creating “green-collar jobs” and saving energy.
While the package will focus on short-term outlays for traditional infrastructure projects to jumpstart an economy now officially declared to be in recession, [...]
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 Appointment Offers Another Green Signal
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Dept. of Energy, FERC, FERC Review Team, Green Recovery, Mendocino Wave Energy, Nevada, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rose McKinney-James, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KEVIN FERGUSON, The Information Week, November 24, 2008
Where is President-elect Barack Obama headed with environmental protection and renewable energy? The answer lies not so much in the encouraging but ultimately self-serving video posted on the transition team’s Web site, but rather on links elsewhere on the page. In particular, look at the appointment of senior transition [...]
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 MendoCoastCurrent, U.S., FERC, MMS, DOE, Renewable Energy, Obama, US Energy Policy, Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Energy, Lisa Jackson, Rose McKinney-James, FERC Review Team, Dr. Susan Tierney, David J. Hayes, Energy Team Leads, Elgie Holstein, Elizabeth Montoya, Cecilia V. Estolano, Robert Sussman, EPA Review Team Leads, DOE Review Team Leads, Robert Anderson, DOI Review Team Leads, President Obama 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, [...]
The Renewable Energy Industry’s Obama Wish List
Posted in Biofuel, Cap and Trade Policies, Congress, Dept. of Energy, EPA, Geothermal Energy, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Biofuel, Cap and Trade Policies, Eric Schmidt, Geothermal Energy, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Tax Credit, U.S., U.S. Congress, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TODD WOODY, Green Wombat @ Fortune Magazine, November 13, 2008
The wind, solar and geothermal industries have wasted no time pressing the incoming Obama administration to implement an alternative energy agenda to spur investment and create jobs.
During a conference call Thursday, the leaders of the Solar Energy Industries Association, American Wind Energy Association and other trade [...]
T. Boone Pickens Revises Pickens Plan
Posted in Funding, Natural Gas, News, Obama, Peak Oil, Solar Energy, Texas, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged BP Capital, Foreign Oil Imports, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Vehicles, Obama, Peak Oil, Pickens Plan, Plug-in Hybrids, President Obama, Solar Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Texas, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RYAN RANDAZZO, The Arizona Republic, November 12, 2008
Billionaire T. Boone Pickens said that his Texas wind farm is on hold because natural gas prices have dropped but that his plan for wind power and natural gas vehicles is still viable to reduce foreign oil imports.
The Texas oil tycoon spoke Tuesday to about 650 utility and [...]
What Obama Presidency Means for Clean Tech
Posted in Biofuel, Cap and Trade Policies, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Issue, News, Obama, Plug-in Hybrids, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, tagged ACORE, Biofuel, Cap and Trade Policies, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Dan Farber, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Obama, Solar Energy, Solar Energy Industry Association, Tax Credit for Hybrid Cars, US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MARTIN LAMONICA, CNET, November 5, 2008
Energy and environmental policy is poised for dramatic change under an Obama administration even with a slumping economy.
With the incoming administration and Congress, renewable energy advocates and environmentalists said they anticipate a comprehensive national energy plan focused on fostering clean-energy technologies.
“The election is over. Now the hard work begins,” wrote [...]
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 Wave Energy, U.S., FERC, DOE, Renewable Energy, Obama, US Energy Policy, Dept. of Energy, Green Recovery, Joseph T. Kelliher, Suedeen Kelly, Marc Spitzer, Philip Moeller, Jon Wellinghoff, Charles Box, John Norris, FERC Leadership, FERC Restructuring, President Obama 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 [...]
Gore: Climate Change Deserves Attention Economic Bailout is Getting
Posted in Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, News, Obama, Peak Oil, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Al Gore, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Green Recovery, KPCB, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy on October 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
MATT NAUMAN, San Jose Mercury News, September 27, 2008
Al Gore said in San Jose on Saturday that the climate crisis deserves the same type of attention and money from Washington that the financial meltdown is getting.
“Instead of a focus only on a bailout, we need to bail in renewable energy,” Gore said during a 50-minute [...]
Colorado Renewable Energy Growth Presages National Debate
Posted in Coal-fired Power Plants, Colorado, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Issue, McCain, Natural Gas, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Coal-fired Power Plants, Colorado, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, McCain, Natural Gas, NREL, Obama, Renewable Energy, Rulemaking, Solar Energy, Vestas, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Xcel Energy on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PETER SLEVIN, The Washington Post, August 18, 2008
DENVER — When Colorado voters were deciding whether to require that 10% of the state’s electricity come from renewable fuels, the state’s largest utility fought the proposal, warning that any shift from coal and natural gas would be costly, uncertain and unwise.
Then a funny thing happened. The ballot [...]
Obama, in New Stand, Proposes Accessing Oil Reserves
Posted in Alaska, Canada, Congress, Electric Cars, Funding, Issue, McCain, News, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, Plug-in Hybrids, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Alaska Oil Reserve, Canada, Electric Cars, Funding, LNG, McCain, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Pelosi, PHEV, Plug-in Hybrids, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, U.S., U.S. Congress on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LARRY ROHTER, The New York Times, August 5, 2008
Senator Barack Obama altered his position on Monday to call for tapping the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gasoline prices as he outlined an energy plan that contrasts with Senator John McCain’s greater emphasis on expanded offshore drilling and coal and nuclear technology.
In a speech here [...]
California Unveils Draft Carbon Cap and Trade Plan
Posted in California, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Market, Climate Change, Economic Issues, Kyoto Protocol, McCain, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., tagged California, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Market, Chevron, Climate Change, ConocoPhillips, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Kyoto Protocol, McCain, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LAURA MANDARO, MarketWatch, June 26, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO – California released a draft plan on Thursday to reduce the state’s projected greenhouse gas emissions by nearly one-third, in part by creating a cap and trade program that could serve as a blueprint for a national carbon emissions market.
The 77-page “climate change draft scoping plan” lays out [...]
Bush Asks Congress to Clear Way for Offshore Oil Drilling
Posted in Alaska, China, Cuba, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Issue, McCain, News, Obama, Peak Oil, President Bush, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Alaska, ANWR, China, Cuba, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Green River Basin, McCain, Obama, Peak Oil, President Bush on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ED HENRY, RICHARD GREENE, BRIANNA KEILER, HUSSEIN SADDIQUE, ALI VELSHI, CNN, June 18, 2007
Washington — President Bush asked Congress Wednesday to permit drilling for oil in deep water off America’s coasts to combat rising oil and gas prices.
“There is no excuse for delay,” the president said in a Rose Garden statement.
Bush also renewed his demand [...]
President Obama Stalls Bush Drilling Plans
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, EPA, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Improper Practices, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Southern California, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged BLM, California, Eastern Seaboard, Environmental Issues, EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gulf of Mexico, Kristina Johnson, Mercury Emissions, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Obama, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Oil and Gas, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, President Obama, Public Comment, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, US Geological Survey on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DANIEL B. WOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, February 11, 2009
Less than a month into his administration, President Obama is making good on campaign promises to move toward a comprehensive approach to US energy and to broaden environmental protections. The administration has moved over the past few weeks to undo many of Bush’s last-minute drilling and [...]
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