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LISA BULE, St. Petersberg Times, November 7, 2009
This is Bob Lyon’s version of a midlife crisis sports car.
“This is the craziest thing I’ve done in my life,” the 47-year-old commercial painter joked Friday after a crane lowered a 19-foot, 1-ton wind turbine onto a pole behind his waterfront vacation [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wind Energy’
Bob Lyon Installs Cool Residential Small Wind Turbine
Posted in AWAE, Electricity Generation, Florida, Net Metering, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, tagged AWAE, Electricity Generation, Florida, Net Metering, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Stop Killing the World’s Oceans
Posted in Climate Change, News, Ocean Acidification, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Dumping, Ocean Warning, Over Fishing, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Climate Change, Ocean, Ocean Acidity, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Dumping, Ocean Warning, Oceana, Over Fishing, Sam Waterson, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
SAM WATERSON, Special to CNN, November 2, 2009
CNN Editor’s Note: Sam Waterston is an award-winning stage, film and television actor who is best known for his long-running role as prosecutor Jack McCoy on “Law & Order.” He is a member of the board of directors of Oceana, a nonprofit organization that seeks to protect the [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Salazar’s View on US Offshore Wind Energy Potential
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, News, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Atlantic Ocean, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, Offshore Wind, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Excerpts from Environmental Leader, April 10, 2009
US Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told participants at a summit meeting “that U.S. offshore areas hold enormous potential for wind energy development in all coastal metropolitan centers, and the wind potential off the coasts of the lower 48 states could exceed electricity demand in the U.S.
The [...]
North Carolina to Ban Mountaintop Wind?
Posted in Electricity Generation, North Carolina, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, U.S., Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Electricity Generation, North Carolina, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, July 22, 2009
Some North Carolina politicians consider this type of thing an aesthetic blight — and want to ban it from the state’s peaks and ridgelines.
A furious battle over the aesthetics of wind energy has erupted in North Carolina, where lawmakers are weighing a bill that would bar giant [...]
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 »
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 on renewable [...]
The Way to a New Energy Future
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Carbon Emissions, Colorado, Congress, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, 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 be supplying [...]
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 coal certainly [...]
Massachusetts Proposes Master Plan for Ocean Energy
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Massachusettts, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, 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 farms.
Touted by [...]
The Renewable Energy Vision of FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff
Posted in Cap and Trade Policies, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Fossil Fuel, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Peak Oil, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Cap and Trade Policies, Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Coal-fired Power Plants, Cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Electricity Generation, Electricity Grids, FERC, Grid Hacks, Jon Wellinghoff, Natural Gas, Reliability Issues, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, June 8, 2009
When giving his slide presentation on America’s new energy direction, Jon Wellinghoff sometimes sneaks in a picture of himself seated in a midnight blue, all-electric Tesla sports car.
It often wins a laugh, but makes a key point: The United States is accelerating in a new energy direction [...]
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 Wave Energy, Wind Energy, U.S., Washington, Geothermal Energy, Funding, Tidal Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Obama, US Energy Policy, Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Energy, Puget Sound, Electricity Generation, US Navy, President Obama, Budget Cut, Snohomish PUD, Port Townsend 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, [...]
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 [...]
Ocean Energy Surges Forward
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, 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 steady offshore [...]
Offshore Wind and Wave Energy DOI Regulations
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, 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 | Leave a 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 receive 27.5% [...]
Interior and FERC Announce Agreement on Offshore Renewable Energy Development
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Leasing Issues, MMS, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Policy Act of 2005, FERC, FERC Licensing, MMS, MOU, Ocean Energy, OCS, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Permitting Issues, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Flux, Wind Energy on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cherry Creek News Staff, March 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – In a joint statement issued today Secretary of the Interior (DOI), Ken Salazar and Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Jon Wellinghoff announced that the two agencies have confirmed their intent to work together to facilitate the permitting of renewable energy in offshore [...]
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 Wave Energy, Wind Energy, FERC, MMS, Renewable Energy, New Jersey, Obama, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Federal Power Act, Carol Browner, Grays Harbor, DOI, Energy Policy Act of 2005, President Obama, Secretary Ken Salazar, East Coast, Deepwater Wind, Permit Flipping, Leasing Issues 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 [...]
Portugal’s Wave and Wind Energy Projects Dwindling
Posted in Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Technical Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Aguçadoura, Economic Issues, EDP, Energy Research, Europe, Floating Foundations, Funding, Offshore Wind, Pelamis, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Technical Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, WavEC, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PATRICK BLUM, International Herald Tribune, March 15, 2009
LISBON: Projects for wind and wave energy beset by technical snags and dwindling investment
In July, a Pelamis wave power generator, an articulated steel machine like a giant semi-submerged sausage, was towed into the deep Atlantic, off the coast of Aguçadoura in northern Portugal, and attached to a floating mooring.
By [...]
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 [...]
WhalePower Turbine Blades Improve Power by 20%
Posted in Biomimicry, Canada, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged Biomimicry, Canada, Energy Research, Funding, Renewable Energy, Toronto, WhalePower, Wind Energy, Wind Energy Institute, Wind Farms, Wind Turbine Blades, Wind Turbines on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TYLER HAMILTON, CleanBreak.ca, February 17, 2009
Toronto-based WhalePower, maker of the tubercle-lined turbine blades inspired by humpback whale flippers, got the results back from its first independent study in the field.
The blade design was tested on a 25-kilowatt Wenvor Technologies turbine at the Wind Energy Institute of Canada. The institude found that annualized energy production from [...]
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 [...]
Carnegie Corp Now Licensed to Explore Wave Energy Off Australia
Posted in Australia, Energy Research, Geothermal Energy, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, South Australia, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Australia, Carnegie Corp. Carnegie, CETO, Geothermal Energy, Port MacDonnell, Premier Mike Rann, Renewable Energy, South Australia, Tidal Energy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL, The Advertiser, February 11, 2009
Wave energy company Carnegie Corporation has been licensed by the Australian state government to explore the seabed off the southeast coast. It is the first license issued in South Australia for a company to search for suitable sites for wave-harnessing technology.
Carnegie Corporation, which has demonstration wave energy projects operating in [...]
Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland Backing Wave Energy
Posted in Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Aberdeen, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ocean Energy Ltd., Renewable Energy, Scotland, Tarves, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID EWENCHIEF, The Evening Express, February 11, 2009
The Aberdeenshire Council has pointed to tides – rather than wind turbines – as the best green solution to the energy crisis. The council took part in a consultation on the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Bill, which is going through Parliament, suggesting tide and current generation would be [...]
New Wave Treader Attaches to Offshore Wind Turbines
Posted in Electricity Generation, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Patents, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Sea Turbine, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Ocean Treader, Renewable Energy, Scotland, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Treader, Wind Energy, Wind Turbine on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MATTHEW MCDERMOTT, Treehuger.com, February 10, 2009
Based off the Aberdeen, Scotland-based company’s Ocean Treader, the Wave Treader is designed to mount onto the tower of an offshore wind turbine.
The Wave Treader concept utilizes the arms and sponsons from Ocean Treader and instead of reacting against a floating spar buoy, will react through an interface structure onto [...]
Finavera Sinks their own Wave Energy Projects
Posted in BC, British Columbia, CPUS, California, Canada, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Energy Research, Eureka, FERC, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged British Columbia, California, Canada, CPUC, DOI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, Makah, MMS, Northern California, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Pilot License, Wave Farm, Wind Energy on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: Feb 09, 2009 – Not only has Finavera surrendered their Makah Bay license noted below, they also announced surrendering the Humboldt County, California Preliminary Permit to explore wave energy:
“Finavera Renewables has filed applications to surrender its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for the Makah Bay Wave Energy Pilot Project in Washington and the [...]
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 [...]
New York Testing Small Wind on Albany Skyscraper
Posted in Electricity Generation, New York, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Albany, Corning Tower, Electricity Generation, Gov. David Paterson, New York, NYSERDA, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
RICHARD RICHTMYER, AP via Forbes, February 2, 2009
New York state officials are using a small wind turbine atop Albany’s tallest building to test a big renewable energy idea.
The turbine stands 17 feet above the roof of the 41-story Corning Tower. Its 7-foot diameter blades can produce up to 1.5 kilowatts of electricity when spinning at full [...]
Suzlon to Build Indian Wind Park
Posted in India, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Gujarat Wind Park, India, MOU, Suzlon, Suzlon Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, January 30, 2009
Suzlon Gujarat Wind Park Ltd. (SGWPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Suzlon Energy Ltd., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the state government of Gujarat, India to develop up to 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity in the state.
The MOU builds on the friendly investment climate for the wind sector [...]
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 [...]
Mexico Launches $550 Million Wind Farm
Posted in Event, Funding, Mexico, News, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Acciona, Acciona Energia, Eurus Wind Farm, La Ventosa Wind Farm, Latin America, Mexico, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Zapotec Indians on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press, January 22, 2009
La Ventosa, Mexico — On January 22, 2009 Mexico inaugurated one of the world’s largest wind farm projects as the nation looks for alternative energy, in part to compensate for falling oil production.
Mexico is trying to exploit its rich wind and solar potential after relying almost exclusively on petroleum [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
DONG Energy Opens Denmark’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm
Posted in Denmark, Europe, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Denmark, DONG Energy, Europe, MendoCoastCurrent, Offshore Wind Farms, Onshore Wind Farms, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 9, 2008
DONG Energy and Wind Estate A/S opened the second stage of Overgård wind farm on December 2, 2008. With the construction of 10 new wind turbines next to 20 existing turbines, Overgård will now be Denmark’s largest onshore wind farm.
The wind farm, situated approx. 25 km northwest of Randers in East Jutland, [...]
Wave Energy Pilot with Grays Harbor Off Rhode Island
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Massachusettts, New Jersey, New York, News, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Block Island, California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Governor Donald Carcieri, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Hawaii, Massachusetts, MMS, New Jersey, New York, Oscillating Water Columns, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TED NESI, Providence Business News, December 5, 2008
The list of suitors lining up to develop renewable energy projects off Rhode Island’s coastal waters is getting longer.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has begun reviewing a permit application from Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., a year-old company based in Seattle, to build 100 large towers that [...]
The Energy Ball: Small Wind with Style
Posted in Europe, News, Small Wind, Sweden, Wind Energy, Windmills, tagged Europe, Home Energy, Small Wind, Sweden, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windmills on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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MATTHEW MCDERMOTT, Treehugger.com, September 4, 2008
Designed by Swedish company Home Energy, the Energy Ball breaks from most wind turbine design by using a spherical structure. Home Energy says that by using such a design significantly higher aerodynamic efficiency can be achieved, as compared to traditional designs. What’s more the Energy Ball [...]
Portugal Plugs in Biggest Onshore Wind Farm in Europe
Posted in Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Spain, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Windmills, tagged EDF Energies Nouvelles, Europe, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Spain, VentoMinho, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Windmills on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Giles Tremlett, The Guardian UK, December 2, 2008
Europe’s biggest onshore wind farm plugged itself into the grid today to provide enough electricity for up to a million people in northern Portugal.
A total of 120 windmills are dotted across the highlands of the Upper Minho region of Portugal as one of western Europe’s poorer nations continues [...]
Swift Wind Now Selling Small Wind Turbines
Posted in Michigan, News, Small Wind, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged MendoCoastCurrent, Michigan, Small Wind, Swift Wind Turbine, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 8, 2008
In late October 2008 Michigan-based Cascade Engineering launched the Swift Wind Turbine in North America.
“With rising energy costs and increased environmental consciousness, we’ve seen more people turning to small wind. For the past several months, we’ve been inundated with requests for the Swift before we’ve even launched the product” said Michael Ford, [...]
Capturing Ocean Energy
Posted in Australia, Economic Issues, England, Environmental Issues, Europe, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, New York, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, tagged Australia, AWS, Cornwall, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, Finavera, New York, OPT, Pelamis, Portugal, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, Underwater Windmills, United Kingdom, Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub, Wind Energy on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Guardian.co.uk, December 3, 2008
Way back in Napoleonic Paris, a Monsieur Girard had a novel idea about energy: power from the sea. In 1799, Girard obtained a patent for a machine he and his son had designed to mechanically capture the energy in ocean waves. Wave power could be used, they figured, to run pumps and [...]
$15 Million Ocean Energy Contest Launches in Scotland
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Saltire Prize, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
JAMES OWEN, National Geographic News, December 2, 2008
The race is officially on for a U.S. $15 million (10 million Euro) prize for harnessing the power of the oceans.
The winning marine renewable energy innovation would provide a serious energy alternative to burning fossil fuels, which contribute to global warming.
Details of the Saltire Prize Challenge were announced [...]
Vestas Wins Wind Turbine Contract for Thanet Wind Farm
Posted in News, UK, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Thanet Wind Farm, United Kingdom, Vattenfall Wind Power, Vestas, Vestas Wind Systems, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on December 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Energy Central News, December 02, 2008
Vestas Wind Systems has received an order to supply 100 units of its V90-3MW wind turbine for installation at the Thanet offshore wind farm, 11.3km offshore from Foreness Point in the Thames Estuary on the easternmost part of the Kent coastline in the UK. The order has been placed by [...]
The 10 Big Energy Myths
Posted in Biochar, Biomimicry, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Microgeneration, News, Ocean Energy, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Windmills, tagged Biochar, Biofuel, Biomimicry, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Marine Energy, Microgeneration, Nuclear Power, Ocean Energy, Solar Energy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
CHRIS GOODALL, Guardian/U.K, November 27, 2008
Myth 1: Solar energy is too expensive to be of much use
In reality, today’s bulky and expensive solar panels capture only 10% or so of the sun’s energy, but rapid innovation in the US means that the next generation of panels will be much thinner, capture far more of the [...]
EnXco Secures Wind Turbine Funding for Shiloh II
Posted in Bay Area, California, Electricity Generation, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Bay Area, California, EDF Energies Nouvelles, Electricity Generation, EnXco, Funding, Northern California, PG&E, Renewable Energy, REpower, Shiloh II, Solano County, Tristan Grimbert, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SolanoCountyBusinessNews.com, November 27, 2008
Escondido-based EnXco, a subsidaiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Co., recently announced that it has closed on the project financing for the Shiloh II Wind Energy Project under construction in the Montezuma Hills area of Solano County, California.
Lenders to the projects are Nord/LB as lead administrative agent, Dexia and Credit Industriel et Commercial; [...]
PG&E Adds 103MW Wind Energy Project to Portfolio
Posted in California, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Babcock & Brown, California, Central California, Hatchet Ridge Wind, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 21, 2008
San Francisco — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Hatchet Ridge Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown, to purchase up to 103 megawatts (MW) of wind energy. The project will generate up to 303 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy annually. This [...]
Small Wind Now Available for Homesteads
Posted in Clean Energy, Climate Change, Electricity Generation, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged Bergey Windpower, Economic Issues, Electrical Grid, Funding, Net Metering, Residential Wind Energy, Small Wind, Small-scale Wind Turbines, Southwest Windpower, Tax Credit, U.S., U.S. Congress, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
BRYAN WALSH, Time, November 20, 2008
Doug Morrell had already installed solar panels on his house in Coopersville, Michigan, but he was eager to get a little bit greener. So the 52-year-old Navy veteran bought something that might seem more at home in the Dutch countryside than in a small town in western Michigan: a personal [...]
Aggressive French Solar Feed-in Tariff Program Launched
Posted in Electricity Generation, Europe, Event, Feed-in Tariff, France, Green Economy, News, Solar Energy, Solar PV, tagged Environmental Issues, Feed-in Tariff, France, Solar Energy, Solar Markets, Solar Photovoltaic, Solar PV, Wind Energy on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wind-Works.org, November 17, 2008
The French Minister for Energy and the Environment announced that the government was launching an aggressive new program to propel the country to the forefront of solar energy development.
The announcement by Minister Jean-Louis Borloo was made at the annual Grenelle meeting of French environmental stakeholders. Minister Borloo outlined 50 actions the Sarkozy [...]
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 [...]
Northern California Catching the Wind at Shiloh
Posted in California, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged California, Clipper Windpower, EDF, FPL Group, Gamesa, General Electric, Iberdrola, REpower, Shiloh II, Solano County, Suzlon, Turbine, Turbines, U.S., Vestas, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TODD WOODY @ Fortune Magazine, November 12, 2008
About 60 miles north of San Francisco, the strip malls of Solano County give way to gently rolling hills where, as far as the eye can see, wind turbines sprout from the golden bluffs overlooking the Sacramento delta. Construction on Solano’s newest turbine farm, Shiloh II, began this [...]
Finavera Plans US $1M Private Placement
Posted in CPUC, California, Economic Issues, Funding, Humboldt, News, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged BC, California, CPUC, Economic Issues, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, November 10, 2008
Finavera Renewables Inc. has announced that it plans to raise US $1,002,000 through a non-brokered private placement of 20,040,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of a share purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable at $0.10 for 12 months from [...]
BP Scraps British Renewables Plan to Focus on US
Posted in Biofuel, Brazil, China, Economic Issues, England, Funding, News, Solar Energy, Turkey, U.S., US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Biofuel, BP, Brazil, BWEA, China, Economic Issues, England, Funding, Goldwind, India, Shell, Solar Energy, The Carbon Trust, Turkey, U.S., United Kingdom, Wind Energy on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TERRY MACALISTER, The Guardian/UK, November 7, 2008
BP has dropped all plans to build wind farms and other renewable schemes in Britain and is instead concentrating the bulk of its $8bn (£5bn) renewables spending programme on the US, where government incentives for clean energy projects can provide a convenient tax shelter for oil and gas revenues.
The [...]
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 [...]
A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt
Posted in Biofuel, Funding, News, Peak Oil, Research, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar Thermal, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Acciona, Biofuel, Daniel M. Kammen, Funding, Maytag, Peak Oil, Rust Belt, Saudi Arabia Wind, Solar Cell, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Spain, T. Boone Pickens, TPI Composites, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Xunlight on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PETER S. GOODMAN, The New York Times, November 2, 2008
Newton, Iowa – Like his uncle, his grandfather and many of their neighbors, Arie Versendaal spent decades working at the Maytag factory here, turning coils of steel into washing machines.
When the plant closed last year, taking 1,800 jobs out of this town of 16,000 people, it [...]
