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Texas Gov. Rick Perry told renewable energy industry officials that a cap-and-trade climate bill in Congress would increase taxes and devastate the state's energy sector.
Xcel Energy Inc. has added more than 257 megawatts of solar power to its plan for meeting Colorado's renewable energy standard by 2020.
The Tennessee Valley Authority, looking outside the region to boost its renewable energy portfolio, said Thursday it will buy 450 megawatts of wind power capacity from the Great Plains.
Vermont utility regulators are doing something unusual. The Public Service Board is holding a lottery to see which solar and biomass power developers get to sell their power at above-market prices.
Officials announced an ambitious project in New Mexico on Tuesday that would allow energy to flow more freely across the nation's three massive power grids, breaking down significant barriers to ramping up alternative energy in the United States.
If someone told you America's long-term energy needs could be met without imported oil or nuclear power, would you think he was crazy? Amory Lovins has run th
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday giving California the nation's most aggressive alternative energy standards, requiring utilities to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020.
Australia's Parliament passed a law Thursday requiring that 20 percent of the country's electricity come from renewable sources such as the sun and wind by 2020, matching European standards and up from about 8 percent now.
The Energy Department is making available $36 billion in loan guarantees for renewable energy projects and for modernizing the electricity grid.
The state's dominant electricity distributor would be forced to buy power from renewable energy producers under a deal struck Wednesday that could remove a major financial obstacle to building a windfarm off Rhode Island.
Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources — wind, solar and the like — by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway.
A top adviser to President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass an energy bill to spur the development of renewable energy while curbing the emissions that contribute to global warming.
In the face of looming legislative pressures for cleaner energy, the nation's largest public utility agreed Thursday to buy more than a nuclear reactor's worth of electricity from renewable energy sources.
Global investors plowed $148 billion into new wind, solar and other alternative energy assets last year, in what the United Nations describes as a "green energy gold rush" gaining speed the last several years.
Spanish power company Iberdrola SA said Sunday it plans to invest $8 billion in renewable energy in the U.S. between 2008 and 2010.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Thursday that countries should invest more in renewable energy to mitigate the impact of expensive fossil fuels such as crude oil.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton turned the spotlight on a key Western issue, saying the resource-rich region can help lead the U.S. in the development of renewable energy.
Renewable energy has moved out of the fringe and into the mainstream, with investors worldwide pouring $71 billion of new capital into the sector in 2006, up 43 percent from the previous year, and more is expected, a U.N. report said Wednesday.
Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would "startle" most Americans, President Bush on Monday outlined his energy proposals to help wean the country off foreign oil.
In a bid to clarify its official stance and pressurize the developed countries ahead of the next month's Copenhagen climate talks the Indian Prime Minister announced ambitious domestic mitigation measures while meeting with EU representatives in New Delhi.
How Countries Can Integrate Wind Power Smoothly Into Power SystemsAccording to a recent IEA WIND report, wind energy is rather smoothly integrated as system operators get on-line production levels and forecasted production estimates in their control rooms.
Scone horse breeders buck at wind turbinesHORSE breeders say wind turbines will ruin Scone's beauty and potentially affect livestock worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Obama to detail stimulus spending on 'smart grid'President Obama and administration officials today will announce $3.4 billion in spending projects to modernize the nation's electric power system.
60% of US States Could Supply 100% of Their Own Power From Renewable Energy, New Rules Project ShowsUsing just the resources that are currently commercially deployable; 31 of our 50 states, or 60% of US states could get 100% of their electricity from renewable sources in-state, and another 14 percent could generate 75 percent of their electricity in-state, according to a paper …
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israelis mark Emirates flag debutAs analysts warn of growing diplomatic isolation, Israel has marked a small achievement this week, its flag's debut appearance in an Arab state. Israeli delegates attended a meeting on renewable energy in Abu Dhabi with the flag on their table and lapel badges.
Texas firm has plan to make Gulf's salty water drinkable | Energy | Chron.com - Houston ChronicleA Texas firm plans to use power generated by the Gulf of Mexico's waves to make its salty water drinkable. Renew Blue Inc. says its project can address two global problems — climate change and scarce drinking water — by using clean energy to turn seawater to freshwater.
Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Greenwashes Nuclear PowerBowing to pressure from the pro-nuclear lobby, Senators Boxer and Kerry have included nuclear power into their bill to address climate change.
"Many, including my mother, thought I was going... | GatherThis is the story of William Kamkwama, a young boy who built a windmill to provide his house with electricity when he was only 14 years old. William lives in the impoverished African nation of Malawi.
Energy-from-waste powers US armyQinetiq say that the system, already in use on British navy ship HMS Ocean, has been "containerised" for US army use. The approach could see use in urban areas, reducing municipal waste volume by 95% while producing energy.
China Could Run Exclusively On Wind Power By 2030 And What This Means To AmericaAmerica invented the renewable energy industry but China is surging ahead with its renewables program and is on track to overtake the US as the world's largest market for new wind power installations.
CAPE WIND AS PROPOSED FOR NANTUCKET SOUND POSES A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY Zoning is Police Power intended to create order by law to prevent chaos that results in public safety hazards.
Tax Code Mocks Federal Energy PlansArcane bits of the tax code provide a huge tacit subsidy for the producers of fossil fuels, according to a recently released study.
World clean energy investment outstrips that in fossil fuel technology - Australia lags lastKey pre-Copenhagen international climate emergency economics report - AUSTRALIA ranks last among wealthy countries in being ready to compete in a clean energy future or play its part in a strong climate treaty
Our One-Party Democracy - Thomas L. Friedman - New York Times - Op-Ed ColumnistWatching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse than one-party autocracy, and that is one-party democracy, which is what we have in America today.
Students Learn About Renewable Energy by Gathering It. Teachers at Pocatello Community Charter School have a new tool for teaching kids about renewable energy, the climate and other subjects -- a 51-foot-tall wind turbine.
Solar PowerSolar power is discussed in this nine page article from the September 2009 issue of National Geographic.
GNW: Tennessee Utility Company Goes Green With SoyNashville Electric Service is using something from the kitchen to replace a petroleum product. The company plans to use renewable soybean oil in all new transformers, Nashville television new station WSMV reported.
Attempt at Perpetual Motion -2009 :: TheCompleteness: Soft-Launch SiteThis video explores relationships between human innovation, human consumption and the environment. The hero of the video, a well intentioned but naive lumberjack, attempts to solve the world energy crisis by creating a perpetual motion machine.
There has been some discussion about new sources of renewable energy lately. It has started some debates here and there about the best one and blah blah blah. Let me inform the ones of you who don't know.
The Real Ted Kennedy - An in-depth look at the life, politics, and legacy of the late Senator.A look (from every perspective) at the Democratic Senator from Massachusetts: from his time as a "legacy" student at Harvard University (expelled) to the passage of the Immigration Reform Act of 1965; from Chappaquiddick to his passion to stop the first ocean-based renewable en …
'Char-apalooza' presents top biochar breakthroughsFirst North American Biochar Convention pulls in top Obama brass and puts this fledgling industry on the map.
Wind Power's Weird Effectn West Texas electricity prices dropped to zero 11% of the time in the 12 months through May 2009, says Bernstein Research analyst Hugh Wynne. Three percent of the time in the same period, prices dropped to nothing or below in northern Illinois and New York.
Horse-trading beat grandiose sentiments and ETS idealsFOR all the lofty rhetoric about policy design, in the end passage of the government's renewable energy target came down to a horse-trade over industry exemptions. And in three months, the emissions trading scheme will be debated in exactly the same way.
Drinking water powers stationsMILLIONS of litres of the Hunter's drinking water are being sent to the Central Coast to operate the state-owned Vales Point power station, sparking accusations of massive water waste.
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