NV Energy hits renewable target for first time

State regulators have certified that NV Energy Inc., Nevada's largest electric utility, has for the first time met its requirement that 9 percent of the power it produces be generated using renewable resources.

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Wind power battling economic headwinds

Just a couple months ago, wind energy had huge momentum.

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National Power Grid Report to Be Released

The watchdog that oversees North America's power grid says the full promise of renewable fuels cannot be harnessed without first building more power lines that can carry this cleaner energy to consumers.

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Beacon Power hopes to demonstrate the feasibility of the old technology to help balance fluctuating inputs from renewables

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US energy - Where's it come from - How it's used - How cap and trade might affect it

With all of the recent debates over Global warming or more aptly called climate change and the political debates on cap and trade taxation, it seems appropriate to do a few articles on where our energy really comes from and how it is utilized.

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It's interesting that the article points out that the single greatest challenge to the use of wind power comes from finding better storage for harnessing peak energy production.

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Cleantechnica compiled a list of the greenest states in terms of green energy production and use and the winners might surprise you...

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This week, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District is set to take its first step toward what promises to be the most significant development in electricity in a century: the "smart" grid.

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By contrast, Gabriel Calzada Álvarez, a professor at King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, has tried to use empirical data to estimate how Spain's subsidies for renewables, which so impressed Mr Obama, will affect employment.

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From the Hobbs Sun-News by Levi Hill--The past, present and future of renewable energy in the United States was the focus of a daylong conference in Hobbs Tuesday where leaders across the energy industry came together.

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Could Renewables Supply 40 Percent of Global Power by 2050?

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DOE on Fossil Energy and Clean Coal

Much in the debate on energy, thousands of different opinions and viewpoints have been thrown around. Topics often include Global Warming, Energy Sources, Emissions, Economy, and even National Security.

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The renewable energy portion was a tale of two technologies: Renewable electricity and renewable biofuels. Renewable electricity is forecast to grow rapidly, and make up an increasing portion of electricity supplies.

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Australia's only commercial-scale solar panel plant will shut in March, axing about 200 jobs and sparking fears that skilled "green-collar" workers will be lost overseas. The Greens & Liberal parties are blaming the Labor government for a lack of support for the industry.

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In a press conference call yesterday that's how Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute described nuclear power, "the economics are just not there".

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A serious oil supply crisis is looming, which could push prices above $200 a barrel, a think tank has warned. A "supply crunch" will affect the world market within the next five to 10 years, the Chatham House report said.

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Al Gore's heroic speech challenging us to make our electrical system 100 percent renewable promised it would simultaneously address three major crises: the weak economy, catastrophic climate change and the dire national security problems inherent in our dependence on imported oil …

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Britain's second biggest gas and electricity supplier, Scottish and Southern Energy, warned today the industry stood on the brink of radical change.

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Climate concerns, rising utility costs, better technology, and new laws are making home units more attractive.

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Windmills pay.

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These days it seems that all of the news about our environment is bad news.

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Imagine a world where people can count on getting the energy they need to live well without trashing the environment and throwing the global climate out of balance. "This is achievable," climate scientist Jeffrey Greenblatt assured his audience at the Stegner Center's ann …

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BOULDER CITY, Nev. — At first, as he adjusted pumps and checked temperatures, Aaron Boucher looked like any technician in the control room of an electrical plant.

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Luminant Energy, formerly TXU, is proposing to build two Mitsubishi nuclear power reactors at its Comanche Peak site, where two reactors are already in place.

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Massachusetts-based wind energy company General Compression and its compressor technology partner Mechanology are using Ricardo's automotive engineering and development expertise to develop technology which aims to make wind power as reliable as conventional power.

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Lester Brown's Plan B: And how we might Rescue a Planet under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble?

Lester Brown came to Berkeley in early February to sell a book that you can read online. Having known about Lester for more than 20 years as the head of the World Watch Institute, I left work early and drove over to see what he would have to say.

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Coal, oil and nuclear energy are unnecessary in order to have a reliable energy system, said Arjun Makhijani, president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.

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A president's priorities become clearer at budget time, even if Congress eventually rearranges things entirely. And that's true about the place of energy and climate change in President Bush's spending plan for next year.

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