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September, 2010
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Election alert! China bashing breaks out in the House of Representatives! As E&E reports today (http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/09/30/3/) "the U.S. House yesterday voted to slap penalties on China for undervaluing i...
Posted Thursday, September 30th, 2010 at 8:18 am | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security, Renewables
Last Thursday, the world’s largest offshore wind farm opened off the south coast of England. Seven miles off the coast in the North Sea, stand 100 turbines built by Vattenfall (a Swedish company). At their peak, they can pro...
Posted Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 10:13 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Renewables
The week in energy began with the contentious debate over Senator Lisa Murkowski’s position as ranking member on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Senator Murkowski’s fate seemed sealed until a closed door vote all...
Posted Friday, September 24th, 2010 at 9:53 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Legislation
George Lobsenz has an interesting piece in this morning's Energy Daily (www.theenergydaily.com; subscription required), entitled, "Integrating Renewables Not Too Tough, Except For Gas Plants—CAISO."
Recent findings from Calif...
Posted Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at 8:54 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Electricity, Renewables
Boeing recently contracted to deploy remote sensing technology to confirm rare earth mining claims held by U.S. Rare Earths, Inc. in Idaho and Montana, and to help search for new deposits. In doing so, US Rare Earths is moving o...
Posted Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at 2:06 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, National Security
Electric vehicles might drive very quietly, but rarely a day passes without them making the news headlines. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that China is considering plans to that could force foreign automakers to ha...
Posted Monday, September 20th, 2010 at 8:28 am | Filed in: Electrification, Oil Dependence
Interesting pair of articles this morning in E&E (http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2010/09/16/4/) and the WaPo (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/15/AR2010091507173.html?hpid=topnews) about the glob...
Posted Thursday, September 16th, 2010 at 10:21 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electrification, Energy Supply
The EPA and NHTSA recently issued a proposed rule that will govern the fuel economy labels on new vehicles. The newly designed labels will not only include information about carbon emissions for the first time, they also will ha...
Posted Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 at 11:12 pm | Filed in: Electricity, Electrification, Energy Efficiency
A cast of political heavies was on hand in Livonia, Michigan, yesterday for the opening of the largest advanced automotive battery plant in North America. Featured speakers included Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, Senators ...
Posted Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 at 7:22 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electrification
With the NFL season starting this Sunday (don’t get me started on Thursday night opening games), fans across the country are anticipating the return of their favorite teams and most hold dearly to one common trait: unrealistic e...
Posted Friday, September 10th, 2010 at 8:49 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
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