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Renewables ’
12 entries in this category. Displaying 1-10 of 12
By now, we all know that Congress went to the August recess without passing any significant energy and climate legislation. Interestingly, in the past years other nations have been working on long-term, well defined, national ta...
Posted Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 1:26 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Renewables
In the United States water and wastewater treatment plants are net users of energy. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, in 2008 water and wastewater utilities consumed about 75 billion kWh of electricity (2 percent o...
Posted Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 at 12:15 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Renewables
I was struck by the headline of a recent article in the Guardian last week: “Obama hands $2bn to solar energy firms: Subsidies for green companies aimed at creating 5,000 jobs.”
The money will fund the construction of...
Posted Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 11:29 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Renewables
Multiple media cover the release today of recommendations from an impressive group of CEOs -- the American Energy Innovation Council (www.americanenergyinnovation.org). Like the CEO and retired military-led Securing America's Fu...
Posted Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 12:04 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Nuclear, Oil Dependence, Renewables, Solar, Wind
The great Washington pastime of reading between the lines of the President's State of the Union address is in full swing. If the POTUS had last night said "I support the Waxman-Markey bill and ask the Senate to pass it" -- that ...
Posted Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 7:15 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, Oil Dependence, Renewables
Time for an update on one of our favorite civil suits! Diligent readers of these postings with strong memories may recall the case brought by a 72 year-old retired spelunker against a West Virginia wind farm. At issue: whe...
Posted Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 7:36 am | Filed in: Electricity, Environment, Renewables, Wind
Natural gas is being touted by some at Copenhagen as a relatively low-carbon “bridge” fuel, a life-line to take us through the next few decades until we can depend entirely on renewable and nuclear energy. Proponents, which in...
Posted Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 9:13 am | Filed in: Electricity, Environment, Natural Gas, Renewables, Transportation
Electricity consumption in the United States is forecast to rise over 20 percent by 2030. Energy efficiency improvements and new generating capacity—from natural gas, coal, and renewable sources in particular—will help addre...
Posted Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 10:50 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Energy Demand, Renewables, Solar
