Governor David A. Paterson announced today that he has signed into law three bills that were put forth by his Administration to advance the development of the clean energy economy. The bills expand the consumer appliances for which the Department of State has the authority to set energy efficiency standards; allow natural gas utilities to [...]
“For several years, the IEA has been calling for an energy revolution to tackle climate change and enhance energy security and economic development. For the first time, we see early indications that such a revolution is under way,” said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Presenting the new IEA study Energy [...]
The bill for the clean up from the explosion of the deepwater horizon and the months of oil gushing onto the gulf is mounting every day. Even with the oil leak capped and the gushing stopped the claims against BP just keep flowing. In order to meet its moral and economic obligations BP will have [...]
Side by side testing of eight solar water heating systems How this DTI funded report on solar panels performance highlighted the need for zero carbon solar thermal systems because the operational carbon clawback exceeded 20% for some makes of solar panel. There was one zero carbon solar panel, Solartwin, whose design innovations were validated by [...]
2010 Solar Millennium AG has hit another milestone on the road to realizing its first parabolic trough power plants in the American southwest. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a power purchase agreement between Solar Millennium’s American project development unit Solar Millennium LLC, Berkeley, and the US energy provider Southern California Edison (SCE) [...]
Canada is one of the largest global contributors to green house gases and consequentially global climate change largely due to the Tar Sands project in Alberta. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has commended Canada’s commitment to increase the share of clean energy in electricity supply by 2020. According to GreenPeace International; “The tar sands of [...]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) President Susan Hockfield and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni recently celebrated the opening of the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Center (SFC). Originally announced in July 2008, the Solar Frontiers Center, headquartered on the MIT campus, promotes research in advanced solar technologies through projects ranging from new materials to hydrogen [...]
New ARPA-E projects in 18 states will accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies, increase America’s competitiveness and create jobs The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy. Funded with $92 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the [...]
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, today announced an agreement with Adler Development of Edison, NJ to lease space atop four, fully occupied buildings in central New Jersey for rooftop solar systems. The $17 million project, developed with United Solar’s technical expertise, will be capable of generating 3.9 megawatts of [...]
Enel today inaugurated the “Archimede” solar thermal power plant at Priolo Gargallo (Syracuse, Sicily). The Archimede plant is the first in the world to use molten salts as the heat transfer fluid and is also the first in the world to integrate a combined-cycle gas facility and a solar thermal power plant for electricity generation. [...]
Hybrid Energy Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HYBE) announced today it has revised upwards the revenue projections and the market value of its core asset holdings based on Presidents Obama’s call last Friday for Congress to expand a clean energy tax. Obama told an audience at the University of Nevada that a $5 billion increase in clean [...]
Hybrid Energy Holdings, Inc. recently reported the signing of a formal Development and Distribution Agreement wherein KS IP Holdings, LLC (KS-IPH) acquired exclusive development and distribution rights for specific consumer applications of the Photovoltaic (PV) and Solar Thermal technology Intellectual Properties (IP) previously acquired by HYBE. The Company believes PV and Solar Thermal Market, particularly [...]
The case for the global adoption of clean energy becomes stronger everyday not only in the daily headlines about the worst man-made environmental disaster possibly of all time but in the effects of global warming. A new study shows the Arctic climate system may be more sensitive to greenhouse warming than previously thought, and that [...]
SkyFuel First in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Industry to Offer Insurance-Backed Warranty
Solar Thermal Developer Solar Millennium Sells Additional Investments
Abengoa and JGC’s Thermal Solar Power Plant, Solacor 1, Comes Online
First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
RSS
FeedBurner Newslette
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
