Ameresco, Inc. has announced a partnership with the city of Englewood, Colorado, has unveiled a new solar initiatives and energy conservation program. Ameresco and Englewood partnership is designed to reduce costs and generate renewable energy for the municipality. This extensive, two-tiered program includes the installation of a solar energy system and an energy conservation program. [...]
EPA Administrator Names Executive Director for New Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has named John H. Hankinson, Jr. to be the executive director of the newly established Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. President Obama signed an executive order earlier this month establishing [...]
Oct 25 2010 | Posted in |
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AUSTRALIA NEEDS TO LIFT GAME ON CLIMATE ACTION Australia needs to increase its national emission target from five to 15 per cent to meet its fair share of global action on climate change, according to new research from The Australian National University. The study, conducted by Dr Frank Jotzo, Director of the ANU Centre for [...]
Oct 24 2010 | Posted in
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Kalahari Greentech, Inc. released a statement today detailing the benefits of Nanofluid additives for the Tri-Brid Solar Generator. Nanofluid applications have the potential to increase solar thermal efficiency by approximately 10% with no redesign needed. New manufacturing techniques for 30 nm graphite spheres make this technology economically feasible for Kalahari’s products. Using Nanofluids as a [...]
As the worlds economy struggles to rebound from the worst recession most of us have seen in our lifetime the price of oil and gas has stayed relatively low. A rebound in the economy and industrial demand will come with an increase in fossil fuel demand and prices at the pump. If there ever was [...]
Beacon Power Corp., a provider of advanced energy-storage systems and services, has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) to develop components of a flywheel-based energy-storage system over a two-year period. The contract is valued at $2.8 million. ARPA-E grant recipients share a portion of the [...]
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) President and CEO Rhone Resch has released a statement following news that the United Steel Workers union has filed a Section 301 petition asking the U.S. Trade Representative to formally investigate China’s trade practices in the renewable energy sector. “Solar energy is a global industry, as reflected by our 1,000 [...]
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell this week announced $20.5 million in state and federal investments that will create 1,400 jobs in the rapidly expanding clean energy industry.The funding will benefit 40 diverse energy projects that will generate or save the equivalent of more than 10 billion kilowatt hours of electricity over their lifetimes. That’s enough [...]
Sep 3 2010 | Posted in
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NV Energy, Inc. and Great Basin Transmission, LLC, an affiliate of LS Power, have announced the signing of a definitive agreement to jointly construct and own a 500 kilovolt transmission line in Nevada. According to the agreement, NV Energy will own 25 percent of the One Nevada Transmission Line (ON Line) and purchase Great Basin’s [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Program today announced a $15 million funding opportunity to research and develop innovative methods to extract heat from geothermal resources from the Earth’s crust to produce clean, renewable energy. DOE’s objective through this funding is to promote the advancement and commercialization of technologies for heat recovery with [...]
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). Eliminated during the last administration, SEAB is being re-established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 12-member board comprising scientists, business executives, academics and former government officials, will serve as an independent advisory committee to DOE Secretary [...]
Aug 13 2010 | Posted in
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At the world’s first Clean Energy Ministerial, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the United States is helping launch more than 10 international clean energy initiatives. These initiatives will cut energy waste; help deploy smart grid, electric vehicle, and carbon capture technologies; support renewable energy markets; expand access to clean energy resources and [...]
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 [...]
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