WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today finalized a program for spurring development of solar energy on public lands in six western states. The Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development provides a blueprint for utility-scale [...]
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu recently detailed President Barack Obama’s $27.2 billion Fiscal Year 2013 budget request for the Department of Energy, emphasizing the President’s commitment to an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes critical investments in innovation, in the job-creating clean energy technologies, and in our national security strategy. The budget request [...]
The eight winners of the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (MEEA) 2011 Inspiring Efficiency Awards are industry leaders who have delivered innovative advancements in energy efficiency. Projects range from an eBay-like online reverse auction for energy efficiency grants to a program that helped Detroit’s small, independent grocers reduce their energy costs while improving access to fresh [...]
Eskom generates approximately 95% of the electricity used in South Africa and approximately 45% of the electricity used in Africa. In an effort to meet the rising demand for electricity, Eskom has embarked on a massive build programme of R385 billion over the five years to 2013. In order to explore new generation options, find [...]
Xcel Energy is now operating a first-of-its-kind demonstration of a hybrid solar-coal approach, using solar thermal parabolic-trough technology integrated with a coal-fired power plant. The project, located at Xcel Energy’s Cameo Generating Station near Grand Junction, Colo., is designed to increase the plant’s efficiency, decrease the use of coal, test the commercial viability of concentrating [...]
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