03/Jul 2008 | Solar energy: resolving economic problems and preserving ecosystems | TCA correspondent BISHKEK, Jul.4, (TCA Editions) ? In Kyrgyzstan, the development of solar energy is important both for resolving economic problems and preserving ecosystems. The Kyrgyz Republic has s... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Rudd pushing 'half-cocked' emissions trading scheme | Opposition: Unachievable to get well designed emissions trading scheme from 2010. Federal Opposition says it is not achievable for the Government to set-up a well designed carbon emissions trading sch... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Ernest Pasour and Randal Rucker on the dark side of U.S. farm subsidies | Ernest C. Rucker The full long-run effects of any government program are never known in advance. A host of emergency agricultural programs were enacted by President Roosevelt during the Great Depres... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Meat industry wants ethanol import tariff lifted | A coalition of meat industry groups is asking President Bush to exercise his emergency authority and immediately suspend the duties and quotas on imported ethanol used as a motor fuel additive. Among ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Habitat turns its homes green | Carlos Fushimi of St. Louis installs siding on top of one-inch thick foam, which adds insulation and helps to make the house more energy efficient, on a Habitat for Humanity project. Depending on the... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Limon to join Wayland Baptist baseball team | Marcus Limon is returning to the South Plains to continue his baseball career. The former Estacado standout and son of Matadors head coach Hector Limon is transferring to Wayland Baptist University, t... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Shell Japan to build big solar power panel factory | The Japanese have a growing interest in solar power, it seems. Today Showa Shell Sekiyu , a Japanese subsidiary of Shell, said [JP] it will set up one of the world s biggest plants for manufacturing s... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Wesson | Posted by WLS: With gasoline at $5 a gallon, and a huge chunck of the US economy run by transportation needs that depend on oil, a potential winning issue for McCain in November may be an full-throate... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Carbon tax needs to fund CO2 capture | Resources and Energy, Tourism Carbon capturing technology, known as geosequestration, is the only lasting solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal fired power stations, and should be a ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Fuel Cell Energy's Hydrogen Separation Process | Fuel Cell Energy's Hydrogen Separation Process. (NasdaqNM: FCEL ), has developed a cost-efficient system to separate pure hydrogen from a gas mixture that then can be sold as fuel for hydrogen vehicle... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Uk Renewable Energy Strategy -- Consultation | EU target to source 20% of the EU's energy from renewable sources by 2020. They are consulting on a number of new measures including: additional financial incentives for renewable electricity, new fin... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | UK Government's Renewable Plans | The government has announced that a national policy statement for planners on renewable energy is due out this autumn. The statement is set to follow the end of the government s 12-week consultation o... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Where'd You Get That Vintage Turbine? | It's exciting to witness development of increasingly efficient wind power technologies (to see Popular Science's geek-worthy eye candy on that front, click here and here ). But what can we do with our... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Part 2] Dealing with the rising price of crude oil | The second in a series looking at the issues facing the world in the 21st century, on a local level... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | The Road to Carbon Neutrality | Sherwood Design Engineers has taken another big step to becoming a truly carbon neutral firm. Sherwood as a company has spent quite a bit of time over the past few years greening up operations at all ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Energy, petrol to cost more | Breaking News. LIVE blog - join our discussion on what it all means . TOWNS left in the cold by Australia's plan to combat global warming should win handouts from the government and families deserve h... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Industry should regulate itself rather than government regulates | Gasgoo.com: First of all, please give us a brief introduction of SAE International and the reason for holding 2008 SAE International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Congress in Shanghai. Ryan: The S... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Caterpillar Embraces Green Power | In support of strategic initiatives to use alternative or renewable sources to meet 20 percent of its energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities by 25 percent by 2020, C... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Walberg tells officials that U.S. can t wait to find domestic oil | Left to right: U. Tim Walberg (R - Tipton), 58th district state House candidate Ken Kurtz, and Hillsdale County Sheriff Stan Burchardt discuss the potential economic effects of driling for oil withing... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | A biofuel food-price bombshell | The Bush administration states that corn-based ethanol only accounts for 3 percent of global food price inflation. The USDA's chief economist disagrees -- he says biofuels add up to 10 percent of food... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Me? Where are YOU from? | WILMINGTON -- Jerry Asher is dedicated to spreading the word about plugging in your car rather than filling it up. "Paying four, five, six dollars a gallon or plugging in 60, 70 cents gas gallon equiv... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Where is The Evidence Man-Made Co2 Causes Climate Change? | July 4, 2008 There is no evidence man-made CO2 causes climate change Dr Kelvin Kemm from Engineering News Online During 2008, have we seen many stories in the newspapers about 2007 being particularly ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Australian first - NSW commission pilot carbon capture plant | In an Australian first, NSW Mineral Resources Minister Ian Macdonald will today commission the Lake Munmorah Pilot Carbon Capture plant, a research facility designed to capture about 3000 tonnes of ca... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | News of Big Solar's death premature | In a sign that solar industry and its political allies are starting to flex some real power, the federal government reversed course Wednesday and announced it would continue to accept new applications... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | ARB s greenhouse gas plan raises questions among enviros, others | The draft blueprint released last week by the state Air Resources Board to curb California's climate-changing pollution is a worthy effort but has a number of weaknesses that could limit the landmark ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Newsom eyes social issues, budget as Gov campaign begins | Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco whose political career has been both meteoric and troubled, has formed a committee to run for governor in 2010. On the eve of his announcement this week he sat... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | As easy as 1 . . . 2 . . . 87 Ways to Save the Earth | 07:07 pm So I have arrived safely in Aspen. I'm listening to Thomas Friedman urging America to lead the way towards "abundant, cheap, clean, reliable electrons". His approach sounds like the approach ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Japanese Shell subsidiary plans solar-panel plant | Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary Showa Shell Sekiyu , Japan's fifth-largest oil refiner, plans to invest 100 billion yen, or about $938 million, in a solar-panel megaplant, according to AFP . The planned ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Largest Solar-Powered Rice Mill in U.S. Chooses Mitsubishi Electric PV Modules | Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc., the parent company of Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. , has provided more than 5,500 photovoltaic (PV) modules for a one-megawatt solar electric syste... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Senator Joseph I. Lieberman Committee Statement on "Examining Solutions to Cope with the Rise in Home Heating Oil Prices" | Senator Joseph I. Lieberman Committee Statement on "Examining Solutions to Cope with the Rise in Home Heating Oil Prices" . I welcome today's Small Business Committee Hearing examining solutions to c... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Turbines considered for Snowmass | Several years ago the Aspen Skiing Co. examined its four ski mountains and concluded that winds on top are just too gusty for wind turbines. Wind is best for producing electricity when it's strong but... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | For power, make mine nuclear | I have read many articles, columns and letters lately with regard to wind energy in general and the Wolfe Island proposed wind farm in specific. I have read these items with dread, as I know that it i... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Wind hearings come to calm close in 7th inning | About 175 citizens attended the sixth of the long hearings on Tuesday evening. It took 2 1/2 hours, but everyone who had not spoken in the past was given opportunity to speak for the record. Those in ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | ENERGY: Don't Write Off Biofuels Yet, Advocates Say | ENERGY: Don't Write Off Biofuels Yet, Advocates Say By Catherine Makino TOKYO, Jul 4 (IPS) - Japan wants countries to reconsider biofuels as an alternative technology to fight climate change by using ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Re-imagining the electric grid | Were Thomas Edison alive today, he could probably figure out how to run your local electric utility. Things just haven t changed that much since he envisioned the system of generators, distribution wi... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | New York Times Death Spiral Watch (Energy/Speculation/Journalism/Internet Timothy Egan Edition) | Washington Post Death Spiral Watch (Yet Another David Broder Edition). An unexpected mental collision, as my reading and thinking about speculation crashes into my reading and thinking about "why oh w... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Missouri to Remove Renewable Fuel Standard? | The Missouri Corn Crowers Association (MCGA) is citing political schemes are the root of talk that may remove the statewide ethanol standard. This removal, they say, will sharply increase prices to... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Groups sue to force decision on belugas. AK, USA | Five conservation groups have sued the federal government for delaying a listing of Cook Inlet beluga whales under the federal Endangered Species Act. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrati... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Energy-hungry India eyes the oil sands | 8:16 PM EDT CALGARY In its race to secure its energy supply, India is taking a new look at the oil sands. State-owned Indian energy companies are looking to invest at least $2.) and as much as $10-b... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Council gives response to Scottish Government on Permitted Development rights | Aberdeenshire Council has set out its views to the Scottish Government on plans to make domestic renewable energy equipment easier to install. The response was given to a consultation paper on Permitt... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | North needs to end dependence on diesel fuel, Campbell says | 7:53 PM EDT VANCOUVER B. Premier Gordon Campbell, responding to criticisms by northern premiers of the federal Liberal green plan, is calling for an end to the dependence on diesel fuel in the North... Read » |
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03/Jul 2008 | PricewaterhouseCoopers anticipates wide scale global transformation in power utilities industry | Energy | PricewaterhouseCoopers anticipates wide scale global transformation in power utilities global survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers is anticipating a wide scale transformation in power utilities g... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | US, China tussle pushing world toward showdown | The World Petroleum Congress often dubbed as the Oil Olympics has just finished, with Secretary General Abdallah Al-Badri calling the US to stop harassing the OPEC underlining once again the dan... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | 30 years of continuous operation for a nuclear power system with no maintenance or service calls. That s pretty reliable. There are actually tw | 30 years of continuous operation for a nuclear power system with no maintenance or service calls. There are actually two nuclear power systems that have been operating for over 30 years, going on 31 y... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Sun comes out for the Royal Show's opening day | By Rhona Ganguly The first day of this year s Royal Show was hailed a success by organisers after thousands of visitors flocked to the event in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. Last year the country s bigge... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | A balancing act in enviromental issues | A lifetime of loving cowboy Tex Randall. Schools must prepare students for the world of work. Whether we are talking about our lives, nature or land use, it is all about balance. In our lives we must ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | UN report: Clean energy booming globally | Global investment in sustainable energy amounted to US$148 billion in 2007, a 60 percent gain over 2006, according to a United Nations report (PDF) Tuesday. That will grow to US$600 billion past 2020,... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Govt should help regions suffering under ETS: report | Regions that suffer under a new emissions trading scheme will get a helping hand from the government and rewards will go to industries investing in clean power, the much-anticipated Garnaut report say... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | CapX 2020 hearing has big turnout | While most of the speakers at the CapX 2020 hearing in Melrose Thursday morning, June 19, were in favor of building the proposed 250 mile, 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines from Fargo to Monticello... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Storm over Cape Cod | As she put the finishing touch to a watercolour outside the gated community of Oyster Harbours, Nancy Walton wrinkled her nose at the thought of America's first offshore wind farm popping up on the ho... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Bush: Three Strikes, Still Not Out | In what is now becoming a regular occurrence, a Federal District Judge rejected the Bush Administrations claim Article II provisions allow the Administration to override FISA law and conduct warrantle... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Poll ranks environment, economy | Americans still say protection should be a priority over the economy, but nearly three in four favor offshore drilling. economy mired in a slump, Americans still believe saving the environment is more... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Market welcomes cleantech | More solar heads to market. Energy Recovery's water-related IPO fares well in turbulent times, and we spot nine other deals over the past week. Following a dry quarter for venture-backed initial publ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Utilities fight to upgrade grid | Industry and government officials agree the U. needs what amounts to a new interstate highway system for electricity if it is to fully harness wind power.They're looking to utilities and other compani... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Proposal would open state ag lands to solar farms | Hawaii could see a surge of new solar energy farms under a proposed measure that would open up thousands of acres of state agricultural-zoned land for such facilities. House Bill 2502 would permit sol... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Brutal First Half | All three major indexes posted weekly declines. The Nasdaq Composite was the biggest loser, down 2.3 percent, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0. And although there s no reason to believe... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | The floating cities for climate change refugees | An architect has come up with an innovative answer to rising sea levels - a city that floats around the world. The self-contained 'Lilypad' city will be home to around 50,000 'climate refugees' from t... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Opening ANWR a centerpiece of Stevens' energy strategy | FAIRBANKS -- In order for any energy plan to move forward, lawmakers in Washington, D., will have to set aside party politics that are blocking domestic oil and gas development, Sen. We need to get t... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | What Oil Crisis? It's a MONEY CRISIS! | Sean Brodrick writes:I've been pounding the table about an energy crisis for quite some time. As a loyal reader of my Money and Markets column, you might think I've been proven right by gasoline soari... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Company pitches Carbon County wind farm | RAWLINS, Wyo. A Texas-based wind energy company is making plans for the construction of a wind farm in eastern Carbon County. Project manager Nate Sandvig of Horizon Wind Energy presented plans for ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Wind, water and solar energy in focus | Energy is once again the dominant theme of this week s edition of Engineering News . Our cover story takes an in-depth look at the increasingly important issue of wind energy, which still plays far to... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Over a decade of power independence in the Karoo | Rod Green , a retired geophysicist and now conservationist, has always been ahead of the trend. For the last 12 years, he has enjoyed freedom from the national electricity grid, and now he is enjoying... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | South Africa takes its first steps into the fast-growing wind energy market | About 185 MW of South Africa s electricity could be generated by wind in 2010. With power utility Eskom s current installed capacity measuring 38 000 MW, this will be about 0,5% of capacity. Governmen... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | There is no evidence man-made CO2 causes climate change | During 2008, have we seen many stories in the newspapers about 2007 being particularly warm as a result of global warming? During 2006, the doomsters were predicting that 2007 would be the hottest yea... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Wind power becoming a major contributor to US electricity supply | The ground-breaking report, '20% Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to US Electricity Supply', looks closely at one scenario for reaching 20% wind energy by 2030 and contrasts ... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Stakeholders keen to fast-track 40 000-MW Grand Inga projects | Richter Scale launches a wide range of affordable SABS approved loadcells and associated equipment . POWER FLOW The Congo river holds so much energy promise (Photo: BHP Billiton; Graphic Michelle McA... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Govt urged to encourage less energy use | 7. Audio: Lyndal Curtis speaks with Dr Peter Shergold (AM) . Related Story: Greens urge swift response to Garnaut draft . The former head of the Prime Minister's Department, Peter Shergold, says any e... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | Solving the energy headache - Envelope Tracking: an old answer to a new problem | A theoretical technique that has been known about for years has finally been applied in practice to provide much more efficient power amplification, Julian Hildersley, vp strategy and marketing and Nu... Read » |
03/Jul 2008 | National Semi Announces Photovoltaic Technology To Maximize Solar Energy Production | |