Posts tagged: green energy

NREL Study Shows Power Grid Can Handle Large Increase in Wind and Solar Generation

PHOENIX, AZ – The National Renewable Energy Laboratory released an initial study assessing the operational impacts and economics of increased contributions from wind and solar energy producers on the power grid. The Western Wind and Solar Integration Study examines the benefits and challenges of integrating enough wind and solar energy capacity into the grid to [...]

Tuesday May 25th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Wind Advocates Rally in Dallas

Houston may be working frantically to clean up the oil spill, but Dallas is focusing on a different kind of energy this week: wind.
The American Wind Energy Association is holding its annual conference here (“kind of a Woodstock for capitalists,” joked Cathy Zoi, an assistant secretary of energy), with a record 20,000 people in attendance. [...]

Monday May 24th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Dallas wind energy conference will discuss ambitious Texas project

Texas gets to show off its national dominance in the area of renewable power when the world’s largest wind energy conference blows into Dallas this weekend.
As many as 25,000 government and corporate attendees will rally around the wind industry as energy experts are eager to look beyond crude oil and the environmental disaster from an [...]

Saturday May 22nd, 2010 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

850 Utilities Offer Green Energy: Price Parity Approaches

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released a study that found 850 utilities across the United States now offer some form of green energy program. In 2009, green energy sales by electric utilities exceeded 6 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) or approximately 5% of total kWh consumption.
The municipal electric utility Austin Energy was the top electric [...]

Friday May 21st, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Disputed renewable power bill signed

Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday signed into law a bill that wind power developers and environmental groups had asked him to veto.
The bill, known as the Renewable Resource Credits bill, would allow energy generation produced from waste such as garbage to be classified as renewable and qualify that electricity for the state’s renewable power mandate.
The [...]

Thursday May 20th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Alternative energy bill passes Oklahoma House

Legislation to boost Oklahoma’s use of alternative energy like natural gas and wind has passed the state House.
The measure by House Speaker Chris Benge of Tulsa creates the Oklahoma Energy Security Act. It seeks to reduce dependence on foreign oil and increase domestic energy and renewable energy production in Oklahoma and elsewhere.
It also creates a [...]

Wednesday May 19th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Western wind turbine makers fall behind in China

Tough’ green energy market may force some companies out in 5 years
Western wind turbine manufacturers are losing ground in China, the world’s fastest-growing green energy market.
The combined market share for companies such as General Electric and its European rivals, Vestas Wind Systems and Siemens, fell to 14 percent last year from 71 percent in 2005, [...]

Sunday May 16th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Entrepreneur looks to heat up solar

TORONTO – Up to now, the main impediments to powering your home with solar energy have been cost and a confusing sales process, but Dave Llorens wants to change that.
His San Francisco-based startup, One Block Off The Grid, operates as a kind of solar brokering middleman, gathering together large groups of homeowners to negotiate cheaper [...]

Saturday May 15th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Experts weigh chances of Kerry-Lieberman energy bill

Sens. John F. Kerry and Joseph I. Lieberman introduced a long-awaited climate and energy bill on Thursday. The Post asked environmental and policy experts to assess climate legislation’s chances. Below, responses from Phyllis Cuttino, Frank O’Donnell, John W. Rowe, Dan Schnur, Kenneth P. Green, William Antholis and Strobe Talbott.
JOHN F. KERRY (D-MASS.)
Chairman of the Foreign [...]

Saturday May 15th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Could Solar Energy Provide 25 Percent of Global Power?

Watch it, coal: as a preferred energy source for human use in the next 40 years, the sun is on the rise.
A report from the International Energy Agency this week predicted that solar energy could provide 20 to 25 percent of global energy by as early as 2050, provided world leaders follow a pair of “roadmaps” for [...]

Thursday May 13th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »