Posts tagged: renewable energy

Energy Summit Speakers Spur Domestic Energy Investments

A lot of focus in North Dakota lately has been on traditional energy with the discovery of the Bakken and Three Forks formations.
But, a summit at Bismarck State College today is reminding people that our state also has a lot of renewable energy potential.
Speakers at the renewable energy summit say the country needs [...]

Tuesday June 15th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Amid Focus On Spill, Obama Touts Alternative Energy

President Obama visits a solar cell factory in California on Wednesday, touting a federal loan guarantee that is helping the company to add jobs.
The visit is part of a broader push by the White House to promote alternative forms of energy. But in the wake of the massive Gulf oil spill, some observers say Obama [...]

Wednesday May 26th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

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 »

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 »

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 »

DOE funds to stretch solar power via salt storage

The Department of Energy is funding a series of projects that marry concentrating solar power with storage, which offers the potential of solar power plants that operate 18 hours a day.
The DOE said Friday that it has made $62 million available to 13 companies to test equipment and materials, such as molten salts, to add [...]

Wednesday May 12th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Report calls for provincial entity to oversee renewable energy resources and commitment to biomass generation

SYDNEY — The creation of a provincial entity to oversee renewable energy resources and a commitment to biomass generation are two of the key recommendations from an interim report commissioned by the Department of Energy to ensure the province meets its renewable energy targets. Dalhousie University’s faculty of management, which studied the economic, social and [...]

Thursday December 17th, 2009 in , , , | 1 Comment »

Southern Company to Build Biomass Plant in East Texas

 
ATLANTA, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company that acquires, builds, manages and owns wholesale generation assets, today announced that it is acquiring Nacogdoches Power, LLC from American Renewables, LLC and will move ahead with construction of the planned biomass power plant in Sacul, Texas. Groundbreaking is expected in the fall [...]

Monday October 12th, 2009 in , | No Comments »