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• The Renewables Gap (ASPO 2009)

  
  The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future — Authority: 647
  Below is a summary of my presentation, The Renewables Gap, from the ASPO 2009 conference. The intent of my presentation was to highlight the political challenge of affecting a societal transition to renewable sources of energy. In particular, I focus on wind and solar, though it seems to me that the problem will be ...
  14 hours ago

• Notes from the Cleantech Open Awards Gala

  
  ThePumaBlog — Authority: 107
  At the last minute, I decided to attend Tuesday night’s Cleantech Open Awards Gala , and was pleasantly surprised at just how many companies with game-changing technologies were participating in the event. From the finalists to the runners-up to last year’s winners, the promise of what was on display was truly ...
  22 hours ago

• Notes from the Cleantech Open Awards Gala

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 658
  At the last minute, I decided to attend Tuesday night’s Cleantech Open Awards Gala, and was pleasantly surprised at just how many companies with game-changing technologies were participating in the event. From the finalists to the runners-up to last year’s winners, the promise of what was on display was truly ...
  22 hours ago

• Economic Impacts from the Promotion of Renewable Energies: the German Experience

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 135
  Institute of Energy Research (Germany) / by Dr. Manuel Frondel, Nolan Ritter, Prof. Colin Vance, Ph.D. (Project management) http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/germany/Germany_Study_-_FINAL.pdf [Abstract] The allure of an environmentally benign, abundant, and cost-effective energy source has led an increasing ...
  1 day ago

• Is the Pentagon Concerned about Climate Change?

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 428
  There has been a conspicuous increase in the number of science fiction writers churning out works that include a grim image of planet earth in the future with climate change playing havoc in the lives of people. Of course given the conspicuous climate change in the last couple of years we simply cannot afford to [...]
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• Peak Oil - lights out even sooner than expected?

  
  Globalisation and the Environment — Authority: 460
  Peak Oil is a subject that is always fun to read about. Personally I am sceptical and have a belief that countries in the middle east are deliberately UNDERestimating the level of reserves to keep the price high. Now the Guardian reports that reserves may actually be lower that we think the news of which could ...
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• Waste to energy. Ecoenergy. Biogas. Donetsk, Ukraine.

  
  Biotech — Authority: 128
  EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB has reported the commencement of construction work for a waste to energy facility in Donetsk, Ukraine.According to a Release from EcoEnergy Scandinavia AB; Alexander Lukyanchenko, Mayor of Donetsk City, Ukraine, has said:“The plant in Donetsk is the first plant of such kind built in the ...
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• UK to Ease Rules for On-Site Renewable Energy Installations

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 630
  Aimed at helping cut carbon emissions, the UK has proposed new planning rules that will allow home owners, offices, schools, stadiums and railway stations to install solar panels without planning permissions, reports the Telegraph. Councils will also be able to install charging stations for electric cars in public ...
  2 days ago

• The Importance of Energy Efficiency

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 428
  The question of energy efficiency is perhaps one of the most important issues facing the human race as a whole. The reasons for this are numerous. Not only is energy efficiency a sound economic platform, it is also a vital part of an overall approach to the way in which mankind relates to the environment [...]
  2 days ago

• Cleantech Open gala goes global, honors winners

  
  Cleantech Group - Latest clean technology news — Authority: 573
  The fourth annual business plan competition doles outfunds for cleantech startups, with Californias EcoFactor taking the grand prize.
  2 days ago

• Play Made energy - renewable electricity to schools

  
  Nubian Cheetah — Authority: 116
  About PlayMade Energy PlayMade Energy’s mission is to bring renewable electricity to schools in the developing world through the fun of play. The Energee-Saw is a simple and fun see-saw which generates renewable electricity as a by-product of play. The Energee-Saw is currently in final development following ...
  3 days ago

• GE aND E.ON Climate & Renewables North America have signed a seven-year operation and maintenance agreement

  
  Power Industry News — Authority: 147
  G E (NYSE: GE) and E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America have signed a seven-year operation and maintenance (O&M) agreement covering EC&R’s complete fleet of 529 GE wind turbines installed in the United States. The O&M deal is one of the largest wind services agreements ever signed ...
  4 days ago

• Will the Health Care Bill Hurt Renewable Energy?

  
  Green Business - BusinessWeek — Authority: 120
  Health care and solar power seem to be worlds apart. Yet the massive health care bill could cast a pall on renewable energy. How? The link is an obscure tax provision in the House version of the health care bill, explains tax attorney Jerome Breed, a partner at Bryan Cave LLP. The provision actually has nothing to do ...
  4 days ago

• Researchers Boost Production of Biofuel That Could Replace Gasoline

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 428
  A substance previously used as a solvent may be the key to biofuel production that has been sought so anxiously by researchers for years. This discovery was introduced at a symposium on alternative fuel research at a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society, held each year to present new technologies and ...
  4 days ago

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-16

  
  Matt Goes Green — Authority: 155
  #syncmyridepodcast entering the ford SYnc contest # Powered by Twitter Tools
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• Spain’s variable wind and stable electricity networks

  
  Carbon Commentary — Authority: 110
  Image source: TreeHugger.com. One of the frequent criticisms of wind energy is that national distribution systems (‘the grid’) cannot cope with large number of turbines because of the variability and unpredictability of their output. Grids need to match supply and demand precisely, the critics say, and because ...
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• At peak, Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind

  
  Arbetsnamn — Authority: 154
  Ok, not all the time, but last weekend at 5:50am on Sunday morning (8th Nov) Spain set a new record, hitting 53.7% of its energy requirements being supplied by wind energy. As you can see from the graph above, the amount of electricity being supplied by wind, the light green portion of the graph, doesn’t go below ...
  6 days ago

• Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind*

  
  Arbetsnamn — Authority: 154
  Ok, not all the time, but last weekend at 5:50am on Sunday morning (8th Nov) Spain set a new record, hitting 53.7% of its energy requirements being supplied by wind energy. As you can see from the graph above, the amount of electricity being supplied by wind, the light green portion of the graph, doesn’t go below ...
  6 days ago

• Renewable energy policy to result in 1.9M jobs, study says

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 153
  The Obama administration’s progressive support for renewable energy will result in about 1.3 million green collar jobs, according to a new report published by three U.S. universities. They will also elevate the average household income by more than $1,000 and America’s GDP by $111 billion by 2020.This sets Obama ...
  1 week ago

• Abu Dhabis 2010 World Future Energy Summit Promotes Sustainability

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 132
  Abu Dhabi.jpg The World Future Energy Summit (WFES) held in Abu Dhabi is a high-level event bringing in leading experts on climate change and the world of sustainable energy.
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