The (carbon free) power of energy efficiency
Energy Efficiency: Twice the Impact of Renewables, Nuclear and Clean Coal. Combined. : TreeHugger, by Warren McLaren, Bundanoon, Australia 07. 6.10 “The International Energy Agency estimates that energy efficiency will deliver 65 per cent of worldwide carbon cuts in the energy sector by 2020, and 54 per cent by 2030. This means that in 2020 energy efficiency could have almost twice the impact of renewable energy, nuclear power and clean coal combined Continue reading
UK’s Renewable Energy Tariff a money spinner for homeowners
(UK) Making the most of the Renewable Energy Tariff’s – Better Generation, 5 July 2010, “……. how the average household could stand to gain in excess of £2000 through the latest renewable energy tariff schemes.
eed-in tariff (FiT) and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) are designed to provide a guaranteed annual return, free from income tax, of 8% on investment. Continue reading
Colorado to take the lead as solar energy State
New funding for green energy announced, July 4, Denver Examiner, Leslee Schmitt In his weekly radio and online address yesterday, President Obama announced almost $2bn in guaranteed loans to two solar companies………..Colorado Senator Michael Bennet commented on the loan guarantees in Boulder yesterday. “I think we have the potential to beat all 50 states in terms of creating an energy-independent future for our kids, creating a cleaner climate and driving our economy as well. Washington may not be ready or willing to compete with China, but Colorado is.”
Renewable Energy can overcome its hurdles
The Four Hurdles of Renewable Energy. CALFINDER , 2 July 2010, American Electric Power CEO Michael Morris is all too familiar with the challenges of incorporating renewable energy into the existing industrial framework. But he believes that the largest of these hurdles can be overcome with sound planning for the future. Here’s what he has to say Continue reading
Renewable energy a profitable move for UK farmers
Agricultural and horticultural buildings present ideal platforms for solar panels and small-to-medium-sized roof-mounted systems are likely to be an attractive investment
Conference told about a raft of low carbon energy opportunities Salisbury Journal 1st July 2010 By Anne Connon » EVERY farmer and grower in Britain should have the opportunity to provide low-carbon energy services alongside their traditional roles, a major conference heard last week. Dr Jonathan Scurlock, National Farmers’ Union chief renewable energy adviser, was speaking at the On-Farm Energy Generation Conference addressing vital issues surrounding land-based energy. Continue reading
Google supports more information and action on renewable energy
Google’s Renewable Energy Push – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ. By Yuliya Chernova , 1 July 2010, Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google Inc., spoke at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum Wall Street on Wednesday in support of a new government agency that would help clean technology companies bridge the “valley of death,” a gap in financing for the first full-scale demonstration….
We’ve made some progress, but not nearly the progress we need. We need to have real changes in policy and finance. We’ve got to be working in an integrated way at the state level, in Washington. There are energy efficiency standards, more transmission development that can be handled at the state level. We think there’s real power in information, getting information to people so that they can make changes. We support the [Electricity Consumers] Right To Know Act [that will help consumers access their electricity use information.] The challenge is to hit all three points–accelerate progress of technology, policy and radically increase the amount of capital necessary. There’s no single answer….
We have a fairly unpredictable and unreliable system of federal incentives for renewable energy that has an impact on investments…….
USA lags behind Europe in forward looking energy policy
Perhaps no single horizon better illustrates Europe’s technological advances and capacity for innovation, combined with political will and future-thinking, than its leadership in pushing the world toward a new era of renewable energy, conservation, and low greenhouse gas economies.
Obama Needs an Energy Policy Like Europe’s: Lessons From the Gulf of Mexico, THE HUFFINGTON POST, June 29, 2010 “………with millions of gallons of toxic black oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the United States could learn plenty from Europe about energy policy.
By forging ahead with widespread implementation of innovative conservation practices, renewable energy technologies and fuel efficient transportation, Europe has managed to reduce its ‘ecological footprint’ to half that of the United States for the same standard of living. Continue reading
UK renewable energy feed in tariff a boon for rural estates
Rural estates and farms could use the new renewable energy feed-in tariff scheme to increase their annual income by tens of thousands of pounds each year
UK – Renewable energy feed-in tariffs set to transform rural estate incomes, according to Knight Fr Meat Trade news Daily, 50 June 2010, Key points: Continue reading
800 protests world-wide call for renewable energy, no oil drilling
Hand In Hand, Protesters Oppose Offshore Oil Drilling | unEARTHED, 28 June 2010, “………..Their message is clear: No more Gulf oil spill disasters………movement has spread far and wide as people witness daily the threat that oil drilling presents to America’s coastal economies and marine habitat. On Saturday, protestors around the world gathered at one of the more than 800 events held to clasp hands, drawing both a metaphorical and actual line in the sand against the threat of offshore drilling.
The hope is that the gesture will help convince our government that we’re serious about the need to preserve some of America’s most valuable assets—our coastal areas—by halting the expansion of offshore drilling and adopting policies that encourage the development of clean and renewable sources of energy.
Hand In Hand, Protesters Oppose Offshore Oil Drilling | unEARTHED, the Earthjustice blog
Decentralised renewable energy – the doorway to Africa’s prosperity
decentralised energy production through solar systems and wind farms could bring power to many remote regions, thus allowing development, creating jobs and benefitting health. Kappiah: “Solar power is reliable and can be installed easily and without the need to connect to the national electricity grid.”
Harvesting The Sun And Wind “Key For African Development” Voxy.co.nz, 28 June 2010, “The solar radiation Africa receives could make this continent the Saudi-Arabia of the future”. With this bold statement, Hafsat Abiola, daughter of Nigeria’s late President Elect Moshood Abiola, summarized the results of “Power Kick for Africa”, a two-day strategy workshop on renewable energy policies. Continue reading
See how solar energy could transform America’s economy
Like it or not, though, what is taking place in the energy field is a radical change in thinking or, as coined by Thomas Kuhn, a paradigm shift .This transformation does not just happen, but is caused by agents of change, and the greatest agents of change in the transition to solar energy will be the American people, themselves.
Newsweek has a nice photo slide show of the progress in solar energy at:http://photo.newsweek.com/content/photo/2008/4/history-of-solar-energy.html
Letting the Sunshine in II: America, the Solar Nation jacksonville.com by Joanne Herrmann on June 24, 2010 Envision this: As the sun rises in the East, solar panels on buildings and utility arrays in cities from north of Boston to New York to Atlanta to south of Miami collect the sun’s power, which not only supplies the energy needs of the East Coast but also exports the excess through smart grids to those cities awakening in the Midwest and slumbering in the darkness along the West Coast. Continue reading
Renewable energy future for South East Asia
Greenpeace urge SE Asian to invest in renewable energy, WikiPeers.com 23 June 2010, “……Greenpeace International senior energy expert Sven Teske explained in his report, Energy (R)evolution: A Sustainable World Energy Outlook, that if the Southeast Asian nations will engage in producing renewable energy from the sources he mentioned, it would bring almost 100 percent boost in their economy by 2050 as it would certainly generate 700,000 jobs and 30 percent more jobs up until by 2020. Continue reading
China pushing ahead of USA on renewable energy
A copy of the report was obtained by Secrecy News. See “China and the United States — A Comparison of Green Energy Programs and Policies,” June 14, 2010.
China’s Green Energy Programs, and More from CRS, Secrecy News, June 23rd, 2010 by Steven Aftergood One thing that is even more impressive than China’s nuclear history is its emerging green energy future. “China has set ambitious targets for developing its… renewable energy resources with a major push of laws, policies and incentives in the last few years,” according to a new report (pdf) from the Congressional Research Service. Continue reading
Research shows Australia’s potential for all-renewable energy sources
Solar, wind power may meet 2020 energy use, Sydney Morning Herald, TOM ARUP, June 22, 2010 A MASSIVE introduction of solar-thermal power plants and wind farms would allow Australia to generate all its energy needs from renewable technologies by 2020, research shows. Continue reading
Spain planning huge leap forward in renewable energy
Despite cuts, Spain’s subsidy structure still enables renewable power producers to earn up to 10 times more than fossil fuel producers for their energy. However, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero plans to continue incremental cuts in those subsidies. He believes that his country’s goals will be obtained through increased private investment.
Spain Shoots for 67 Percent More Renewable Energy, CALFINDER , 18 June 2010, In a draft proposal on its way to the European Commission, Spain proposes that renewable generation capacity increase to 70 gigawatts by 2020, up from 42 gigawatts currently. Continue reading
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