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The Press Association: Renewable energy plan for islands

Renewable energy plan for islands

Press Association 3 Nov 08 Offshore islands could be entirely powered by wind and wave energy in the future, it has been claimed.The Government is to fund a feasibility study to investigate whether electricity, heat and transport needs can be be supplied by renewables.A 12-month pilot project, which is jointly commissioned by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), is to focus on Inis Mor, Inis Meain and Inis Oirr.

The Press Association: Renewable energy plan for islands

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November 4, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Clean, renewable energy can break oil dependence

Clean, renewable energy can break oil dependence

Morining Sentinel 11/02/2008 A new report documents that the average annual temperature since 2000 in Maine was 1.0°F above the historical average. Burning fossil fuels — oil, coal and natural gas — to power cars, homes,and industry produces most U.S. global warming pollution.

While one or two degrees may not seem like much, just as any parent with a sick child knows, even a small rise in temperature can have a big effect. In Maine, we have a lot to lose from global warming, including sea-level rise, retreating sugar maples and more severe weather.

We’re at a crossroads on energy, and it’s up to the next president to choose a new path.

The good news is that repowering America with clean, renewable energy, like wind and solar power, can curb global warming, break our dependence on fossil fuels and jump-start our flailing economy.

Kathryn Fox

Climate Organizer

Environment Maine

Portland

Clean, renewable energy can break oil dependence

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November 3, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

AdelaideNow… Go green for jobs bonanza

Go green for jobs bonanza

Adelaide now MARK KENNY

October 28, 2008 11:01pm

EMPLOYMENT in the green energy sector is set to sky-rocket, confidential Treasury modelling to be released by the Federal Government shows.

The modelling, which sets out the Commonwealth Treasury’s best assessments of the impact on the economy of climate change, and a planned emissions trading scheme, suggests a virtual bonanza of jobs will occur in the renewable/clean energy sector.

That growth could be as high as 2900 per cent suggesting that as many as 300,000 green jobs could be created over the next 40 years.

The Advertiser has learned the spectacular growth of the alternative energy sector is predicted assuming continuation of the 20 per cent mandatory renewable energy target, and the economic incentives inherent in the emissions trading scheme.

It finds the alternative energy sector is expected to grow by 1735 per cent by 2050. That jumps out to a massive 2900 per cent growth in output once the emissions trading scheme and other green policies are factored in.

AdelaideNow… Go green for jobs bonanza

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October 29, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

VOA News – Environmentalists Say Renewable Energy Brings Economic Benefit

Environmentalists Say Renewable Energy Brings Economic Benefit
Voice of America News 28 Oct 08 A new report said investing in renewable energy would not only help reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gasses, but create a booming industry and help the global financial crisis. From Paris, Lisa Bryant has more on the report.

The report from environmental group Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council offers ambitious proposals for switching to renewable energy and conserving power. The report outlined why the groups believe doing so could help fire up the world economy, which is facing its worse financial crisis in decades.

The study is being released before the international climate change meeting in December.

The two environmental groups argue that through energy efficiency and aggressive use of renewable energy such as wind, solar and geothermal, the world can cut trillions of dollars in energy spending. The study claimed that before this century ends all the world’s energy needs could come from renewable sources – if the political will exists to make that switch.

VOA News – Environmentalists Say Renewable Energy Brings Economic Benefit

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October 28, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Green Energy Investors Flock to China – TheStreet.com

Green Energy Investors Flock to China
TheStreet.com Jeff St. John 23 Oct 08 In the midst of a worldwide financial crisis, China’s growing demand for energy continues to be an attractive draw for investors. (Don’t miss ”

Several greentech companies this week have announced plans to put money into satisfying fast-growing appetite for renewable energy……………………. The deals were announced a day after Google pledged to give $250,000 to the U.S. National Academies to find ways to link the United States and China — the world’s two largest energy consumers and greenhouse gas emitters — in developing renewable energy policies and technologies………………………China already leads the world in making solar-water heaters, and its list of solar-photovoltaic manufacturers has grown to include heavy hitters such as Suntech Power Holdings (STP Quote – Cramer on STP – Stock Picks), China Sunergy (CSUN Quote – Cramer on CSUN – Stock Picks) and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co……………………..Despite the ongoing global financial crisis, Pernick sees permanence in China’s current renewable energy push, given its people’s increasing concern about environmental problems within the country’s borders and global concerns about the country’s role in curbing greenhouse gas emissions.


Green Energy Investors Flock to China – TheStreet.com

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October 24, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Schwarzenegger opens Aussie solar plant – Breaking News – World – Breaking News

Schwarzenegger opens Aussie solar plant
Sydney Morning Herald 24 Oct 08

Australian solar company Ausra and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have joined forces Thursday to make history.

The former Hollywood action star flicked the “on” switch at Ausra’s new Kimberlina solar energy facility located in the desert about 160km north of Los Angeles……………………………”This next generation solar power plant is further evidence that reliable, renewable and pollution-free technology is here to stay, and it will lead to more California homes and businesses powered by sunshine,” Schwarzenegger said…………………..

Ausra was founded by Australian researcher Dr David Mills who developed the solar technology at a University of Sydney lab.

The company, now headquartered in Palo Alto near San Francisco,

Schwarzenegger opens Aussie solar plant – Breaking News – World – Breaking News

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October 24, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia’s leading newspaper.

New jobs in a clean economy *
Sydney Morning Herald October 22, 2008 Tackling the threat of climate change will destroy some jobs but replace them with others, Kelsey Munro reports. It is shaping up to be the boom sector of the future. So-called green collar careers in renewable energies, recycling industries, green services and any other jobs contributing to better environmental outcomes are expected to grow rapidly over the next few decades.

Many of today’s green jobs hardly existed 10 years ago. In the 1990s, jobs such as those of carbon trader, solar panel installer or green energy auditor sounded to many like science fiction. To really expand the future green-collar economy, skills and training initiatives – up-skilling and re-skilling – will also be necessary.

That is the finding of research commissioned by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum, a not-for-profit body, and carried out by the CSIRO. The report, Growing The Green Collar Economy, says green-collar job growth should offset and possibly exceed job losses caused elsewhere by cuts to carbon pollution.

“The traditional thinking that if you’re more concerned about the environment you will lose jobs is not true,” says Heinz Schandl of the CSIRO, one of the authors of the research.

The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia’s leading newspaper.

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October 22, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

New Energy Focus – Warm welcome for small-scale renewable energy feed-in tariff

Warm welcome for small-scale renewable energy feed-in tariff
New Energy focus 17-10-08 The renewable energy industry has welcomed energy secretary Ed Miliband’s announcement yesterday that the government will introduce feed-in tariffs to support small-scale green power projects. Mr Miliband revealed in his debut speech to Parliament yesterday that the government will add an amendment to the Energy Bill to introduce feed-in tariffs

Feed-in tariffs are effectively long-term contracts that will offer the generators of renewable energy a guaranteed price for their power above the general market rate for electricity.

The government is still backing its Renewable Obligation system for large-scale renewable power projects, particularly since the system will provide more certainty of the UK meeting its renewable energy targets than a feed-in tariff on a large scale.

But the feed-in tariff on a small scale should mean microgenerators and on-site power projects will have a guaranteed premium rate income for their power, providing certainty needed for investment decisions.

New Energy Focus – Warm welcome for small-scale renewable energy feed-in tariff

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October 20, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Consultant: Green power a threat to W.Va. coal – Forbes.com

Associated PressConsultant: Green power a threat to W.Va. coal
Forbes.com By VICKI SMITH 10.16.08, 8:41 AM ET MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –

Solar power plants and other renewable energy sources are real, competitive threats that neither the coal industry nor the state’s political and academic leaders should dismiss, a consultant warned Wednesday at the second West Virginia Coal Forum.

While the carbon in coal has many potential applications, its future as a fossil fuel to be burned for electricity is limited, said Allan Tweddle, a member of the West Virginia Public Energy Authority.

In a discussion focused mainly on ways to ensure that West Virginia coal remains a prominent part of the nation’s energy plan, Tweddle was a splash of cold water to the face.

Germany has abandoned the coal-to-liquid fuel technology it pioneered, he said, opting instead to focus on solar power plants. South Africa, which has had the world’s largest continuously operating coal-to-liquids plant, is now planning to shut it down.

Simultaneously, the worldwide solar cell industry is growing 35 percent a year, with China spending $3 billion a year, Tweddle said. And California is looking into on-demand solar plants that he said could produce electricity that is price-competitive with coal-fired power plants.

All that growth is lowering the cost of silicone, a key ingredient that had made solar power more expensive, Tweddle said.

“The state has got to pay attention to these serious trends,” he warned. “I hear too much dismissal of these technologies.”

Consultant: Green power a threat to W.Va. coal – Forbes.com

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October 17, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Economic climate ‘turning more businesses green’

Economic climate ‘turning more businesses green’
edie.net.news Businesses are still queuing up to reduce their energy use and carbon emissions despite the current economic downturn.

One carbon management and offsetting firm has found that demand for its services is actually increasing despite dire warnings about the state of the economy.

Mike Rigby, director of CO2 Balance, told delegates at the Energy Solutions Expo – part of Working Buildings 2008 – in London, that more and more firms were seeking out his company’s help as a well to help them stand out from the competition.

“There’s quite a move to get a competitive edge at the moment,” he said.

Economic climate ‘turning more businesses green’

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October 16, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Renewable energy to be future cornerstone – Minister – The Irish Times – Thu, Oct 16, 2008

Renewable energy to be future cornerstone – Minister
Irish Times LORNA SIGGINS  & GENEVIEVE CARBERY16 Oct 08

RENEWABLE ENERGY and energy efficiency rather than nuclear power is the “cornerstone of our energy future”, Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan said last night.

Renewable energy would provide a sustainable and secure energy supply as well as creating jobs, Mr Ryan said ahead of a debate on nuclear energy at Trinity College Dublin last night.

The commitment to 40 per cent renewables by 2020 announced by Minister for the Environment John Gormley yesterday recognised the “economic opportunities and advantages we have as a country in the renewable area”.

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October 16, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Ritter: Colo. renewable energy jobs total 90,000 – Examiner.com

Ritter: Colo. renewable energy jobs total 90,000
NATIONAL EXAMINER Oct 14, 2008 DENVER (Map, News) – Gov. Bill Ritter says the growth in renewable energy and energy efficiency that his administration has promoted is paying off economically, having generated about 90,000 jobs in Colorado.

Those are the preliminary figures from a new state study that says those industries have generated about 40,000 jobs directly and 50,000 indirectly, Ritter announced Tuesday during a renewable energy conference.

Ritter: Colo. renewable energy jobs total 90,000 – Examiner.com

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October 15, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Solar may give 25pc of power by 2050 – Local News – News – General – The Canberra Times

Solar may give 25pc of power by 2050
The Canberra Times BY ROSSLYN BEEBY 14 Oct 08 Solar thermal energy could provide 25 per cent of Australia’s power by 2050 if there is a commitment to build one solar power station a year, a leading CSIRO scientist says.

The manager of CSIRO’s renewable energy projects, Wes Stein, told a public meeting in Canberra last night he had already discussed this future possibility with solar mirror manufacturers.

”One solar power station a year: that sort of scale would not scare them. This is technology that likes to be built big,” he said.

Delivering the sixth annual Malcolm McIntosh memorial lecture, Mr Stein said Australia should aim to play a leading global role in developing next-generation energy technologies and was well placed to be a large-scale exporter of solar energy and expertise.

But greater support for research and development was needed…………………………………..

Mr Stein said solar thermal energy could be collected, stored as synthetic natural gas (syngas) and ”transported around the world”, creating lucrative export markets for Australia.

Farmers suffering the impacts of climate change could switch from crops to earning income from ”farming the sun”.

Solar may give 25pc of power by 2050 – Local News – News – General – The Canberra Times

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October 14, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Costly nuclear power isn’t the answer – St. Petersburg Times

Costly nuclear power isn’t the answer
tampabay.com October 13, 2008

Costly nuclear power won’t take us to the future ……………..In addition to the well-known health, safety and security risks of nuclear power, constructing new nuclear plants makes no economic sense. Our economic crisis stems, in part, from our continuing to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars from China that we give to the Middle East for oil. Building a nuclear power plant is the most capital-intensive means of producing energy, and employs the fewest workers.

We are in an economic crisis requiring huge infusions of capital to keep our country and perhaps the world from economic collapse, and there are far less capital-intensive means of producing energy, such as solar and wind generating units, which can be manufactured and operated on a vastly smaller scale, and decentralized, thereby creating many times the number of American jobs in our troubled economy, for the same investment.

The power companies are promoting nuclear power because their rates (and their profits) are based upon a percentage of their capital investment — the higher the capital investment, the higher profit for the power company………………21st century technologies are ready to meet our energy needs. Rather than return to the failed energy policies of the 1970s, we can and must do better. Our presidential candidates and the next Congress need to take the steps necessary to effectively address our climate and economic crises, and move us quickly to the nuclear-free, carbon-free energy future Americans want and deserve.

Costly nuclear power isn’t the answer – St. Petersburg Times

October 13, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

Private-public partners announce solar project – Forbes.com

Private-public partners announce solar project
Forbes.com Associated Press 10 Oct 08 AURORA, Colo. –

A group of public agencies and companies has announced plans to build a research center in Aurora to promote commercial solar energy technologies.

The partners say the 74-acre Solar Technology Acceleration Center, or SolarTAC, will be one of the world’s largest solar test and evaluation facilities. It will be developed over the next three years with an initial investment of $5 million.

Gov. Bill Ritter said Thursday that the center will contribute to Colorado’s efforts to become a leader in the development of clean, modern energy technology.

“This announcement marks an important milestone in our efforts to establish Colorado as the renewable energy capital of the world,” Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., said.

Private-public partners announce solar project – Forbes.com

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October 11, 2008 Posted by | ENERGY | Leave a comment

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