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Renewable energy – both practicable and popular


The study was released just days after a new poll from Elon University in Elon, N.C. found overwhelming public support in North Carolina for developing the state’s renewable energy capacity. Nearly 80% of the poll’s respondents said they favor new wind energy facilities in the mountains or on the coast, while more than 83% favor construction of solar facilities.

Challenging conventional wisdom on renewable energy’s limits, FACING SOUTH, 9 March 2010, “……groundbreaking study out of North Carolina … suggests that backup generation requirements would be modest for a system based largely on solar and wind power, combined with efficiency, hydroelectric power, and other renewable sources like landfill gas. Continue reading →

March 9, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Solar energy set to race ahead in Colorado

Clear Skies Ahead For Colorado Clean Energy Get Solar, by Margaret Collins in Sunday, March 7th 2010 Colorado’s commitment to clean energy may soon be second only to California’s. Late on Friday, the Colorado Senate passed a bill that would increase the state’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) to 30 percent by 2020– Continue reading →

March 8, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Fossil fuel industries move to block renewable energy sources

Fossil Fuel Producers Ramps Up Fight Against Alternative Energy Sources  by: Oilprice.com March 04, 2010
A fight brewing over the allocation of costs for transmission lines to connect wind and solar power plants to end users is the latest sign that fossil-fuel electricity producers are stepping up the fight against renewable energy sources. Continue reading →

March 5, 2010 Posted by | renewable | , , | Leave a comment

Solar Energy prospects looking up in India

Budget 2010 puts money where mouth is for Solar Energy, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, By Ameet Shah and Sourabh Sen, 4 March 2010,

The 2010-11 budget is great news for renewable energy, and in particular solar energy, in India. In November of last year, the Government of India took a major stride forward in driving sustainable development with the announcement of the National Solar Mission targeting 20,000MW of installed solar power by 2022. But the fact that they’ve now included it in the budget is a critical step.

While the NSM set the vision for solar in India, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission’s tariff order laid out the details. These guidelines further strengthened the case for investing in the Indian solar sector by setting preferential feed-in-tariffs and declaring long term (25 year) power purchase agreements…http://blogs.wsj.com/india-chief-mentor/2010/03/04/budget-2010-puts-money-where-mouth-is-for-solar-energy/

March 5, 2010 Posted by | climate change, India, renewable | , , | Leave a comment

Potential for 100% U.S. electricity from wind power

U.S. Wind Energy Potential Someday Could Power Entire Country  EarthTechling, by Susan DeFreitas, February 23rd, 2010 “…..the US has the potential to produce a whole lot of juice using nothing but turbines–enough, in fact, to power the entire country on an annual basis.  But over 12 times that much energy?? Those are the new numbers, according to a new study released by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by | climate change, renewable, USA | , | Leave a comment

Renewable energy gaining influence in U.S. Congress

. the idea of a national energy standard is growing in popularity. Most of the populace has accepted clean energy as a definite part of our future, and players in Congress are beginning to respond

Renewable Energy Industry Flexes its Muscles CalFinder 24 Feb 2010, As a year expected to be a booming one for renewable energy closes out its second month, the industry is looking to iron out the details that will ensure 2010 is a year to remember. Continue reading →

February 24, 2010 Posted by | climate change, renewable, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Electricity for Australia 100% from renewables?

Australia Group Rolls Out Plan for 100% Renewable Energy by 2020’There Are No Technological Impediments’ solve climate, by Stacy Feldman – Feb 22nd, 2010
A report to be released in the first half of this year finds that Australia can use solar and wind power to produce 100 percent of its electricity in 10 years using technologies that are available now. Continue reading →

February 23, 2010 Posted by | renewable | , , , | Leave a comment

Google can now boost affordable renewable energy

it seems that Google is only immediately seeking the right to exercise more control over electricity pricing to more effectively gain access to affordable renewable energy………The company founders invested in the electric car manufacturer Tesla, and Eric Schmidt has even presented a comprehensive plan to the U.S. government showing exactly how the country could quickly change to deriving all of it’s energy from renewable sources.

Google can now buy and sell bulk energy – TECH.BLORGE.com

February 21, 2010

February 22, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change, renewable | , , , | Leave a comment

China’s renewable energy future coming fast

…wind power could meet all China’s electricity demand by 2030..

Green energy for China  environmentalresearchweb 20 Jan 2010 “…..China is relying heavily on coal but is also turning increasingly to non-fossil energy sources. Its nuclear programme often gets the headlines, but in 2008 China had as much wind capacity in place as it had nuclear capacity……….wind has now more than doubled- Continue reading →

February 22, 2010 Posted by | China, climate change, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

The coming revolution – decentralised renewable energy

Today’s younger generation is growing up on the Internet and collaborating in distributed global social spaces. Why shouldn’t they also be empowered to generate and share their own renewable energy on a distributed continental intergrid?Just as the distributed information and communications revolution created millions of jobs, the distributed renewable energy revolution will follow suit.

‘Empathic Civilization’: Jeremy Rifkin 17 Feb 2010 Where The Jobs Are Today, the information and communications technologies that gave rise to the Internet are being used to reconfigure the world’s business models and power grids, enabling millions of people to collect renewable energy and produce their own electricity in their homes, offices, retail stores, factories, and technology parks and share it peer-to-peer across smart grids, just as they now produce and share their own information in cyberspace. This is a Third Industrial Revolution and will create millions of new jobs. Continue reading →

February 18, 2010 Posted by | climate change, decentralised | , , , | Leave a comment

While nuclear power plants close down, wind and solar plants go up in E.U.

The EU also decommissioned more coal and nuclear power plants than were installed in 2009, signaling a dynamic shift toward renewable energy.

EU Shifts Toward Renewable Wind Power 12 Feb 2010 CalFinder The winds of change are blowing strong in the European Union. According to statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), wind energy accounted for 39 percent of new power capacity in the EU in 2009, far outstripping natural gas and solar power. The EU also decommissioned more coal and nuclear power plants than were installed in 2009, signaling a dynamic shift toward renewable energy….Wind power, as mentioned, accounted for 39 percent of new capacity in Europe. Natural gas landed in second place at 26 percent and solar energy comprised 16 percent. Considering the imbalance in new-vs-withdrawal of coal power plants, data suggests that renewable energy accounted for better than 60 percent of new energy capacity in the EU last year…..http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/wind-power/european-union-shifts-toward-renewable-wind-power/

February 12, 2010 Posted by | climate change, EUROPE, renewable | , , , | 1 Comment

World’s largest renewable energy plant planned in India

India plans for the world’s largest renewable energy power plant Ecofriend 11 Feb 20210 After China’s ambitious plan to develop a 20GW wind farm, India has also announced a green energy power plant that will generate up to 13GW of renewable electric power, which is expected to outpace China’s wind energy development. The power plant will be developed by a consortium between Airvoice Group and Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, which is a joint venture between the government of India and the state of Himachal Pradesh. The project will involve the generation of 10GW of electricity from solar thermal energy and 3GW from wind turbines. The power plant will be built in a rural area of Karnataka. The developers estimate that over $50 billion will be invested in the project over the next 10 months and the first phase would be commissioned in the next 36 months….http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/india-plans-for-the-world-s-largest-renewable-energy-power-plant/

February 12, 2010 Posted by | climate change, India, renewable | , , , | Leave a comment

With nuclear power failing financially, AREVA moves into solar

this acquisition of Ausra is a good sign of where the market is heading. Given that the nuclear renaissance simply isn’t materializing as expected, it’s wise for Areva and other big energy conglomerates to hedge their bets

Areva gets deeper into renewables with Ausra purchase the energy collective, by Tyler Hamilton on 02/08/2010 France’s Areva SA is known mostly as a designer of light-water nuclear reactors, builder of transmission and distribution systems, and a miner of uranium, so the announcement today that it has purchased 100 per cent of concentrated solar power company Ausra Inc. came as a surprise. Continue reading →

February 10, 2010 Posted by | France, renewable | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

China leading in providing renewable energy jobs

James M. Gentile: Who Will Win The Race For Jobs In Renewable Energy? THE HUFFINGTON POST February 8, 2010 When it comes to renewable energy innovation and equipment manufacturing, China is challenging the West, and the outcome will decide where millions of jobs go in the future. Continue reading →

February 9, 2010 Posted by | China, climate change, renewable | , , , | Leave a comment

Renewable energy -pressure on U.S. Congress to set standard

Wind, solar groups push US renewable energy standard. Feb 10, 2010 Stimulus funds powered most renewables to expand in 2009* Energy groups stress domestic job creation* Call for federal energy standard, extended tax credits By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment CorrespondentWASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Continue reading →

February 9, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

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