Renewable energy provided 62% of Europe’s new electricity
Europe’s 2009 Energy Growth Dominated by Renewables, IEEE Spectrum, Dave Levitan July 07, 2010, The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre released its annual “Renewable Energy Snapshots” report this week, and found that 62 percent of all new electricity generation installed in 2009 in the 27 EU member countries was from renewable sources. This represented an increase from 2008, when 57 percent of new electricity was renewable………
IEEE Spectrum: Europe’s 2009 Energy Growth Dominated by Renewables
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
Move to compensate women made ill by nuclear work
women who worked in the Grand Junction offices of the former Atomic Energy Commission have been diagnosed with diseases that would be compensable under the radiation exposure compensation law and related legislation, except for the fact they were employed by the federal government,
Feds not handling women’s uranium claims, GJSentinel.com, By Gary Harmon, July 5, 2010 The clerks and secretaries who worked in the Atomic Energy Commission offices in Grand Junction during World War II and later during the Cold War handled ore samples and were frequently in and around milling products.One of them, Patie Claypoole of Grand Junction, has developed a pulmonary fibrosis, a condition for which she could receive a compassionate payment from the federal government and medical care, except for one thing. She wasn’t a miner, miller or ore hauler, three occupations compensated in the 1991 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. 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
Coastal nuclear plants endangered by sea level rise, and oil spills
the NUCLEAR INDUSTRY and CLIMATE CHANGE – our focus for July 2010
NUCLEAR POWER and SEA LEVEL RISE – All reactors on sea coasts endangered by sea level rise
They are also endangered by accidents such as OIL SPILLS, which can affect their cooling safety sytems
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
Climate Change is Real, but Nuclear Power is Not the Answer
Time is running out for the expensive, dangerous, dirty, nuclear power industry. The nuclear lobby’s desperate propaganda is that the industry is clean, and is a solution to global warming. That is a lie.
Can nuclear power stand the heat of a warming world?
Can nuclear power stand the heat?, THE HUFFINGTON POST Kyle Rabin: June 28, 2010, It’s worth noting that plant owners have played the “climate change” or “clean energy” cards to justify why they should be allowed to operate their nuclear power plants beyond their original 40-year permits. Of course, serious doubts have been raised about nuclear power’s role in confronting the planet’s changing climate, not the least of which is the vulnerability of some plants to drought and higher water temperatures. 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
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