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Renewable energy for 150 German cities, not nuclear for corporate profits!

150 German towns want nuclear power ended, de.indymedia.org, Diet Simon, 17 March 2010 Local power utilities in Germany have formed an anti-nuclear power alliance saying that planned longer running times for nukes are endangering their plans to invest billions in climate-friendly green energies…..The local governments have coalesced to resist the power giants E.on, RWE, EnBW and Vattenfall, which run nuclear stations……Lengthening the running times of atomic plants, as the present government intends to do, offers the companies billions in extra profits. Continue reading →

March 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, Germany, politics | antinuclear, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, nuclear wastes, radiation, radioactive, reactors, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

Colorado becoming a leader in renewable energy jobs

Colorado is the new energy frontier, Michael Bowman, THE HUFFINGTON POST, 12 March 2010, Colorado is emerging as an international player in the next great technological and industrial revolution. The impending state renewables bill is aggressive, job-creating, and could result in as many as 100,000 homes being equipped with solar panels, small wind turbines, or other clean energy sources…. Continue reading →

March 13, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA | energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

World Bank withholds support for renewable energy in South Africa

It’s not just activists who are up in arms: the Cape Town Chamber of Commerce is calling for a national investigation into Eskom’s “sweetheart deals” for big industrial energy users at the expense of everyone else.

World Bank Gives South Africa Lumps of Coal, THE HUFFINGTON POST, by Lori Pottinger, 10 March 2010, In case you didn’t catch it, the World Bank’s top official for Africa just thumbed her nose at the dozens of renewable energy companies lining up to build clean energy in Africa’s dirtiest economy. Continue reading →

March 10, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, South Africa | energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

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 Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA | energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

US Dept of Energy uses wobbly words to promote nuclear power

the words “clean” and “renewable” are often applied to the word “energy” as if they were synonymous. They aren’t….In the DOE’s loan guarantee program, one form of energy is dominant: nuclear power.

DOE Loans for Clean (maybe), Renewable (or not) Energy, The Energy Collective, by Osha Davidson, 03/07/2010 Continue reading →

March 8, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | cancer, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, renewables | 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 Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA | energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables, solar | 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 Christina Macpherson | renewable | renewable energy, renewables, solar | 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 Christina Macpherson | climate change, India, renewable | renewable energy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

Arizona State stops attempt to sneak nuclear power in as “renewable”

that bill was killed on Thursday after a flood of opposition

Bureaucrats Backpedal on Solar-Killing Bill Seeking Alpha , by Jeff Siegel, 28 Feb 2010, “….a new Arizona bill (House Bill 2701) that was designed to essentially kill the state’s solar industry. It was intended to allow nuclear and hydroelectric power to be included in the state’s renewable energy standard, which requires 15 percent renewables by 2025. Continue reading →

March 1, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

Young African Americans rallying for truly clean energy

We need clean energy because we need the jobs. Black leaders understand this is an issue for our communities.

Hip-Hop Caucus Goes Green Energy and Environment, Ashlie Rodriguez
February 25, 2010

The south side of the Hill’s reflecting pool received a splash of color in more ways than one on Wednesday. Young, multicultural Hip Hop Caucus organizers poured out of their neon-colored tour bus that had taken them from Little Rock, Ark. to Washington D.C. in less than a week, holding signs and chanting, “Clean Energy Now!” to the beats of Biz Markie. Continue reading →

February 27, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, politics, USA | energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables, solar | Leave a comment

Obama provides $8 for nuclear, $1billion for solar

So why is Obama providing 8.3B in loan guarantees for nuclear fission power plants?

Because it’s all about the money for elections. Which is a different diary.

8.3B for nukes,1.4b for Solar, The Seminal, By: ubetchaiam , February 24, 2010 Continue reading →

February 25, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, renewable energy, renewables, solar | 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 Christina Macpherson | climate change, renewable, USA | energy efficiency, renewables | 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 Christina Macpherson | climate change, renewable, USA | energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables, solar | 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 Christina Macpherson | renewable | AUSTRALIA, energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables | 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.