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Anti-wind group accuses Clayton town board of canceling meetings because of video cameras

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Jaegun Lee Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. - A relatively new anti-wind organization is accusing the Town Council of canceling two scheduled meetings because the group started hiring Steve Weed Productions, Watertown, to videotape these open sessions. more...
Filed under: Wind

Colorado Springs Utilities solar garden program could bloom again

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Monica Mendoza The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) - A community solar garden project could bloom again under a new proposal by Colorado Springs Utilities Board. more...
Filed under: Solar

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Files to Build Environmentally Balanced Energy Facility

GLEN ALLEN, Va., May 23, 2013 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) this week applied to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to construct a natural gas-powered electric generation facility in Cecil County, Maryland. more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

14 Cape towns call for Pilgrim's closure

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Christine Legere Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. - The Cape Downwinders have won overwhelming support this spring for the group's push to shut down the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth. more...
Filed under: Nuclear

Glasgow aims to use landfill methane gas for electricity

May 23 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Robyn L. Minor Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky. - Glasgow officials are hoping to take a negative -- the greenhouse gas methane -- and turn it into electricity. more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

PG&E, Energy Commission Unveil Battery Energy Storage In San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission today unveiled an innovative battery energy storage system pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. more...
Filed under: Energy Storage

Articles 

By Christopher Russell
On: May 23, 2013
The business news media has been buzzing recently with the apparent reversal of America's energy fortunes. Advanced drilling and extraction techniques are boosting domestic fossil more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass
By Eric Hahn P.E.
On: May 22, 2013
In February of this year the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineer Research and Development Center - Coastal Hydraulics Lab (ERDC-CHL) reported that it had more...
Filed under: Energy Storage
By Richard Goodwin
On: May 21, 2013
Two decades ago one of my books focused on Municipal Waste Combustion Residue or Incinerator (1). Over the last two decades the controversy has shifted more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management
By Sarah Battaglia
On: May 14, 2013
The United States has taken the lead yet again, but this time, we may not be so proud. We have surpassed every nation, including China, more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management
By Sarah Battaglia
On: May 6, 2013
Natural gas has been a valuable source of energy for hundreds of years, but over the last decade or so, the use of this resource more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass
 

ENERGY BLOGS

Lost a bit of respect for CBO due to this report

By Mark Wooldridge - CBO Releases Important Carbon Tax Report - Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis of the policy implications more...
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Today's Energy Market Analysis - 24-05-2013

By Dan Birkett -   Today's energy price report has been published looking at the latest gas, power and oil prices and the different more...
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The Black Swan Blog: An Ancient Energy Source Re-imagined

By Davis Swan - Its time for another of those blog posts that is a bit “out there”.  In this case I would like more...
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Grace Solar Expect 100MW Shipment to Japan PV Market in 2014

By Echo Liang - Recently, the 1MW ground PV power station which locates in Chibaprefecture of Japan has been connected to grid. The whole more...
 

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The Promise of Smart Grid - Improving Operations Today for a More Profitable Future

Wednesday Jun 19, 2013 - 1:00 PM Eastern - Virtual Event

This webcast features perspectives from operational technology (OT), information technology (IT) as well as the general industry outlook, to provide attendees insight into the challenges utilities are facing today as well as a holistic view into smart grid strategies to more...

Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Waste Conversion Congress East Coast

Monday Jun 17, 2013 - Tuesday Jun 18, 2013 - Boston, Massachusetts - USA

Deliver a profitable and operational waste conversion project by securing finance, feedstock and approval more...

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