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High Desert residents struggle with wind turbine regulations

When Gus Sansone decided to invest in a wind turbine for his home in 2001, he had no idea just how much money, and energy, he would be saving in the long run. more...
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George W. Bush presidential library's blueprints filled with green, following trend of other big public buildings

A big environmental change is coming to a muddy, skinned-off patch of former condominium land jammed up against one of Dallas' busiest freeways. more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Wind turbines stir up bad feelings, health concerns in DeKalb County

Months have passed since anyone has waved hello to one another in Waterman or Shabbona in rural DeKalb County. more...
Filed under: Wind

Group: Biomass plans moving too fast: 'Standard' study

A local environmental group is increasingly worried that Traverse City Light & Power is on an unstoppable fast track to building a local wood-burning power plant, but the public utility insists a decision hasn't been made. more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Sungevity sells 'Sunshine Online'

American consumers regularly purchase everything from electronics to music to plane tickets online. more...
Filed under: Solar

 

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2nd Annual Thin Film Solar Summit Europe

Mar 17, 2010 - Mar 18, 2010 - Berlin Germany

The conference will provide a comprehensive analysis of the thin film industry and its key challenges in an interactive manner. Leading companies will share their experiences through panel debates and high-level presentations. A great opportunity to network with the whole thin film community, not to be missed! more...

Filed under: Solar

US Wind Energy Operations and Maintenance Summit

Apr 20, 2010 - Apr 21, 2010 - Dallas, TX - USA

Operating and Maintaining wind farms costs big money and can make a big dent in your bottom line. But that cost can be significantly reduced by adopting outstanding O&M strategies that will reduce downtime and improve the performance of your wind farm. more...

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Essentials of Energy Risk Management

Apr 13, 2010 - Apr 14, 2010 - Houston, TX - USA

The volatility of energy prices has highlighted the need for energy professionals in all areas to develop a functional proficiency in the management of energy risks. This program imparts a practical understanding of the array of tools and concepts that are at the core of the contemporary energy markets. more...

Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Electric Business Understanding Seminar

Apr 19, 2010 - Apr 20, 2010 - Chicago, IL - USA

Electric Business Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of the electric industry. Position yourself for career advancement by gaining a solid understanding of how the electric business works including key physical, market, and regulatory aspects and how market participants navigate this complex business to achieve success. See event website for additional more...

Filed under: Fossil & Biomass

Electric Market Dynamics Seminar

Apr 21, 2010 - Apr 22, 2010 - Chicago, IL - USA

Electric Market Dynamics offers participants an in-depth understanding of North American electric markets and how they function. Enhance your career by furthering your knowledge of market structures, pricing mechanisms, services offered in markets, and how various participants use the markets to manage risk and enhance opportunity. See event website for more...

Filed under: Fossil & Biomass
 
 

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTINUED

Booming Residential Solar Market in Arizona Drives Growth, Creates 50 Additional Green Collar Jobs at Leading Surprise Solar Power Installation Company, Salt River Solar & Wind

As a result of Arizona's booming solar industry, one of Arizona's largest and most successful solar installation companies, Salt River Solar & Wind (http://www.saltriverenergy.com), announced today that the company is planning to hire another 50 new positions in sales, marketing and solar installation jobs as the company struggles to meet the surging demand from residential customers seeking solar power installations on their rooftops across Arizona. more...
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Boralex Obtains Total Financing for Thames River Wind Farm (90 MW)

Boralex Inc. ("Boralex" or the "Corporation") announces that it has successfully refinanced Phase I (40 MW) of the Thames River wind farm, and obtained financing for Phase II (50 MW) at the same site. more...
Filed under: Wind

Tritium could affect VY cleanup costs

The possible remediation costs of contaminated groundwater at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon due to a leak of tritiated water is dependent on a number of conditions, said a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. more...
Filed under: Nuclear

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Los Angeles to eliminate use of coal by 2020

A monthly carbon surcharge will be imposed for Los Angeles as part of efforts to help the city eliminate the use of coal by 2020, the Mayor's Office announced. more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Illinois CO2 Injection Project Moves Another Step Forward

The recent completion of a three-dimensional (3-D) seismic survey at a large Illinois carbon dioxide (CO2) injection test site is an important step forward for the carbon capture and storage (CCS) project's planned early 2011 startup. more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Tool That Tracks Solar Installations is Open to All

The photovoltaic (PV) market now has an eye-popping, interactive bevy of maps and charts that can let anyone know where PV panels are being installed, how big they are, how much they cost and how fast the industry is booming. more...
Filed under: Solar

DPL Inc. to Build Second Solar Array Facility

DPL Inc. (DPL) announced today its unregulated subsidiary, DPL Energy Resources, will build a 60 kilowatt (kW) solar array at the Mound Advanced Technology Center in Miamisburg, a former Department of Energy Weapons site. more...
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Valley solar plant would be among world's largest

About 30,000 fallow acres in western Kings and Fresno counties could return to productivity as home to a massive installation of solar power panels. more...
Filed under: Solar

U.S. firms working to lower cost of solar energy

One piece of the American effort to find a way to make solar energy cheap enough that everyone will want it is unfolding in a modest red-brick building in this Midwestern city once known as one of the nation's top makers of glass. more...
Filed under: Solar

Federal energy stimulus fund to fuel renewable energy in Rhode Island

New solar, wind turbine and geothermal energy systems should soon start going into place in homes and businesses around Rhode Island after the State Energy Office announced awards from an $8.4-million federal energy stimulus fund. more...
Filed under: Wind

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ARTICLES

Life After 40: Suppliers Anxious to Support Life Extension Initiatives for Aging Nuclear Power Plants

By Geoff Gilmore -
With the world's electricity demand continuing to grow, and with the desire to reduce the world's emission output from traditional fossil fuel plants, countries are more...
Filed under: Nuclear

The Potential for Rechargeable Electric Municipal Public Transportation

By Harry Valentine -
The official worldwide history of electrically powered public transportation began in the year 1890 when electric trams and electric streetcar replaced horse drawn trams and more...
Filed under: Energy Storage

Economic Theory and the End of the Day in Copenhagen

By Ferdinand E. Banks - About a month ago, toward the conclusion of an important workshop at the Scuola di Dottorato in Scienza Ambientali of the University of Siena (Italy), more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Eliminating all Man-Made CO2 -- Earth gets Warmer?

By Bob Ashworth -
Do you realize that CO2 emissions created by man's activities, combustion of fuels, etc. (called anthropogenic emissions) is miniscule compared to the emissions of CO2 more...
Filed under: Environmental, Emissions & Carbon Management

Energy Efficiency options for thermal power plants in India

By A.K. Shyam -
India happens to be fourth coal dependent (51.4% of primary energy) country in the world. Coal would continue to dominate for some more years as more...
Filed under: Fossil & Biomass
 
 

ENERGY BLOGS

Weaving the Threads: Perspectives from the American Coal Council's Spring Meeting

Blogger Photo By Peter Spinney - I was recently asked to make a presentation at the American Coal Council's Spring Meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida about more...

As frm power stations -whether hazardous.

By Dharam Bir Arora - As far as my experience in the power generation field goes,ash is an inert and harmless.Many a time ash has more...

Where is the wind?

By Allen Sartain - Where can I find information regarding locations where wind is adequate for generation? To start with, I am specifically interested more...

Monitoring System for Overhead Line Conductors. Meeting the demands of a changing power environment

Blogger Photo By LIOS Technology - Providing sufficient electrical power reliably requires ongoing monitoring of temperatures within overhead transmission lines that are more susceptible to atmospheric more...

Economic and Environmental Impact of Abu Dhabi US$1billion CO2 capture and storage Project

Blogger Photo By Shehu Khaleel - UAE has one of the highest per capita carbon emission rates in the world given its massive use of fossil more...

Diverse Energy Mix Needs Nuclear

Blogger Photo By Paul Cicio - I am delighted that President Obama is prepared to, hopefully, jump start a new era for construction of nuclear energy more...
 

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