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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| What happens when the U.S. government awards DuPont, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Bosch, and 3M $1.6 million to develop a longer-lasting, less expensive way to store clean energy? We will soon find out. |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| The research and consulting firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reports that subsidies for fossil energies are far outweighing those for renewables. While many governments are putting support behind clean energy, the figures show that renewables are still far behind, reports BNEF. |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| The U.S. Department of Energy Announced earlier this month that it would set aside more than $100 million to create an "Energy Innovation Hub" to encourage innovation around producing fuels directly from sunlight. |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
SolarEdge Technologies, a provider of end-to-end Distributed Solar Power Harvesting and monitoring solutions, is expanding its activity in Greece, announcing a partnership with Enolia Solar Systems SA, a leading Greek company active in the development of PV projects, trading of PV solar equipment and design and implementation of rooftop applications in the rapidly developing PV markets of Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. |
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| Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
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| Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released details of a newly drafted energy bill yesterday. The bill is more notable for what's not in it, than what is in it. |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced an Energy Bill with the stated goal of lessening U.S. addiction to oil. POET CEO Jeff Broin made the following comments: |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| Clean Energy Works, a diverse coalition of more than 80 grassroots organizations representing more than 12 million Americans emailed a statement signed by more than 360 groups bemoaning the Senate's failure to address a clean energy and climate policy. It follows. |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| Gestamp Biomass, a division of Gestamp Renewables with worldwide operations, and New Hampshire-based Clean Power Development announced that they plan to bring biomass energy projects to the Northeast region of the U.S. |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| OriginOil is ready to ship the first part of its manufacturing system – technology that extracts renewable oil from algae – to Australia-based MBD Energy, triggering payment under the two companies' contract. |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
Comment:Visions recently revealed a new and improved 'Contributor Community', allowing policy-makers, industry-leaders and experts in energy and environment to interact and network with each other online. |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| Korean renewable energy developer, Eco-Frontier has signed a non-binding offtake agreement to purchase biocrude produced through Florida-based PetroAlgae's micro-crop technology. |
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| Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
The U.S. ethanol industry is nearing a major deadline. The industry's primary subsidy mechanism, the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC), is set to expire on December 31, 2010. Federal ethanol subsidies were worth roughly $5 billion in 2009, a figure large enough to create vigorous debate over their renewal. Some call the credits a boondoggle, others a vitally important lifeline for an industry still in its formative years. |
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| Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
The Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) extends its praise to Sens. Al Franken (D-MN.) and Kit Bond (R-MO.) and Reps. Betty McCollum (D-MN.), Jay Inslee (D-WA.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) for introducing the Thermal Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act of 2010 in the U.S Senate and House of Representatives (S. 3626 and H.R. 5805, respectively). The legislation would assist in developing renewable heating and cooling projects nationwide. |
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| Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
U.S. state and local efforts to create feed-in tariff (FIT) programs will not work as well as those in Europe unless regulators adopt the key principles that have made FIT programs so successful on the Continent, analysts say. |
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| Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT |
| Facing opposition from the entire Republican Senate Delegation, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) has revealed plans to put comprehensive energy legislation, including cap and trade and renewable portfolio standard provisions, on hold, choosing instead to introduce a scaled back version tackling less controversial issues. |
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Source: www.renewableenergyworld.com |
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