Archives

Renewable Energy Archives

1 2 3

Nissan, Renault To Provide China With Electric Cars - 2009-04-14
"BEIJING - Japan's Nissan Motor Co and France's Renault said on Friday they will supply electric cars to China, the world's largest auto market. The Franco-Japanese alliance will provide the Chinese government with a comprehensive plan for marketing and for a battery-charging network, with the aim of selling electric vehicles to China in early 2011..."

A123 To Make Batteries For Chrysler Electric Cars - 2009-04-08
Chrysler LLC on Monday named US-based A123 Systems as the supplier of batteries for its first electric vehicles slated for debut in showrooms 2010.

General Motors to Seek $2.6B to Build Plug-In Hybrids - 2009-04-03
General Motors this week asked the federal government for an additional $2.6 billion in low-interest loans, which the company said it would put to use to develop new hybrid vehicle lines.

US Senate paves way for carbon revenues to go to consumer - 2009-04-02
The US Senate approved language Tuesday that would pave the way for revenues from a carbon allowance auction to be given back to consumers to help alleviate rising energy costs.Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat-California, introduced an amendment to the chamber's budget resolution which passed 54-43. The budget resolution is a non-binding document, but it sets out legislative priorities for Congress.

Corn Ethanol Concerns Spread to Oregon - 2009-03-31
"The Oregon legislature is jumping into the anti-ethanol fight as it considers five bills that would limit the reach of the corn-based product in the state..."

U-M awarded for algae to biofuel plan - 2009-03-31
"A plan to use algae to simultaneously treat wastewater and produce the raw materials for biofuels has won the inaugural Clean Energy Prize.The competition was sponsored by DTE Energy, the University of Michigan, the Masco Corporation Foundation and the Kresge Foundation to encourage entrepreneurship in Michigan and the development of clean energy technology..."

Chile Miners Look To Tap Desert Geyser Energy - 2009-03-30
Miners in northern Chile, the source of a third of the world's copper, may be sitting on the answer to energy shortages that make electricity in the zone among the world's most expensive.

EPA Sends CO2 Endangerment Finding Proposal To White House - 2009-03-24
"WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday sent a proposed rule to the White House's Office of Management and Budget that says carbon dioxide is a danger to the public, according to federal records published Monday..."

As climate changes, is water the new oil? - 2009-03-24
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If water is the new oil, is blue the new green? Translation: if water is now the kind of precious commodity that oil became in the 20th century, can delivery of clean water to those who need it be the same sort of powerful force as the environmental movement in an age of climate change?

Three Lessons We Still Haven't Learned 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill - 2009-03-24
"It's hard to argue that there's a more lasting and clear example of the destructive force that unchecked corporate greed has on our environment and communities than the Exxon Valdez oil spill that devastated Alaska's Prince William Sound 20 years ago today..."

Why Obama's green jobs plan might work - 2009-03-19
"President-elect Barack Obama wants to spend $150 billion over the next decade to promote energy from the sun, wind and other renewable sources as well as energy conservation. Plans include raising vehicle fuel-economy standards and subsidizing consumer purchases of plug-in hybrids. Obama wants to weatherize 1 million homes annually and upgrade the nation's creaky electrical grid. His team has talked of providing tax credits and loan guarantees to clean-energy companies..."

Europes Way of Encouraging Solar Power Arrives in the U.S. - 2009-03-19
"Put simply, the idea is to pay homeowners and businesses top dollar for producing green energy. In Germany, for example, a homeowner with a rooftop solar system may be paid four times more to produce electricity than the rate paid to a coal-fired power plant..."

Ontario Unveils Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 - 2009-03-17
"Just one week after U.S. President Obama signed into law the America Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with billions set aside to promote the build-out of new renewable energy capacity and make the U.S. more energy efficient, Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty and Energy Minister George Smitherman unveiled a plan to infuse the Canadian province with green energy and energy efficiency improvements..."

Florida may unveil CO2 cap-and-trade program by January 2010 - 2009-03-17
"The state of Florida plans to unveil by January a design for a carbon cap-and-trade scheme for its electric generators, with a preliminary draft expected by August 30, the state's environmental regulators said at Wednesday workshop in Tallahassee..."

Ethanol from Energy Cane (and Someday, Orange Peels) - 2009-03-10
"Could ethanol one day be made from Floridas orange peels? Carlos Riva, the president and chief executive of the cellulosic ethanol developer Verenium, isnt sold on the idea yet..."

West blamed for rapid increase in China's CO2 - 2009-02-24
"The full extent of the west's responsibility for Chinese emissions of greenhouse gases has been revealed by a new study. The report shows that half of the recent rise in China's carbon dioxide pollution is caused by the manufacturing of goods for other countries - particularly developed nations such as the UK..."

FedEx's Smith Favors Carbon Tax Over Cap-And-Trade - 2009-02-24
"WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Congress should consider imposing a "carbon tax" to curb pollution and use the proceeds to reduce U.S. payroll taxes, FedEx Corp. ( FDX) Chairman and Chief Executive Fred Smith said Monday. A carbon tax would be a much more efficient way to reduce pollution than a cap-and-trade system that would cap the emission of air pollutants and permit trading in pollution credits by firms that stay below the cap, Smith said in response to questions after a speech to the National Press Club... "

Electric Cars: What if Theres a Blackout? - 2009-02-24
"Better Place aims to create networks of electric cars, which can be recharged at home or at work over the course of several hours. Much like cellphone subscription plans, drivers will be able to choose when and how much to recharge. When the battery is nearly drained and drivers have no time to wait for a recharge, they will be able to stop at a battery exchange station and, in a five-minute procedure, swap out the battery..."

Economic stimulus package must be used to launch long-term 'green' revolution Ban, Gore - 2009-02-19
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former United States Vice-President Al Gore today called on the world to use the coordinated economic stimulus urgently needed to tackle the global economic crisis to launch a long-term 21st century revolution of green growth...

Nuclear Fusion-fission Hybrid Could Contribute To Carbon-free Energy Future - 2009-02-17
"Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most of the transuranic waste produced by nuclear power plants. The invention could help combat global warming by making nuclear power cleaner and thus a more viable replacement of carbon-heavy energy sources, such as coal..."

Wind Power Forecasting For The US - 2009-02-17
"An unexpected lack of wind in the US can cause blackouts. This is one problem that many regions in the United States of America may face on the short and medium term as a consequence of the country's growing dependence on renewable energies, particularly wind power..."

Hydrogen Fuel From Woodchips And Other Non-food Sources - 2009-02-17
"Researchers at Virginia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the University of Georgia have produced hydrogen gas pure enough to power a fuel cell by mixing 14 enzymes, one coenzyme, cellulosic materials from nonfood sources, and water heated to about 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius)..."

Energy-efficient Water Purification Made Possible - 2009-02-12
Yale doctoral student Robert McGinnis and his advisor Menachem Elimelech, Chair of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, have designed systems that harness the power of osmosis to harvest freshwater from non-potable sources, including seawater and generate electricity from low-temperature heat sources, such as waste heat from conventional power plants.

Enhancing Solar Cells With Nanoparticles - 2009-02-12
Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. Scientists are developing a relatively new approach to solar cells: lacing them with nanoscopic metal particles. As the authors describe in a new article, this approach has the potential to greatly improve the ability of solar cells to harvest light efficiently.

Renewable Energy Sources in the United States - 2009-02-12
For those who have heard about the function of renewable energy, but may not understand what it is or where it comes from. This article from National Atlas explains the functions of hydropower, wind power, solar power, geothermal power, and biomass power, and includes where these sources can be found in the United States.

1 2 3