China Recycling Wins 7-MW Waste-to-Energy Project

Tags: gas, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
China Recycling Energy Corp. (CREG) announced that it has won a contract to recycle waste gas and waste heat into electricity for China Zhonggang Binhai Enterprise Ltd. at a facility in Cangzhou City, China.

Beacon Power Tests Megawatt of Flywheel Storage

Tags: electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Beacon Power Corporation, a company that designs and develops products and services to support electricity grid operation, announced that it has built and tested an integrated matrix of ten high-power flywheels that when operated together can absorb and supply a full megawatt (MW) of electricity. The system, located in Beacon's headquarters, will be the first of up to 5 MW of flywheel-based regulation capability that will be produced this year and commercially deployed to generate revenues from ...

West Haven Commits to Clean Energy

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Rocky Hill, Conn., September 23, 2008 – The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the city of West Haven, Conn., has joined the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program by committing to purchase at least 20% of its electricity for municipal facilities from clean, renewable energy sources by the year 2010. West Haven officials signed a resolution declaring the city's commitment, joining 84 other Connecticut municipalities that have made a commitment to a cleaner env...

Localisation on Environmental Business and Supply Base in India. Dr Rajendra Pachauri - Patron

Tags: energy, climate change, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Register now: special rates untill 31 October 2008 for participation at The Second International Scientific and Business Congress on Protecting the Climate – A World Joint Strategy under the theme "Localisation on Environmental Business and Supply Base in India" Dr Rajendra Pachauri is the Patron of the Congress. Dr Rajendra Pachauri - Director-General of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awar...

Santa Clara University Purchases Over 11 Million Kilowatt-Hours of Clean Renewable Energy

Tags: wind power, renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Santa Clara University’s electricity just got a little greener. The University’s purchase of 11,256 megawatt hours of renewable energy, equal to the annual output of three and a half large-scale wind turbines, represents over one third of the University’s annual electricity use.

The Brooklyn Energy Project

Tags: energy, climate change, Tagged: 11 October 2008
The Brooklyn Energy Project is intended to provide constructive alternatives that offer hope of preventing the looming Global Warming apocalypse. The Manhattan Project was the incubator for nuclear weapons – this is a path to what might be called The Brooklyn Energy Project, the other side of the bridge. It is intended to open and accelerate new paths, as well as provide new perspectives, toward averting catastrophe and creating a more peaceful and prosperous planet. The Manhattan Project...

RGGI States' First CO2 Auction Completed

Tags: gas, Tagged: 11 October 2008
The states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) this week announced that the auctioning of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions allowances in North America is off to a strong start. All of the 12,565,387 allowances offered for sale on September 25, 2008 were sold at a clearing price of US $3.07 per allowance.

Half of Global Electricity To Come From Renewables IEA Says

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Nearly 50% of global electricity supplies must come from renewable energy sources in order to cut CO2 emissions in half by 2050, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in its latest study, “Deploying Renewables: Principles for Effective Policies.”

Where's The Outrage?

Tags: solar power, energy, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Solar energy is being manipulated as part of the partisan bickering in Congress. The Senate has passed one version of the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) extension with an overwhelming bi-partisan, majority. However, the House leadership will not even let the bill come to a vote. This is an election year. I believe all of the House of Representatives are up for election. If we, as solar professionals, cannot get the ITC extension through now, then when can we? The importance of the solar ITC exte...

Town of Haddam Commits to Clean Energy

Tags: renewable, energy, electricity, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Rocky Hill, Conn., October 2, 2008 – The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the town of Haddam, Conn., has joined the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program by committing to purchase at least 20% of its electricity for municipal facilities from clean, renewable energy sources by the year 2010. Haddam officials signed a resolution declaring the town’s commitment, joining 86 other Connecticut municipalities that have made a commitment to a cleaner environment and grea...

Colorado Renewable Energy Profile, Part One

Tags: renewable, energy, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Colorado is blessed with an abundance of largely untapped renewable resources, a fact that has become more widely and greatly appreciated in light of high fossil fuel prices and a range of socioeconomic and environmental challenges that are only growing in intensity.

Five Cleantech Senate Candidates to Watch

Tags: renewable, energy, climate change, Tagged: 11 October 2008
Will 2008 be known as the "energy/cleantech election?" Will the American public side with a "Drill Now" approach, or will the public embrace commitments to new alternative and renewable energy technologies? The better question is, "Will the election bring the kinds of changes to Congress that will lead to a breakthrough in climate change and energy policy?"

3Degrees Provides Solar Energy Certificates to California Academy of Sciences

Tags: solar power, renewable, energy, Tagged: 11 October 2008
3Degrees announced today that it has been selected by the newly opened California Academy of Sciences to provide 1,350 megawatt-hours (MWh) of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) sourced from California Solar projects. This is one component of the Academy's broad ranging sustainability initiatives that will help the new museum building achieve LEED-Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Critical Connection: Leaders Focus on Hydrogen and Renewables at NHA Fall Forum

Tags: energy, Tagged: 11 October 2008
A distinguished group of energy leaders convened in Golden, CO last week at the NHA Fall Forum to address a critical connection between two clean energy industries: hydrogen and renewables. The link is mutual: the hydrogen industry needs more renewables to produce hydrogen; and the renewables industry needs hydrogen for storage of excess or off-peak energy to address irregular supplies.

The Second International Scientific and Business Congress on Protecting the Climate - A World Joint Strategy under the theme "Localisation on Environmental Business and Supply Base in India"

Tags: renewable, energy, climate change, Tagged: 11 October 2008
"We are happy to support the cooperation with the EuroAkadem-Academy for European Management in holding the 2nd Congress. We strongly support the contribution that the Congress will generate toward making renewable energy an even more essential component in the fight against climate change", says Mr Bjoern Klusmann, CEO, BEE - German Renewable Energy Federation, Germany

Revolutionary Energy Breakthroughs Can Kick-Start Economic Recovery!

Tags: energy, Tagged: 11 October 2008
The U.S. economy has entered a recession. It appears to some as the first stage of a major depression. The band-aids and the massive bailout by the White House and Congress may prove to have insufficient effect. A major contributor to the downturn is the high price of oil and other energy resources. Fuel prices remain a huge burden for consumers.