Keulenae's Favorite Links on renewables from Diigo

How green is your electricity company?

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:59:14 -0000

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As you can see, most of the Big Six spend less than a fiver per customer. Of the small independents, Good Energy and Green Energy spent nothing.

Tags: uk wind renewables greenwash electricity

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Austinist: Texas: A Leader In Renewable Energy?

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:44:22 -0000

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PUC Commissioner Paul Hudson boasted that this new initiative would have Texas—already the leader when it comes to most megawatts produced—generating more than the 14 next-highest states combined.

Tags: renewables wind usa electricity

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Greek Incentive Program Lures Solar Companies

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:12:04 -0000

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Two more North American companies have moved into the Greek solar market in response to the feed-in tariff and grant program passed there in 2006.

Tags: Greece renewables feedin incentives

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SeaGen tidal power marine turbine plugs into electricity grid | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:51:59 -0000

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An underwater turbine that generates electricity from tidal streams was plugged into the UK's national grid today. It marks the first time a commercial-scale underwater turbine has fed power into the network and the start of a new source of renewable energy for the UK.

Tags: tidal uk renewables projects first

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Ofgem outlines gold, silver, bronze rankings for green tariffs - 16 Jul 2008 - BusinessGreen

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:15:11 -0000

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Under Ofgem's proposals the watchdog has called for an end to this practice and urged suppliers to sign up to the new guidelines and an independent accreditation scheme that would ensure only firms offering "additional" environmental benefits through their green tariffs can market them as green. It also proposes a gold, silver and bronze ranking system whereby tariffs are awarded a different badge based on the amount they invest in delivering these additional benefits.

Tags: United Kingdom green liberalisation ofgem electricity

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Energy Family Part Four: Power Pioneers - Popular Mechanics

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:27:02 -0000

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The Hewitt family uses around 2.75 kilowatt-hours of electricity each day — less than 10 percent of the U.S. average. All of their power derives from the system shown here.

Tags: electricity offgrid renewables zero.energy.house

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DOE Announces US $10 Billion in Loan Guarantees for Renewable Energy

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:16 -0000

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a solicitation for up to $10 billion in federal loan guarantees for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. This marks the second round of solicitations for DOE's Loan Guarantee Program, which encourages the commercial use of new or significantly improved energy technologies.

Tags: doe usa renewables finance guarantees

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Small Wind Electric Systems: A U.S. Consumer's Guide - The Alternative Energy Store

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:29:06 -0000

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A very informative, quick-read guide on small wind systems is just a click away. This small reader is a great source of research if you would like to learn about wind and if it will work for you.

Tags: wind small-scale renewables USA

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Energy Forum

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:53:19 -0000

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GE Study Finds Tax Revenues from Wind Farms Offset Tax Incentive

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:51:56 -0000

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GE Energy Financial Services has released a study estimating that the federal production tax credit (PTC) for wind power that is set to expire December 31, 2008 more than pays for itself through tax revenues from the projects' income, vendors' profits and individual workers' wages.

Tags: renewables finance taxation employment USA

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Storage Boosts the Power of Renewable Energy

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:20:53 -0000

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"Grid-scale storage is here now. Storage should be deployed now at the gigawatt (GW) scale...where capacity, ancillary services and energy time-shifting are clearly needed."

Tags: storage large-scale electricity renewables integration

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Renewable Energy - Home Page

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:53:30 -0000

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Renewable energy is an essential part of Australia’s low emissions energy mix and is important to Australia’s energy security. It plays a strong role in reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions and helping Australia stay on track to meet its Kyoto target and beyond. Australian Government support for renewable energy assists industry development, reduces barriers to the national electricity market, and provides community access to renewable energy.

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Flat Panel Technology Boosts Solar Efficiency

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 10:30:31 -0000

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Xtreme Energetics has investigated the possibility of using mechanical trackers to perform the same light-focusing duties as other solar array manufacturers have. However, HP’s transparent transistor can do the job electronically, rather than mechanically, and significantly reduce the costs of such an installation. Such a solar array is known as a concentrating photovoltaic (or CPV) solar array. To date, CPV arrays are fairly expensive and cannot store energy, making them less useful. They also work best in specific sections of the world — those with the highest levels of solar radiation, such as the southwest United States and northern Africa.

Tags: photovoltaics cpv solar hp efficiency

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Petit mémento des énergies renouvelables

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:28:53 -0000

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Éléments pour un débat sur les énergies renouvelables en France

Tags: france renewables green electricity

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The New Times - Rwandas First Daily :: Issue 13546 :: 261 health centres to receive electricity

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:30:11 -0000

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The Government this week unveiled a plan to supply power to more than 261 health centres.

The Euro 36.5m (about Frw27.4b) project was presented before development partners this week. Most of the targeted health centres are based in rural areas.

Tags: rwanda health africa electrification development

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The Oil Drum: Europe | Solar Islands: A new concept for low-cost solar energy at very large scale

Wed, 21 May 2008 05:22:15 -0000

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The need for large scale renewable energy sources is underlined by the global warming due to increasing CO₂ levels. CO₂ is an unavoidable by-product of the energy generation process using any kind of fossil fuel.

Tags: solar renewables csp photovoltaics

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Distributed Energy First, Wait On New Transmission Lines

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:33:59 -0000

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Only recently have we begun to realize that a renewable energy future does not inevitably mean a decentralized energy future. Indeed, right now the fastest growing part of the renewable energy industry may be the large solar central power systems being built in remote locations in the southwest to serve customers in Los Angeles, and the huge wind farms being built in the Midwest to serve customers in Chicago.

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Report: Update on State Renewable Portfolio Standards

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:23:33 -0000

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According to a new report, "Renewables Portfolio Standards in the United States: A Status Report with Data through 2007," released by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a growing number of states are supporting renewable electricity through the creation of renewable portfolio standards (RPS). The report provides a comprehensive overview of early experience with these state-level RPS policies.

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Five Trends to Watch in the Renewable Energy Industry

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:07:28 -0000

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Growth in the renewable energy industry is set to reach more than US $250 billion by the year 2017 with the electric car, sustainable cities, non-U.S.-based energy firms, geothermal energy and the greening of the shipping industry helping to lead the way. That's the prediction made by Clean Edge in its Clean Energy Trends 2008 report released on Wednesday.

Tags: ev future geothermal renewables roadmap

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Planet2025 News Network - ntext

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:09:48 -0000

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This exciting and innovative showcase tidal farm scheme would be capable of generating 10.5 megawatts (MW) of clean, green power, drawn entirely from the sea’s major tidal currents.

Subject to successful planning consent and financing, the tidal farm could be commissioned as early as 2011 or 2012.

Tags: projects renewables tidal United Kingdom

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