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Protesters try to block shipment of N-fuel DANNENBERG, Germany (AP) -- Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Saturday against a shipment of nuclear waste traveling to a storage site in northern Germany, and some tried to block railway tracks in a protest fueled by a government move to extend the country's use of atomic energy.
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At a point in the future that is no longer remote, renewable energy will be a necessity. The construction of large renewable energy farms is central to a transition away from fossil fuels, but distributed renewable energy technologies-wind turbines in backyards and solar panels on roofs-are immediately essential as well. Widespread deployment of distributed renewable technologies requires rapid innovation led by renewable energy pioneers-individuals who act as market leaders and prove to their neighbors that these new energy devices are safe and worthy of use. Existing law and the very structure of governmental authority over energy is ill-suited to this energy transition and stifles the efforts of these pioneers. Public bodies must therefore embark upon a substantial overhaul of what w...
...As long as our country at all levels is ruled by a system of elected gove...
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DANNENBERG, Germany - Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Saturday against a shipment of nuclear waste traveling to a storage site in northern Germany, and some tried to block railway tracks in a protest fueled by a government move to extend the country's use of atomic energy. Police estimated the crowd at some 25,000, while activists put the number at more than 50,000.
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SEVILLE, Spain, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, announced today that it has begun construction on the 50 MW solar power tower Khi Solar One and the 100 MW parabolic trough plant KaXu Solar One in South Africa. The concentrating solar power (CSP) plants were two of the 28 renewable energy projects announced late 2011 by the South Africa Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE intends to bring 17,800 MW of renewable energy online by 2030. Abengoa is partnering with the state-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), South Africa's largest development finance institution, to create South Africa's clean energy future by allowing the country to red...
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The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application), filed on October 20, 2011 by Carib Energy (USA) LLC (Carib), requesting long- term, multi-contract authorization to export up to a total of 120,000 gallons per day of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) (equivalent to approximately 3.44 Billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas per year) over a twenty-five year period, commencing on the earlier of the date of first export or five years from the date the requested authorization is granted. The Application states that the LNG would be exported from ports of export in the southeastern United States, which may include Jacksonville, FL, West Palm Beach, FL, Miami, FL, Tampa, FL, Mobile, AL, Gulfport, MS, Sav...
..., Galveston, TX, and Pensacola, FL, to any country with which the United States has not entered into ...
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The unintended use of an alternative energy tax credit by paper mills is reminiscent of the country's misguided rush to ethanol as an environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline. Both show that prescribing ways to reduce fossil fuel use is often less effective than setting targets and letting companies decide how to meet them. It wasn't until some paper companies began requesting tens of millions of dollars in tax refunds that Congress realized that an alternative fuels credit was being used by this industry. International Paper, apparently the first to use the credit, has already received $71 million. Industry analysts predict the company could get more than $1 billion in tax benefits this year. Verso Paper received nearly $30 million in tax credit just for its mill in Jay.
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The new bipartisan theme enveloping Capitol Hill these days is called "25-by-'25." The idea is that the United States should and can use renewable fuels to supply 25 percent of the country's energy needs by 2025. Currently, renewable fuels account for only 6 percent of the nation's energy, so ramping it up to 25 percent is certainly an ambitious and desirable goal. But is it feasible? Historically, the problem with renewable fuels comes down to a matter of cost and efficiency. For instance, ethanol, a corn-based fuel long heralded by environmentalists as the wave of the future, has never proved economically viable, despite decades of government subsidies. The cost to produce ethanol combined with the amount of energy available in a gallon make it a poor replacement for gasoline. Wind an...
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Summer concert seasons seems more crowded than usual this year, with dueling outdoor riverfront venues (Stage AE and Trib Total Media Amphitheatre) and the new Consol Energy Center keeping things busy. Even the biggest venue of all, Heinz Field, is getting some use, instead of sitting empty until football season. It will host the Steelers Country Music Festival with Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton and Darius Rucker on May 28, followed by Taylor Swift on June 18, Kenny Chesney on July 2 and U2 with Interpol on July 26.
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The city and Xcel have tried to work out their differences. In 2008, Xcel offered to make Boulder the testing ground for a "smart grid" that lets consumers monitor their energy-use rates and save energy by changing their habits. But by 2010, rising costs thwarted the program's completion. This February, Xcel dropped a popular rebate for solar panel installations, and cut subsidies when a settlement with the solar industry restarted the program. Xcel also opposed state legislation to look at paying homeowners more for rooftop solar power - an incentive for local power production. As a last-ditch effort, Xcel offered to offset most of Boulder's energy use with renewable energy credits from a wind farm being built in eastern Colorado. But the long-term cost to ratepayers was uncertain, so ...
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[Jeff Bingaman] opposed those efforts. "He wanted to see emerging energy technologies achieve better penetration in the marketplace," says spokesman Bill Wicker. But after the 2010 failure, "we decided (a renewable energy standard) wasn't the highest and best use of our time." Bingaman, who will retire in 2013 after 30 years in the Senate, realized that if he wanted to get any kind of climatefriendly energy standard to the floor before he left, he had to give up on the word "renewable." When President Obama in his 2011 State of the Union address set a "clean" energy goal of 80 percent by 2035, Bingaman "promised he'd try to get that passed. Environmentalists aren't completely happy: Although the bill calls for a study of energy efficiency, there's no direct provision to give utilities ...
