Solar power co-operatives and an $87-million incentive program could help Edmonton massively boost its consumption of renewable energy, a task force report says. There's potential to generate as much as 20 per cent of the electricity used in the city ...
Edmonton Journal via Google News
2012-05-18 07:31:33
Corn equals ethanol. Ethanol, good idea or not, is supported by subsidies. Solar power, which this area is counting on for power generation and taxes, is simply not profitable without the government subsidies. Solyndra, anyone?
White Mountain Independent via Google News
2012-05-18 07:24:08
It looks like an alien invasion, with flying saucers coming from the sky. But it's actually the brainchild of Mark Hull, who is project manager for Beebe Community Wind Farm of Ithaca. He took the wind turbine idea to local farmers back in 2007.
Clare County Review via Google News
2012-05-18 06:57:18
The Tennessee Valley Authority says a lack of rainfall has hydroelectric generation running 12 percent below normal. Hydro is TVA's cheapest source of electricity, but accounts for only about 8 percent of the power the federal utility produces.
SunHerald.com via Google News
2012-05-18 06:56:44
Three Divisional Court judges turned down the municipality's appeal of an Ontario Energy Board's decision that upheld the right of Plateau Wind and its parent company International Power Corporation to run transmission lines from its wind farm south of ...
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin via Google News
2012-05-18 06:52:35
And this week the leaders' staffs met to discuss the opportunities and obstacles to reaching those goals with more renewable energy projects. The challenges include transmission constraints and an influx of cheap natural gas.
Vermont Public Radio via Google News
2012-05-18 06:46:25
... and redesigned a proposed alternative energy plant on the city's west side. Oneida Seven Generations Corp. has unveiled revised plans for its waste-to-energy gasification facility, now using the name Green Bay Renewable Energy for the project.
Green Bay Press Gazette via Google News
2012-05-18 06:29:55
In the US, she said, “we're now using more corn to make ethanol than we are for food” — a trend that drives up the price of both. “Does that really make sense?” It even makes less sense when you realize that corn ethanol may be little better for the ...
Climate Change via Google News
2012-05-18 05:45:58
The biofuel manufacturing plant is a key part of the integrated food and energy business of CleanStar Mozambique, a company formed in 2010 by Novozymes and CleanStar Ventures, and uses surplus cassava for ethanol, as well as beans, sorghum, ...
Biofuels Digest via Google News
2012-05-18 05:24:03
In Washington, the Energy Information Administration said that US ethanol production rose to 904000 barrels per day, or 37.97 million gallons per day, up from 897000 bpd last week; the rolling four-week average moved up to 890000 bpd, equivalent to ...
Biofuels Digest via Google News
2012-05-18 05:24:01
Last month, Petrobras, along with Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, inaugurated their joint pilot plant to produce biodiesel from microalgae in Extremoz. Prepatory studies for the project have identified about 10 different species that could ...
Biofuels Digest via Google News
2012-05-18 05:24:00
The proposed program was to plant up to 300000 hectares for biodiesel production, but the minister will wait for cabinet for further decisions and no budget provision has been made for 2012/13.
Biofuels Digest via Google News
2012-05-18 04:19:50
Terms such as 'global warming,' 'peak oil,' and 'environmental crisis' are bandied about and hotly contested or, worse, ignored by the public. But a 30 percent rate hike in the average electricity bill? That gets your attention.
news-expressky.com via Google News
2012-05-18 04:11:09
With so much opposition in just the studying stage, wouldn't it be a wiser use of ratepayer dollars to improve the Snohomish County PUD's existing facilities -- like the Jackson Hydroelectric Project, which, if upgraded, would generate far more power ...
HeraldNet via Google News
2012-05-18 02:22:22
