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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order for a new, 42-year license for Seattle City Light's largest hydroelectric dam, Boundary, on the Pend Oreille River near Metaline Falls. “This is great news for Seattle City Light customers,” ...

Renewable energy use in Ohio is rising at a pace thought unlikely only a few years ago, with retailers, manufacturers and commercial businesses speeding up the transition. Since the start of 2012, large projects have sprung up in Springfield, ... Bill Seitz, R-Cincinnati, chairman of the Senate Public Utilities Committee, has introduced Senate Bill 58 to review and possibly modify the energy efficiency and alternative energy requirements

Argentine exports of soya oil-based biodiesel are falling sharply largely because of trade friction with the EU, and the country is instead exporting more soya oil. "Exports of biodiesel are plummeting owing to reluctance from EU importers," Germany-based Oil ...

Argentine exports of soyaoil-based biodiesel are falling sharply largely because of trade friction with the European Union and Argentina is instead exporting more soyaoil, Hamburg-based oilseeds analysts Oil World said on Tuesday. "Exports of biodiesel are ...

America's declining appetite for gasoline means that refineries have had to use an increasing volume of ethanol to keep up with the regulations imposed in 2007. That, too, would be just fine if cars and gas pumps could handle it, but many vehicles and service ...

Barring any last-minute decision by the government, the requirement on the sale and use of at least ten percent ethanol blend on gasoline products takes effect on April 1. Ironically, it falls on April Fool's Day — a Monday — the first working day after Holy ...

The report opposes placing limits on oil use by consumers, but says the government should consider a tax on oil to ensure that it doesn't fall below a certain price to assure developers of alternative fuels like hydrogen fuel cells and compressed natural gas ...

LED bulbs do not fall under renewable energy domain, cannot be exempted from import tax: AEDB chairman. By Waqas Naeem. Published: March 18, 2013. LED bulbs do not fall under renewable energy domain, cannot ... LED bulbs are energy efficient, give constant light and have a working life of up to 22 years,” said Naveed Hassan Bokhari, Director (solar) at the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)

If wind farms aren't already giving anti-wind power activists headaches, Simon Chapman sure is. The Australian professor of public health, whose New Scientist essay last fall suggested that the scientifically unverified “wind turbine syndrome” is psychogenic, ...

A good article to read to keep up-to-date on our ethanol production. It sums it up for quick reading. I sell almost 100% of my corn production to one of 2-3 local ethanol plants and so far these plants are still running at 100% of production. All 3 are 100 Million ...

However, falling costs also meant that revenue generated by the industry remained flat, says Clean Edge reportThe global deployment of renewable energy from wind, solar and biofuels grew in 2012 but the income from the sector remained flat due to the plummeting costs for solar photovoltaic panels.The revenue for the three technologies increased by 1% globally to $249bn in 2012, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2013 report released on Tuesday by renewable energy research firm Clean Edge

Falling energy demand, rising gas prices and the subsidised growth in the renewable electricity supply threaten the future of natural gas as a replacement for coal in Australia's national energy mix, Bret Harper, Associate Director of Research at RepuTex – an ...

Last fall, a group of more than 200 American scientists banded together to protest a government decision allowing two potentially invasive species of grass to be grown for biofuel. In a letter to the Obama administration, the biologists and ecologists urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prevent

The EU needs to more than double its installed wind power to meet its binding targets. This means installing over 12 GW per year for the next 8 years. 11.5 GW of wind energy capacity was installed in 2012, but installations are expected to fall this year and ...