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The Sunset of Solel, Siemens and Solar Trough CSP Technology
Greentech Media
3 mentions — 2 days ago
In October 2009, German industrial giant Siemens bought solar thermal trough firm Solel for $418 million from founder Avi Brenmiller and other investors. In October 2012, plummeting PV costs, among other forces, drove Siemens to announce its intention to exit the solar business. It would sell off its ...
Make New York the solar hub for the East Coast - Robert F. Kennedy jr.
Robert F. Kennedy jr.
3 mentions — 5 days ago
Photo credit: AP | James Stritzki and Alex Morez, right, install solar panels on the roof of a home in Williamstown, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2007) Albany lawmakers are on the verge of passing solar legislation that promises to allow New Yorkers to lower their energy bills, deliver billions ...
Fracking presents new strains on water supplies in some drought-stricken areas of the US
The Washington Post
2 mentions — 3 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO — The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation’s driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the Earth’s surface.Hydraulic fracturing, or the drilling technique commonly known as fracking, has been used for decades ...
Governor Signs Tougher Fracking Regulations
huffingtonpost.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
A pump jack works on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, in Cisne, Illinois, as nearby areas are marked for the start of fracking operations. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images) CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday signed into law the nation's strictest regulations for high-volume oil ...
Latino Organizations Urge The President To Act On Climate Change
ThinkProgress
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Emphasizing their hope to provide a healthy future for generations to come, the organizations stated, “Our members and supporters share your concerns about climate change and are eager to see your administration act now.”The organizations’ letter to the President highlighted the dangers faced by a majority of the ...
Solar-powered plane flying across US lands in Washington DC
guardian.co.uk
5 mentions — 3 days ago
It took nine minutes from the time the plane first appeared in the midnight sky, lit up along the entire elegant swoop of its Airbus-size wings, before the Solar Impulse glided slowly and almost silently to a stop on the runway of Washington's Dulles airport.At 00:23 on Sunday,
Fracking Is Already Straining U.S. Water Supplies
ThinkProgress
2 mentions — 4 days ago
As the level of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells in the United States has intensified in recent years, much of the mounting public concern has centered on fears that underground water supplies could be contaminated with the toxic chemicals used in the well-stimulation technique that cracks ...
Republican Congressman Opposes Abortion Partially Because Male Fetuses Play With Their Genitals
Mother Jones
2 mentions — 17 hours ago
Republican Congressman Opposes Abortion Partially Because Male Fetuses Play With Their GenitalsOn Monday night, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Tex.) contended that HR 1797—a bill the House is debating on Tuesday that would outlaw almost all abortions 20 weeks post fertilization—didn't go far enough. Burgess, an Ob/Gyn by trade and ...
Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now
Reuters
2 mentions — 2 days ago
A statute that dates back to the Nixon White House would allow Obama toflex more environmental regulatory muscle without having to get approvalthrough Congress. But the implications are daunting.
Seeking Constructive Debate on Nuclear Energy
NYTimes.com
2 mentions — 6 days ago
Behind the histrionics and talking points framing the decades-long battle over the place of nuclear power in America’s (and the world’s) energy menu, there have long been hints of a path forward, both for dealing with existing, aging reactors and considering a new generation of technologies.The problem has been that it’s hard to build a movement around a slogan like “Some Nukes!” in a world of yes and no.That may be changing. Concerns about climate change driven by heat-trapping emissions from fossil fuel combustion and the substantial death toll from ...
Batteries included: New wind turbines and solar panels come with built-in storage
Grist
8 mentions — 5 days ago
If you want to use solar power at night or wind power on calm days, you need batteries that can store energy after it’s produced. But why bother with two pieces of equipment when you could have one? That's why GE set out to create the "brilliant" turbine.
The third oil crisis and the forgotten half of America's carbon cuts
shrinkthatfootprint.com
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
But that isn’t what the data says.The data says that oil emissions are down more than electricity emissions.That natural gas is at best responsible for half of emissions cuts.And that electricity generation tell us only half the story.If we want to really understand what happened to US emissions ...
Did America Reach ‘Peak Car’ in 2005?
Greentech Media
2 mentions — 17 hours ago
It's not surprising that Americans started driving less after the 2008 recession. But interestingly, the downward trend in vehicle use has continued five years later. This has raised a lot of discussion about whether North America has reached "peak car."In his most recent analysis on driving trends in ...
Obama says a climate plan is coming next month, so climate hawks delay lawsuit
Grist
2 mentions — 16 hours ago
A cavalry of lawyers representing states and environmental groups was expected to launch a legal assault against the Obama administration this week over its slow movement on climate rules, but the charge was postponed at the 11th hour.What changed? Obama has been telling donors that he plans to ...
The real reason to fight nuclear power has nothing to do with health risks
Quartz
7 mentions — 2 days ago
Nuclear proponents are launching a full-court press for fresh investment in the technology. The release of the new film Pandora’s Promise, another editorial from ardent nuclear champions Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus of the Breakthrough Institute, and Paul Blustein’s recent piece in Quartz, “Everything you thought you knew ...
Daily Kos: Immigration reform cuts deficits—a lot
dailykos.com
2 mentions — 11 hours ago
Instead, the CBO projects further savings in that second decade, completely eliminating a chief talking point of the xenophobic brigade. Like chief Senate foe Jeff Sessions, who had originally demanded the second-decade scoring back in late May:Sessions is concerned the CBO will dramatically underestimate the costs of comprehensive ...
June 18 News: Autism Is Twice As Likely In Children Living Near High Air Pollution Areas
ThinkProgress
2 mentions — 20 hours ago
The largest study to date that examines the link between air pollution and autism found that women living in high-pollution areas were twice as likely to have a child with the disorder. [Bloomberg]Researchers seeking the roots of autism have linked the disorder to chemicals in air pollution and,
Wind power getting cheaper for Oklahoma utility customers
News OK
3 mentions — 5 days ago
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. has slashed the price of its Wind Power program, which allows customers to get 25 percent, 50 percent or 100 percent of their electricity from wind.This year's prices are about half of what they were last year, officials said, because wind has become ...
As Obama moves forward on climate, he faces a tough political task
The Washington Post
4 mentions — 4 days ago
???initialComments:true! pubdate:06/14/2013 18:18 EDT! commentPeriod:14! commentEndDate:6/28/13 6:18 EDT! currentDate:6/14/13 8:0 EDT! allowComments:true! displayComments:true! A pair of fundraisers just 90 minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay area last week laid bare the competing forces of politics and policy that President Obama is grappling with as he prepares to ...
All of a Sudden, There Aren’t Enough Electric Cars to Keep Up with Demand | TIME.com
TIME.com
2 mentions — 15 hours ago
Electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and Honda Fit EV used to languish on dealership lots for months. A pricing war with aggressive incentives and cheap lease deals has changed all that. Last year, Nissan sold about half the number of Leafs it had anticipated, marking two years ...
The cost of German solar versus nuclear
Renewables International
2 mentions — 2 weeks ago
Yesterday, an article compared the cost of German solar to the cost of Finland's new nuclear plant, and it led to a bit of commotion on Twitter. In our latest installment of "Do the math!", we show how the author makes a compelling case for the British to ...
Solar PV Module Costs to Fall to 36 Cents per Watt by 2017
Greentech Media
5 mentions — 1 day ago
Production costs for industry-leading Chinese crystalline-silicon (c-Si) PV module manufacturers— such as Jinko Solar, Renesola, Trina Solar and Yingli Green Energy— will fall from 50 cents per watt in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 36 cents per watt by the end of 2017, according to a new ...
Vote Solar
Including all the benefits in cost-benefit analys...
3 mentions — 18 hours ago
When it comes to evaluating our energy options, policymakers typically perform cost-benefit analyses.That seems pretty uncontroversial, right?Where it gets squirrelly is in the selection of ingredients.What costs to include?Short term costs, or long-term?Include externalities?If a particular technology emits pollutants that threaten life on earth as we know it, how much should that matter?That kind of thing.Same thing on the benefits side.Do you value the resource as a short term or long term generator? Should you account for time of generation, given that electricity costs more during times of high demand?Do ...
Solar Thermal: Solar Hot Water & Solar Air Heating (2013)
Solarthermalworld
3 mentions — 1 day ago
This presentation on solar thermal water and air heating comes from the solar energy company Shift Energy, LLC. It looks at the benefits and applications of solar thermal wall cladding technologies.Solar thermal air and water heating systems can both be used in a number of different commercial settings ...
Rethinking Solar Array Field Conventions
renewableenergyworld.com
4 mentions — 16 hours ago
How strange that the development of many solar array fields has largely become an exercise in massive excavation, grading and stormwater management. This is ironic when we consider that such projects carry the “sustainable” tag. Yet there is a better way. Such terrains can be developed with minimal ...
Is it a bird? Or a plane? It's a solar plane!
Department of Energy
3 mentions — 2 days ago
Solar Impulse's HB-SIA prototype is starting the crossing of America. First leg is Moffett Airfield at the Ames Research Center of NASA to Phoenix Sky Harbour Airport. Solar Impulse will fly across America in stages from San Francisco to Washington D.C. and New York City. | Photo by ...
Three Key Features of Los Angeles' New Local Solar Program
renewableenergyworld.com
4 mentions — 21 hours ago
Officially launched in January after years of development, a new CLEAN (feed-in tariff) program from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (the city’s municipal electric utility) promises 100 MW of new local renewable energy by 2016.In absolute size, the program will be among the largest CLEAN ...
Pentagon bracing for public dissent over climate and energy shocks
Nafeez Ahmed
2 mentions — 19 hours ago
Top secret US National Security Agency (NSA) documents disclosed by the Guardian have shocked the world with revelations of a comprehensive US-based surveillance system with direct access to Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft and other tech giants. New Zealand court records suggest that data harvested by the NSA's Prism ...
U.S. Airports Face Increasing Threat From Rising Seas
Climate Central
2 mentions — 20 hours ago
An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the American public.Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on ...
SurveyMonkey Powered Online Survey
surveymonkey.com
2 mentions — 5 days ago
We need input from industry experts like you! Your feedback will help us better understand the information that you want, the way you want it. As thank you for your time and input, please enter our drawing for a chance to win one of four $100 American Express Gift Cards.It should take only a few minutes to complete. Your individual responses and email address are confidential, and are only used by PennWell and its respective brands. This survey is sponsored by PennWell.Avionics IntelligenceBio-Optics WorldBroadband Technology ReportCabling Installation & MaintenanceCogeneration & ...
Orix, Kyudenko, JFE partner on renewable energy projects in Japan
pv-magazine.com
3 mentions — 19 hours ago
Kyuko Lease Inc., a subsidiary of Japanese financial service provider Orix, has partnered with Kyudenko Corporation and JFE Engineering Corporation to develop approximately 50 MW of green power plants across Japan.Kyuko, Kyudenko and JFE Engineering have jointly established Kyushu Shine Energy Corporation as the first stage of the ...
Solar power is part of the energy solution
The Washington Post
4 mentions — 2 days ago
???initialComments:true! pubdate:06/16/2013 19:06 EDT! commentPeriod:14! commentEndDate:6/30/13 7:6 EDT! currentDate:6/15/13 8:0 EDT! allowComments:true! displayComments:true! As a homeowner with solar panels who has used zero kilowatts off the grid during the last two months, I found the June 10 news article “When the sun doesn’t shine, who pays?” very interesting. If I understand correctly, the power industry says I should pay an additional fee because I need the industry less than others do.Such logic raises questions as to how far the industry might go. If I make energy-efficiency decisions that my neighbor ...
Edward Snowden, alternative energy, ban guns
KansasCity.com
2 mentions — 2 days ago
To those who think wind energy should sink or swim on its own, if that approach had been applied to the nuclear-energy industry, there would be no nuclear power plants because no private company offered to insure those ticking time bombs.Another fact is that if we gave a ...
Solar 2.0: The Rise Of The Robots
Greentech Media
2 mentions — 2 days ago
Alion Energy sees a $550M opportunity in automating solar PV power plant construction. And the company is betting that its robots--Spot and Rover--will make alternative energy safer and more valuable.
Siemens Will Shut Solar Unit on $1 Billion in Losses Since 2011
renewableenergyworld.com
5 mentions — 2 days ago
Siemens AG will close its solar power unit after struggling to find a buyer following losses of at least 784 million euros ($1 billion) euros since 2011 amid Chief Executive Officer Peter Loescher’s failed push into that business to expand renewable energy offerings. The shutdown of the solar ...
Repowering Gives New Life to Old Wind Sites
renewableenergyworld.com
2 mentions — 2 days ago
By 2020, swapping aging wind turbines with more powerful modern units will have raised annual electricity generation at refurbished sites from 1524 GWh to 8221 GWh. A 2 MW wind turbine coming off the production line with a rotor diameter of 80 metres can generate four to six ...