Pacific Gas and Electric Adds 105 MW More Renewable EnergyPacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has secured an additional 105 megawatts (MW) of clean, reliable renewable energy resources to help meet the future electricity needs of nearly 80,000 PG&E customers. The company submitted three long-term power purchase agreements (PPA) to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for regulatory review.
Stop the fossil foolishnessKelpie Wilson, truthout. Gas prices are on the rise again and news analysts are kicking it around, wondering who is being ripped off this time. But ...unlike other gas shortages, this one is the real thing, or at least the beginning of the real thing: production has peaked and the era of cheap oil is about to end. [Analysis of political responses to rising gas prices.]
Distributed Energy Utilities - It's All About FinancingMany small-scale renewable energy systems have pay-back times of ten years or less. Putting a solar hot water system on your rooftop should be a no-brainer in most geographic zones. So why don't more people invest in distributed energy? The answer: the lack of attractive financing options is the main reason why they are not yet mainstream, not the capital cost of renewable energy systems. The new concept of "distributed energy utilities" can overcome this hurdle, as several examples from...
Other Energy Headlines - 26 August, 2005Staff, Energy Bulletin. A Question Of Shale / Canadians Gear Up for Protest against Natural Gas Projects in Maine / Underground Coal-Gasification, Coal-to-Liquids Project in Australia / New chips lower PC power use
Progress in production of hydrogen by microbial fuel cellsPress Release, Penn State University (US). Penn State environmental engineers and a scientist at Ion Power Inc. have developed an electrically assisted process that enables bacteria to coax four times as much hydrogen directly out of biomass than can be generated typically by fermentation alone.
Victorian Renewable Energy Target Shows Promise Down UnderUnder the Victorian Government's proposed Renewable Energy Target scheme, more than one fifth of Victorian homes could be supplied with zero- emission electricity at less than $1 per month, according to a new report. The scheme would create jobs, inject money into the national economy and prepare the Victorian economy for a carbon-constrained world.
Senate Democrats Introduce Broad Energy PackageWhile immigration and border security is the big issue this week in Congress, Senate Democrats haven't forgotten about the high energy prices being felt by industry and gas stations all across the country. On Wednesday, they unveiled a broad package of energy legislation that includes a number of provisions aimed at increasing renewable energy use and reducing America's use of petroleum consumption in the transportation sector.
Amory Lovins Misleads with NumbersArthur Smith, Alternative Energy Action Network. A review of Amory Lovins, "More Profit with Less Carbon". In short, Lovins throws a lot of numbers around, but far too many of the ones he provides are irrelevant, meaningless, or misleading. The road ahead is much more difficult than he portrays.
State of the Union on energy - Feb 2Staff, Energy Bulletin. White House: the advanced energy initiative / In call for less foreign oil, Bush sounds familiar note / The state of energy: hooked on petroleum / Numbers and the State of the Union Energy segment / Layoffs in store at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Other energy headlines - Oct 10Staff, Energy Bulletin. Methamphetamine fuels the West’s oil and gas boom / In Canada's wilderness, measuring the cost of oil profits / Entrepeneurs explore oil alternatives / Will diesels have a future in Europe? / Brazil fights oil prices with alcohol / Fuel cells 'need political push'
Real Estate Powerhouse Expands into Renewable Energy MarketsMunicipal Mortgage & Equity (MuniMae), a player in the real estate and financial services markets, moved into the renewable energy markets by acquiring Renewable Ventures LLC, a third-party financer and operator of renewable energy generation facilities.
Fuel Cells - A PerspectiveTom Biegler, ATSE Focus. With their promise of environmentally benign power, fuel cells are widely promoted as the electricity generators of the future. Technological advances over several decades have demonstrated that they can certainly be made to work but their central claim of exceptionally high efficiency does not always stand up to scientific scrutiny. Expectations that fuel cells will be simple and cheap seem unrealistic.
Other energy - May 9Staff, EB. MIT: Hydrogen reality check / Africa to benefit as world shifts to biofuels / CBS: the ethanol solution / East Europe tackles energy waste / Americans head out beyond the exurbs / Report: 98% of U.S. commuters favor public transportation for others
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