Renewable Energy

June 19, 2014
Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) signed a bill on Friday that moved the deadline for new renewable energy requirements, reported the Washington Post late last week.  In 2008, former Democratic Governor Ted Strickland signed legislation requiring the state to acquire 12.5 percent of its energy portfolio from renewables and to reduce energy consumption by 22 percent by 2025....
Renewable Energy
May 28, 2014
In late April the Environmental Protection Agency released the latest Green Power Partner Rankings, which list the top 100 renewable energy users within the EPA program.  Organizations can meet EPA Partnership requirements by using any combination of on-site generation, renewable energy certificates, or utility green power products.  According to the list, Intel...
Renewable Energy
May 21, 2014
Earlier this month the Department of Energy announced the selection of three offshore wind projects to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years.  In December 2012, the DOE announced awards for seven offshore wind demonstration projects.  Of the seven original projects, these three have been selected to receive additional funding, with the goal of...
Renewable Energy
May 16, 2014
Denmark is leading Europe’s push toward renewable energy with its ambitious new energy goals, reported German broadcaster Deutsche Welles earlier this month.  By 2020, Denmark plans to get 70 percent of its energy from renewable sources and to eliminate coal, oil, and gas entirely by 2050.  The country currently uses renewable energy sources for about 25...
Renewable Energy
May 6, 2014
In a press release issued in early April, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) unveiled a draft loan guarantee solicitation that allots up to $4 billion in loan aid for renewable energy companies.   Currently, the solicitation will offer loan guarantees for innovative projects that limit or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, with an emphasis on advanced electric grid...
Renewable Energy
April 30, 2014
The U.S. Navy developed a new technology that can turn seawater into fuel, announced International Business Times earlier this month.  The breakthrough comes after decades of experiments and work by scientists. Although in the past scientists have distilled carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas separately from seawater, this new technology extracts both gasses from the seawater...
Renewable Energy
April 23, 2014
Environmentalists are disappointed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new energy plan, which was approved by his cabinet on April 11, reported Bloomberg.  The plan identifies coal as an important long-term electricity source and fails to establish specific targets for cleaner energy production generated by wind, solar, and geothermal, thus undermining hopes among...
Renewable Energy
April 14, 2014
The California Public Utilities commissioners voted unanimously to approve a net metering policy so that consumers with existing rooftop solar arrays can continue selling electricity to the grid at current rates for 20 years, reported Clean Technica late last month.  The CPU’s decision applies to all customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas...
Renewable Energy
April 7, 2014
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities commissioners voted unanimously to reject a 25 megawatt offshore wind project, reported RE News in late March.  The project, which has been pending before the agency for three years, would have been based about three miles off the coast of Atlantic City, and was proposed by wind energy developer Fisherman’s Energy. The...
Renewable Energy
March 26, 2014
The Bay Area successfully launched a food recycling program that turns leftover plant matter into renewable energy, reported the Marin Independent Journal earlier this week.  The Marin program, led by the Marin Sanitary Service and Central Marin Sanitation Agency, was in development for six years before its launch this week. Each day, restaurant workers place food waste...
Renewable Energy