EPA disappoints biofuel backers once again
Nothing seems to unite Washington farm and energy lobbyists and Midwest members of Congress from both parties more than the EPA. The Agency angered ethanol supporters last week when it was learned that EPA wont approve higher ethanol blends until September at the earliest, and only for 2007 or newer model cars. Approval for 2001 and newer cars might come in November.
Click here for full storyMasdar, the Abu Dhabi government- backed renewable-energy company, plans to announce its revised master plan “imminently,” the head of supply-chain management at the zero-carbon Masdar City project said.
Click here for full storySomething amazing is happening in the Wilcox formation, a coal-bearing stretch of bedrock beneath central Louisiana. Bacteria that naturally feast on carbon dioxide (CO2) and coal in the presence of water are working overtime, producing natural gas (CH4; methane) as a byproduct.
Click here for full storyThe Rudd government is preparing to unveil a new climate action policy ahead of the next federal election, likely in a few months.
Click here for full storyRenewable energy technologies are declining in cost but continued efforts are required to further reduce this, according to energy ministers from the 21-country Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
Click here for full storyA shock change in Italy's public incentives for renewable energy investment has brought financing for the sector to a halt, stunning aspiring players in the green economy that many hoped would be a driver of growth.
Click here for full storyDeveloping countries in Asia should invest more and faster in renewable energy because it would create jobs and save money in the long run, a Greenpeace International energy campaigner said Tuesday.
Click here for full storyPROJECTS such as wind farms and solar power stations are set for a boost after the federal government, the Coalition and Greens struck a deal to fix Australia's renewable energy scheme.
Click here for full storyA massive introduction of solar-thermal power plants and wind farms would allow Australia to generate all its energy needs from renewable technologies by 2020, research shows. The report, to be announced today by the retiring Liberal Victorian senator Judith Troeth, the Greens senator Christine Milne and the Independent Nick Xenophon, finds a 100 per cent renewable plan by 2020 would cost $37 billion a year, in public and private money – or 3 per cent of Gross Domestic Product.
Click here for full storyChanges to renewable energy target legislation designed to provide greater investment certainty for large projects has been put before the Senate.
Click here for full storyAn analysis released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that a comprehensive solution to our dependence on oil is affordable and within reach, according to the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
Click here for full storyAssociate Minister of Energy and Resources Pansy Wong returned yesterday from a very successful APEC Energy Ministers' Meeting in Japan.
Click here for full storyA Melbourne University report says all of Australia's energy could come from renewable sources by 2020 as opposed to the Federal Government's target of 20 per cent.
Click here for full storyAustralia's government on Tuesday announced further changes to its renewable energy target designed to cope with a potential oversupply of renewable energy certificates and provide greater investment certainty for large projects such as wind farms.
Click here for full storyAs apathy takes over and it becomes harder than ever to get environmental messages across, perhaps experiences in the US and Australia could inspire, writes Michael McTernan.
Click here for full storyNuclear energy could become one of Australia's best way to combat our growing power problems and at the same time reduces our CO2 emissions. It has been proven to be the most efficient way to produce electical power and Australia has the resources to power it.
Click here for full storyFederal Labor's changes to its renewable energy target (RET) have passed the Senate with an attempt to remove electric heat pumps from the scheme falling short.
The RET is designed to ensure 20 per cent of Australia's electricity comes from renewable energy sources by 2020.
But it struggled to boost investment in large-scale green energy projects because of favourable treatment for small household appliances such as solar panels and heat pumps.
Click here for full storyPublic concern about global warming is once again on the rise, according to a national survey released June 8 by researchers at Yale and George Mason Universities. The results come as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote this week on a resolution to block the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
Click here for full storyWhile plans for offshore drilling are on ice, the governors of 10 states – including Virginia and North Carolina – and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar signed a deal to create an Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium.
Click here for full storyTurkey is becoming a major energy hub, with pipelines from Russia and the Caspian basin crisscrossing the country. The two notable projects are the Blue Stream gas line, which brings Russian gas to Turkey, and the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil line, which brings Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan’s oil to the Turkish Mediterranean coast and from there on to the world market.
Click here for full storyGermany’s support for renewable energy is “breaking” the nation’s ability to pay for power and threatens the competitiveness of electricity producers, Handelsblatt cited a former industry group leader as saying.
Click here for full storyEurope will import its first solar-generated electricity from North Africa within the next five years, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said in an interview on Sunday.
Click here for full storyInvestors’ interest in Chinese wind- energy companies may be slowing after Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., China’s second-largest wind turbine maker, shelved a share sale in Hong Kong, analysts said.
Click here for full storyUK Business Secretary Vince Cable has confirmed Government support for multi million pound investments to secure low carbon and science projects in the UK and the Post Office Network.
Click here for full storyTariq Ali quit as head of research at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology after a year in the post, said two people familiar with the matter, the latest departure from Abu Dhabi’s flagship renewable energy project.
Click here for full storyOn the heels of President Obama's June 15 speech calling for clean energy legislation, a new coalition of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and biofuels organizations today called on the U.S.
Click here for full storyJune 24 (Bloomberg) -- AGL Energy Ltd., Australia’s largest electricity retailer, plans to “fast track” the A$800 million ($700 million) Macarthur wind farm after the Senate approved revisions to laws aimed at spurring renewable energy investment.
The changes give the industry the certainty it needs to spend on clean-energy projects and allow AGL Energy and partner Meridian Energy Ltd. to accelerate plans for the wind farm in the state of Victoria, Sydney-based AGL said in a statement to the Australian stock exchange today.
Click here for full storyA Who's Who of 250 Australian business leaders is gathering in the Great Hall of parliament in Canberra today to meet Chinese counterparts.
Click here for full storyIn 2008, the sales of solar power panel amounted to 5.6GW, which is nearly up 48 percent. 3.3GW or 60 percent of the solar panel sales were done in Asia, in the year 2008. Besides roughly 1.5W solar energy sales were done in Europe. While the United States accounted for a mere 750MW solar power panel sales.
Click here for full storyLeading industrialist Jamshyd Godrej has called for a paradigm shift in India's approach vis-a-vis tax and subsidy structures related to petroleum and coal-based energy resources.
Click here for full storyUnited States-based lighting and solar technology company GreenRg Management, LLC, plans to invest in Jamaica through its Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology.
Click here for full storyTwo surreal things happened within the span of two days. In his televised address, President Obama again sternly warned that the nation must break its dependency on oil. He again called on Congress to pass an energy bill that would vastly expand our hunt for and use of alternative and renewable energy sources.
Click here for full storyThe Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) has placed EUR 20 million worth of unsecured bonds with the intention of funding new and refinancing existing infrastructure projects for renewable energy production and hard waste recycling.
Click here for full storyWith a fortune estimated at close to £100 million, Dale Vince, a former hippy who once lived in a truck, is probably Britain's most successful eco-tycoon.
Click here for full storyChina Petrochemical Corp, also known as Sinopec Group, has partnered an Iceland-based company to set up a new venture to further develop geothermal energy in China as it seeks to expand the renewable resource.
Click here for full storyRenewable energy technologies are declining in cost but continued efforts are required to further reduce this, according to energy ministers from the 21-country Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Solar, wind, geothermal and bioenergy for electricity, and biofuels for transport, are diversifying energy supply, and energy ministers urged “continued technology development efforts to further reduce their costs, standardise products, develop supply sources, and share best practices to accelerate their use in electricity generation, buildings and transport sectors.”
Click here for full storyThe Government is today introducing amendments to the Renewable Energy Target that will create greater investment certainty for large-scale renewable projects such as wind farms, and will ensure support to households for small-scale renewables remains well targeted.
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Senator Penny Wong, has today announced three Government amendments to the enhanced Renewable Energy Target:
- Excess banked RECs: In the event of very high numbers of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) being created from small-scale renewable sources in the next six months, the Bill includes a provision to temporarily increase the target in 2012 and 2013 to provide greater investment certainty. The 20% by 2020 target will remain, as any temporary increase will be offset by reducing targets by the same total amount of RECs between 2016 and 2019.
- Household RECs review: The process for review will be strengthened in the Bill, with the Minister to be given independent advice on matters relating to RECs under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES), including whether the $40 REC price remains appropriate over time.
- Solar Credits: To provide flexibility to deal with changes in the cost of solar panels, the Renewable Energy Regulator will be given power to adjust the Solar Credits multiplier. The Government will consult on draft regulations to implement this arrangement later this year.
Click here for full storyThe Rudd government is refusing to release the results of 57,000 safety inspections of homes insulated under its botched $2.45 billion program.
Click here for full storyWhen Ikea announced this week that its 48 U.S. and Canadian stores will stop selling traditional incandescent light bulbs by the end of the year, the real story wasn't the bulbs. It was how a shift from the soft white glowing globes of decades past will affect the design of lamps, sconces and chandeliers of decades future.
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