03.09.2010 | Eric Lindeman
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar last week ended the historic preservation consultation process for the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind energy project in Nantucket Sound, clearing the way for him to a final decision on the project. Salazar notified the...
03.08.2010 | Eric Lindeman
California-based SG Biofuels, a sustainable plant oil compan, has developed a proprietary variety of Jatropha optimized for growing conditions in Guatemala which the company says will have yields 100 percent greater than existing varieties. ...
03.05.2010 | Eric Lindeman
Insisting that the jobs and dollar figures being cited as justification are wrong, the wind energy industry is girding itself for a legislative battle in the United States against a proposal by a group of Democratic senators that would subject wind projects...
02.23.2010 | Eric Lindeman
Giving a boost to General Electric’s new WindBOOST control system, wind power generator NextEra Energy Resources has chosen the technology to enhance output from its fleet of 800 GE 1.5sle turbines. Using smart control algorithms to assess wind speed...
02.16.2010 | Eric Lindeman
Hailing it as a breakthrough in enzyme technology, Denmark’s Novozymes this week unveiled a new product line that it claims will be the first commercially viable enzymes for production of biofuel from agricultural waste and will make cellulosic biofuel...
02.05.2010 | Jeff Beattie
Vowing to legislate changes if the Department of Energy doesn’t make them soon, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a senior member of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said last week he wants DOE to evaluate export sales potential when selecting...
02.02.2010 | Chris Holly
In a budget proposal that seeks to carry out the Obama administration’s pledge to speed deployment of clean energy technology, the Department of Energy this week unveiled a fiscal year 2011 budget that boosts renewable energy and energy efficiency...
01.14.2010
In an analysis of government-wide stimulus spending through 2009, the White House Council of Economic Advisors said January 13 that $90.2 billion of the total $787 billion in tax cuts and economic stimulus spending is earmarked for clean energy programs that...
01.12.2010 | Jeff Beattie
In a position utilities describe as “puzzling” and flawed, the Justice Department’s solicitor general has urged the Supreme Court not to take up a high-profile case on the scope of FERC authority to overrule states on power line siting. The...
01.11.2010 | Eric Lindeman
A notice published in the Federal Register last week fueled speculation that internet search giant Google Inc. is planning to get into the clean energy business, but the company says its interest in buying and selling renewable energy extends only to the goal...
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