Energy and Growth

SolarCity Claims to Have "Over 395 Energy Storage Pilot Projects Under ...

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:15:59 PDT

Tesla Motors' battery packs are already being used in several brands of electric vehicles (Tesla, Mercedes, smart and Toyota) and have been used too, in altered form, as stationary energy storage with solar power stations provided by SolarCity. The two ...See all stories on this topic ¬ªInsideEVs http://insideevs.com/solarcity-have-over-395-energy-storage-pilot-proj

SunPower to sell energy storage, potentially lithium ion batteries

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:03 PDT

Solar company SunPower plans to roll out its first energy storage product, possibly lithium-ion batteries, in a bid to expand its share of the rooftop solar market, company executives said on Wednesday during the company's analyst day. CEO Tom Werner told analysts that selling energy increasingly will require more comprehensive solutions, including energy storage technologies, and explained "this

White House Arctic Strategy Is Clear in Drilling Goals but Not Conservation Goals

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:05 PDT

Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City As Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Arctic Council meetings in Kiruna, Sweden this week, he described the way melting ice is altering life in the Arctic. "Our warming planet means the Arctic's ecosystem is experiencing significant, rapid shifts with far-reaching consequences," he wrote. "All of the changes in the Arctic

Huge Victory in Oregon Builds Momentum Against Coal

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:12 PDT

Energycompany Kinder Morgan announced last week that it is ditching plans to export30 million tons of coal through the Port of St. Helens, Oregon -- a move thatfurther galvanizes the grassroots movement in the Pacific Northwest that iskeeping Big Coal out."Three down,three to go!" exclaimed Sierra Club Organizer Laura Stevens. "This proposalwould have meant a dozen mile-and-a-half-long, dirty,

Five Things That Are Needed In New Fracking Rules

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:10 PDT

The Department of the Interior is about to propose a revised version of rules to govern the practice of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells on federal lands. The department's Bureau of Land Management oversees drilling on 700 million acres of land, including almost 60 million acres of private land where the agency owns the mineral rights. It has been a year since the BLM took its first stab

Hydrogen energy the chloroplast way: solar-to-fuel with the artificial leaf

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:15 PDT

With atmospheric carbon dioxide recently hitting a record 400 parts per million, the discovery of alternative renewable energy sources has taken on added urgency. One effort is the so-called "artificial leaf," a photosynthetic system that uses light energy to split water molecules and produce hydrogen. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have recently published details of their new

The spigot of money starting to open up for installing solar panels

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:02 PDT

There were a record number of solar panels installed in the U.S. on rooftops and on ground-mounted systems in 2012. Now both traditional financing companies and new types of investors are starting to get in on the trend of providing the funds for the high upfront costs of installing solar panels, in exchange for making some money back several years down the road. But the potential to make money

Obama Administration to Industry: Frac-As-Usual on Public Lands

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:16:07 PDT

Briana Mordick, Staff Scientist, San Francisco With the release of its revised draft rules for hydraulic fracturing, BLM signaled to industry that it's business-as-usual when it comes to oil and gas drilling and fracking on public lands.And it also signaled to the people who live, go to school, get their drinking water from, and work on or near public lands that they'll be

GE Gas Engines to Power Green Waste Energy's Global Alternative Energy Projects

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:16:04 PDT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE and Greenwich, Conn.,-based Green Waste Energy (GWE) today announced they have signed a frame agreement for GE to supply Jenbacher gas engines to power a number of AREC plants. ... < style='width:100%;height:100%;max-width:100%;'> </> image/jpeg http://www.pheedo.com/e/91f646156e9ee81037589bc15cfb2745/GE_logo.jpg http://

Peak Oil News: 5/14/13

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:16:11 PDT

Website: http://MrEnergyCzar.com This is Peak Oil News. I'm your host, MrEnergyCzar. We're covering Peak Oil, Renewable Energy, Electric Cars and everything ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2U7NEaaHfE&feature=youtube_gdat Credit: mrenergyczar

US shale shifts global power balance

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:16:04 PDT

A sharp rise in shale oil reserves is set to turn the US into a net exporter of oil, hitting demand for supplies from the Middle East, a report says. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22524597#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_sour

USGS, DOE, and BOEM study delivers new insights on gas hydrates in Gulf of Mexico

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:16:06 PDT

Scientists have returned from a 15‚Äëday research expedition in the northern Gulf of Mexico with the best high-resolution seismic data and imagery yet obtained of sediments with high gas hydrate saturations.The expedition and the data and imagery collected resulted from long-standing cooperation between the US Department of the Interior's US Geological Survey (USGS) and Bureau of Ocean Energy

Largest Federal Wind Farm to Be Built by Siemens

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:16:02 PDT

AMARILLO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded a contract to Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. (Siemens) to construct the federal government's largest wind farm. The Pantex wind farm is expected to save an average of $2.9 million annually over the 20-year contract term. The installation will consist of five 2.3 megawatt turbines located on

Logos Technologies Completes 1000 Hours of Biofuel Plant Operation

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:16:09 PDT

VISALIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Logos Technologies completes more than 1000 hours of continuous operation at biofuel pilot plant in Visalia, Calif. Plant converts non‚Äêfood corn stover into ethanol on large scale. ... http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130514005420/en/Logos-Technolo

Cree Expands CR Series LED Downlights Delivering Greater Application Coverage and a Lower Initial Price

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:16:07 PDT

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. introduces Cree¬Æ Full Definition CR4‚Ñ¢ and CR6‚Ñ¢ downlights, featuring a warm-white 2700K color temperature, dimming and better than 80 CRI. ... < style='width:100%;height:100%;max-width:100%;'> </> image/jpeg http://www.pheedo.com/e/07eb06613098874ad60638a2deec54eb/436Cree_300.jpg http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/

Expedition Provides New Insight on Gas Hydrates in Gulf of Mexico

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:16:04 PDT

May 14, 2013Expedition Provides New Insight on Gas Hydrates in Gulf of Mexico A joint-federal-agency 15 day research expedition in the northern Gulf of Mexico yielded innovative high-resolution seismic data and imagery that will help refine characterizations of large methane hydrate resources in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf. http://energy.gov/fe/articles/

Study concludes microbial lipids can be commercially viable source of biodiesel

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:16:17 PDT

Researchers from Wageningen University, The Netherlands, have concluded that "although quite some work still has to be done", microbial lipids-i.e., lipids from yeasts and fungi-have the potential to be tomorrow's source of biodiesel. Their analysis is published in the journal Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining.In the search for new transport fuels from renewable resources, biodiesel from

Shell moves forward with ultra-deepwater Stones project in Gulf of Mexico; deepest production facility in world

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:16:19 PDT

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) made a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. This decision sets in motion the construction and fabrication of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel and subsea infrastructure. The Stones field is located in 9,500

Tesla Lease - Elon Musk

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:16:21 PDT

Website: http://MrEnergyCzar.com Hi everybody, MrEnergyCzar here. This video is about Tesla's unique lease option for the Model S. Facebook: http://www.faceb... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu8qpkmaUR0&feature=youtube_gdat Credit: mrenergyczar

NRG Solar Cuts Ribbon on Alpine Solar Generating Facility

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Sat, 04 May 2013 12:16:09 PDT

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, announced that it will commemorate the opening of the Alpine Solar Generating Facility in Lancaster, Calif., at a ribbon-cutting event later this morning. The 66 megawatt (AC) Alpine solar photovoltaic facility, which started commercial operations earlier this year, is currently the

Home solar leasing business shines for SunPower

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:16:44 PDT

Solar leases have become a popular way for consumers to use solar electricity without paying for the expensive upfront price. Case in point: demand for SunPower's residential solar leases is far greater than the money available to finance them, company executives said Thursday."Our residential lease business remains strong, with demand outstripping our financial capacity in the first quarter,"

Fracking ourselves to death in Pennsylvania

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:17:04 PDT

More than 70 years ago, a chemical attack was launched against Washington State and Nevada. It poisoned people, animals, everything that grew, breathed air, and drank water. The Marshall Islands were also struck. This formerly pristine Pacific atoll was branded "the most contaminated place in the world." As their cancers developed, the victims of atomic testing and nuclear weapons development got

127 Megawatt Utility-Scale Solar Installation Opens in Arizona with 25MW of U.S.-Made Solar Modules from KYOCERA

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:17:00 PDT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyocera Solar Inc. today helped officially open the 127MW utility-scale AV Solar II photovoltaic solar energy installation in southwest Arizona, accompanied by LS Power and Ariz. Governor Jan Brewer. ... < style='width:100%;height:100%;max-width:100%;'> </> image/jpeg http://www.pheedo.com/e/f32c28ac8e954f2b09a15f93716fc3c7/

127 Megawatt Utility-Scale Solar Installation Opens in Arizona with 25MW of U.S.-Made Solar Modules from KYOCERA

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:17:33 PDT

Peak Oil News: 4/30/13

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:17:36 PDT

Website: http://MrEnergyCzar.com This is Peak Oil News. I'm your host, MrEnergyCzar. We're covering Peak Oil, Renewable Energy, Electric Cars and everything ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS9ERwh-xCA&feature=youtube_gdat Credit: mrenergyczar