Energy and Growth

T. Boone Pickens says: Let's transform energy with Natural Gas

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:04:58 PDT

Mr. Pickens says from the outset that he believes in global warming, which I must assume he means to say human caused global warming. He then launches into a pitch to sell us on a large-scale switch to natural gas to fuel our society. Natural gas is a fossil fuel, and will only continue the path of global warming. While Natural Gas is routinely believed to be cleaner, some research has shown

Make your own solar powered heat with Parabolic Trough Mirror Kit GreenPowerScience

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:30:19 PDT

New Lines, New Price Lead to 500% Jump in Sales of Pharox LED Bulbs

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:03:20 PST

Pharox BLU Below $5 Price Point, Encourages New Users to Try Replacement LEDsSAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lemnis, Inc, the San Francisco-based leader in sustainable LED lighting technology, released three new lines of its popular Pharox-brand LED replacement bulbs last week and saw a 500% increase in sales over average weekly sales based on the new every-day low pricing. The

California hits wind energy milestone: About 5 percent of power from wind

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:13:53 PST

California now gets about 5 percent of its electricity from wind power, according to data released Tuesday by the California Wind Energy Association. The majority of California's electricity - 42 percent - comes from natural gas, followed by nuclear power and hydropower. According to 2010 figures from the California Energy Commission, wind made up 4.7 percent of the state's electricity mix and

12-16-11 2 - Breaking News Keystone XL Pipeline, with Joe Romm - Countdown with Keith Olbermann

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:17:29 PST

With today's decision by the Obama Administration to deny the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, I came across this interview by Keith Olbermann with Joe Romm back in December talking about the project. Back in December the Republicans tied the Keystone XL project to passing the Payroll Tax Deduction and attempted to force the Administration to make a decision within 60 days. Well, the

Permanent magnet free energy generator? Possible?

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:24:28 PST

Just came across this video from an Argentinian who claims to have developed a "free energy device" based on permanent magnet motor principles. The video looks like a real working free energy device and they even show there's no extra wires running into it, while its in operation. However such things aren't valid by normal physics due to "laws" of thermodynamic conservation and the like. But

Liquid Biofuels Can Make EPA Compliance a Net Plus for Coal-Burning Utilities, Says Clean Energy Pathways

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:49:08 PST

Clean Energy Pathways is back with a curious product announcement. They had earlier talked about using biofuels to displace coal in electricity plants, and are now back with thermal imaging and other technological gizmos to verify these claims. They're offering a one-day workshop for coal-burning utilities to demonstrate their claims that biofuel use in a coal fired plant offers many

A123 Systems and NSTAR to Launch Advanced Energy Storage Pilot Project

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:09:36 PST

Project to Showcase System and Customer Benefits of Innovative Energy Storage Solutions BOSTON and WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 19, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A123 Systems (Nasdaq:AONE), a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate® lithium ion batteries and systems, today announced that it is launching a pilot project with NSTAR to study and showcase the performance and reliability benefits

A123 Systems to Supply Advanced Energy Storage Solution to Maui Electric Company to Support Maui Smart Grid Project

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:05:05 PST

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 20, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A123 Systems (AONE) (Nasdaq:AONE), a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate® lithium ion batteries and systems, today announced that it will supply a Grid Battery System (GBS) to Maui Electric Company (MECO), a utility serving residents and businesses on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai in Hawaii. To

ExxonMobil predicts electrified vehicles will be mainstream by 2040

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:52:06 PST

http://www.torquenews.com/1075/exxonmobil-predicts-electrified-vehicles-will-be-mainstream-2040 ExxonMobil predicts mainstreamed use of electrified vehicles by 2040 leads to efficiency improvements and a leveling off of emissions. http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/energy_outlook_view.aspx ExxonMobil Energy Outlook 2011 (function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script");

Mobile CPU chip maker ARM looking to supply chips for ultra-low-power servers

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:46:25 PDT

The Internet is sucking down electricity by the megawatt and all our gains from widespread communication could be lost to the energy and resource cost required to run the Internet. We want to avoid cooking the planet (wide-spread surveys of the people say environmental issues are high on their mind) so it's best if the internet infrastructure were to be made of highly efficient machines. Enter

White roofs do little to stop global warming, solar panels do more, says Stanford's Mark Jacobsen

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:21:25 PDT

A couple years ago an idea was circulating that just painting your roof white or even silver colored would stop the heat island effect. The urban heat island is the observation that urban areas, with lots of parking lots and buildings and very few trees and green areas, have a build-up of heat. Go a little way out of town and temperatures cool off because the vegetation and shade and whatnot

New Poll: 9 out of 10 Americans Support Solar energy / electricity

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:02:53 PDT

Duuuuuh! New Poll: 9 out of 10 Americans Support SolarSurvey by Kelton Research finds continued widespread public support for development of solar energy, federal incentives for solar, across political spectrum.WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans overwhelmingly support the use and development of solar energy as well as federal incentives for solar, according to the 2011 SCHOTT

ThinkEco's modlet should help you save energy with insight and information about energy usage

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:50:01 PDT

Do you understand how much energy you use? Do you understand the effect of the energy you use? You flip on a light switch, it seems so neat and clean, no sound, no fumes, no exhaust, etc. Do you understand the difference in impact between a 100 watt incandescent lightbulb, a 40 watt compact fluorescent, or a 20 watt LED lightbulb? The point of those questions is that it's hard to understand

Global warming causing Methane Hydrate Production Technologies to be Tested on Alaska's North Slope

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:27:02 PDT

The Dept of Energy has announced a "Test" between themselves, Japan Oil, and ConocoPhillips for "producing methane gas from hydrate deposits on the Alaska North Slope". This is probably a bit arcane but a) it's a sign of impending peak oil effects, b) continued extraction of fossil fuels which will result in more emissions of previously sequestered carbon, c) involve questionable technologies to

Coal Seam Gas gets cool reception in wine country, despite compatibility claims

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:02:47 PDT

Coalbed methane is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. When they talk about coal mines exploding due to methane, that's coalbed methane. In some places the phrase used is "Coal Seam Gas" and is abbreviated as CSG, as is done below. Apparently some wine-makers in Australia are up in arms about CSG operations near their wineries. Some politicians in Australia are claiming CSG and

Cold Fusion getting hot with 10kw heater prepping for market

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:26:54 PDT

The popular conception is that Cold Fusion was faux science from the 1980's, but it would appear to be a real thing and that gizmos can be built to exploit the Cold Fusion effect. At a press conference held in Bologna, Professor Sergio Focardi and Eng. Andrea A. Rossi, both of the University of Bologna, demonstrated a cold fusion device capable of producing more than 10 kilowatts of heat power

ASPO's open letter to Chu points out conflicting forecasts from DoE and DoD, and calls for Truth in Energy, point

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:00:13 PDT

Yesterday the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) held a press conference outside the Department of Energy, and presented an open letter they delivered to Secretary Stephen Chu (see below). Their message was one of concern about the reliability of government (Dept of Energy and Energy Information Administration) projections of future oil and gas supplies. On the one hand the

Russian nuclear industry wants to expand, despite Fukushima - Rosatom, ARMZ and Uranium One

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:04:25 PDT

The Fukushima nuclear meltdown and explosion were the worst nuclear disaster ever, worst than even Chernobyl. So, the result should have been a lesson to all of us to phase out the use of Nuclear power and look for safer energy sources, that are also clean and renewable, right? It seems that the Russians didn't get that memo, and instead are doubling down on pushing for nuclear "investments" at

Clean Energy Pathways develops biofuels to displace coal in electric plants

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:35:48 PDT

Burning coal adds various unwanted materials to the environment, carbon, mercury, etc. Clean Energy Pathways develops various renewable energy resources, including biomass based fuels that can be used in coal plants to displace the use of coal. They describe their biofuel products as a means to comply with multiple directives from Federal and State governments. Their biofuel is developed from

Peak Oil 101 - Presentation by Chris Martensen to a university group

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:16:14 PDT

Peak Oil is the point at which we reach a maximum rate in global conventional oil production. As we hit this limit to supply, prices will rise and production will shift to alternatives - but will these alternatives give us enough power to run our world? And at what environmental cost?This "Peak Oil 101" presentation attempts to answer some of those questions. The presentation took place on

Peak Oil is about Price AND Supply

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:24:58 PDT

The Globe and Mail has run a piece by Jeff Rubin talking about how "the oil industry’s never ending ability to develop new extraction technologies and discover new sources of supply" has repeatedly confounded the Peak Oil community's ability to forecast the peak. He goes on to suggest that the apparent peak of oil production is a matter of economics rather than actual fossil oil supply. The

Hanwha SolarOne Unveils High Performance Solar PV Modules with Enphase Microinverters

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:31:41 PDT

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd. ("Hanwha SolarOne”) (Nasdaq:HSOL), a global, end-to-end solar systems manufacturer, today announced its first AC Module (ACM) incorporating the world’s most efficient microinverter technology from Enphase Energy. The Enphase Energized™ AC Module is a combination of Hanwha SolarOne’s high performance solar modules with Enphase’s highly efficient

National Poll Shows Strong Disapproval for President Obama's Smog Rule Delay, Unfavorable Ratings for Congress' Assault on Clean Air Act

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:44:38 PDT

9 Battleground States Also Surveyed: Suburban Women in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Latino Women in California, Florida and New Mexico Disagree With Obama Decision; Health Also Trumps Polluters in Colorado, Nevada, and Virginia.WASHINGTON, Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama's decision to block new public health standards for ozone and smog pollution may have pleased big

GE Enables Mississippi’s First Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Project to Support Region’s Grid

noreply@blogger.com (David Herron) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:08:57 PDT

Golden Triangle Regional Landfill Project Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Creates New Revenue Source to Help Lower Landfill Costs for Businesses, Residents GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engines Enable Landfill Operators, Utilities and Others to Produce Cleaner, More Reliable Power Milestone Landfill Gas Project Highlights Public-Private Partnership Efforts to Tackle the Country’s Third-Largest Human