tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31658282099174959412024-11-01T04:44:33.093-07:00Energy News TodaySome News for energy industryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger887125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-31390688818059854992014-05-03T11:30:00.000-07:002014-05-03T11:30:02.023-07:00China electric vehicle manufacturer relies on Government supportI've got a lot of attention before a few days U.S. electric vehicles (EV) sensation Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), so it's only fair that I by writing about China's home-made EV superstar BYD-up follow-up (OTC: BYDDF;) HKEx: 1211; Shenzhen: 002594), which recently published quarterly figures, which look quite disappointing. The only things that look like something encouraging in this latest report are theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-72656958383462367612014-05-01T00:06:00.002-07:002014-05-01T00:06:43.888-07:00GE Reportedly in Talks to Buy France’s Alstom for $13 BillionLondon and New York -- General Electric Co. is in talks to buy Alstom SA, the French builder of trains and power plants, people with knowledge of the matter said, in what would be GE’s biggest acquisition ever.
An agreement may be announced as early as next week, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The U.S. company may pay more than $13 billion for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-4088207520977160072014-04-19T08:30:00.000-07:002014-04-19T08:30:00.452-07:00Building-Integrated Solar Air Heating Systems Proving PopularFor some parts of the United States, such as Upper Michigan, the winter of 2013-14 was the coldest in recorded history. In Marquette, for example, the average temperature was a tundra-like 7.5 degrees.
Well, what if I told you that it’s possible to cut your building’s energy use (in some cases by up to half), while protecting the environment, too? Sign me up, right? Simply put, innovative solar Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-91148613726762566872014-04-17T06:13:00.001-07:002014-04-17T06:13:41.966-07:00Utility Nightmares: Distributed Generation and Halving Electricity ConsumptionWhile many utility executives attribute much of their predicted market challenges to the rise of photovoltaics and net metering, they actually have much more to worry about.
In a 2013 survey of global utility companies by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the results revealed that the utility industry leaders anticipate major changes to their business model in the near future. Ninety-four percent of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-48467714290914803982014-04-15T17:00:00.000-07:002014-04-15T17:00:01.991-07:00IKEA comes to us wind market with largest renewable energy investment so farNew Hampshire, USA-IKEA is at it again. In an effort, their goal to produce more renewable energy than it, until 2020 to reach consumed the retail giant announced yesterday that it has acquired the 98-MW-Hoopeston-wind farm in Illinois. Its first wind-project investment in the United States and the largest investment in renewable energy around the world marked this purchase. IKEA will have the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-62878688033793282192014-04-13T11:30:00.000-07:002014-04-13T11:30:02.028-07:00Fiscal code of Honor: Congress must choose a clean energy futureSenate Finance Committee Chairman Wyden has officially begun again taking into account the legislation, a suite of tax credits, to the big polluters and their allies managed to run from Congress, including important, sensible policies that promote clean energy.
Franz A. Matzner is Associate Director of Government Affairs for the natural resources Defense Council. His political background Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-89667447940434369932014-04-11T01:08:00.000-07:002014-04-11T01:08:10.782-07:00Open innovation & solar: a new horizon is in the heart of coal countryMany visions were created and developed over the years, the show in the direction of what calls Economist Jeremy Rifken of the third industrial revolution: a network economy, where the whole system is interactive, integrated and seamless. This integration of energy sources is currently and will create still completely new opportunities for cross-industry relations in the coming years. For Rifken,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-74963488021167937072014-04-03T23:04:00.001-07:002014-04-03T23:04:05.942-07:00ExxonMobil Not Very Concerned that Climate Change Regulations May Affect BusinessNew York, NY -- On the same day the world's scientists issued their latest report on climate change and the risks it poses to society, the nation's biggest oil and gas company said the world's climate policies are "highly unlikely" to stop it from selling fossil fuels far into the future.
Exxon Mobil issued a report Monday on the risks that climate change policies could pose to the value of itsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-63973912091297594642014-04-01T04:37:00.000-07:002014-04-01T04:37:04.894-07:00Are claims Walmart green simply greenwashing?In 2005 as atmospheric CO2 to 379 parts per million and Walmart ascended to public approval rating to historic lows dropped, the company's then CEO Lee Scott has a dramatic announcement. "Each company has a responsibility to reduce greenhouse gases, as soon as possible", explains Scott. He promised then Walmart would shift to 100 percent of renewable energy and become a leader on sustainability.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-1579676355622271352014-03-24T14:30:00.000-07:002014-03-24T14:30:00.730-07:00Renewable energy brings some extreme NimbyismYou may have heard of extreme Preppers. These are the people spend much of their time preparing themselves, their homes and their families for what they believe an inevitable disaster due to an economic meltdown, the spread of a deadly virus, climate change or other disaster is. And, hey, you never know the heroes of our time, at the end of this Preppers may.
But did you know about extreme not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-41323767427674462014-03-22T09:00:00.000-07:002014-04-11T01:11:23.698-07:00#Up4Climate was your Senator or in bed with the oil industry?But probably impossible to tell someone that each can find sitting U.S. Senator - in the climate justice or environmental community Republican or Democrat - a proper leading role on the issue of global warming, 28 Democrats (and two independent) were anchoring soft applause for their overnight efforts Monday in Tuesday as they withdrew all night session focused exclusively on climate change.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-62401735746574886752014-03-20T08:00:00.000-07:002014-03-20T08:00:04.822-07:00No respect have no energy efficiencyWhile politicians and planners focus on the production of energy and fuels, it is energy efficiency, which should be the first winner. How I my students are, as also for the members of Congress say - to save less and less expensive energy, as to create any kind of energy.
Economist skip Laitner linking energy efficiency, economy concluded in his study August 2013: recommendations for improving Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-49116981341280123502014-03-13T15:00:00.000-07:002014-03-13T15:00:10.788-07:00Ten Clean Energy Stocks for 2014: March UpdateAfter a rough January, the stock market recovered in February, while clean energy stocks partied like it was 2013.
My annual Ten Clean Energy Stocks model portfolio also had a good month, rising 6.0 percent, and is now up 4.7 percent for the year in dollar terms, and up % in local currency terms. My broad market benchmark (the iShares Russell 2000 index) is up 7.5 percent for the period and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-63920152882666739472014-03-12T09:00:00.000-07:002014-03-12T09:00:02.267-07:00Energy Price Concerns Resonate in EU Talks on 2030 Climate GoalsBRUSSELS -- The European Union should ensure that future climate and energy policies do not undermine the competitiveness of its industry, already weakened by a price gap with the U.S., the bloc’s member states said.
Energy ministers from the EU’s 28 nations had their first debate about 2030 carbon-reduction and renewable energy strategy at their quarterly meeting in Brussels today. It followedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-34795582906382513232014-03-11T13:00:00.000-07:002014-03-11T13:00:00.574-07:00Smart Grid Evolution: A New Generation of Intelligent Electronic DevicesThe idea of a “smart grid” has taken center stage — an evolution of advanced technologies that make the availability of a smarter, more efficient electrical power grid possible. These technologies aim to address the complex challenges facing grid systems today, which stem largely from its aging infrastructure and a use case model that has evolved over the years. With power systems over a century Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-36109696274651061562014-03-10T12:00:00.000-07:002014-03-10T12:00:01.960-07:00The US Department of Energy’s 2014 Budget Request: Implications for Renewable Energy FundingU.S. President Obama signed the $1.1 trillion compromise spending bill that funds the government through September 2014 on January 17, 2014. The bipartisan budget temporarily brought an end to forced budget cuts and constant infighting over funding in Congress. The new budget eases many of the sequester-imposed spending cuts while reducing the federal deficit by about a trillion dollars over the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-80745815344648487052014-03-09T00:55:00.000-08:002014-03-09T00:55:04.188-08:00Readers Respond Day 6: Can We Reach 100 Percent Renewable Energy?Several countries have announced ambitious goals to be powered completely by renewable energy, while other nations set smaller, incremental goals. These high aspirations have sparked quite a debate amongst industry experts, and we here at Renewable Energy World are curious to hear what you, our readers, have to say.
So we aksed you to add your own voices to this imporant discussion:
What are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-19484110888023149532014-03-01T00:37:00.005-08:002014-03-01T00:37:48.942-08:00Supply the United States with renewable energy: A stand-by-State road mapNew Hampshire, USA-what it takes to a city, a State, a nation, to convert to 100 percent renewable energy sources? There are many countries with very ambitious targets for 100% powered by renewable energy, type (Islands seem to have a leg). But what about here in the United States, how can this be accomplished for this nation? And since all politics is local (and particularly applies to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-15801151052806232742014-02-21T09:00:00.000-08:002014-02-21T09:00:07.646-08:00Global renewable energy-grid project: integration of renewable energies over HVDC and centralized storageThe global challenges of energy and environment can be handled through a local, regional or even a national approach. You need a global perspective and a much broader vision, a global grid for renewable energy [GREG]. A transmission system for high voltage DC [HVDC] must be created, storage facilities serve as the majority of electrical power transport medium, GREG needed with centralized energy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-56647877465820657252014-02-20T05:48:00.000-08:002014-02-20T05:48:42.747-08:00EU Leaders Said to Delay Decision on 2030 Targets for EmissionsBRUSSELS -- European Union leaders intend next month to agree on a timeline for developing energy and climate targets for 2030, delaying a final decision on the polices, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
Most governments in the 28-nation bloc need more time to reconcile differences over a proposal by the EU’s regulatory arm calling for tighter emissions restrictions and an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-6104170011281805182014-02-19T10:30:00.000-08:002014-02-19T10:30:02.458-08:00Appropriate transfer options better integration of renewable energy grid, says NRELWASHINGTON, D.C. - Adequate transfer--is for example to record transfer to renewable energy, building - an important part like energy storage, with the integration of renewable energy sources to the grid after Lori Bird, senior analyst with the national renewable energy laboratory (NREL).
Some of the most important areas that should keep regulators concerns with regard to the integration of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-4142910264437022402014-02-17T00:05:00.000-08:002014-02-17T00:05:44.752-08:00U.S. heed lessons from Europe should renewable integration or follow the face, says NARUC expertWASHINGTON, D.C. -- In integrating renewable energy to the electric grid, the United States has a unique opportunity to assess lessons learned in Europe and not replicate the disequilibrium that has occurred overseas to consumers, power producers and capital markets, according to Jeffrey Altman, senior advisor, Finadvice GmbH.
“A new transparent, ubiquitous, reliable regulatory framework needs Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-71810096654918994382014-02-14T11:00:00.000-08:002014-02-14T11:00:01.230-08:00Goes in January? What is the retreat in green investment fundsAlternative energy funds and ETFs have withdrawn seen 2013 of fantastic profits from some year. There is a saying in the investment world, that "as goes January, so the year goes." It's time to save this sector or stocks in General? Maybe, but wise long-term alternative energy should investors avoid rash steps that at this point.
Alternative energy fund yields
Mutual funds are around 4% in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-24065681152059233442014-02-13T07:30:00.000-08:002014-02-13T07:30:02.026-08:00Europe divided on security of supply, such as renewable energies is growingGermany, France and the U.K. are following nations from Spain to Greece in developing programs called capacity mechanisms to pay utilities to keep plants on standby from as early as 2016. The European Commission instead plans a single market by the end of the year. Supply and demand in 15 markets was for the first time linked today through a daily auction.
Europe’s power market relied on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3165828209917495941.post-58068822229564445022014-02-11T12:30:00.000-08:002014-02-11T12:30:00.510-08:00Ten clean energy shares for 2014: February updateThe stock exchange has introduced a rough five weeks since I my annual ten clean energy stocks model portfolio on December 27. My broad market benchmark (iShares Russell 2000 index) is for the period to 5.6%. Clean energy stocks fared better, with the power shares WilderHill clean energy ETF (NYSE: PBW) by only 0.5%, as I write this. Mine is ten clean energy stocks model portfolio 0.9% in local Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0