| Obama to allow oil drilling off Virginia coast (AP) | | Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | Energy | | AP - In a reversal of a long-standing ban on most offshore drilling, President Barack Obama is allowing oil drilling 50 miles off Virginia's shorelines. At the same time, he is rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska. Tags: energy | - Share It!
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| Seko's Portland Facility Goes Solar | | Mon, Feb 1, 2010 | Energy | | Solar DailyBy Staff WritersSEKO Worldwide has announced that its Portland, Ore. facility recently installed a 31-kilowatt, 143-panel solar voltaic system to supply the vast majority of its electricity needs.The ultra-efficient, 220-watt polycrystalline solar panel system went live in December 2009. It generates approximately 80 to 90 percent of the electricity Read More Tags: SEKO Worldwide, Portlland, Oregon, Grape Solar | - Share It!
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| Japan aims to bury greenhouse gas emissions | | Mon, Nov 2, 2009 | Energy | | Energy Dailyby Staff WritersOmuta, Japan Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.The cutting-edge but controversial technology of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is being tested at Read More Tags: Carbon capture, Renewable energies, Solar energy, Greenhouse gas | - Share It!
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| DOE Awards FDC Enterprises Funding For Cellulosic Ethanol Feedstock Delivery System Development | | Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | Energy | | Bio Fuel Dailyby Staff WritersLandover MD (SPX)The U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) recently announced that FDC Enterprises of Columbus, Ohio, was one of five winners to share in a $21 million grant to develop supply systems to handle and deliver feedstocks for cellulosic biofuels production.Cellulosic biofuels can be derived from a Read More Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Cellulosic biofuels, cellulosic ethanol | - Share It!
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| State weighs solar proposal seen as key test | | Mon, Jul 6, 2009 | Energy | | Arizona RepublicBy ryan RandazzoA solar-power company's plan to put panels on two Scottsdale school roofs could end up changing the way solar energy is bought and sold in Arizona.If approved by state regulators, the plan could help expand the use of renewable energy by helping schools, governments and other big Read More Tags: Solar power, Renewable energy, Scottsdale schools | - Share It!
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| World's First Hybrid Solarized Gas Turbine Power Station | | Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Energy | | Solar DailyBy Staff WritersYavne, Israel (SPX) AORA has launched the world's first hybrid solar thermal gas turbine power station at Kibbutz Samar in southern Israel. This marks the first time that a CSP solar power station has the capability of providing environmentally-friendly, or "green" power 24 hours a day, seven Read More Tags: Solar poer station, Green power | - Share It!
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| Obama urges passage of "historic" climate change bill | | Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Energy | | ReutersBy Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, urged on by President Barack Obama, announced progress on Tuesday toward quick passage of legislation to fight global warming by reducing industrial emissions of carbon dioxide.At a midday White House press conference, Obama said the "historic" climate Read More Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Climate change | - Share It!
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| Global Wind Power Could Generate 318 Gigawatts By 2013 | | Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Energy | | Wind Dailyby Staff WritersMr. Reinhardt says that the global recession dealt a glancing blow to the wind power industry in 2009 by forcing many developers to cancel or delay projects. However, he says, the industry will rebound sharply during 2010 as credit markets thaw and the flow of capital resumes.The Read More Tags: Wind power, Pollution, Fossil fuels, Green jobs | - Share It!
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| Wind Power Advantageous When Coupled With Grid Improvements | | Fri, Mar 13, 2009 | Energy | | Wind Dailyby Staff WritersWind-generated electricity from the upper Midwest will become cost-competitive with power generated from more conventional fuel sources like coal, while providing substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions when connected to the nation's electricity grid via new extra-high voltage transmission lines, a new study by The Brattle Group Read More Tags: Wind-generated electricity, U.S. Midwest, Greenhouse gas emissions, Environment | - Share It!
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