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| Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | | · | Arctic Split over Drilling - Shell's lease divides the region, the parties | | Friday, January 14, 2011 | | · | NUCLEAR IS THE ANSWER - EnergyBiz Leadership Forum Keynoter says Waste Issue Can Be Conquered | | Thursday, January 13, 2011 | | · | Cash Hungry Dynegy to go Private - Will the trend continue? | | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 | | · | Duke and Progress Vow to Unite - Mega Merger will get Muddy | | Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | | · | Israel's New Natural Gas Discovery - Find could feed internal demand, lead to exports | | Monday, January 10, 2011 | | · | Cap and Trade Comes to California - Critics say it will cost jobs | | Thursday, January 06, 2011 | | · | So Cal Motors up for the Electric Car | | Wednesday, January 05, 2011 | | · | IKEA quits selling incandescent bulbs | | · | To Retrofit or Retire Coal Plants - Regulations go forth | | Thursday, December 30, 2010 | | · | Shortening Off-Shore Wind Approvals - 2 years is tough goal |
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| Drilling Ban Ends - Jobs, Environment and Mid Term Elections |
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October 19, 2010
It's not exactly "Drill Baby Drill." But it's now okay to start looking again for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration has removed the ban on deepwater drilling, saying that BP-like disasters are far less likely.
With the November mid-term elections right around the corner, some want to turn this into a political move - a decision to try and win-over voters concerned about jobs. But what is forgotten in this whole mess - literally - is that the Obama administration has said from get-go that it would configure a comprehensive off-shore energy policy involving oil and gas exploration as well as more wind farms.
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Posted by webmaster on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 @ 10:57:53 MDT (1213 reads)
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| SMART GRID TRANSPORT - EVs and the Smart Grid |
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WITH THEIR POTENTIAL for gasoline savings and emissions reductions, are generating significant consumer and political interest, particularly in the wake of the recent Gulf of Mexico oil leak. However, given the sizable amount of electricity they require for charging, EVs are also generating concern among utilities tasked with supplying that electricity on the nation's aging grid.
The next two years are expected to bring a significant shift in the electrification of transportation as nearly 20 automakers introduce battery-powered EVs or plug-in hybrid EVs. With consumer pre-orders for the vehicles already in the tens of thousands and researchers expecting millions of EVs to be on the road by 2020, utilities must act now to develop a strategy for integrating EVs.
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Posted by webmaster on Monday, October 18, 2010 @ 10:52:30 MDT (1103 reads)
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| Federal Grant for Ishpeming Wind Turbine |
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Wed 10/13/10 6:34PM
Planning work for a wind turbine at Pioneer Bluff Apartments in Ishpeming began in 2005.
City residents have been waiting since then, through lawsuits and financial problems, and then a new company taking over the project.
But now that new company has the funding it needs to wrap things up and get the turbine prototype into production.
The U.S. Department of Energy has just given Clean Green Energy, LLC a grant of more than $750,000 to finish the turbine.
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| Wind Boost -Ishpeming turbine to be prototype for mass production |
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October 14, 2010
ISHPEMING - The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded more than $760,000 to Clean Green Energy LLC, one of the companies involved in the construction of the wind turbine at the Pioneer Bluffs Apartments, to commercialize and mass produce similar turbines.
Bryan Zaplitny, president and CEO of both Clean Green Energy and MTI Energy Management, said the Ishpeming turbine is continuing through its testing phase, with the possibility of being operational by the end of the year.
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| Major Multi-Nationals Endorse Carbon Curbs |
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| Michigan GREEN Newsletter |
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