Archive for February, 2008
Peak oil - Feb 29
Rep. Bartlett delivers his 38th special order speech on peak oil (video)
Bartlett: Declining oil supply means war is ‘fairly probable'
BMW: peak oil in 2025, solution = hydrogen
‘Marketplace’ Report: Renewable Energy
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Peak oil - Feb 29
Staff, Energy Bulletin. Rep. Bartlett delivers his 38th special order speech on peak oil (video)
Bartlett: Declining oil supply means war is 'fairly probable'
BMW: peak oil in 2025, solution = hydrogen Comments are off for this post
Bartlett: Declining oil supply means war is 'fairly probable'
BMW: peak oil in 2025, solution = hydrogen Comments are off for this post
The peak oil crisis: Catenaries and pantographs
Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press. In its day, the internal combustion engine was a wonderful device that served us well for over a century. That day, however, will soon be over. It is time to start thinking about and planning for alternatives.
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REN 21 Says Renewable Energy Still Rising
The renewable energy industry is stepping up its meteoric rise into the mainstream of the energy sector, according to the REN21 Renewables 2007 Global Status Report. Renewable energy production capacities are growing rapidly as a result of more countries enacting far-reaching policies. In 2007, global wind generating capacity is estimated to have increased 28 percent, while grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity rose 52 percent.
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House Passes Renewable Tax Credit Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax of 2008 (H.R. 5351) on Wednesday. The final vote was 236-182, with 11 members of the house not voting, and was largely split along party lines.
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NY Plans to Encourage Renewable Energy
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Green Britain Gears Up for Climate Change Battle
The goal is ambitious: to install 33 gigawatts (GW) of wind power capacity in the next ten years to supply electricity to 25 million homes.
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Will Massachusetts Meets its RPS?
I live in Massachusetts, where the annual increase in the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard is scheduled to double in 2009 (from 0.5% increase per year to 1%). Where is all this extra renewable energy going to come from? - Eric Omar, Provincetown, MA
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Wartsila Makes Fuel Cell Deal
Finnish engineering group Wartsila will supply a fuel cell-based combined heat and power unit to the Vaasa Housing Fair site in Western Finland. The fuel cell power plant, which is based on planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology, is the first of its kind in the world according to the company.
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