eia: EIA mapping tool shows which U.S. energy facilities are at risk from flooding

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

***** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2014 EIA mapping tool shows which U.S. energy facilities are at risk from flooding The public now has a new online tool to help inform them about energy facilities’ exposure to flooding caused by hurricanes, overflowing rivers, flash floods, and other wet-weather events. Developed …

Obama Opens Eastern Seaboard to Oil Exploration

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Earth Systems Science

Breaking from Newsmax.com The Obama administration is reopening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration, approving seismic surveys using sonic cannons that can pinpoint energy deposits deep beneath the ocean floor. The move, which stands to create thousands of jobs to support a new energy infrastructure, dismayed environmentalists …

New Report: 2’778 billion in 2013: The cost of not having a renewable energy infrastructure

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

New Report 2’778 billion in 2013: The cost of not having a renewable energy infrastructure   Perceptions stick: a majority of people today seem to believe (or worse: accept) that we cannot afford renewable energy technologies. This notions suggests that the alternative – maintaining the existing fossil energy infrastructure – …

AltAssets Private Equity Newsletter: US electric bus maker Proterra seals $34m Series C round

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

2 January Today’s Top Stories on AltAsse US electric bus maker Proterra seals $34m Series C round Oxford Capital makes two senior hires to target renewable energy infrastructure Funds » European Investment Fund gains increased spending power Morgan Stanley fund of funds arm pulls in $177m for new vehicle Deals » Michaelson …

Third Industrial Revolution News: China Announces an $82 billion Plan to Establish a Third Industrial Revolution Energy Internet Across the Country

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

  China Announces an $82 billion Plan to Establish a Third Industrial Revolution Energy Internet Across the Country Liu Zhenya, Chairman of the Chinese State Grid Corporation, lays out China’s ambitious plan to lead the world into the Third Industrial Revolution in an article titled “Smart Grid Hosting and Promoting the Third …

Alternative Energy: Completion And Connection Of Australia’s Biggest CVP Plant

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Alternative Energy Completion And Connection Of Australia’s Biggest CVP Plant Denza EV Now To Be Sold By Some Of China’s Biggest Car Dealerships Chilean Solar Energy Infrastructure Growing King Island Wind Farm Squeaks By For Feasibility Study Harnessing The Power Of Pepto-Bismol For Carbon Capture 10 Key Clean Energy Statements …

New Net: PensionDanmark to invest $200m in Cape Wind

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

19 June 2013 – Today’s Top Stories on NewNet PensionDanmark to invest $200m in Cape Wind PREMIUM BT aims to slash end-to-end emissions by three times PREMIUM Denham seeds Endeavor Energy with $100m to develop African power projects View, formerly Soladigm, raises further $62m with Corning as lead investor Optimum Energy to scout …

GTM’s Smart Grid Newsletter | April 5, 2013

Jay OwenGreentech

  April 5, 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve got a lot of news on the smart grid front this week, including new takes on making the utility-to-home technology connection. Take the project underway in Georgia, where Emerson and smart grid and energy management partners are installing home power meters and wireless …

GTM’s Smart Grid Newsletter | April 5, 2013

Jay OwenGreentech

April 5, 2013 EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve got a lot of news on the smart grid front this week, including new takes on making the utility-to-home technology connection. Take the project underway in Georgia, where Emerson and smart grid and energy management partners are installing home power meters and wireless controls, …