Electrifying Africa–But at What Cost to Africans? Two U.S. initiatives to provide Africans with electricity seem likely to lead to large, climate-polluting projects rather than the locally sourced renewable energy rural Africa needs. By Elizabeth Bast, Emira Woods and Janet Redman, September 16, 2013. A liquefied natural gas carrier near Sea Point, South Africa. (Derek …
Earth Policy Institute: U.S. Nuclear Power in Decline
U.S. Nuclear Power in Decline J. Matthew Roney http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2013/update116 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update September 10, 2013 Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. After increasing rapidly since the 1970s, electricity generation at U.S. nuclear plants began to grow more slowly in the early 2000s. It …
Obama’s Proposed Fracking Rule Would Lead to Dirty Energy | The Energy Collective Daily
Obama’s Proposed Fracking Rule Would Lead to Dirty Energy | The Energy Collective Daily
European Energy Review DIGEST: Danes united behind the “most ambitious energy plan in the world”
Friday 16 August 2013 Welcome to our weekly Digest. In this free newsletter you will find an overview of all the articles published by EER in the previous week. To get access to the full content, you need to sign up as Premium Member. You can now try our Premium Membership for free for …
Envision Solar to launch first fully mobile, autonomous and sustainable electric vehicle charging station
Envision Solar to Launch First Fully Mobile, Autonomous and Sustainable Electric Vehicle Charging Station EV ARC™ is a standalone solar charging station that requires no foundation, trenching, building permit or grid connection SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – August 15th, 2013 – Envision Solar International, Inc., a leading sustainable infrastructure product designer and …
Profit from the Death of Your Electric Company
Profit from the Death of Your Electric Company By Jeff Siegel | Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 The annual market for distributed generation will reach $12.7 billion in about three years. This figure is based on a recent Pike Research report on microgrids, and has since been shown to be …
SmartPlanet Daily: What if we could turn carbon dioxide into electricity?
Electric airplane prepares for 250mph flight By Charlie Osborne | July 24, 2013, 8:52 AM PDT 2Comments more + Chip Yates, a builder and pilot of electric airplanes, is planning to launch into the sky again next month in order to break his own speed record. After spending the best part of …
Good News for Alternative Energy Investors
Have electric cars lost their spark? Has the sun set on solar? It’s not easy being green. By the look of so many hyperbolic and overused mainstream media headlines these days, you’d likely come to the conclusion that the days of alternative energy integration are over. Quite frankly, nothing could …
Distributed Sun and Mosaic Partner to Crowdsource Investments in School Solar Project Enables Individuals to Support Solar on Schools While Earning 5.4% Annually
Distributed Sun and Mosaic Partner to Crowdsource Investments in School Solar Project Enables Individuals to Support Solar on Schools While Earning 5.4% Annually FEDERAL HEIGHTS, CO (July 11, 2013) Distributed Sun LLC (D-Sun), an enterprise level solar project development, finance and advisory services platform serving the Fortune 500, and Mosaic, …