Solar plan must not harm environment ; Mail Opinion – Hull Daily Mail (Hull, UK)

PARTS of the East Riding have become prime locations for wind turbines over recent years. Like it or not, no one can deny the county is a favourite for organisations looking to use its natural assets and harness renewable energy. As the need – and appetite – for cleaner power sources grows, it is

New Law Requires Illinois Utilities To Buy More Solar Power

In a move that will help spur the rapid adoption of solar energy in the state, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn yesterday signed a bill into law that will require utilities to procure .5% of the energy they sell from solar power sources by June 1, 2012. The date is 3 years sooner than the previous law, which gave utilities until 2015 to procure the same amount of solar energy. Now utilities will have to procure 1.5 percent by June 1, 2013; 3 percent by June 1, 2014; and 6 percent by June 1, 2015, and each year thereafter.

Study: Support for big wind projects wanes in Wisconsin, nation – Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, WI)

Gusts of support for large-scale wind energy production have calmed in Wisconsin and in the rest of the country, according to a new study. A wind power backer in Wisconsin says the decline represents a lost opportunity. Wisconsin did not add any wind power sources of more than 100 megawatts in

The Ultimate Solar Cell?

The ultimate step in utilizing solar power is to convert maximum energy from sun into electricity. This will make solar power highly cost-advantageous compared to other traditional power sources. Capturing energy wasted as heat from the sun can increase solar conversion efficiency greatly. Research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy is on-going to [...]
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Editorial: Prop. 16 would tie hands of local government – The San Luis Obispo County Tribune

Proposition 16 is a blatant attempt on the part of Pacific Gas &
Electric Co. to tie the hands of local governments interested in providing
electrical service to their constituents – often as a green alternative to
traditional power sources. We strongly urge a “no” vote on this egregious effort to

Utility set for flat profit amid spend on renewable energy – Sunday Herald (Glasgow, Uk)

Scottish & Southern Energy, already the UK’s biggest green energy
supplier, looks set to reveal news of flat profits this week as the group pays
the bill for its ambitious spending on wind farms and other new power sources. Analysts caution that the annual pre-tax figure, to be released on

Put ‘energy’ on your dashboards – The Hindu Business Line

Investment in building management systems and energy-efficient equipment is leading the energy management initiative in India, says Murali Ramalingam, CEO, ConnectM Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd,
Bangalore ( www.connectm.com). “Companies are also investing in energy-efficient power sources such as

Lithium ion battery industry to boom with wind, solar power

Lithium ion batteries used as energy storage for utilities will be a $1 billion industry by 2018, according to a report released Wednesday by Pike Research called “Energy Storage Technology Markets.”

Much of the lithium ion battery development has been geared toward perfecting the batteries as power sources for electronics, …

State ups perks of green power – Boston Herald (Boston, Ma)

The state Department of Public Utilities has adopted a rule as part
of its ongoing effort to encourage more investment in solar and wind
power. Under the new model tariff program, electric customers who also
generate energy from wind and solar power sources will be
compensated at retail rates when

Solar Power: A Gift from Space

At noon on the equator our sun gives us one kilowatt of free energy per square meter! This gift from space is ultimately the basis of all of our power sources except nuclear and geothermal. Wind, hydro, biomass and all fossil fuels ultimately derive from solar energy. All of these economical sources of energy benefit from concentration and storage of the sun’s energy. The dream of capturing the sun’s energy directly has been elusive. The problem is that energy needs are unevenly distributed and usually peak at night. Fuels and reservoirs provide inexpensive storage of the sun’s energy making it available when and where we need it.