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U.S. Energy-Related C02 Emissions Declined 7% in 2009 U.S. Solar Industry Reports Strong Growth in 2009 Cape Wind Sets Power Agreement with National Grid Scientists Find Photosynthesis Depends on Quantum Entanglement EPA Helps Partners Find Commercial Energy Efficiency Savings U.S. Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Declined 7% in 2009 A new analysis from DOE’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) demonstrates that an economic downturn is good for one thing, at least: reducing GHG emissions. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the US declined by a record 7% in 2009, partly due to a 2.4% decline in U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). The record drop in emissions, totaling 405 million metric tons, was also caused by the ongoing trend toward a less energy-intensive economy and a decrease in the carbon-intensity of the energy supply. The carbon intensity of the U.S. energy supply, that is, the amount of carbon dioxide generated per unit of energy consumed, declined 2.3%, thanks in part to the greater use of renewable energy, but also because of fuel switching from coal to natural gas. And despite the drop in GDP, the energy intensity of the economy, expressed as the energy consumed per dollar of GDP, declined by 2.4%. A key factor […]
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The Green Week in Review is a podcast, hosted by SustainableBusiness.com News Editor Bart King. It’s posted every Friday morning and is about 15 minutes long. You can listen to it through your browser or download it to a portable MP3 player. Sign up for our General News RSS Feed and it will be automatically downloaded to your computer’s media player each week. In this week’s show… Senate Climate and Energy Bill Unveiled Plus, a summary of the week’s top cleantech headlines. ++++ Email comments or questions to bart@sustainablebusiness.com
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Update May 7: In a high stakes move, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) announced they will introduce the Energy Bill next week. They should use the momentum of the oil spill to remove oil drilling from the bill, but it’s still in. The package includes generous revenue shares for coastal states that allow it. By Rona Fried, Ph.D. As someone that’s been involved in green business for decades, I’ve heard all the arguments over the years for continuing along the fossil fuel path of least resistance. Back in the 1970s, after the oil embargo, President Carter put the US on a path toward energy efficiency and renewable energy, but that was quickly disassembled as soon as President Reagan took office. One of the first things Reagan did was remove the solar panels on the White House. The theme during the President Bush Senior years was Economy VS. Environment – he insisted we could have one or the other, but not both. We made some limited progress while President Clinton was in office with Al Gore by his side, but even then Congress wouldn’t sign the Kyoto Protocol. Then came President GW Bush – it was during his […]
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Global Leaders Meet to Collaborate on Energy Efficiency Goals DOE Awards $62 Million to 13 Concentrating Solar Power Projects DOE Offers $60 Million for Small Business Clean Energy Projects DOE and USDA Offer $30 Million for Biomass Research and Development DOE Awards $13 million for the Industrial Energy Efficiency Grand Challenge EIA Examines the Impacts of Alternate Future Scenarios on Energy Trends Global Leaders Meet to Collaborate on Energy Efficiency Goals Leaders from 15 countries including the EU and US met on May 11 for the first policy meeting of the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC). The group sought to forge partnerships among governments to combat climate change, reduce the use of fossil fuels, and boost the global clean energy economy. DOE Assistant Secretary Cathy Zoi, elected to a two-year term as the first chair of the IPEEC policy committee, called for nations to use unprecedented speed and scale in the effort to deploy energy efficiency, thereby cutting energy demand and emissions worldwide while building economic development. Assistant Secretary Zoi heads DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. IPEEC was launched in May 2009 by the Group of Eight Energy Ministers. Last year, IPEEC member countries contributed […]
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The Green Week in Review is a podcast, hosted by SustainableBusiness.com News Editor Bart King. It’s posted every Friday morning and is about 15 minutes long. You can listen to it through your browser or download it to a portable MP3 player. Sign up for our General News RSS Feed and it will be automatically downloaded to your computer’s media player each week. In this week’s show… Oil Spill May Shift Climate Bill Strategy Environmental Groups Demand Action In Wake of Gulf Spill Gulf Spill Reveals Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels EPA Proposes First-Ever Coal Ash Rules California’s Climate Change Law Faces Ballot Test Plus, a summary of the week’s top cleantech headlines. ++++ Email comments or questions to bart@sustainablebusiness.com
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DOE: $106M for 37 ARPA-E Projects Interior Dept Approves Cape Wind, First Offshore Wind Farm EPA, USDA Promote Renewable Energy Generation from Livestock EPA Hosts First Energy Efficiency Building Competition More Customers Participate in Utility Green Power Programs A Third of Countries Make Climate Progress in 2010 DOE Awards $106 Million to 37 ARPA-E Projects DOE is awarding $106 million in Recovery Act funds to 37 research projects in 17 states under its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The awardees were selected from 540 concept papers and 180 full applications after a rigorous review. This second round of ARPA-E grants will fund three areas: making advanced biofuels from renewable electricity or hydrogen instead of sunlight; designing completely new types of batteries to make electric vehicles more efficient and affordable; and removing carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants in a more cost-effective way. One key area of focus is "electrofuels." 13 projects will start with microorganisms, such as bacteria or microbes, and then add electricity or hydrogen to produce products such as bio-oil; biodiesel; jet fuel; alcohol fuels, such as butanol; and isooctane, a component of gasoline. In one example, a bacterium would act like a reverse fuel cell: where fuel […]
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The Green Week in Review is a podcast, hosted by SustainableBusiness.com News Editor Bart King. It’s posted every Friday morning and is about 15 minutes long. You can listen to it through your browser or download it to a portable MP3 player. Sign up for our General News RSS Feed and it will be automatically downloaded to your computer’s media player each week. In this week’s show… Compromise Climate Bill Derailed By Immigration Dust-Up Senate Climate Bill Update: Analysis to Begin Cape WInd Receives Federal Approval for First Offshore Wind Farm US Supreme Court Hears First-Ever Case on Genetically Engineered Crops Plus, a summary of the week’s top cleantech headlines. ++++ Email comments or questions to bart@sustainablebusiness.com
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DOE: $452M in Recovery Act Funds for Building Retrofits EPA: US GHG Down 2.9% in 2008 DOE: $529M Loan to Fisker Automotive DOE: $200M for Solar, Water Power DOE, Masdar Sign Clean Energy Pact USDA Proposes Rules for 3 Biofuels Programs AIA Names Top 10 Green Buildings for 2010 Find related green jobs. DOE Awards $452M in Recovery Act Funds for Building Retrofits Vice President Joe Biden announced on April 21 the selection of 25 states, communities, and organizations to receive $452 million in DOE Recovery Act funding to "ramp-up" energy efficiency building retrofits. DOE’s Retrofit Ramp-Up initiative allows communities, state and local governments, private-sector companies, and non-profit organizations to work together on pioneering programs for concentrated and broad-based neighborhood retrofits. The partnerships will support large-scale retrofits and make energy efficiency accessible to hundreds of thousands of homeowners and businesses. For example, Lowell, Massachusetts is creating a model for efficiency upgrades in historical buildings. Phoenix, Arizona is retrofitting a least half of all commercial and residential space along a 10-mile stretch adjacent to its new light-rail line. The models created through this program are expected to save households and businesses about $100 million annually. In addition to the Recovery Act […]
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This article is reprinted from the April issue of our green investing newsletter, Progressive Investor. To learn about which energy storage stocks to invest in, and to read the rest of the issue, subscribe or just purchase this issue. Batteries, as mundane as they are, are central to the cleantech revolution. Along with emerging technologies such as ultracapacitors and flywheels, batteries are at the heart of energy storage – the ability to store enough energy to power electric transportation and solve the intermittency issues associated with solar and wind. Energy storage is widely viewed as an energy efficiency mega-trend that’s destined to grow to gigantic proportions over the next decades. This critical enabling technology is bringing us plug-in and electric cars and a smart grid based on large scale renewable energy. The market for batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells for transportation and smart grid applications is projected to double from $21.4 billion in 2010 to $44 billion in 2015, according to "Emerging Technologies Power a $44 Billion Opportunity for Transportation and Grid" by Lux Research. Between 2010 -2015: Smart grid technologies are projected to skyrocket from $5.4 billion-$15.8 billion. Electric vehicle storage technology will nearly double from $7.7 billion-$14.5 billion […]
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The Green Week in Review is a podcast, hosted by SustainableBusiness.com News Editor Bart King. It’s posted every Friday morning and is about 15 minutes long. You can listen to it through your browser or download it to a portable MP3 player. Sign up for our General News RSS Feed and it will be automatically downloaded to your computer’s media player each week. In this week’s show… Earth Day Round Up Ray Anderson of Interface on Earth Day First Earth Day Organizer Bullish on Renewables Earth Days (documentary) Plus, a summary of the week’s top cleantech headlines. ++++ Email comments or questions to bart@sustainablebusiness.com
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