The USDA Rural Development State Office is accepting grant and loan guarantee applications for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
Funded through the 2008 Farm Bill’s Renewable Energy for America Program (REAP), the loan guarantees, grants and loan guarantee-grant combinations are available to agricultural producers and rural small businesses.
Eligible renewable energy projects include biomass, solar, wind, [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ — As the state grapples with a multibillion dollar deficit, a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, to be released today examines the economic impacts of different energy pathways for California and finds that continuing on a business-as-usual energy path risks greater economic insecurity, while aggressive [...]
American Solar Energy Society (ASES) Projects Largest Solar Conference Turnout In 38-Year History; Conergy’s SolarSuccess! for Start-upsTraining Is At Capacity; Few Seats Remain for FastTrack! Training Sessions for Experienced Solar Installers
Boulder, CO (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 8, 2009 — Thousands of small business owners, investors, solar professionals and business leaders are flocking to Buffalo next [...]
- 1.2 megawatt solar panel system, energy efficiency upgrades expected to cut facility’s electricity requirements in half to save $550,000 per year.
LOS ANGELES, April 27 /PRNewswire/ — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today unveiled a groundbreaking energy efficiency and renewable power project with the installation of the nation’s largest solar panel system [...]
Stating that Nevada could lead the nation in linking job creation to energy efficiency, state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford detailed his “green jobs” initiative to a legislative panel Friday.
SB152 would use federal stimulus funds to train an estimated 3,200 workers at a cost of about $3,500 each, and cover costs of weatherizing about 6,500 [...]
Pittsburgh’s solar-power experiment will begin with a hot shower.
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl announced today the city will install a solar-fed hot water tank in a city firehouse by fall — the first of what he hopes will be many sun-powered upgrades to lower the city’s bulging energy costs.
“It will be kind of a trial run,” he [...]
By H. JOSEF HEBERT
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama wants to use his economic aid plan to cut energy use in federal buildings, a long-sought goal that has achieved mixed success.
“If we do that effectively, then over the long term we are going to save billions of dollars in energy costs for the federal government [...]
By Jerry Daniel Reed
City, state urged to focus on renewable power resources
By Jerry Daniel Reed
Special to the Reporter-News
A renewable energy advocate on Tuesday pitched for Texas to claim the state’s place in the sun by pushing solar energy development and energy efficiency.
Caitlin Seeley, Abilene field organizer for the advocacy group Environment Texas, outlined the [...]
Oil Closes Below $50, Lowest Price Since May 2005
After rising to dizzying heights this summer, the oil market is suffering a hair-raising drop with no apparent end in sight.
Oil prices fell to their lowest level in more than three years, falling below $50 a barrel on Thursday, after shedding close to $100 in four months [...]
By Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent
The new energy minister will today reassure nuclear companies and investors that Britain’s drive to build the next generation of nuclear power stations will continue unabated under the energy department created last month by Gordon Brown.
Recessionary pressures on voters, including concerns over rising energy costs, will be cited by Mike [...]
