LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 12 /PRNewswire/ — Photon Energy Services, a leading developer and integrator of solar electric generation systems, has unveiled plans to create one of the largest Catholic solar projects in America working in collaboration with the Diocese of San Jose. Partnering with 5 parish/school combinations and one cemetery, Photon will provide solar [...]
By Thijs Westerbeek van Eerten*
Scientists and environmental experts in the Netherlands and around the world have welcomed the nomination of Dr Stephen Chu (pictured right), Director of the US government’s famous Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, as US president-elect Barack Obama’s choice for the post of energy secretary in the new administration.
“We must [...]
The continued fluctuating dollar value of petroleum and the need for sustainable energy has made agricultural crops such sugarcane, corn and others, realistic and targeted commodities to be used to supply sustainable energy in the future. This makes agriculture a key player in the search for renewable energy supplies.
The Caribbean and indeed the world is [...]
CHENGDU, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) — China may raise its total installed nuclear power generating capacity to 70 million kilowatts by 2020,75 percent higher than government target set in 2006, says a senior energy official.
The government was considering revising the 40-million-kw goal in the 2006 national nuclear power development plan, said Huang [...]
SAN FRANCISCO & BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Oct 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. and MMA Renewable Ventures, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (OTC:MMAB.PK) announced the completion of a 1.9 megawatt solar power system installed at the company’s farms in Palmdale, CA. The solar power system, installed at Bolthouse’s S&P [...]
Run of River Power has acquired an 80% interest in the issued and outstanding shares of Pacific Northwest Biomass.
Upon completion of the acquisition, Pacific Northwest Biomass’s (PNBC) proposed 30MW biomass power plant to be located near Hazelton, British Columbia, would produce in excess of 240,000MWh per year of sustainable energy.
A total of four million shares [...]
By Mass High Tech Staff
Portland, Maine-based biopower energy research group USA Biomass has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Energy Foundation to promote the importance of renewable, biomass energy generation in meeting the nation’s growing energy needs.
USA Biomass will provide matching funds toward this nationwide outreach effort, according to the organization.
The Energy Foundation is [...]
Focus on Environmental and GHG-Reducing Benefits of Biomass Energy
PORTLAND, Maine, Sep 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — USA Biomass, the nation’s leading association of biopower companies, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Energy Foundation to promote the importance of renewable, biomass energy generation in meeting the nation’s growing energy needs, while reducing our [...]
Sep 16, 2008 10:16 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Biofuels must be part of the solution to attaining energy security and in reducing potential for global climate change, says USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, Gale Buchanan.
Buchanan, who spearheaded efforts to create an international forum to consider sorghum as an integral part [...]
Sep 15, 2008 10:40 AM, By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Biofuels must be part of the solution to attaining energy security and in reducing potential for global climate change, says USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, Gale Buchanan.
Buchanan, who spearheaded efforts to create an international forum to consider sorghum as an integral part [...]
