E&E Publishing | By Debra Kahn, | Link to article SAN FRANCISCO — Depressed carbon markets in the European Union underscore the need for a globally linked trading scheme, including California’s first-in-the-U.S. economywide cap-and-trade program, a top international climate official said yesterday. The European Parliament’s rejection of a plan to fix a heavily oversupplied emissions […]
NV Energy to decommission coal plants, shift to gas and renewables
April 2, 2013
Las Vegas Sun | By Andrew Doughman | Link to article CARSON CITY — NV Energy will roll out a major policy initiative Wednesday, announcing that it will shutter its coal-fired plants, increase investment in renewable energy and create thousands of construction jobs over the next 12 years. Under the plan, Nevada’s coal plants would […]
Climate Maverick to Quit NASA
April 1, 2013
NY Times | By Justin Gillis | Link to article James E. Hansen, the climate scientist who issued the clearest warning of the 20th century about the dangers of global warming, will retire from NASA this week, giving himself more freedom to pursue political and legal efforts to limit greenhouse gases. His departure, after a […]
Renewed Tax Credit Buoys Wind-Power Projects
March 21, 2013
NY Times | By Diane Cardwell | Link to article After a deep slump at the end of last year, the wind industry is picking up. First Wind, a Boston-based developer and operator that was sitting on a pile of stalled projects with the potential to power roughly 300,000 homes, now expects to go forward […]
L.A. DWP to be coal-free in 12 years under new plan
March 19, 2013
Los Angeles Times Blog | By Kate Linthicum at Los Angeles City Hall | Link to article The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will be coal-free within 12 years under a plan announced Tuesday. Under the plan, the utility would sell off one coal-fired power plant in Arizona and grant approvals for a […]
Germany’s Energiewende: What Have We Learned So Far?
March 12, 2013
The Globalist | By John Mathews | Link to article After a deep slump at the end of last year, the wind industry is picking up. First Wind, a Boston-based developer and operator that was sitting on a pile of stalled projects with the potential to power roughly 300,000 homes, now expects to go forward […]
Imperial County betting its future on renewable energy
February 27, 2013
Los Angeles Times | By Shan Li | Link to article The county, which has the state’s highest jobless rate, needs the construction boom to spur its economy. But some farmers and Native Americans are crying foul. Situated in the southeastern corner of California, bordering Arizona and Mexico, Imperial County has long depended on agriculture […]
Wind power output tops 10,000 MW in U.S. Midwest
November 20, 2012
Reuters | Pete Danko | Link to article Nov 28 (Reuters) – Wind power output in the U.S. Midwest electrical grid surpassed 10,000 megawatts (MW) for the first time on Nov. 23, representing more than 25 percent of the generation being used at that time. “Wind represents one of the fuel choices that helps us […]
California Array Is Navy’s New Top Solar Gun
October 24, 2012
Greentech Media, Inc. | Pete Danko | Link to article The U.S. Navy has a new 13.78-megawatt solar power plant in the high desert of California — the service’s biggest solar project yet — and it didn’t even have to pay for it. Like tens of thousands of California homeowners, the Navy went the power […]
