NewsRack: flenvcenter/Energy_National/Renewable-Energy

DIY solar foundry reaches temperatures of 3800 degrees farenheit - TreeHugger

Jaymi Heimbuch — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Melting metals with the sun, this DIY project shows just how hot it can get when you concentrate the sun's rays for a task.

Agency jumble blocks Mancos hydro plans - Durango Herald

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

DENVER x2013 Rep. Scott Tipton had one of his greatest successes in his two years in Congress last month when the House overwhelmingly passed his bill to promote small hydroelectric projects on canals and pipelines.But it turns out the bill will not help one of the dams in the Cortez Republicanx2019s own district.Gary...

Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover - World

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. ...

Protecting Eagles While Working to Guide Wind Development - Switchboard, from NRDC

Katie Umekubo — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Katie Umekubo, Western Renewable Energy Project Attorney, Washington, D.C.: Recent reports of eagles being killed by wind turbines have stirred up a lot of emotion and controversy and understandably so. On the one hand, more wind energy will get the U.S. on the right side of the climate...

Red Hat, JA Solar, Xenoport are big movers - Boston Globe: Technology

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Red Hat, JA Solar, Xenoport are big movers

Wave of attacks kills dozens in Iraq - Yahoo: Opinion/Editorial

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The bombings extend one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence. ...

Clean energy in Colorado needs Governor Hickenlooper's leadership - Switchboard, from NRDC

Noah Long — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Noah Long, Legal Director, Western Energy Project, Energy & Transportation Program; and Clean Energy Counsel, Land & Wildlife Program, San Francisco: Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s signature on SB 252 to improve and expand the amount of renewable energy that utilities must provide will propel him into national leadership on clean energy by expanding and strengthening Colorado’s clean energy law, and...

Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: SheerWind, Damation, and More! - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Mary Ellen Harte — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

We're At 400 PPM - Last Time THAT Happened, the Arctic was 14oF Warmer, says a new study, reports Joe Romm at Climate Progress, indicating...

Dot Earth Blog: A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers - NY Times: Science

By ANDREW C. REVKIN — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Dot Earth Blog: A Plan to Bring Sun-Powered Irrigation to Poor Farmers

U.S. and European Union Set to Negotiate Settlements in Chinese Solar Panel Cases - NYT > World

By KEITH BRADSHER — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

U.S. and European Union Set to Negotiate Settlements in Chinese Solar Panel Cases

Whatever Happened To California's 'Hydrogen Highway'? - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Reuters — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station...

Kepler or not, we'll find life - CNN: Top Stories

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Meg Urry says loss of the planet-finding Kepler satellite would be huge for NASA, which is furiously trying to fix it--but one way or another, it's a matter of time before we find signs of life on other worlds

We can let fission fizzle out in a renewable world - New Scientist: Health

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

We can let fission fizzle out in a renewable world

Mass. energy summit to focus on cutting costs - Boston Globe: Massachusetts

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Mass. energy summit to focus on cutting costs

Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill - Yahoo: Top Stories

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

By Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by General Motors Corp. The "California Hydrogen Highway," Schwarzenegger's vision to ensure that every Californian would have access to a hydrogen fueling station by the end of 2010, called for the state to spend more than $50 million to help deploy up to 100 hydrogen fuel stations that would serve 2,000 fuel cell vehicles. ... ...

Missouri's 2013 Legislative Session Ends, the Renewable Energy Standard Stays Intact - Switchboard, from NRDC

Kimi Narita — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Kimi Narita, MAP Energy Fellow , Chicago: As Missouri’s legislative session was coming to an end on Friday, supporters of the Renewable Energy Standard (RES) waited with bated breath to see if any last minute amendments would sneak through and potentially repeal or weaken the Standard. As...

Liquefied Air Could Power Cars and Store Energy from Sun and Wind - Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A 19th-century idea might lead to cleaner cars, larger-scale renewable energy.

Some engineers are dusting off an old idea for storing energy—using electricity to liquefy air by cooling it down to nearly 200 °C below zero. When power is needed, the liquefied air is allowed to warm up and expand to drive a steam turbine and generator.

PHOTOS: Locals Join Hands To Protest Off-Shore Drilling - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Amanda McCorquodale — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

On Saturday, weekend beach-goers and environmental activists joined hands along Miami Beach to take a stand against the U.S. dependence on oil and to promote...

Twin Cities solar energy system firm born of frustration - Twincities.com: News

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Dan Williams was born during the summer solstice -- the day when the Earth's Northern Hemisphere receives the most hours of sunshine. Appropriate, he says, given what he does for a living.

Mission Impossible? - Switchboard, from NRDC

Dan Lashof — Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Dan Lashof, Program Director, Climate & Clean Air, Washington, D.C.: On Friday I had the honor of being the commencement speaker for Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group, where I obtained my Ph.D. 26 years ago. Here is a lightly edited version of my speech (some inside jokes removed). Thank you...

Patent filing claims solar energy 'breakthrough' - Twincities.com: Nation

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

WASHINGTON -- In a U.S. patent application, a little-known Maryland inventor claims a stunning solar energy breakthrough that promises to end the planet's reliance on fossil fuels at a fraction of the current cost -- a transformation that also could blunt global warming.

Special Report: The Rise and Fall of China's Sun King - Yahoo: Top Stories

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

By Charlie Zhu and Bill Powell HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a 2010 speech before a packed ballroom of university students in Sydney, Shi Zhengrong, founder of Chinese solar-panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, listed the people who had been important in his rise to fame and riches. Two were of particular note: Yang Weize and Wang Rong, senior Communist Party officials from the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. A decade earlier, Shi had been research director of a solar energy firm, a spin-off from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, where he attended graduate school. ... ...

Cutting rain forests may undercut hydro output - Seattle Times: Nation & World

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The elimination of swaths of rain forest decreases rainfall, and is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects in countries such as Brazil, according to a study published by the National Academy of Sciences.

PR: With Inga Dams, Donors Set to Repeat Past Failures - International Rivers News RSS Feed

Berklee Lowrey-Evans — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Date: Saturday, May 18, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley/Pretoria: The Congolese government will today announce plans to move forward with the Grand Inga Dam at a conference in Paris. World Bank President Jim Kim is expected to support the return to mega-dams on his visit to the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda on May 21-24. The proposed dam on the Congo River, which would be the largest hydropower project ever undertaken, will figure prominently on the agenda of his trip. NGOs warn that with such projects, donors are about to repeat the grandiose failure of past mega-dams. International financiers have invested billions of dollars in the Inga 1 and 2 dams and transmission lines on the Congo River over the past 40 years. The projects produce power primarily for the mining industry, while only 6-9% of the country’s population has access to electricity. The new dams proposed for the Congo River are again designed to serve the mining industry and export markets in South Africa, and would ...

Michael Brune: The Overview Effect - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Michael Brune — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Few of us will ever venture past the 60-mile boundary that separates Earth and outer space. If you do, though, you're likely to experience something known as "the overview effect" -- a cognitive shift in how you perceive our planet.