Energy Law

Renewable Energy News, March 8, 2010

Posted on March 08, 2011
Maine tidal power firm set to connect to region?s gridA Maine tidal energy company says its prototype underwater power system has passed all of its tests, paving the way for a commercial unit to be connected to the region?s grid by year?s end.Ocean Renewable Power Co...

Renewable Energy News, February 25, 2011

Posted on February 25, 2011
California Senate OKs green energy billThe state Senate acted Thursday to require California utilities to boost their use of wind, solar and other renewable energy sources to a third of total supply by the year 2020.California law already requires utilities to get a fifth of their power from renewable energy...

Renewable Energy News, February 18, 2011

Posted on February 18, 2011
DOE Requests $3.2 Billion for Renewable Energy, Efficiency in FY 2012President Obama unveiled on February 14 a $29.5 billion budget request for DOE covering fiscal year (FY) 2012, including $3.2 billion for DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)...

Renewable Energy News, February 14, 2011

Posted on February 14, 2011
Magic Hat digester turns brewery waste into energyBefore he started ?saving the earth, one beer at a time,? all inventor Eric Fitch knew about home brewing was that it could make quite a mess.Once, he accidentally backed up the plumbing in his apartment building by dumping into his garbage disposal the spent grain left over from his India pale ale home brew...

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Green Building Law Resources

Posted on February 10, 2011
Efficiency Vermont is sponsoring the Better Building by Design conference in Burlington Vermont this week. Yesterday's sessions offered a host of excellent speakers on energy efficiency and green building issues, and the conference continues today. It's s great opportunity to get up to speed this rapidly evolving and quickly expanding industry...

Renewable Energy News, February 11, 2011

Posted on February 10, 2011
DOE, Department of Interior Announce Offshore Wind InitiativesDOE and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) unveiled on February 7 a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy, including new funding opportunities for up to $50...

Renewable Energy News, February 7, 2011

Posted on February 07, 2011
From Sputnik to SunShotThe energy secretary, Steven Chu, was publicly using the phrase ?Sputnik moment? two months before President Obama picked it up in the State of the Union speech to describe the need for a national effort to improve competitiveness in a technical field...

Renewable Energy News, February 3, 2011

Posted on February 03, 2011
Renewable energy feasible, group says A world that runs almost completely free of fossil fuels is possible without new technological development or radical lifestyle changes, a leading environmental group says.With ?reasonable? government investment, renewable energy will be economically feasible ? even profitable ? worldwide by 2050, including in countries that are currently deprived of power or fuel, the World Wildlife Fund said in a report released on Thursday...

Renewable Energy News, February 1, 2011

Posted on February 01, 2011
Boston Company Plans Region?s Largest Solar ArrayA Boston-based renewable energy company is pledging to open the region?s biggest solar power array on a former landfill in Canton.Officials at Southern Sky Renewable Energy said Monday that the 5.6 megawatt solar photovoltaic facility will be the largest of its kind in New England when completed...

Renewable Energy News, January 27, 2011

Posted on January 27, 2011
Obama Calls for 80% "Clean Energy" by 2035 In an unprecedented move, last night U.S. President Barack Obama put clean energy front and center on the agenda of the American government -- calling for an 80% clean energy target by 2035.In his yearly State of the Union address to the nation?s lawmakers, Obama said that it is time for America to invest in the energy of the future and stop supporting the energy of the past...

Renewable Energy News, January 25, 2010

Posted on January 25, 2011
100 Percent Renewable Energy Achievable By 2030: StudyCould the world reach a 100 percent renewable energy goal in less than 20 years? New research says we can.A report published in the journal Energy Policy claims that by 2030, the world can achieve 100 percent renewable energy if the proper measures are taken...

Vermont Wind Wins Again in Environmental Court Battle Over Stormwater Permit

Posted on January 24, 2011
In re Sheffield Wind Project, Docket No. 252-10-08 VtecVermont Superior Court, Environmental Division (Judge Wright)Shems Dunkiel Raubvogel & Saunders' client, Vermont Wind, LLC, has won yet another battle against opponents of the Sheffield Wind Project...

Renewable Energy News, January 21, 2011

Posted on January 21, 2011
Texas OKs New Wind Power Transmission LinesTexas is in the midst of a wind-power boom, and at the heart of it lies a conundrum: While plenty of ranchers are eager to host wind turbines, few want the unsightly high-voltage transmission lines needed to carry the power to distant cities running through their property...

Renewable Energy News, January 19, 2011

Posted on January 19, 2011
Pushing the Energy Envelope With ChinaConcurrent with the visit of President Hu Jintao, top Chinese and American officials are in the midst of a day-and-a-half ?strategic forum on clean energy cooperation,? with the Brookings Institution playing host...

Renewable Energy News, January 18, 2011

Posted on January 18, 2011
India to produce 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022The Government of India has set an ambitious target of 20,000 Megawatts of solar power by 2022.This was revealed by Deepak Gupta, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, while delivering the keynote address at an International Workshop on The Private Sector and Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges in the Emerging Economies...

Renewable Energy News, January 14, 2011

Posted on January 14, 2011
Cape Wind Has Final PermitsMore than nine years after plans for a huge wind farm in Nantucket Sound were first revealed, the final regulatory approvals for Cape Wind have been granted.The exhaustive review process began in 2001. It ended last Friday, with granting by the Environmental Protection Agency of a permit relating to potential effects on air quality of emissions from vessels engaged in operations to do with construction and operation of the 130-turbine development on Horseshoe Shoal...

Renewable Energy News, December 22, 2010

Posted on December 22, 2010
Arizona solar plant is a go as developers obtain loanThe developers of a massive solar-power plant near Gila Bend said Tuesday that they have finally secured financing for the $2 billion project, nearly two years after announcing plans to build it.Abengoa Solar of Spain has finalized a $1...

Renewable Energy News, December 16, 2010

Posted on December 16, 2010
U.S. Senate Vote Preserves Renewable Energy Cash GrantsBy a vote of 81-19, the U.S. Senate has approved a comprehensive tax package that includes a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury's Section 1603 program, also known as the cash-grant program...

Renewable Energy News, December 15, 2010

Posted on December 15, 2010
Renewable-energy grant program has chance of extensionA federal stimulus program that has helped keep renewable-energy projects afloat during the recession could get a second wind despite industry fears that it might become a casualty of partisan bickering in Congress...

Renewable Energy News, December 1, 2010

Posted on December 01, 2010
Cap-and-Trade Market Spanning North America Weighed by StatesCalifornia, New Mexico and 10 U.S. Northeastern states may try to create a North American carbon market on their own now that President Barack Obama has given up on cap-and-trade legislation that stalled in Congress...

Renewable Energy News, November 30, 2010

Posted on November 30, 2010
Energy Secretary Chu Argues for Investment in Energy ResearchWith some House Republicans gunning for the stimulus bill, especially the portion that went to the Energy Department, the energy secretary went on a pre-emptive offensive of sorts on Monday in advance of the Republican takeover over the chamber, telling an audience at the National Press Club that that money was merely a down payment...

Renewable Energy News, November 29, 2010

Posted on November 29, 2010
Making the Consumer an Active Participant in the GridThe chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Jon Wellinghoff, is a lawyer and a public servant. But he is also a visionary, which makes him something of an oddity.In his view, the energy future of the United States looks radically different from its past...

Renewable Energy News, November 19, 2010

Posted on November 19, 2010
FERC proposes rules to make grid access easier for solar, wind energyFederal regulators on Thursday proposed reforms to make the U.S. electric grid more accessible to electricity generated by renewable energy sources, which should lower costs for consumers who want to buy clean power...

Renewable Energy News, November 18, 2010

Posted on November 18, 2010
Community Solar Plants Without Rooftop PanelsIN this environmentally conscious college town, thousands of bicyclists commute each day through a carefully cultivated urban forest whose canopy shields riders and their homes from the harsh sun of this state?s Central Valley...

Renewable Energy News, November 17, 2010

Posted on November 17, 2010
US Tells China Fairness Needed in Green Energy IndustryThe top U.S. official on energy policy says China should allow American companies to qualify for subsidies Beijing offers for renewable energy projects. There are growing complaints that China violates world trade rules by subsidizing its green energy companies, such as solar panel and wind turbine manufacturers...

Renewable Energy News, November 9, 2010

Posted on November 09, 2010
Peru to add 200 MW of renewable energy in 2012Peru is to launch six renewable energy projects in 2012, with a total capacity of 200 MW, as part of the government?s new drive to seek alternative sources of energy, it has been announced.Three wind farms and three solar power plants will operate in 2012 in Peru, according to newspaper El Comercio...

Renewable Energy News, November 3, 2010

Posted on November 03, 2010
California climate law survives challenge at pollsOne of the world's most ambitious laws to combat global warming survived a challenge on Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have put the state's plans for more renewable energy and a market to curb greenhouse gases on ice...

Renewable Energy News, October 26, 2010

Posted on October 26, 2010
World's Biggest Solar Energy Project Approved for California The United States Monday approved a permit for the largest solar energy project in the world -- four massive plants at the cost of $1 billion each in southern California."The Blythe solar power plant will consist of four, 250-megawatt plants, built on public lands in the sun-drenched Mojave desert," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said...

Breaking news: FERC clarifies California feed-in tariff procedures

Posted on October 22, 2010
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today clarified for California how the state can encourage development of new electricity generation resources in a way that does not conflict with federal laws and regulations.In today?s action, FERC further clarified for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the state?s three investor-owned utilities its July 2010 order that outlined how the state could implement its feed-in tariff...

Renewable Energy News, October 21, 2010

Posted on October 21, 2010
Vermont solar projects cross party linesIn a field just outside Vergennes, where cows used to graze, steel brackets are sprouting up. Soon, those steel foundations will be covered by some 4,000 solar panels, arched toward the sky to soak up enough sun to produce a megawatt of power...

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