Energy Law

Renewable Energy News, July 27, 2010

Posted on July 27, 2010
Nuclear Energy Loses Cost Advantage - NYTimes.comPARIS ? Solar photovoltaic systems have long been painted as a clean way to generate electricity, but expensive compared with other alternatives to oil, like nuclear power. No longer. In a ?historic crossover,? the costs of solar photovoltaic systems have declined to the point where they are lower than the rising projected costs of new nuclear plants, according to a paper published this month...

Renewable Energy News, July 26, 2010

Posted on July 26, 2010
APS Reaches Agreement for Arizona?s Largest Wind Project | Green Energy NewsArizona Public Service (APS) has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with Perrin Ranch Wind LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, for 100 percent of the energy output from a wind farm located 13 miles north of Williams in Coconino County, Arizona...

Renewable Energy News, July 23, 2010

Posted on July 23, 2010
Democrats Abandon Sweeping Energy Plan - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.comAfter a meeting of Senate Democrats, party leaders on Thursday said they had abandoned hope of passing a comprehensive energy bill this summer and would pursue a more limited measure focused on responding to the gulf oil spill and tightening energy efficiency standards...

Renewable Energy News, July 22, 2010

Posted on July 22, 2010
Massive New Wind Project Moves The Ball In California : TreeHuggerAlthough it may be in some trouble, California's aggressive goal of attaining 33 percent of its energy from clean renewable energy by 2020 is still on track--for now at least. In fact, wind energy in the state got a shot in the arm today when Terra-Gen Power LLC announced that it has secured $1...

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Renewable Energy News, July 21, 2010

Posted on July 21, 2010
Governments Get Together to Talk Clean - Green Blog - NYTimes.comTwo dozen countries representing 80 percent of the world?s commercial energy consumption on Tuesday announced initiatives to build more efficient appliances and buildings, ?smart? electric grids and electric vehicles...

Renewable Energy News, July 20, 2010

Posted on July 20, 2010
China surpasses U.S. as top energy consumer - msnbc.comChina has overtaken the United States as the world's largest consumer of energy, according to data from Paris-based International Energy Agency, a landmark that has implications for oil prices and U...

Renewable Energy News, July 16, 2010

Posted on July 16, 2010
BBC News - Renewables see 'resilient growth' in 2009The building of new renewable energy sources continued to outstrip new fossil fuel power plants in Europe and the US during 2009, a report has shown.The UN-backed study said renewables accounted for 60% of new electricity generation capacity in Europe...

Renewable Energy News, July 13, 2010

Posted on July 13, 2010
California: A solar boom in the bust | The Energy CollectiveAs the Great Recession drags on in California ? unemployment rate: 12.4 percent, state government in a state of collapse ? the solar boom continues.The Golden State?s decade-long program to install 3,000 megawatts of photovoltaic arrays on residential and commercial rooftops kicked off in 2007, not too long before the global economic collapse began...

Renewable Energy News, July 12, 2010

Posted on July 12, 2010
Welch calls on Congress to invest in Vermont?s growing clean energy economyBURLINGTON, VT ? During a tour of green energy businesses in Northwestern Vermont, Rep. Peter Welch on Friday called for the passage of legislation he has sponsored to bolster Vermont?s growing renewable energy and energy efficiency industries...

Renewable Energy News, July 9, 2010

Posted on July 09, 2010
EERE News: U.S. Departments of Energy and Interior Announce Site for Solar Energy Demonstration Projects in the Nevada DesertU.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada announced today the site of the new Solar Demonstration Zone to demonstrate cutting-edge solar energy technologies...

Renewable Energy News, July 8, 2010

Posted on July 08, 2010
Solar-Powered Plane Flies for 26 Hours - NYTimes.comPARIS ? Slender as a stick insect, a solar-powered experimental airplane with a huge wing span completed its first test flight of more than 24 hours on Thursday, powered overnight by energy collected from the sun during a day aloft over Switzerland...

Renewable Energy News, July 6, 2010

Posted on July 07, 2010
President Obama Commits Nearly $2 Billion in Loan Guarantees for Solar Energy | Green Energy NewsPresident Barack Obama has announced in his weekly address that the Department of Energy is awarding nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments from the Recovery Act to two solar companies...

Renewable Energy News, July 1, 2010

Posted on July 01, 2010
Solar power: New plant in West Pullman is nation's largest urban solar plant - chicagotribune.comAt a former industrial site on Chicago's South Side, more than 32,000 solar panels slowly tilt every few minutes, following the sun as it moves across the sky...

Renewable Energy News, June 30, 2010

Posted on June 30, 2010
Burlington Electric extends Hydro-Quebec talks | The Burlington Free Press | Burlington, VermontThe Burlington Electric Commission voted Tuesday to continue negotiating a possible decades-long contract with Hydro-Quebec to meet about 14 percent of the city's power needs...

Renewable Energy News, June 29, 2010

Posted on June 29, 2010
EERE News: Department of Energy Announces $24 Million for Algal Biofuels ResearchThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the investment of up to $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialization of algae-based biofuels...

Renewable Energy News, June 28, 2010

Posted on June 28, 2010
Hard cider company signs up for Cow Power renewable energy program: Times Argus OnlineIt raises the cost of doing business. But Bret Williams said there?s more to business than just the bottom line to consider.As president of Green Mountain Beverage, the maker of Woodchuck Hard Cider, Williams made the commitment to buy 25 percent of his electricity through Cow Power ? the manure-to-energy program run by the state?s largest electric utility...

Renewable Energy News, June 24, 2010

Posted on June 24, 2010
Alaska utility says wind farm power cheaper - JuneauEmpire.com FAIRBANKS ? The Golden Valley Electric Association says a wind farm near Healy could prevent increases in customer rates because it would likely produce cheaper power than wholesale prices the utility pays...

Renewable Energy News, June 23, 2010

Posted on June 23, 2010
EU sees solar power imported from Sahara in 5 yrs | ReutersALGIERS (Reuters) - Europe will import its first solar-generated electricity from North Africa within the next five years, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said in an interview on Sunday...

Renewable Energy News, June 22, 2010

Posted on June 22, 2010
Bill seeks to expedite land leases to solar developers - Las Vegas SunSolar energy could finally directly contribute to government coffers in Nevada if legislation proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Rep. Dean Heller becomes law. But some solar companies are wary it could keep them from developing new energy plants if the same approach winds up applied to all Bureau of Land Management property...

Renewable Energy News, June 21, 2010

Posted on June 21, 2010
Alaska to seek half its power from renewable sources | BrighterEnergy.orgAlaska has adopted legislation aiming to generate half of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025.The state?s Governor, Sean Parnell, signed a bill into law that will set one of the highest targets for renewable power among any of the US states, surpassing California?s 33% goal and Hawaii?s 40% goal...

Renewable Energy News, June 16, 2010

Posted on June 17, 2010
EPA Says Senate Climate Bill Won?t Be Costly - Ecocentric - TIME.comWhile the Socratic exercise that is the House hearings on Big Oil go on?and on, and on?this afternoon, it's not the only piece of energy and environmental news today. The Environmental Protection Agency released today its preliminary economic analysis of climate and energy bill co-sponsored by Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman, and the news is good for greens, according to the Hill's E2 Wire blog...

Renewable Energy News, June 18, 2010

Posted on June 17, 2010
Uncle Sam, Solar Landlord, Is Under Fire - Green Blog - NYTimes.comThe nation?s biggest landlord, the United States government, has set the rent it will charge developers who build solar power plants on federal land, and some prospective tenants are not happy...

Renewable Energy News, June 14, 2010

Posted on June 14, 2010
CleanTechLaw:  New law establishes nation's first statewide PACE programColorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed House Bill 1328, known as the New Energy Jobs Creation Act, along with a number of other clean energy bills, at a ceremony in Denver Friday afternoon...

Renewable Energy Bill Becomes Law

Posted on June 07, 2010
Signed on Friday, June 4, the 2010 Renewable Energy Bill (H. 781) further encourages development of renewable energy in Vermont. Most provisions became law upon signature. It is a critical follow-up to Vermont?s 2009 Energy Act, enacted to support rapid deployment of renewable energy generation projects in Vermont through the establishment of long-term power contracts with fixed prices...

Renewable Energy News, May 27, 2010

Posted on May 27, 2010
National News:Wind Industry Wants a Long-term Commitment -- Environmental ProtectionOn Grandpa's Knob in Vermont, wind power was stymied in 1941 by a number of shortages. In 2010, those equipment and material shortages have been replaced by the lack of consistent support from government...

Renewable Energy News, May 26, 2010

Posted on May 26, 2010
Local Vermont & Regional NewsBright future for old race track? - WCAX.COMIn the 1960s and 70s, the Green Mountain Race Track in Pownal was one of the premier sites for horse racing in the Northeast. But money troubles and politics brought an end to that era...

Renewable Energy News, May 25, 2010

Posted on May 25, 2010
National NewsTech announces wind energy institute » Abilene Reporter NewsTexas Tech University has announced it will become the research hub for the newly formed National Institute for Renewable Energy, a wind energy consortium started with financial help from West Texas organizations such as the Development Corporation of Abilene...

Renewable Energy News, May 24, 2010

Posted on May 24, 2010
Local Vermont & Regional News:Power strips: Can the smart grid smarten up Vermont's energy choices? | The Burlington Free Press | Burlington, VermontLast week, a bunch of smart people started talking about how Vermonters can (or can't) pay for renewable energy...

Renewable Energy News, May 21, 2010

Posted on May 21, 2010
Obama to ask Congress for $9B more in nuclear loan guarantees, plus $9B for renewable energy - chicagotribune.comWASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is poised to ask Congress to agree to $9 billion more in loan guarantees for the nuclear energy industry, a Democratic aide said Thursday, in a renewed push for nuclear power as the growing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico highlights the risks of fossil fuel production...

Renewable Energy News, May 20, 2010

Posted on May 20, 2010
National News:Three from the New York Times today: Biomass Industry Sees 'Chilling Message' in EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule - NYTimes.comU.S. EPA's final rule determining which sources will be subject to greenhouse gas permitting requirements does not exempt biomass power, a decision that has raised concern in the biomass industry...

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