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Clean Energy: How Much Hot Air?

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:40:04 +0000

savestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/1fc38_0-clean-energy-how-much-hot-air.jpg” /> NewScientist’s January 28 issue is likely to unsettle clean energy advocates — but it is worth the read.
The cover article, “Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever,” posits that even renewable energy can warm the planet, and eventually change climate, if we continue to ratchet up power production to serve our ever

Suntech, DuPont to Collab on Solar Backsheets, Supply Chain

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:40:20 +0000

savestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/87ba5_1332-suntech-dupont-to-collab-on-solar-backsheets-supply-chain.jpg” /> It’s easy to think about modules as singular units of power output, but the reality is that they are a collection of diverse components, each with influence over the end system’s total cost and performance. For DuPont, its focus is of course on the materials side, from metallization pastes used to form contacts on the solar cell, to backsheet materials that protect the panels themselves.

Suntech, DuPont to Collab on Solar Backsheets, Supply Chain

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:40:05 +0000

savestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/93f8f_1332-suntech-dupont-to-collab-on-solar-backsheets-supply-chain.jpg” /> It’s easy to think about modules as singular units of power output, but the reality is that they are a collection of diverse components, each with influence over the end system’s total cost and performance. For DuPont, its focus is of course on the materials side, from metallization pastes used to form contacts on the solar cell, to backsheet materials that protect the panels themselves.

Wind Power to the South: AEP Contracts to Lower Electricity Costs

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:20:04 +0000

savestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/cfdc0_1332-wind-power-to-the-south-aep-contracts-to-lower-electricity-costs.jpg” /> In a series of deals the investor-owned utility says is good for consumers’ wallets, American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) recently signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65 MW of capacity from wind projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

DOE’s Untold Impact on Solar

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:22 +0000

savestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/451af_1332-doe-s-untold-impact-on-solar.jpg” /> The Obama Administration’s $60 billion Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) for renewable energy is considered a failure because of Solyndra, Beacon Power, and potential 2012 bankruptcies. What is not well known is that 75 percent of the program’s deployed funds went to relatively low risk power plants that will catapult the U.S. to a leadership role in the utility-scale solar sector. This is hardly the hallmark of a “failed program.” The program is akin to Shakespeare’s King Henry V, who said as a delinquent Prince: “I’ll so offend as to make offense a skill, redeeming time when men think least I will.”

DOE’s Untold Impact on Solar

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:06 +0000

savestore.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/bead0_1332-doe-s-untold-impact-on-solar.jpg” /> The Obama Administration’s $60 billion Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) for renewable energy is considered a failure because of Solyndra, Beacon Power, and potential 2012 bankruptcies. What is not well known is that 75 percent of the program’s deployed funds went to relatively low risk power plants that will catapult the U.S. to a leadership role in the utility-scale solar sector. This is hardly the hallmark of a “failed program.” The program is akin to Shakespeare’s King Henry V, who said as a delinquent Prince: “I’ll so offend as to make offense a skill, redeeming time when men think least I will.”

Breaking news: UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne resigns

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:16 +0000

UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has resigned after learning that he is to face charges that he perverted the course of justice over a 2003 speeding incident.

Multinationals need to reduce emissions from supply chain, says report

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:14 +0000

Multinationals need to turn their attention from their own carbon performance to that of their supply chain, according to a report from the Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture.

UK government promises to raise feed-in tariff for microCHP

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:12 +0000

Speaking in the House of Commons this week, Minister for Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker pledged to propose raising the feed-in tariff for microCHP.

US venture capital investment in clean tech falls 4.5% to $4.9 billion

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:10 +0000

US venture capital investment in clean tech fell 4.5% in 2011 compared to the previous year to reach $4.9 billion, according to consultants Ernst & Young.