renewables

Dale Vince discusses whether demand generation is as effective as actual generation in terms of changing the way electricity is created and distributed.

New Zealand's isolated geographical location has lead to an energy portfolio that contains a large renewable energy mix. Electricity is generated mostly from hydro and geothermal energy. Wind is a growing energy resource. For transport, New Zealand relies on oil imports. No wonder that the New Zealanders are interested in exploring electric or fuel cell vehicles, with the electricity and hydrogen generated in New Zealand in an environmentally friendly way.

Head of an energy-industry executive recruitment and human resources firm, Chris Swan is interviewed about a coming workforce crisis in the energy industry.

Cool list generated by the EPA yesterday.

Fred Maas, President and CEO of Black Mountain Ranch LLC and Developer of Del Sur, an 1,800-acre "green" residential community in San Diego, Calif.,praised Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Ensign (R-NV) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for introducing the "Clean Energy Stimulus Act." The Act extends expiring tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Senator John Ensign (R-NV) speaks at a press conference supporting tax credits aimed at incentivizing investment in renewable energy projects, touting the growing number of bipartisan cosponsors.

Dale Vince - founder of Ecotricity the world's first green electricity company based in the UK has recently launched a blog...

From the 'about the blog' page:

This blog is about answers to the big questions – how will we keep the lights on, what kind of cars will we drive (will we drive?) and how will we feed ourselves – in a post oil world, and a world where we can’t afford to keep burning things and throwing things away.

If the Ministry of Defence in the UK continue to play games with wind farm planners, UK renewable energy targets are going to be hard to achieve. Currently just 2% of the UK's electricity is sourced from renewable energy. It's time for answers, it's time for action.

High-level officials participating in the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference wrap up the meeting and discuss pledges made at the event.

Speakers from the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) preview remarks they intend to make during the course of the event.

Venture capitalists and others push Congress to extend investment and production tax credits for renewable energy as a needed tool to continue investment in thesetechnologies and project as a means to boost the US economy.

Karen Sterling, Communications Manager, BP Solar, leads a tour of BP's exhibit at the WIREC 2008 trade show. The exhibit features the latest SimCity computer game that was developed in partnership with BP.

Vivienne Cox , Divisional Executive VP, BP,  is interviewed on BP's renewable energy plan and its need for a price of carbon and a stable, international, regulatory environment.

Micro-hydro power needs no fuel but offers a constant supply of electricity which often increases in winter, along with demand. It has a long life cycle. It can have low implementation and maintenance costs. And, unlike some large scale hydroelectric power schemes, it has minimal environmental and visual impacts.

An overview of decentralised energy: what it is, how it works and how it differs from our present outrageously inefficient energy system.