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Solar Industry Pushes for More Use in Ga.
May 22, 2013 9:30 am | by RAY HENRY, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe solar industry in Georgia is pushing a power monopoly to expand its use of solar energy as it plans to meet the state's electricity needs over the next two decades. State utility regulators heard testimony Tuesday on the energy plans from Southern Co. subsidiary Georgia Power, which must submit new plans every three years.
Wind Farms Get Pass on Eagle Deaths
May 14, 2013 10:26 am | by DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press | News | CommentsMore than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's wind farms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin. The large death toll at wind farms shows how the renewable energy rush comes with its own environmental consequences, trade-offs the Obama administration is willing to make in the name of cleaner energy.
Exploring Energy: Hydroelectric Power
May 3, 2013 9:07 am | by Krystal Gabert, Editor | Blogs | CommentsChem.Info’s recurring Exploring Energy feature provides readers with a chance to familiarize themselves with energy technologies and processes, both new and old. In this installment, we explore hydroelectric power.
Valley Fever Hits 28 at Solar Plant Sites
May 1, 2013 10:18 am | News | CommentsAuthorities are investigating a valley fever outbreak that sickened 28 workers at solar power plants under construction in Central California. Valley fever is contracted by breathing spores from a fungus found in desert soil. It can cause flu-like symptoms and death in extreme cases.
Unconventional Energy Researched by Alaska, DOE
April 17, 2013 9:27 am | by DAN JOLING, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe U.S. Department of Energy and the state of Alaska will collaborate on future research of unconventional energy resources in the Arctic, including abundant reservoirs of methane hydrate. This opportunity gives both parties a framework under which they can have better communication about unconventional energy.
NY Moves Toward Adopting Wind, Other Green Energy
April 7, 2013 11:08 am | by MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsA new study, led by researchers from Stanford and Cornell universities, provides a theoretical road map to how New Yorkers could rely on renewable energy within 17 years. It would require massive investments in wind turbines, solar panels and more from the windy shores off Long Island to sun-exposed rooftops upstate.
Interior Chief Sees Many Wind Farms in U.S. Future
April 5, 2013 9:31 pm | by MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press - Associated Press | News | CommentsInterior Secretary Ken Salazar voiced optimism Friday that the nation's first offshore wind farm will soon break ground after more than a decade of delays and be followed by more off the Atlantic coast. Along with changes at the offshore drilling agency, Salazar pushed for renewable energy such as solar and wind power and helped to settle a longstanding dispute with American Indians.
Workers Seek Severance from Bankrupt Solar Plant
April 4, 2013 10:41 am | News | CommentsTen workers who claim they're owed about $197,000 in severance pay want a federal judge in Pittsburgh to force a shuttered plant that makes solar energy mirrors into bankruptcy. The workers are among 60 who lost their jobs when the Flabeg Solar U.S. Corp. plant in Findlay Township shut down on March 28.
Financial Troubles Rock Ore. Biofuels Plant
April 3, 2013 9:42 am | News | CommentsA few weeks after announcing that it made ethanol from sawdust at a demonstration plant in Eastern Oregon, a Colorado company has curtailed work while it tries to raise capital for a project that already has big federal dollars behind it.
New Mass. Rules Require More Renewable Power
April 1, 2013 8:55 am | News | CommentsMassachusetts regulators have approved new requirements that state utilities seek more electricity from renewable sources. The new provisions approved Friday by the Department of Public Utilities require utilities to solicit bids for long-term clean energy contracts at least twice by the end of 2016.
Biofuel Energy Exploring Plant Sale
March 26, 2013 9:25 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsBiofuel Energy Corp. is exploring strategic options, including potentially selling one or both of its ethanol plants, after receiving a notice of default from lenders. Denver-based Biofuel Energy said Tuesday that it has engaged Piper Jaffray & Co. as its financial adviser to help it explore its options.
Drilling Deeper: The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama's Energy Pick
March 26, 2013 2:04 pm | by Justin Elliott, ProPublica | News | CommentsErnest Moniz, President Obama's nominee for energy secretary, is a strong supporter of Obama's "all of the above" energy strategy — one that embraces, fossil fuels, nuclear and renewable energy sources. His ties to the energy industry are numerous.
Bioreactor Sampling
March 25, 2013 9:48 am | by Mark Trotter, Trotter Biotech Solutions | Articles | CommentsThe necessity of maintaining and knowing the current growth status and reactor broth conditions are several of the more critical bioprocess operations in fermentation and cell culture. In order to control and optimize bioreactor functions, frequent aseptic sampling of these operations is required.
Plastic Could Be Made from Shrimp
March 8, 2013 10:20 am | by the European Research Media Center, Youris.com | Articles | CommentsScientists are investigating how shell waste from crustaceans could be turned into polymer precursors as a substitute to petroleum-derived solutions.
Battle Lines Set over Keystone Pipeline
February 15, 2013 11:35 am | by CNN Money | Videos | CommentsThe Obama Administration is expected to decide the fate of the pipeline project in 2013, and the debate between protestors and TransCanada continues.
Making an Island Energy Independent
January 2, 2013 8:17 am | Videos | CommentsRenewable energy has been used in Corsica, France, for decades. Now the island is considered an experiment for the newest technologies.
Pumps for the Solar Industry
December 19, 2012 10:09 am | by Werner Todd Pump Co. | Videos | CommentsBrian Gibson talks to PSG about the advantages of abrasion-resistant Almatec pumps in the solar industry.
Biocrude in One Minute
December 5, 2012 7:16 am | Videos | CommentsIn one minute, U-M scientists can convert algae into biocrude — a process that takes decades in nature.
Household Bio-Reactors Have Powerful Future
November 27, 2012 5:41 am | by Reuters | Videos | CommentsResearchers at the Argonne National Laboratory are developing a mobile reactor they say will one day play a crucial role in helping people after natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy.
Achieving Energy Reductions with Evaporative Roof Cooling
November 16, 2012 8:57 am | by JOHN D. STRAIT, III, Product Specialist, Patterson Fan Co. | Articles | CommentsFacility maintenance managers want to save energy, but they need to do so economically. Is this even possible? The answer is a definitive yes.
Processing Snags & Solutions
August 9, 2012 12:09 pm | by Chem.Info | Articles | CommentsChem.Info has teamed up with industry experts in order to help answer your processing-related questions!
Bridging from Thermal Power to Renewable Power
July 13, 2012 5:51 am | by David Jacoby, President, Boston Strategies International | Articles | CommentsThe inevitability of clean energy has recently reached a tipping point of awareness that has unleashed a flood of renewable investments, particularly in Europe and Asia.
Turning Wood Pellets into Gasoline
July 9, 2012 7:57 am | by CNNMoney | Videos | CommentsNew Jersey-based Primus Green Energy has developed a process to turn corn, wood and even natural gas into high-octane gasoline for cars.
Renting the Sun
April 25, 2012 12:38 pm | by CNN | Videos | CommentsThe latest trend in solar power is leasing panels to save money over and above utility cost benefits.
Trump: Scotland Should Abandon Wind Farm Plans
April 25, 2012 12:32 pm | by MSNBC | Videos | CommentsDonald Trump, who built a golf resort along the coast of Scotland, wants to stop a "monstrous" wind farm of turbines from being built off shore.
