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Secretary Moniz announces $30 million investment for solar development
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced $30 million in funding to 12 projects to develop solar technologies which can produce electricity when the sun is not shining. The 12 award recipients will develop technologies that span solar photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP) and concentrating photovoltaics (CPV). “The Energy Department is working across the industry to ...
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US to launch $4bn green bank loans
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will channel US$4 billion in loans to renewable energy companies in a bid to rejuvenate a key government backed programme. The Obama administration has submitted a draft plan that would provide loan guarantees for innovative clean technology projects that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Once the solicitation is finalised, the Department’s Loan ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Update
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office (LPO) Senior Investment Officer Khalid Abedin spoke at the opening event for the U.S. Energy Association’s CCUS Road Show on January 28, 2020, in Washington, DC. LPO staff will be participating at future events in New Orleans (March 17) and Houston (April 21). LPO will also be presenting at the ...
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U.S. Department Of Energy thinks that ‘exporting American CSP is a great opportunity’
In an interview Peter Davidson, the Executive Director of the Loan Programs Office (LPO) told CSP Today there are huge opportunities for US companies to take what they have learnt from major projects in the U.S. and start exporting overseas. In an interview with CSP Today, Davidson reflected on the LPO funding of over $5.4 billion to utility scale Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects such as ...
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House prices unaffected by incinerator plants - Cranfield research
A new research study has found no significant effect of waste incinerator plants on long term local property prices. The installation of waste incinerator plants – or Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities – is often contested in the UK. Arguments such as health, cost, noise, odours, traffic movement, resources depletion and house prices are often cited as reasons against the ...
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The United States and Israel Establish Joint Center of Excellence in Energy
Recetly (6/25), the U.S. Department of Energy and the Israeli Energy Ministry signed the Implementation Agreement to establish the U.S.-Israel Center of Excellence in Energy, Engineering and Water Technology. In March 2018, the United States Congress appropriated $4 million for the Department of Energy to establish the Center for joint research and development with Israel. This sum will be ...
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New renewable energy from waste tool to save time and money
Cranfield University has developed a new approach for calculating the potential renewable energy derived from waste material, prior to incineration, which could save time and money for the energy and waste industries. The Government’s Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) scheme places an obligation on UK electricity suppliers to demonstrate the biomass content, or fraction, of mixed ...
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SEaB Energy meets the world’s media at COP21
COP21 is the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, and probably the most important gathering of its kind ever. The conference will put in place targets, agreed by all nations around the world, that will limit carbon output and will effectively phase out large-scale fossil-fuel burning power stations. The conference’s focus is, therefore, firmly on renewables and particularly ...
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EESI Launches Global Database of International Energy Treaties
Includes over 1,700 agreements representing every country in the world, covering renewable energy, energy efficiency, nuclear power, fossil energy, advanced technologies and more July 6, 2006 - Boulder, Colorado—The Energy and Environmental Security Initiative (EESI), an interdisciplinary center at the University of Colorado Law School, announced today the unveiling of an online global ...
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New Analysis of Patent Data Highlights Need to Accelerate Innovation in Clean Energy Technologies to Meet Climate Goals
The number of high-value patents worldwide for inventions related to low-carbon energy technologies recovered at the end of the last decade but still remains well below its rate of growth from 10 years earlier, according to a new joint study published on April 27 by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the European Patent Office (EPO).The report, Patents and the energy transition: global ...
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Solar thermal electricity: catching the eye of utility companies
The American Southwest has some of the greatest solar resources on the globe, it yet remains largely untapped. This trend may be changing as solar technology matures, market forces shift and concern for climate change mounts. One of the most common arguments against large-scale use of renewable energy is that it cannot produce a steady, reliable stream of energy, day and night. Ausra Inc. does ...
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Hybrid Energy Systems: Opportunities for Coordinated Research
The U.S. Department of Energy has released a new report, Hybrid Energy Systems: Opportunities for Coordinated Research, highlighting innovative opportunities to spur joint research on hybrid energy systems. These opportunities could drive the production of valuable fuels, chemicals, and products, provide greater cost savings, increase grid flexibility, and enhance environmental performance across ...
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NRDC Report Exposes Big Oil’s Smoke and Mirror Tactics
Major oil companies are propping up at least eight front groups in a last-ditch campaign to subvert California’s climate action law requiring them to pay for their carbon pollution beginning in January 2015, while spending record-setting sums in Sacramento to influence lawmakers, according to a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). “Big Oil believes ...
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OriginOil Announces New Research Agreement with U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory
OriginOil, Inc. (OTCBB: OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to extract oil from algae and an emerging leader in the global algae oil services industry, today announced the funding of a new research agreement with the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Under the agreement, OriginOil and INL will collaborate ...
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TVA Board Approves Pilot Project to Build Solar Facility at Shawnee Fossil Site
The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors this week approved the nation's first-of-its-kind pilot program to determine if closed coal ash sites are suitable for utility-scale solar projects. Pending environmental reviews and regulatory approval, the $216 million pilot project would explore an innovative approach to repurpose a closed coal ash site at the Shawnee Fossil Plant to advance ...
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World Biomass Report
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: World Biomass Report http://www.reportlinker.com/p01094729/World-Biomass-Report.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy The biomass market suffered during the economic downturn in the face of low coal prices, logistic barriers and supply issues. 2010 saw more ...
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