Redefining 'Renewable' To Win Billiions
In the quest for billions in federal incentives, industries are trying to redefine technologies as 'renewable' that might once have been considered otherwise.
Source: NYTimes, 05/26/2009
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"Baltimore Biofuel Plant Heats Up"
"The thick, milky white liquid looks like Elmer's glue, though it's greasy to the touch. It has a sweet, alcohol smell. It's not your father's heating oil, to be sure. But it will do the same job, says Cary J. Claiborne, and a lot more cleanly.
Claiborne is president and chief executive officer of New Generation Biofuels, a Florida-based startup that's producing fuel from vegetable and soybean oil at a small production plant it set up this year in southern Baltimore.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 05/26/2009
"Wind Power Gets Urban Friendly"
From a design award-winner to a model that uses the updraft on a roof,
small residential wind turbines are getting smarter and sexier.
Source: Globe & Mail, 05/25/2009
"Speedway's Environmentally Friendly Efforts"
The Indianapolis Speedway, site of yesterdays Indy 500, mounts a major effort to be environmentally friendly.
Source: Indianapolis Star, 05/25/2009
"The Lithium Boom Is Coming"
The push for greener cars will likely bring a boom for companies that mine and refine lithium -- a key ingredient in batteries.
Source: Reuters, 05/25/2009
Chase for Wind Power Turns to Public Lands
"Rows of tall turbines have already remade the landscape on wheat farms and ridgelines on private land around the region. But so far there have been no wind farms built on public land in the Northwest. That's about to change."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 05/25/2009
"Sun for Rent"
"It's an old energy problem with a new solution: After decades of facing prohibitively high costs to install solar panels, Massachusetts residents will be able to lease the panels for a tiny fraction of their upfront cost."
Source: Boston Globe, 05/25/2009
Hoyer Expects Fast Action from House Committees on Climate
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said he expected the eight committees with partial jurisdiction over the new House climate bill to act swiftly.
Source: NYTimes, 05/25/2009
MI, IL, NY Mull Alt-Energy Incentives for Schools
"The Michigan Legislature may soon create a fund to loan schools money to build windmills, solar panels or other sources of alternative energy."
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 05/22/2009
Interest Surges in Neglected Geothermal
"Nearly 200 million acres of public lands, mostly in the West, could become prime generators of emissions-free electricity by extracting steam heat from the earth's core to drive electric turbines."
Source: Greenwire, 05/22/2009
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