Green Grove Thursday…thinking of going back to school? GO GREEN!
The College of Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) offers online certificate courses in New and Renewable Energy Sources. Apply here:
http://www.cees-edu.org/new-and-renewable-energy-sources.php
Posted in biofuels, education, energy efficiency, energy storage, environment, general interest, geothermal energy, green jobs, hydropower, ocean energy, recycling, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
Tagged education, environment, green education, Green Grove Thursday, renewable energy, sustainability
Denise Bode is the Chief Executive Officer of the American Wind Energy Association, the national trade association of theU.S.wind energy industry. Ms. Bode is a nationally recognized energy policy expert and served for nine years on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
Source cited: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-bode
Posted in 31 Days of Notable Women, energy efficiency, energy storage, environment, green jobs, renewable energy, wind power, women in green economic development, Women's History
Tagged 31 Days of Notable Women, American Wind Energy Assn., AWEA, Denise Bode, renewable energy, wind energy, wind power, women in business, women in green economic development, Womens History Month
Our guest on October 25th at 10am PST will be Martin Cheek, author of “Clean Energy Nation” and we’ll be discussing the importance renewable energy for our nation’s future.
Renewable energy is used quite a lot in Europe, we saw buses and boats being powered by CNG (compressed natural gas), electric trams in the city of Amsterdam, Maastricht and Brussels, solar panels on the roofs of houses and some businesses, and of course, wind power.
Posted in European vacation, renewable energy, solar power, travel, wind power
Tagged Amsterdam, Belgium, Brussels, electric trams, Maastricht, renewable energy, solar power, The Netherlands, trams, wind power, windmills
Posted in environment, renewable energy, wind power
Big Oil is making big profits. In the past decade alone, the big five oil companies — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell — reaped profits of nearly $1 trillion. Consumer gas prices are on the rise. More and more extreme weather events remind us that climate change is here, now. And to top it all off, these same polluters are still receiving massive taxpayer-funded subsidies.
Just one year after the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history — the BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico — BP’s profits topped $5 billion. Shell’s earnings have risen by more than 30 percent, and it’s seeking to add to its profits by drilling not one but 10 exploratory wells in the Arctic. Exxon reaped earnings almost 70 percent higher than it did last year. And our taxpayer dollars are given away to these big polluters through subsidies and tax credits totaling approximately $4 billion annually, while funding for environmental protection is on the chopping block.
Had enough? The Center for Biological Diversity has. But now, we have a real opportunity to end taxpayer giveaways to Big Oil. Please help us make it happen.
Visit http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6761 to take action now.
They have a letter already written and with the click of a mouse you can email your Senators and ask them to fund clean energy technologies, like: solar power, wind power, geothermal, ocean energy, biofuels, the EV infrastructure, and help encourage more green jobs.
Posted in biodiversity, biofuels, Breaking News, charity/activism, electric cars, environment, green jobs, ocean energy, politics, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
Tagged biofuels, BP, BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Center for Biological Diversity, Chevron, clean energy, dirty oil and coal, environmental protection, Exxon, Exxon Valdez, geothermal, oil subsidies, renewable energy, Shell, solar power, wind power
Renewable Energy Conferences around the World
Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2011: International Conference and Exhibition
Dates: 15 May 2011 until 18 May 2011
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Website: http://www.hfc2011.com
WINDPOWER 2011 Conference & Exhibition
Dates: 22 May 2011 until 25 May 2011
Location: Anaheim, California, USA
Website: http://www.awea.org/events
2nd Symposium Small PV-Applications
Dates: 06 June 2011 until 07 June 2011
Location: Ulm, Germany
Website: http://www.otti.de/en/events/id/2nd-symposium-small-pv-appli…
ACHEMA 2012
Dates: 18 June 2012 until 22 June 2012
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Website: http://www.achema.de/
For a full list of events and conferences, please visit
http://www.renewableenergyfocus.com/events/
Renewable Energy Events -Worldwide from April 7th-16th
Green Energy Expo 2011
06 April 2011 – 08 April 2011
Daegu, South Korea
http://www.energyexpo.co.kr/eng
Wind Power India 2011
07 April 2011 – 09 April 2011
Chennai, India
Wind Power Brazil – Design, Operating and Maintaining Successful Wind Projects in a Burgeoning Market
07 April 2011 – One day event
Sao Paulo, Brazil
China International Wind Energy Exhibition & Symposium – CWEE 2011
08 April 2011 – 10 April 2011
Shanghai, China
European Sustainability Energy Week (EUSEW 2011)
11 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Brussels, Belgium
New Zealand Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition 2011
11 April 2011 – 13 April 2011
Wellington, New Zealand
http://windenergy.org.nz/events/2011-conference
6th PWEA – Wind Energy Market in Poland – Conference and Exhibition
12 April 2011 – 14 April 2011
Warsaw, Poland
http://www.konferencja2011.psew.pl
Polymers in Photovoltaics 2011
12 April 2011 – 14 April 2011
Cologne, Germany
http://www2.amiplastics.com/Events/Event.aspx?code=C379&sec=1382
2nd Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit India
12 April 2011 – 13 April 2011
New Delhi, India
Offshore Wind Power Infrastructure Summit
12 April 2011 – 13 April 2011
London, UK
2011 Energy Efficiency Global Forum – EE Global
12 April 2011 – 14 April 2011
Brussels, Belgium
FutureFuels 2011
13 April 2011 – 14 April 2011
Mumbai, India
http://growdieselevent.com/default.aspx
Renewables 2011
13 April 2011 – 16 April 2011
Jakarta, Indonesia
http://www.renewables-indonesia.com
7th International Congress and Exhibition on Energy Efficiency (EE) and Renewable Energy Sources (RES) for Sout-East Europe
13 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Sofia, Bulgaria
http://www.viaexpo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98&Itemid=15&lang=en
International Eco Forum
13 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Sofia, Bulgaria
http://www.viaexpo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111&Itemid=143&lang=en
7th South East European EE & RES Congress and Exhibition
13 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Sofia, Bulgaria
4th Indo-POWER 2011
14 April 2011 – 16 April 2011
Jakarta, Indonesia
Offshore Wind in Europe Conference 2011
14 April 2011 – 15 April 2011
Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.windenergyupdate.com/offshore-wind-europe/index.shtml
Marine Installation & Operation
14 April 2011 – One day event
London, UK
http://www2.greenpowerconferences.co.uk/OP1104UK
If you attend any of these events, please let us know all about them!
The FireWalker Flare seeks Renewable Energy and Environmental Guest Experts
The FireWalker Flare- An Environmental and Renewable Energy Solutions Talk Radio Show
Join Diane Tegarden as she engages Environmental and Renewable Energy Experts on the second, third and fourth Tuesday of each month at: 10am PST/11am MST/ 12 noon CST/ 1pm EST for a half-hour riveting interview on environmental problems and their solutions through Renewable Energy technologies.
I’m looking for renewable energy and environmental experts and authors who want to educate our listeners on the latest in renewable energy technologies and green living. We are currently booking March -May 2011.
We book through the interviewee only, no agents, please.
We have over 200 downloads of our archived Blog Talk Radio show each month and our listenership comes to us from around the world. Our Show Format is: Online radio show and recorded podcast
Booking Contact for Interviews: Diane Tegarden, President of FireWalker Publications, Inc.
Email Diane at rosefirewalker@aol.com
To listen to our archived shows, please visit the Radio Show Web Site at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Diane-Tegarden
Posted in biofuels, energy storage, environment, green jobs, green living, Nature/ the Earth, organic living, recycling, renewable energy, solar power, talk radio, Water issues, wind power
Tagged Blog Talk Radio, Diane Tegarden, environment, FireWalker Publications Inc, renewable energy, The FireWalker Flare
The Status of Renewable Energy Projects- 12/31/2010
New Hampshire and Oklahoma, USA — Renewable energy development continued at a good pace this year (2010), with record-breaking projects announced almost as often as once per week. The editors of the renewable energy world network put our heads together to compile a list of the biggest renewable energy projects installed or completed this year as our year-end wrap-up report.
Hydro
The editors of Hydroworld.com offered the following project reports for 2010. The largest project that began operation in 2010 also holds the record as Southeast Asia’s largest hydroelectric power station. The first of six turbines at Vietnam’s Son La station was connected to the national power grid in late December. Officials said that the two-billion-dollar plant with a capacity of 2,400 MW is expected to be fully operational in 2012, three years ahead of a target set by the National Assembly.
The second largest project that went online in 2010 took place in Laos and is that country’s largest plant in history. Laos officially inaugurated the 1,070-MW Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric power project in December. The $1.45 billion project is co-owned by Electricite de France, the Lao government, the Electricity Generating Public Co. of Thailand and Italian-Thai Development. After five years of construction, the plant began supplying neighboring Thailand with power in March of this year.
Next in line was Brazil’s 855-MW Foz do Chapeco hydropower plant, which launched commercial operations at its second of four generating unit in November 2010. The first unit began commercial operation in October. ??The plant is 51 percent owned by utility group CPFL Energia and sits on the border of southern states Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Alstom supplied the turbines for this project.
Another large project that went online in 2010 is the 460-MW Beles plant in Ethiopia. The project is owned by Ethiopia Electric Power Corporation. It is worth noting that the 300 MW Tekeze Hydropower plant, which also went online in 2010 in Ethiopia, was Power Engineering’s Renewable Project of the Year.
The largest hydro project in North America that went online in 2010 was the Toba Montrose project in British Columbia. After three years of construction, Plutonic Power completed the $663 million Toba-Montrose run-of-river project, the largest source of privately generated renewable power in British Columbia. The 196-MW Toba-Montrose project began selling power to BC Hydro in August. The project includes a 73-MW run-of-river facility on Montrose Creek and a 123-MW facility on the East Toba River. The 123-MW plant on the East Toba River is the largest run-of-river facility in British Columbia.
Offshore Wind
The largest offshore wind projects that were completed in 2010 were located around the UK. Seven miles off the coast of Kent at its closet point, the $1.2 billion Thanet Offshore Wind Farm officially began powering the UK grid with 300 MW of new renewable energy capacity in the last quarter of the year. For the time being, the wind farm is the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
Next in line is Rødsand II, a 207-MW extension of an existing wind farm in Denmark that was installed by E.ON in 2010.
Finally, construction of the 180-MW Robin Rigg Wind Farm, Scotland’s first offshore wind farm, was completed by E.ON in April 2010.
Lastly, the Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm, a 172-MW wind farm 7 km off the Clacton-on-Sea and Holland Essex coast in the Northern Thames Estuary, was commissioned in June 2010.
For the information on Offshore Wind, Solar PV, Geothermal, Ethanol, Renewable Biofuels, Biomass and Energy Storage , please read the rest of the article at: http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/print/article/2010/12/the-big-list-2010s-biggest-renewable-energy-projects
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Tagged biofuels, biomass, energy storage, ethanol, offshore wind, onshore wind, renewable energy, solar PV
