February 7, 2012 – 8:34 am
By Mike Mulvihill
While Super Bowl fanfare dominated last week’s news, the Interior Department announced the conclusion of a study that sets the stage for the equivalent of a Bowl Championship Series for offshore wind development.
The environmental study found there would be “no significant environmental and socioeconomic impacts” from offshore development. This brings the department a [...]
January 31, 2012 – 10:07 am
by Mike Mulvihill
As the presidential election season ramps into a full-tilt boogie, energy will be a topic perking toward the top of the national discussion. While the GOP candidates beat up on one another, the incumbent come this November is beating the energy drum.
While perusing Facebook, I was greeted by an online banner ad for [...]
December 13, 2011 – 7:00 am
by Mike Mulvihill
Back in November, my Buzz Bin post warned that as campaigning for the next presidential election heats up, green energy would become a football tossed back and forth for political gain with little concern for whether these actions foster or retard the creation of needed alternative energy generation and a foundation for achieving [...]
By Mike Mulvihill
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Also tagged alternative energy, China, Crossroad GPS, crt-tanaka, crt/tanaka, green technooogy, Karl Rove, President Obama, renewable energy, solar panels, wind energy, wind power
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December 6, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Mike Mulvihill
If you asked Santa for more renewable energy in the U.S. portfolio this Christmas, you may hope that Scrooge intercedes with your request. Otherwise, your well-intended wish will bring with it a substantial increase in your utility bill for at least the next 10 years.
Perhaps the best example of this is in California, [...]
November 29, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Mike Mulvihill
Whatever your opinion of Bill Gates and Microsoft, you have to admit he is one smart dude. So when Gates makes a plea in a guest editorial in Science magazine for more energy research & development by the U.S. government, perhaps it is worth taking note.
In the editorial, Gates says the U.S. should [...]
November 15, 2011 – 12:51 pm
By Mike Mulvihill
An article in the NY Times this weekend, A Gold Rush of Subsidies in Clean Energy Search, has generated a number of posts in support and in opposition of the article and solar subsidies.
The article points out that several investor-owned utilities and large projects capable of shopping for private capital, are utilizing federal [...]
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Posted in Digital Marketing
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Also tagged Beacon Power, crt-tanaka, crt/tanaka, electric energy, Green energy, New York Times, Politics, renewable energy, solar energy, Solyndra, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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October 4, 2011 – 8:11 am
By Mike Mulvihill
In Monday’s The Harvard Crimson two staff writers posited an interesting macroeconomic/green tech play that could transform China – and the U.S. – through a modern day space race for green technology supremacy. (A role no nation seems too invested in pursuing at this juncture.)
The article Green Dragon: China’s $200 Billion Clean Energy [...]
September 27, 2011 – 7:25 am
By Mike Mulvihill
“We’ve got the land and the demand.”
That’s the catchphrase of the Army’s new Energy Initiatives Office, which was created to attract $7 billion in private investment to build 20 “utility-scale” renewable energy installations on Army bases.
These plants will generate a mix of solar, wind, geothermal and biomass power with the estimated 2.1 million [...]
September 13, 2011 – 7:29 am
In a nationally broadcast speech last week, President Obama announced his $447 billion American Jobs Act plan. Unlike prior speeches, he didn’t mention clean-energy jobs once, but if you read between the lines, there are areas where the sector could gain.
Putting that aside for a moment, it is also worth noting President Obama’s decision to [...]
August 16, 2011 – 8:24 am
by Mike Mulvihill
Great news! New EPA regulations coming down the pike will force many utilities to reduce emissions. The bad news? These same regs could cause us to lose as much as 7 percent of the nation’s electricity generation pretty quickly.
The E.P.A. estimates its rule on air toxins and mercury expected out in November will [...]
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