News

January 19, 2012 |
Policy
The Global Energy Supply Is Getting Greener. It’s Just Not Happening Fast Enough
Time, Bryan Walsh
With President Obama’s rejection (for now) of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline fresh in everyone’s mind—and conservatives and the oil industry already hammering him, even as greens sing his praises—you can be sure that energy issues will play a bigger role than usual in the 2012 election. So it’s worth taking a ... more ›

January 18, 2012 |
Policy
Transmission for Renewables: Opportunity in FERC Order 1000
NREL, Claire Kreycik
In the coming years, new long distance transmission capabilities will be needed to deliver increasing amounts of renewable power across the country. In July 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a pivotal new ruling that reforms transmission policy in efforts to address the aging national transmission system and ... more ›

January 16, 2012 |
Finance
Growing Doubts in Europe On Future of Carbon Storage
New York Times, Andres Cala
MADRID — The European Union’s long-term energy plans to abate global warming while still burning fossil fuels hinge on proposals to capture carbon dioxide emissions and store them in deep underground rock formations. Yet weak support for the untested technology is putting Europe in the rear ranks of its development. Two carbon ... more ›

January 16, 2012 |
Technology
An Energy Supergrid for Europe Faces Big Obstacles
New York Times, Beth Gardiner
LONDON — Advocates of renewable energy say an electricity supergrid could enhance the clean-power industry by connecting power sources like wind farms in Scotland and solar arrays in Spain or North Africa to the population centers of Europe. The technical arguments for a significantly expanded and upgraded power network in Europe are ... more ›

January 13, 2012 |
Technology
3 GW of Solar in China in 2012?
Greentech Media, Eric Wesoff
Can China jump-start its domestic solar market? China is looking to develop solar photovoltaic projects with a “total installed capacity of 3 gigawatts in 2012,” China Securities Journal quoted Liu Tienan, head of the National Energy Administration (NEA) as saying at a national energy work conference on Wednesday, according to ... more ›