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- NV Energy & WM Sign 3-MW PPA
NV Energy and Waste Management (WM) have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the sale of renewable energy produced from a 3-megawatt (MW) landfill gas-powered project to be located southeast of Reno at WM's Lockwood Landfill. The facility is expected to be generating renewable energy by late 2011.
- POET plans to cut water use to 2.33 gallons per gallon of ethanol in five years
POET plans to decrease water use in the production of ethanol by 22 percent over the next five years in the first goal of its sustainability iniative, Ingreenuity. If successful, it will cut the company's water used per gallon of ethanol from an average of 3 gallons to 2.33, an annual water savings of one billion gallons.
- US Senate Votes to Reinstate Crucial Biodiesel Tax Credit As Part of Jobs Bill
The U.S. Senate this week passed a bill containing the reinstatement of the biodiesel blenders' tax credit, a critical piece of policy for the industry that had been allowed to expire at the end of 2009. The American Workers, State and Business Relief Act, included H.R. 4213, the Extenders Package which contains the extension of the US $1 per gallon biodiesel production tax credit. The bill calls for the tax credit to be retroactive to January 1 and runs out on December 31, 2010.
- SAIC Awarded US $21M Bioenergy Contract
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, R.W. Beck, has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Golden Field Office to support The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Biomass Program. The agreement expires September 30, 2015 and has a ceiling value of $21 million.
- CLEAN ENERGY PATENTS HIT RECORD HIGH IN 2009 -Clean Energy Patent Growth Index
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. is pleased to announce results for the fourth quarter of 2009 for the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) by the firm's Cleantech Group, along with the year end 2009 results.
- European Biomass Gets ?1.7M Boost
Europe's sustainable forest management and wood based industries have reached new cooperation agreements. The groups plan to develop an initiative called "Sustainable Forest Management Providing Renewable Energy, Sustainable Construction and Bio-based Products", under which five European regions will create both individual and regional research agendas and action plans in the fields of renewable energy, bio-based products and sustainable construction.
- Renewable Fuels for Piston Aircraft
Fighter planes of WWII hit faster speeds thanks to lead additives in their fuel and leaded "avgas" still remains the fuel of choice for top-selling piston aircraft. Automotive use of this toxic, high-octane blend was banned in the U.S. in 1996 after first being restricted in 1973, and now a lawsuit is forcing the EPA to end airplane use as well.
- Video: Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo A Huge Success
Last week, close to four thousand renewable energy professionals gathered in Austin, Texas to take part in the 7th Renewable Energy World Conference and Expo. Attendees took part in technical tours to places such as the Ercot Control Center and Austin Energy, conference sessions that covered pressing renewable energy topics and walked the show floor where more than 225 exhibitors showed off the latest renewable energy innovations.
- Renewables Well Represented in MIT Technology Review's 2010 TR50
MIT's Technology Review has released the 2010 TR50, the first list of the 50 most innovative companies in the world. Spanning energy, computing, the Web, biomedicine, and materials, each company on the list has been evaluated based on its business model, strategies for deploying and scaling up its technologies, and the likelihood of success.
- Tramelton Corporation - Taking the renewable energy challenge!
Tramelton Corporation taking the challenge to deliver high performance and reliable energy solutions to sub-Saharan Africa.
- NHA Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Expo Grows
The exposition at the 2010 NHA Hydrogen Conference & Expo, to be held May 3 - 6, at the Long Beach Convention Center, is projected to be 10 to 20 percent larger compared to the 2009 event, according to Bruce Cole, Expo Manager for the National Hydrogen Association (NHA).
- 20% DISCOUNT on Earthscan books at ECOBUILD 2010 - March 2-4
Once again Earthscan will be at Ecobuild, the world's biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, with our unparalleled selection of books available for you to browse and purchase at a 20% discount.
- US $3.2M NSF Grant To Support Poplar Biofuels
A team of researchers at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Bowie State University is working on ways to turn poplar trees into high-yield crops for biofuels including ethanol, the renewable biofuel used in gasoline blends and flex-fuel vehicles. The hybrid trees would be grown on plantations and harvested without affecting existing woodlands.