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Archive for January, 2012

Solar players on both sides of the Pacific have been warily anticipating the Feb. 13 deadline when the Department of Commerce was set to announce whether it would impose duties on solar cells and modules coming in from China.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

The U.S. geothermal power industry is poised for a bit more rapid growth now that the U.S. Department of Energy’s geothermal development program is maturing with demonstration-stage pilots. This acceleration of growth also will be spurred on by an increasing number of municipalities and utilities that are turning to geothermal as an alternative energy option for either renewable mandate or investment reasons, industry executives say. While the U.S. geothermal power market is still somewhat tepid in comparison to the international market, U.S. technology exports will help U.S. companies weather the wait for a more rapid domestic market expansion.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Of the $ 35.9 billion in loan guarantees awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) since 2009, roughly $ 26.5 billion have financed nuclear and renewable power projects across the nation through the Section 1703 and 1705 loan guarantee programs….
POWER Magazine :: Geothermal power projects, technologies, and potential

During the fourteen years that I’ve lived in Switzerland, the Germans have been the world’s staunchest supporters of green power and alternative energy. Their aggressive development of wind power was breathtaking, as was their warm embrace of photovoltaic power.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Securitizing renewable energy networks from cyber-attacks is not complicated by their oft-cited operational headache of intermittency, but rather by their separation from a utility’s control system, said smart grid executives at the Gridwise Global Forum in Washington, DC in early November. Though renewable intermittency adds to the challenge of stabilizing a grid, the forum revealed new evidence of real-world smart grid load shifting that continues to chip away at the tired argument that renewable energy cannot successfully integrate into a legacy grid.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

So far, the complaint by American wind tower manufacturers against their competition from Asia has mirrored the solar industry petition filed in October.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

A top GE executive is calling the political battle between economy and environment “nonsense.”
In a video interview at an international clean energy investment conference last week, Mark Vachon, vice president of GE’s successful Ecomagination program, hailed “environmental performance” as a key driver for business.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

A top GE executive is calling the political battle between economy and environment “nonsense.”
In a video interview at an international clean energy investment conference last week, Mark Vachon, vice president of GE’s successful Ecomagination program, hailed “environmental performance” as a key driver for business.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Chile is built for renewable energy. The seemingly unending coastline that runs the length of its boundary is prime real estate for wind development, and eventually the offshore wind projects, that could power the cities found along its spine. The nation’s solar resources, especially in the northern regions, are among the best in the world. And its place along the ring of fire means its geothermal potential is vast, yet untapped.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

Amidst a year of frustrating inactivity in the geothermal industry, many are holding hope for a brighter 2012. The industry holds more than 700 MW of projects in its pipeline to be completed before the federal tax credit expires in 2013. One project that has the upper hand in this race is Gradient Resource’s 60-MW Patua project, about 38 miles east of Reno, Nevada, set to go online in late 2012. Gradient has partnered with TAS Energy Inc., a technology provider, and SAIC Inc., a technology applications company.
Geothermal Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com