| Create a Free Account or Sign In to connect and share in green living and alternative energy forum discussions. |
0
Economy & Politics
Fdic Bank Closings
May 19 2013 10:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in May State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- AZ . . . Central Arizona Bank GA . . . Sunrise Bank NC . . . Pisgah Community Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010...
Read story → comment
Big Banks Betting On Solar Power
May 19 2013 02:05 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Goldman Sachs investing in a $500 million fund from SolarCity. This is the latest in a growing trend of . . . big banks betting on solar power Source: Goldman Sachs
Read story → comment
Distributed Energy's Real Value
May 16 2013 11:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
E+C-Co+Be+Ext.. . . In layman’s terms, this means . . . (E) = adding the savings from offsetting wholesale energy purchases . . . © = to the savings from avoided capacity investments, . . . (Co) = subtracting the range of costs listed above, and...
Read story → comment
Us Senate Approves Ernest Moniz
May 16 2013 08:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Ernest Moniz, a former MIT physicist, is the new secretary of energy. . . . The Senate voted to confirm Moniz this afternoon by a vote of 97 to 0. Source: DOE
Read story → comment
Kuwait: The End Of Oil
May 15 2013 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Some countries have been outspoken about their shift to renewable energy . . . to shore up for when oil supplies start to wane, like . . . . . . United Arab Emirates, . . . . . . Qatar and . . . . . . Saudi Arabia. But Kuwait has the best solar irradi...
Read story → comment
70 New Amtrak Electric Trains
May 15 2013 12:30 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
The 70 new electric locomotives could save $300 million and 3 billion kWh. Each ACS-64 has motors that can reach a peak of 8,600 hp (6.4 MW) and . . . can pull 18 cars at a service speed of 125 mph! The new locomotives will operate along t...
Read story → comment
Future Of Coal, Nuclear And Gas
May 11 2013 06:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In the US, . . . 150 new coal-fired power plants cancelled since the mid-2000s – and . . . 200 old coal-fired power plants maybe retired in the coming years. Coal suppliers, point to 3 of the world’s most important demand centers . . . China, . . . E...
Read story → comment
Grid, Climate Change & Fossil Fuels
May 11 2013 05:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
CAP Senior Fellow Daniel J. Weiss testified about electric grid reliability, . . . before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power . . . of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. He made a strong case for confronting the 2 elephants in the room: . . . the i...
Read story → comment
Distributed Electricity Vs Grid
May 11 2013 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Princeton Energy and Environment Corporate Affiliates Program meeting. . . . “We decided it was critical to bring the major players together . . . to discuss a new approach for valuing distributed energy and . . . to do it in a neutral and thoug...
Read story → comment
Fdic Bank Closings
May 11 2013 01:35 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in May State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- GA . . . Sunrise Bank NC . . . Pisgah Community Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010 . . .157 . . . 2011 . . . 92 ....
Read story → comment