| Create a Free Account or Sign In to connect and share in green living and alternative energy forum discussions. |
Economy & Politics Archives
Needed: 120 Gw, In Just 4 Years
May 30 2013 10:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Middle East and North Africa region is going to need . . . 120 GW by 2017. The United Arab Emirates will spend . . . $250 billion in order to generate . . . 20 GW by 2017. The Arabian Peninsula has solar insolation levels . . . that put Germ...
Read story → 0 comments
Google: $12M For African Solar Plant
May 30 2013 11:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
$12 million in a . . . 96 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in South Africa, . . . . . . that will generate enough power for . . . 30,000 South African homes, and cover about . . . 450 acres with more than . . . 325,000 solar modules. Source: Go...
Read story → 0 comments
Mongolia: Un Champions Of The Earth
Jun 01 2013 08:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Mongolia with a very bad pollution problem, and . . . with 300 days of Sunshine each year, . . . is turning toward renewable energy
Read story → 0 comments
The Renewables Club
Jun 01 2013 10:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Renewables Club: . . . a strong voice for the proven working solutions . . . to many of the world’s problems, and . . . as a spearhead against many of the political barriers . . . that hinder progress today. . . . includes economies that are leade...
Read story → 0 comments
Energy Independence For The Us - When?
Jun 03 2013 06:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
What the US Government forecasts suggests about US energy independence. Source: Infograph
Read story → 0 comments
Solar Vs "poles And Wires"
Jun 04 2013 12:50 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Queensland Premier Newman and Energy Minister Mark McArdle . . . blame all solar homes for power price increases from . . . $1,184 to $1,451, that customer’s annual bill will increase. The major culprit is increased network costs, . . ....
Read story → 0 comments
Iowa Save $1 Billion Dollars
Jun 06 2013 09:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The decreasing cost of natural gas, . . . events at Fukushima and . . . a general suspicion about the safety of nuclear power, . . . the success of Warren buffett's Mid-American wind power projects, may have all contributed to the decision to aban...
Read story → 0 comments
Another Plant Bite's The Dust
Jun 07 2013 08:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Southern California Edison, the operator of the San Diego, San Onofre plant . . . has decided to retire the reactors. $2.7 billion is available for the decommissioning. . . . Radioactive waste will continue to be stored at the site, . . . but t...
Read story → 0 comments
Beer Use's Less Water
Jun 08 2013 02:15 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Anheuser-Busch InBev has a new 5 year environmental goals. . . . The company is introducing water management measures . . . in each of its key barley growing regions through partnerships . . . with local stakeholders and growers. In addition, it is int...
Read story → 0 comments
Fdic Bank Closings
Jun 11 2013 01:35 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in June State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- NV. . . 1st Commerce Bank TN . . . Mountain National Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010 . . .157 . . . 2011 . ....
Read story → 0 comments
Boston Sunshot: Innovators & Investors
Jun 11 2013 06:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Energy Department's SunShot Initiative, in partnership with the . . . Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) and the . . . Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), will host the . . . SunShot Incubator Program East Coast Tec...
Read story → 0 comments
100% Renewable Energy By 2025
Jun 13 2013 08:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Leichhardt has committed to becoming 100% renewable by 2025, . . . building on its recent draft plan to tackle climate change . . . by reducing emissions in local government facilities. 8 Sydney councils, including: . . . . . . Ashfield, . . . . . . Ba...
Read story → 0 comments
Usa Economy: Big Green Business Opportunity
Jun 15 2013 04:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Growth rates for green business products and services, . . . through the depths of the recession, . . . are rising faster than conventional goods in America’s economy, . . . creating opportunity for the 88% of US businesses . . . classified as “microb...
Read story → 0 comments
What's Your State's Economic Growth?
Jun 15 2013 10:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, map of the United States. . . . showing % change and GDP. Source: Map
Read story → 0 comments
China Has Worlds Fastest Computer
Jun 17 2013 10:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China's new Tianhe-2 supercomputer officially is now, . . . the fastest supercomputer in the world. Source: Computer
Read story → 0 comments
How The Worlds Population Has Changed
Jun 18 2013 06:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The UN's latest World Population Prospects expects the world to grow from . . . 7.2 billion in 2013, . . . 9.6 billion in 2050 and . . .10.9 billion in 2100. Source: Population
Read story → 0 comments
Pieces Of Obama’S New Climate Plan
Jun 25 2013 08:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Doubling renewable energy by 2020 Establishing strong new goals for energy efficiency Launching a climate data initiative Stopping the public financing of international coal projects Potentially avoiding construction of Keystone XL Source: Climate
Read story → 0 comments
Texas Drought
Jun 25 2013 08:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Texas is experiencing its 3rd worst drought since record keeping began in 1895. . . . . . . Extreme temperatures, . . . . . . scant rainfall, and . . . . . . lowering reservoir levels . . . are all contributing to great concern about wildfires. The US...
Read story → 0 comments
Worlds Largest Consumer, Going Renewable
Jun 30 2013 08:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
While people in the United States, debate renewable energy, and point out that: . . . the Sun doesn't always Shine, . . . the Wind doesn't always Blow, and . . . Storage is a major problem. Then why is the US Military, . . . the WORLDS largest...
Read story → 0 comments
Congress Wants Mars Colony, Cut's Renewable...
Jul 03 2013 09:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Republican spending bill for energy and water would cut . . . renewable energy and energy efficiency programs by $911 million “The [NASA] Administrator shall establish a program . . . to develop a sustained human presence on the Moon and . . . t...
Read story → 0 comments
Solar & Storage: It Doesn't Take A Lot
Jul 03 2013 10:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
When it’s just 1/4% or 1/2% of a utility’s customers that have their own PV and . . . are selling their solar power to the grid at the retail rate, . . . the utility doesn’t care. But energy storage and PV panel costs are dropping, and . . . once the p...
Read story → 0 comments
"million Solar Roofs" In Colorado
Jul 03 2013 10:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A Million Solar Roofs for Colorado, commissioned by . . . Environment Colorado showing why and how Colorado can add . . . 1 million solar rooftops by 2030. A million solar roofs would give Colorado 3 gigawatts, . . . all the rooftops in the state woul...
Read story → 0 comments
Oil: $105.25 A Barrel
Jul 10 2013 12:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Do you remember the last time this happened? Source: $105.25 Barrel Oil
Read story → 0 comments
Big Shifts In Utilities Profits
Jul 10 2013 09:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
1) Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, dropped the guaranteed rate of return 1%, . . . for Maui Electric Company, Ltd. 2) Southern California’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is set to close. . . . A) ratepayers paid $670 million for the up...
Read story → 0 comments
Utility Forced To Buy More Solar
Jul 12 2013 03:45 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
State regulators forced Georgia Power, . . . to expand the amount of solar energy it generates. Georgia Tea Party Patriots, . . . which rallied conservatives behind the solar expansion, . . . vowed to fight Georgia Power over a proposed 6% rate hike,...
Read story → 0 comments