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Suns going solar Phoenix NBA team to add solar system to arena's roof	Adam Browning	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Going solar is a slam dunk for the Phoenix Suns, who are installing a 196 kW solar system on their arena's roof. This installation was made possible by the state's Renewable Energy Standard and Tariff, which was implemented by the state's Corporation Commission and is currently under threat on several fronts. Arizona's primary was last Tuesday, and it appears that those would-be commissioners who were running on a platform of junking the renewable rules will not mak ...
Topics: renewable energy, solar voltaic power, business, green living, sports, energy (all these topics)

Nature's selection Nature magazine gives short-shrift to baseload solar	Joseph Romm	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Nature recently ran an article ($ub. req'd) on 'Energy alternatives: Electricity without carbon.' Like most discussions written by people who don't follow clean energy closely, the article lumped baseload solar (also known as concentrated solar thermal power) in with solar PV and generally treated it as an afterthought. Here is everything that they wrote about baseload solar: Solar cells are not the only technology by which sunlight can be turned into electricity. ...
Topics: electricity grid, solar thermal power, renewable energy, energy (all these topics)

RNC: Drill, baby, drill House GOP leaders call for their energy bill, or no energy bill at all	Kate Sheppard	04 Sep 2008	Gristmill
House Democrats are planning to co-opt the idea of an 'all of the above' energy policy that the Republican congressional leadership has been pushing, offering them a bill that includes an expansion of offshore drilling, coupled with a renewable electricity mandate, energy-efficiency standards for buildings, and provisions to raise taxes on the oil industry. This is essentially the Democrats attempting to call Republicans' bluff on energy policy by getting them to vote ...
Topics: tax incentives, video, renewable energy, Congress, legislation, oil and gas drilling, news, politics, Republican National Convention, Muckraker (all these topics)

Get smarter Congressional Dems get smart on pushing 'all of the above' energy vote	Joseph Romm	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Looks like the Congressional Democrats are shrewd enough to take on the GOP big lie that Republicans in Congress actually believe in an 'all of the above' energy policy. Greenwire reports today that 'Democrats plot strategy for putting GOP on its heels' ($ub. req'd): Democrats plan to return to Washington and the campaign trail next week with a message on offshore drilling that they say will put Republicans on the defensive ... On Capitol Hill, congressional Democrats ...
Topics: Congress, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

RNC: Bipartisanship trumps renewable energy, at least party-wise	David Roberts	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Kate and I did the party circuit tonight, and it was ... weird. Our first stop was a party thrown by the Bipartisan Policy Center. Grist readers will be familiar with the BPC via its founder and current president Jason Grumet, who is Barack Obama's top energy and climate adviser. The BPC also threw a party in Denver at the DNC. That one was relatively modest -- in a smallish bar, with maybe 50-75 people. This one, however, was huge. It was held in a ginormous chi-ch ...
Topics: business, energy, politics, renewable energy, Republican National Convention (all these topics)

DNC: Googling for renewables Grist talks to Google.org climate and energy head Dan Reicher about geothermal	Kate Sheppard	27 Aug 2008	Gristmill
At a reception sponsored by the 'Clean Tech for Obama' group yesterday, we had a chance to talk to Dan Reicher, director of Climate and Energy Initiatives for Google.org, who filled us in on the company's big investment in geothermal energy, and other renewable initiatives they have underway.
Topics: Democratic National Convention, energy, Muckraker, renewable energy, video (all these topics)

The (renewable) electron economy, part 9 A choice of primary energies: renewable electrons win the gold	Michael Hoexter	26 Aug 2008	Gristmill
As you might expect from an analyst who has written a series about the (renewable) electron economy, I believe that the mainstay of our future energy system will be electric generators powered by renewable energy. However, I hope to show here that this choice has a basis largely in economic, scientific, and technological reality rather than my personal prejudice or some of the social utopian ideals to which renewable energy has been attached. Though I am for ...
Topics: biomass, electricity grid, energy, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

The (renewable) electron economy, part 8 A choice of primary energies: nuclear power takes the silver	Michael Hoexter	25 Aug 2008	Gristmill
In light of concerns about climate change, some enviros as well as those within the nuclear industry have emphasized nuclear energy's carbon neutrality. In light of concerns about climate change, the role of nuclear power in a future or transitional energy system has been re-evaluated. Worries about nuclear plant safety, nuclear weapons proliferation, and nuclear waste are being balanced against the fact that nuclear plants, during their operation, do ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, renewable energy (all these topics)

Is Obama's energy plan change we can believe in? Toward a sensible energy plan	Jon Rynn	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Ted Glick, the policy director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network/U.S. Climate Emergency Council. He can be reached at usajointheworld@igc.org. He is author of 'Past Future Hope' columns. ----- On August 4, the Barack Obama presidential campaign released a comprehensive program for reform of the U.S. energy system. In the words of Obama supporter, climate blogger, and author Joe Romm, it was 'easily the best energy plan ever put forward by a ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon sequestration, climate, climate science, energy, nuclear power, presidential race 08, renewable energy (all these topics)

More good stuff, some ugly 'Gang of 10,' part 3	Joseph Romm	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Part 2 began an analysis of the bipartisan compromise proposed by the "Gang of 10" senators, suggesting that their deal isn't so bad. The other evidence the deal isn't so bad is that the House GOP is threatening to refuse to vote for it. The good of the five-year extension of the renewable tax credits certainly beats the 'bad' of doubly de minimis drilling. But what about the rest of the deal? More good Offsets The $84 billion in investments in con ...
Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: The R-word Meetings about clean energy conspicuously fail to identify the main barrier to it	David Roberts	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
There were two remarkable aspects of the National Clean Energy Summit: Federal policy recommendations from the varied speakers -- scientists, business types, politicians -- were largely in sync. In fact, I got sick of hearing the same policies touted over and over again: renewable tax credits, cap-and-trade, electricity grid improvements, efficiency standards, renewable mandates, increased R&D. It seems that there is broad agreement on what needs to be done. ...
Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

Just the Tip of the Bloomberg Mayor has big clean-energy goals for NYC		20 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:54 AM on 20 Aug 2008 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg touted clean energy Tuesday at, aptly, the National Clean Energy Summit. He said his city has issued a formal request to companies for ideas on how to source electricity from the wind, sun, and waves. "Perhaps companies will want to put wind farms atop our bridges and skyscrapers, or use the enormous potential of powerful offshore winds miles out in ...
Topics: business, energy, local politics, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, wave and tidal power, wind power (all these topics)

That which cannot be named	David Roberts	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
There must have been a dozen separate speakers at the summit who mentioned the need for long-term extension of the renewable tax credits (PTC and ITC). Every one of them identified it as a necessary and beneficial policy, and just about every one lamented that Congress hadn't done it. Only one speaker the whole day -- Fred Redmond, VP of the United Steelworkers union -- mentioned the following seemingly salient fact: Senate Republicans have have blocked extension of t ...
Topics: energy, politics, renewable energy, T Boone Pickens, tax incentives (all these topics)

House GOP says drill here, drill now, compromise ... later 'Gang of 10,' part 2.5	Joseph Romm	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Part 1 argued argued that the Democrats would be smart to compromise on offshore drilling. Part 2 began an analysis of the bipartisan compromise proposed by the 'Gang of 10' senators, suggesting that deal isn't so bad. I am interrupting this series to point out that the House GOP is so nervous that the Dems might kill their pathetic political ploy by forcing a vote on a reasonable compromise that they are willing to delay indefinitely any deal that includes drilling, ...
Topics: energy, legislation, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: Hizzoner NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces plans for renewable generation in his city	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has become the politicians other politicians love to love, and he came on stage in the wake of a glowing introduction from Harry Reid, greeted by enormous applause. Most of Bloomberg's speech covered familiar ground, bashing federal politicians for inaction on clean energy, lamenting how far behind America has fallen, and boasting about PlaNYC, his city's ambitious green agenda. The one new announcement had to do with NYC's issua ...
Topics: energy, New York City, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: Clinton miscellanea	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
A few more bits from Clinton's Q&A were of interest. First, he was asked how he would respond to ordinary people's pocketbook concerns on energy, and that's when he really shined. (Responding to average folk was always Clinton's strength.) He said that of course some of these reforms will raise the unit cost of energy -- any time you invest in a new area you raise the cost of doing things the old way. The question is whether the benefits outweigh the costs. And s ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, energy, events, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: Boone T. Boone Pickens lays out his plan to a progressive crowd	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Famed oilman T. Boone Pickens gave the morning keynote at the National Clean Energy Summit, in what might have seemed hostile territory. "I don't see anyone here from my party," said the longtime Republican and funder of the Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry. "I'm making new friends. That's good." And make friends he did -- by the sound of it, the crowd was utterly charmed. Pickens reeled off the familiar numbers -- see PickensPlan.com -- about Amer ...
Topics: energy, events, renewable energy, T Boone Pickens (all these topics)

Reid and Dems' Stockholm Syndrome	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Ugh. Harry Reid is onstage saying, in a single breath, that new drilling won't do any good, and that the Gang of 10 energy compromise -- which contains new drilling -- is a wonderful thing. And he's praising his 'friend' T. Boone Pickens to the sky. When, I wonder, was the last time anyone paid a price for crossing Dems?
Topics: energy, events, Harry Reid, renewable energy (all these topics)

Summit sprint	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The summit has a jam-packed schedule today -- I talked to one of the organizers from CAP and he said "it's because people kept wanting to talk!" I'll try to keep up throughout the day.
Topics: energy, events, renewable energy (all these topics)

How would you spend $10 billion? House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says he'd invest in clean energy	Kate Sheppard	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Wall Street Journal asked House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) how he would spend $10 billion of the country's monetary resources. He says it should be spent on clean energy: A dramatic investment in clean energy would be the most effective check on aggressive petroregimes from Moscow to Tehran. It would be the best long-term solution to global warming. And energy independence is the most effective step we can take for American families staggering under t ...
Topics: climate, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit Reid pulls together Dem bigwigs (and T. Boone) to hash over energy policy	David Roberts	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
I'm here at UNLV for the National Clean Energy Summit being thrown by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Center for American Progress. I guess they're playing off Las Vegas's international reputation for bringing water and air conditioning to the desert clean energy. Bill Clinton is speaking in a few minutes. And hey, is that James Carville I see wandering around by the stage? What's he doing here? I'm told Reid got this thing going long before the recent dril ...
Topics: energy, events, Nevada, politics, renewable energy, T Boone Pickens (all these topics)

Something else for nothing The good, the bad, and the ugly of the 'Gang of 10' drilling deal, part 2	Joseph Romm	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Major legislative compromises are unsatisfying by design. They invariably have good, bad, and ugly parts. I have previously argued that the Democrats would be smart to compromise on offshore drilling. The rest of this series will examine whether the so-called Gang-of-10 deal is in fact a smart compromise. That question can be rephrased as, does the good beat out the bad and the ugly (as, of course, Clint did in the epic spaghetti western)? I will focus here on ...
Topics: energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

Splitting Airs N.Y. wind rush brings corruption complaints, divides rural communities		18 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 8:28 AM on 18 Aug 2008 Lured by generous state subsidies, the wind industry is having its day in the sun breeze in upstate New York. But the scramble for turbine-friendly land has led to complaints of corruption and caused schisms in rural communities. At least two wind companies are being investigated for shady dealings, and evidence of possible improper influence or conflicts of interest have emerg ...
Topics: business, energy, New York, news, placemaking, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Flush! Department of Energy flushes $15 million down the hydrogen toilet	Joseph Romm	17 Aug 2008	Gristmill
There are only three sure things in life -- death, taxes, and you won't be buying a hydrogen fuel cell car. Sadly, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has not gotten any of the memos (see 'Some clarity on the Clarity' and 'This just in: Hydrogen fuel cell cars are still dead'). As GreenCarCongress reports: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 10 cost-shared hydrogen storage research and development p ...
Topics: renewable energy, politics, Department of Energy, hydrogen (all these topics)

Bachmann drilling overdrive Cuckoo bananas energy policy from House conservatives	Josh Dorner	17 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) personifies just how haywire House conservatives have gone lately, particularly on energy issues. She quickly made a name for herself after being elected to Congress in 2006. In fact, she gained some dubious notoriety even before being elected, announcing to a Brooklyn Park, Minnesota congregation in October 2006 that "God then called [her] to run for the United States Congress." If possibly violating election laws we ...
Topics: energy, legislation, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives, video (all these topics)

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