Not a fan of Coal? Neither is the Sierra Club who has released a new video highlighting the dangers of mining, burning and disposing of coal. The goal of the video is to explain problems with coal-powered dirty fuels, the benefits of clean energy, and the need to move the country beyond coal. “It’s clear that coal is a dirty, …
Biofuels, Farm Groups Applaud Pentagon’s Move
Groups representing biofuels and farm interests are praising the Pentagon’s action to develop cheaper, drop-in biofuels. Michael McAdams, president of the Advanced Biofuels Association, says the $16 million awarded under the Defense Production Act is a significant step in supporting efforts to build commercial drop in fuels facilities: “Biofuels offer outstanding performance and environmental sustainability, while also providing a diversity …
Souilly Wind Farm in France Commissioned
Enovos Luxembourg has officially commissioned its Souilly wind farm located in France. The wind farm consists of five Vestas V90 wind turbines with a power capacity of 2 MW each. The site has an estimated annual production of more than 22,000,000 kWh a year, enough to provide power to 5,500 households. “Over 10,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions can be …
Siouxland Energy Steps Up to Step Down Gas Prices
As gas prices continue to rise, the ethanol industry is taking a bold step to ensure consumers save at the pump. While E10 and E15 are saving drivings money with each gallon, now flex fuel drivers who use E85 can save even more money. Siouxland Energy and Livestock Cooperative (SELC), a 60 million gallon per year ethanol plant in Sioux …
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The Georgia Alternative Fuel Vehicle Roadshow is taking place in Georgia this June beginning in Athens on June 3, 2013. The events are free. In the state of Queensland, Australia, Conergy recently commissioned a 100 kilowatt rooftop to the grid that operates without any feed-in tariff. The retirement nursing home “Casa d’Amore” in South Brisbane solar system contains 400 Conergy …
EU Hits Argentine, Indonesian Biodiesel with Duties
After several weeks of threatening, the European Union has pulled the trigger and hit biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia with anti-dumping duties on biodiesel from the two countries. NASDAQ reports the new taxes on the imported biodiesel come after the European Biodiesel Board filed a complaint nearly a year ago: EU biodiesel makers have long complained that subsidies and incentives …
New DoD Contract Looks to Crack $4/gal Biofuels
The Pentagon has handed out a series of contracts for aviation biofuels totaling $16 million. Bloomberg reports the three refineries in Illinois, Nebraska and California that won the Department of Defense awards hope to make the green fuels for less than $4 per gallon: The contracts will be matched by more than $17 million in investments by the contractors, Sharon …
Key Hydrogen Report on OpenEnergyInfo
As part of the Open Government initiative launched by the Obama Administration, Sandia National Laboratories’ Technical Reference on Hydrogen Compatibility of Materials has made its debut on the Energy Dataset of OpenEnergyInfo, or OpenEI. The work has been available on Sandia’s website for several years but the lab says this new site makes the work more widely available. “The Technical …
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Yingli Solar along with Solar Roof Systems, Kingspan and Atama Solar Energy, have raised a total of 24,000 Euro for SolarAid, the London based charity using solar power to help education in Africa. The fundraising will support SolarAid’s ‘Lighter Learning’ programme to improve the education of children in Africa by providing lighting for classrooms in 12 schools across Zambia. The …
Georgia Fights for More Solar Power
Residents of Georgia are asking Georgia Power Company to increase the amount of solar energy in its 20 year plan. Last week, Georgia Public Service Commission and its staff heard testimony from Robert E. Green, CEO of Georgia Solar Utilities, asking the Commissioners to deploy solar energy farms to rural counties that are scheduled to lose their coal and oil-fired …