A wind energy project in Southern California soon could be lighting up 50,000 homes. The Acciona Wind Energy USA wind farm will be Santa Barbara County’s first renewable wind-energy project after the county Board of Supervisors gave unanimous approval to the project. This story from the Lompoc (CA) Record says it will be built southwest of the Pacific Ocean-side town …
Scholarships for Biodiesel Essays
Writing about a green fuel could earn you some green for school! The American Lung Association’s Minnesota and South Dakota field offices, in conjunction with their respective states’ soybean promotion councils, are offering scholarships to students who write essays on biodiesel. In each state, the competitions are open to high school seniors with plans to attend postsecondary education. In Minnesota, …
Miners to Learn How to Use Biodiesel
Renewable Energy Group, the leading biodiesel producer and marketer in the country, is helping miners learn how to use biodiesel in their underground operations. REG will hold a webinar titled, “Biodiesel Utilization in Underground Mines: Successfully Meeting MSHA DPM Requirements” March 5, 2009 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. CST. REG has been successfully supplying biodiesel to the underground mining …
Flexible Solar Panels
Solar panels are getting smaller and smaller… so small that one day they could be woven into your clothing! Researchers at two major colleges in Illinois… Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign… are working together to come up with a thin, flexible silicon solar panel. Northwestern’s journalism school’s paper, Medill Reports, says the new panels will be …
Alt Fuels & Energy Savings Get $80 Billion from Stimulus Package
Congress has passed the nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package, and alternative fuels and energy saving measures will get nearly $62 billion in spending and another $20 billion in tax credits and bond provisions from the measure that Pres. Obama has promised to sign on Monday. This article from ItsGettingHotinHere.org details how some of the money will be spent: Research, …
MO Legislature Moves Biodiesel Standard… Again
Missouri’s State Senate has moved forward on a measure to require a 5 percent biodiesel mix in every gallon of diesel sold in the state… again. Sen. Bill Stouffer (R-Napton) has once again introduced the measure… and once again, it has passed the Senate Ag Committee. Stouffer has sponsored similar measures in the past but has been unable to get …
In Time of Layoffs, Wind Energy Co. Hiring
Every day we hear the doom and gloom of another company announcing layoffs. Well, it’s time for a little good news. Wind turbine maker Vesta Wind Systems has announced it will hire nearly 3,000 more people in the U.S. This story from Marketwatch.com says the Denmark-based company believes it will be able to cash in on Pres. Obama’s push for …
Stimulus Bill Has Money for Renewable Energy
Renewable energy could get a share of the nearly $800 billion in the compromise version of the U.S. House and Senate’s economic stimulus bills. This story from CNNMoney has details: The provisions in the bill – a deal hammered out between House and Senate negotiators late Wednesday that still needs to be passed by both chambers – will primarily give …
Biodiesel Board Goes YouTube
Recognizing the power of social marketing Web sites, the National Biodiesel Board has launched a channel on what’s been called the MTV of this generation: YouTube. The new National Board YouTube Channel, available to the 70 million YouTube viewers each month, will give the public credible, helpful and entertaining videos on biodiesel: “Sites like YouTube and Facebook are more than …
Colorado Biodiesel Projects Get State Grants
Two biodiesel projects have garnered $150,000 worth of state grants from the Colorado Agricultural Value Added Development Board… a branch of the state’s Department of Agriculture. Biodiesel Magazine reports the Advancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy… or ACRE… grants will actually help three facilities: In partnership with Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., the International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology …