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No Climate Bill This Year, Senators Say

Key Senators have told the Wall Street Journal that a climate and energy bill containing controversial carbon cap-and-trade provisions won’t get passed this year.

Policy

Jeff St. John November 18, 2009

The New Storage Economy

Rep. Jay Inslee and Cascadia Capital’s Michael Butler explain how the U.S. could take the lead in energy storage.

Batteries & Storage

Rep. Jay Inslee and Michael Butler November 17, 2009

Europe’s Utilities Investing Less in Renewables, Smart Grid

The recession has cut power sales, and Euro utilities are investing less in renewable power and the smart grid as a result, even though they need to invest more to meet goals.

Policy

Jeff St. John November 16, 2009

IEA: Climate Change Could Double Energy Bills Without Action

Failing to combat climate change could double energy bills by 2030, and add $500 billion in carbon emission reduction costs for every year of delay.

Policy

Jeff St. John November 10, 2009

Japanese Vice Minister Talks CO2 Reduction, Smart Grid

Tetsurou Fukuyama, Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs discussed the environmental policies of the Hatoyama administration at the Smart Energy Symposium 2009.

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Tech-On! November 9, 2009

Energy Storage: What Is the Cheapest Solution?

By signing up for solar and wind power, utilities have to invest in energy storage. There are many options, but most are pricey.

Grid Storage

Ucilia Wang November 5, 2009

Deforestation: Not So Bad for the Climate?

New research shows that destroying the world’s tropical forests doesn’t lead to the amount of man-made emissions as previously claimed by a U.N. study.

Policy

Ucilia Wang November 4, 2009

Cal May Add 365MW in 2009, Still Short of 20% Mandate

California’s utilities are signing gigawatts of renewable electricity contracts, but getting those electrons hasn’t been so easy.

Policy

Ucilia Wang October 30, 2009

Smart Grid: What a Week That Was

The Obama administration unfurled $3.4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds, among other news.

Smart Grid

Michael Kanellos October 30, 2009

Big Carbon Footprint, Big Economic Opportunity

A new study says Ohio can create jobs and cut energy costs under a comprehensive carbon cap-and-trade regime – even though it’s a coal-heavy state.

Policy

Jeff St. John October 26, 2009

The Path to Copenhagen 2009

In which Copenhagen’s climatic present meets its dramatic past, and anagrams come to the rescue.

Policy

Nancy Pfund October 22, 2009

Wind Power Capacity Perks Up in 3Q

But the United States is likely to see less wind energy capacities being added in 2009 than 2008, despite stimulus money and policies.

Wind

Ucilia Wang October 20, 2009

Electric Cars: Bad for Your Health?

A report from the National Research Council shows that the energy required to produce electricity and batteries makes electric cars and hybrids more harmful to human health than gasoline vehicles.

Transportation

Ucilia Wang October 19, 2009

Energy and Health: The $120B Hidden Cost

A National Research Council report quantifies how energy production and use poses a significant and expensive risk to humans.

Policy

Ucilia Wang October 19, 2009

Feds Budget $750M for ‘Conventional’ Renewable Energy Generation

The new loan guarantee program will support as much as $8 billion in loans for power plants using more mature solar, wind and other technologies.

Solar

Ucilia Wang October 7, 2009

If Not in Your Backyard, Where?

A look at how NIMBYs and politics might derail sustainable energy developments.

Policy

Brian Fish September 30, 2009

DOE Stimulus Spending: $17B So Far, $30B by Year’s End

The Department of Energy has handed out about $16.7 billion in stimulus funds, and should see that grow to $30 billion this fall, DOE senior advisor Matt Rogers says.

Policy

Jeff St. John September 29, 2009

Fisker Gets $528.7M From Feds for Two Plug-In Hybrids

The California startup is the fourth recipient in a federal loan program designed to spur the production of green cars.

Transportation

Ucilia Wang September 22, 2009

Feds Issue $550.4M Green Energy Cash Grants

The Treasury is doling out a second round of money for its cash-instead-of-tax credit program, benefiting not only renewable energy developers but also manufacturers such as Solyndra and Vestas.

Policy

Ucilia Wang September 22, 2009

High-Speed Rail a Tourist Attraction and Algae Milk: My Day With Arnold

The governor and others talked up his record, high-speed rail, and algae at a tour of algae specialist Solazyme.

Biofuels

Michael Kanellos September 18, 2009

Sign Up:

The solar firm was founded in 2006 with A round funding from Kleiner Perkins and claims its process could increase the efficiency of conventional amorphous silicon PV by up to 150 percent.

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