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South Texas Water-Quality Concerns From Eagle Ford Shale Fracking

Oil Energy - 14 hours 32 min ago
South Texas is home to the Eagle Ford Shale rock formation that has vast, rich concentrations of energy deposits.

San Onofre Radiation Leak Monitored By iRad Geiger Device

Oil Energy - 14 hours 32 min ago
The technical team from Creative Electron is independently monitoring the situation at the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station in Southern California.

Eagle Ford Shale Brings Injuries and Potential for New Wealth

Oil Energy - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 08:00
The Eagle Ford shale is arguably the most important economic variable in South Texas. However, worker safety may be compromised in the pursuit of profits. Learn more about potential accidents and what injured workers are entitled to after an accident.

Why Modern Homeowners are Trading in Curtains for Blinds?

Global Warming - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 08:00
Lately, people begin to realize that it is better to use blinds instead of curtains, simply because the blinds are more practical. This is because blinds can be maintained easily compared to curtains.

7 Ways Super Bowl XLVI is Going Green!

Wind Power News - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 01:00
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Where aesthetics meet engineering

Wind Power News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 19:00
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Edward Davey appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Department of Energy - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 18:22

Edward Davey MP has today been appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

Arriving at DECC’s headquarters in London, Mr Davey said:

“This is a sad day because Chris Huhne has had a real vision for a green economy and he’s done fabulous work as Secretary of State.

“I’ve now got to take up the challenges - the challenge of climate change, the challenge of energy security.

“And I’m particularly conscious of the impact on households across the country of high energy bills.

“I’m determined to work to follow on Chris’s priorities, the Coalition’s priorities and to make them my priorities.

“I want us to have a green economy, with the green jobs and investment we need to help grow our economy.”

 

Notes for editors:
  1. In accordance with the requirements of the Ministerial Code, the Secretary of State has provided his Permanent Secretary with a full list of his interests, including details of his brother’s employment as a partner at Herbert Smith LLP which will be recorded and published in the List of Ministers’ Interests in the usual way.  Appropriate safeguards are being put in place to avoid any conflicts of interest. 
     

Clean Energy: How Much Hot Air?

Renewable Energy News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 16:41
NewScientist’s January 28 issue is likely to unsettle clean energy advocates — but it is worth the read. The cover article, “Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever,” posits that even renewable energy can warm the planet, and eventually change climate, if we continue to ratchet up power production to serve our ever

Suntech, DuPont to Collab on Solar Backsheets, Supply Chain

Renewable Energy News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 16:36
It's easy to think about modules as singular units of power output, but the reality is that they are a collection of diverse components, each with influence over the end system's total cost and performance. For DuPont, its focus is of course on the materials side, from metallization pastes used to form contacts on the solar cell, to backsheet materials that protect the panels themselves.

Iceni acquires custom built boat for Grimsby harbour

Wind Power Monthly - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:07

UK: A new catamaran from South Boats to be deployed at SSE’s Greater Gabbard wind farm in the North Sea has been custom-built to fit the locks at the port of Grimsby in eastern England.

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DOE's Untold Impact on Solar

Renewable Energy News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:30
The Obama Administration's $60 billion Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) for renewable energy is considered a failure because of Solyndra, Beacon Power, and potential 2012 bankruptcies. What is not well known is that 75 percent of the program's deployed funds went to relatively low risk power plants that will catapult the U.S. to a leadership role in the utility-scale solar sector. This is hardly the hallmark of a "failed program." The program is akin to Shakespeare's King Henry V, who said as a delinquent Prince: "I'll so offend as to make offense a skill, redeeming time when men think least I will."

Wind Power to the South: AEP Contracts to Lower Electricity Costs

Renewable Energy News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:01
In a series of deals the investor-owned utility says is good for consumers' wallets, American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) recently signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65 MW of capacity from wind projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

US advances offshore plans for Atlantic OCS

Wind Power News - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:00
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Iberdrola gets $1.15 million subsidy to stay in Portland

Wind Power Monthly - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 11:37

UNITED STATES: Iberdrola Renewables, has been handed a $1.15 million tax subsidy as part of a 10-year agreement to keep its North American headquarters in Portland, Oregon.

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