President Barack Obama has announced that the U.S. Federal Government will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 28 percent by 2020. As the single largest energy consumer in the U.S. economy, the Federal Government spent more than $24.5 billion on electricity and fuel in 2008 alone. “As the largest energy consumer in the United [...]
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Educating For A Greener Future!
Current and future green energy initiatives will have a significant impact on U.S. career opportunities going forward, and individuals planning to benefit from this transformation will need to be educated and trained in emerging energy technologies and new areas of energy expertise.
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The sources of our power, the technology behind its generation and the costs we pay for using it are going to change dramatically. In this report, we discuss models of likely changes in our electric generation sources to achieve reduced emission goals.
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Will NREL lead the US and the world to a clean energy future?
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Brief summary of this weeks energy related items of interest.
Cash for Clunkers
Secretary Chu on Facebook
NASA – net zero energy building
Update: Why did American Electric Power abandon the Future Gen Project?
In a follow-up to our recent interview with Nick Akins, Executive Vice President for Power Generation, American Electric Power (AEP), B-Green Collaborative asked – “Why did American Electric Power abandon the Future Gen Project?”
Mr Akins responded – AEP’s decision to withdraw from the FutureGen Alliance is a financial decision and not an indication that the company doesn’t consider FutureGen a worthwhile project. AEP was a founding member of FutureGen and supports the advancement of the technology. FutureGen Alliance members were asked to commit future funding for the project to continue involvement in the Alliance.The financial constraints brought by the current economic downtown and the risks associated with FutureGen forced us to prioritize our investments in climate-related projects. We made the difficult decision to withdraw from FutureGen in order to continue our own substantial carbon capture and storage initiatives, validating chilled ammonia carbon technology at our Mountaineer Plant in West Virginia. ….click title to read more
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