October 21, 2010
FROM KIMO-TV, Channel 13: The city conducted a test Wednesday of its emergency Energy Watch’ conservation program and interviewed REAP about simple ways to reduce energy use year round with energy efficiency by, for example, installing programmable thermostats, adding power strips and increasing your home’s insulation. Watch the video here Read More
October 14, 2010
From Greenenergyreporter.com: BP’s wind power unit is close to securing debt financing supporting the construction of its Cedar Creek II wind farm in Weld county Colorado. Spanish bank Banco Santander and Société Générale, the Paris-based bank, are leading the $300 million long-term, none-recourse financing supporting the construction of the 250 megawatts facility. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, [...] Read More
October 11, 2010
By Matthew Wald of the New York Times — Google and a New York financial firm have each agreed to invest heavily in a proposed $5 billion transmission backbone for future offshore wind farms along the Atlantic Seaboard that could ultimately transform the region’s electrical map. Opponents and supporters of a wind power project at [...] Read More
October 10, 2010
By Sean Manget of the Alaska Journal of Commerce: Alaska’s U.S. senators have co-sponsored a bill that would speed the permitting process necessary to construct a small micro hydro power generator in Denali National Park and Preserve. Dubbed the Kantishna Hills Renewable Energy Act of 2010, the bill would authorize U.S. Secretary of the Interior [...] Read More
October 8, 2010
Alaska now has 20 communities generating electricity from wind, with more projects coming on line soon. The villages of Toksook and Kasigluk are generating more than 20 percent of their electricity from wind power. Kodiak is generating 9% of its power from turbines it installed on Pillar Mountain in July 2009. Those turbines cut diesel [...] Read More
October 7, 2010
From RenewableEnergyWorld.Com: Washington, D.C. — According to the most recent issue of the “Monthly Energy Review” by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy sources (i.e., biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, wind) provided 11.14% of domestic U.S. energy production during the first six months of 2010 – the latest time-frame for which data has [...] Read More
October 6, 2010
By Jeff Richardson of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: When Bernie Karl surveys the bales of used cardboard and paper that are filling one of his warehouses at K&K Recycling, the Fairbanks businessman envisions a fuel source that will soon feed electricity into the local power grid. That dream took a big step forward a few [...] Read More
October 4, 2010
By Mike Mason at KDLG: The Nushagak Cooperative is investigating the possibility of installing a couple of commercial grade (225 kilowatt each) wind turbines in Dillingham. These would supplant some of the power currently provided by diesel engines. Hear the story here Read More
October 4, 2010
By Margaret Bauman in the Bristol Bay Times: As rural Alaska continues to struggle with high energy prices, efforts are increasing to reduce dependence on fossil fuels with more research into renewable energy and conservation, and improving the efficiency of existing fuel systems. “We are interested in reducing costs of fuel to assure the survival [...] Read More
October 2, 2010
From Reuters.com: While the U.S. aims for a 15 percent Renewable Energy Standard by 2021, and Northern Ireland has just confirmed a much stronger target of 40 percent renewable energy by 2020, Scotland is aiming a bit higher. It announced today that it plans to get “at least” 100 percent of its energy from renewable [...] Read More
