Block Island just became the first town in the United States to be powered by offshore wind – saving their consumers money while gaining energy independence and security. The future is here!
Category: wind energy
Renewables Over Taking Coal Even in Coal Country!
Even a utility that is currently 60% powered by coal realizes that they need to move to renewables.
Because their customers demand it, and because that’s where the jobs are.
Clean Energy Means Clean Jobs
One of the most important drivers of the economy is jobs. And today with many jobs going overseas Americans need to create more and better jobs for today’s workers. In this week’s Poughkeepsie Journal I had the opportunity to write a column regarding this very issue. Clean energy is one of the answers to this lagging jobs market, very simply clean energy creates clean energy jobs. Clean Energy jobs are at a all time high growth rate, outpacing many other sectors.
EarthKind Energy wind purchase makes University at Buffalo #1 in EPA Green Power Partnership
photograph from Siemens
EarthKind Energy Wind Energy purchase makes University at Buffalo #1 in EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program in the country. If your organization is interested in purchasing some of these highly rated wind certificates then please contact Ron Kamen at 845-266-3723 or Ron.Kamen@earthkindenergy.com
Here is the link to UB’s announcement earlier this month. Read Here.
Birds and Wind Turbines
After hearing people talking about birds being killed by flying into wind turbines I read/watched this brief report on Energy.gov. It is important that people understand that bird and bat studies are done before wind turbines are placed in a specific area. As the technology gets better the birds become safer and safer. Read/Watch Here.
Canada Moving Quickly Towards Renewable Energy Goals
While we here in the USA continue to fight for and against renewable energy in our communities, town boards, courts, legislatures, corporations, schools…. our quiet neighbors up north have been developing a renewable energy plan that will perhaps exceed it’s international standards. Read Here!
US Agency Reach’s “Holy Grail” of Battery Storage. ?
Really? Well maybe not today but soon. (five to 10 years). But seriously there appears to have been some significant steps made that will indeed lead to real storage. READ HERE
Off Shore Wind Energy is Back!
It’s looking like off shore wind projects are finally taking off. For a while there it wasn’t looking very hopeful. This is great news for the renewable energy industry! Read here for some of the exciting new projects!
Governors Accord for a New Energy Future
17 States have banded together to form the “Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future”. New York and California are among them. It will be interesting to see how this plays out with the recent Supreme Court suspension of the Clean Power Plan and the courts final decision on the matter. Read Here!
President Obama Proposes Doubling Clean Energy R & D by 2012
The White House released a “Fact Sheet” this week on the President’s proposal to double clean energy Research and Development by 2012. “Accelerating clean energy innovation is essential to achieving the goal of limiting the rise in global temperatures to well below 2˚C,” the White House said. Read article here.