September 25, 2010 in Policy States that already meet or exceed Renewable Energy Standards of 15% by 2021 would not be held back by the latest Democratic attempt to pass nationwide legislation requiring that utilities at least provide a minimum supply of clean energy. Enviros are dismayed by the feeble requirements in Senator Bingaman’s Renewable Energy Standard S 3813 (pdf), because many states already exceed 15% by 2020 requirement. However, that misses the intent of the bill. This bill pretty much just addresses just the 15 coal states that don’t have any RES legislation, the states that are the equivalent of “clunkers”. States ...

Zachary Shahan of CleanTechnica wind turbine Ever wondered how much electricity could be produced from a wind turbine in your backyard, in the parking lot of the company, or somewhere else? I know I have. A new application for the iPhone from Danish wind energy giant Vestas I can say exactly that. The application time Vestas know where your iPhone, of course, and based on that information to calculate the amount of energy one of its 3MW turbines V112 (yes, one of its newer products) would generate and the amount of dioxide keep carbon out of the atmosphere. The application is only for the iPhone, ...

September 20, 2010 He says the International Energy Agency in its report ETP-2010, presented today in Madrid from 1990 to 2000 CO2 emissions grew at an average of 1.1% annually from 2000 to 2007, 3% per year . The IEA warns that this trend is quite insostenble. Also in the new report explains how to curb it and to achieve that by 2050 CO2 emissions are half those of 2005. "Achieving this reduction will be challenging and will require considerable investment. But the benefits in terms of environmental performance, greater energy security and lower energy bills will also be significant," said the ...