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To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Patrick Mitchell, +1-703-276-3266, pmitchell@hastingsgroup.com, for CLEAN and the Civil Society Institute Strong Majority Want Next President, Congress to Focus on Clean Renewable Energy and Increased Efficiency; Public Favors Shifting Federal Subsidies Away From Coal and Nuclear. WASHINGTON,Sept. 25/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If the next President and Congress are going to continue to invest in energy through subsidies, tax breaks and other incentives, the...
By STACI MATLOCK The only time Cameron Duncan thinks about the 10 solar photovoltaic panels partially powering his Santa Fe house is when he walks past the electric meter on sunny days. The meter is spinning merrily backward. Every spin and every kilowatt hour of electricity the solar panels produce are a little money in Duncan's pocket from Public Service Company of New Mexico, which pays him for the power. "We're hoping this investment will pay off as the cost of polluting, fossil- fuel...
By George Israel Environmental activists seem to be having difficulty explaining why they're waging war on affordable energy and economic development in Georgia. They haven't explained to the people of southwest Georgia why they blocked construction of a coal-fired power plant there - a plant that would have brought $2 billion and 125 high-paying jobs to one of the poorest counties in the state. They haven't explained to homeowners across Georgia why they will be forced to swallow...
By Alyson Chapman, Kerrville Daily Times, Texas Aug. 2--Alternative energy sources are common, but not a familiar sight in Kerr County. The process of installing solar panels or a wind turbine for your home can be costly, but the long-term benefits could pay off in the end. The first step toward installing an alternative energy source is to fill out an application with the Kerrville Public Utility Board. According to KPUB Chief System Engineer Tracy McCuan, there are no fees paid to...
In the race to find alternative energy sources, geothermal energy is gaining favour. Geothermal energy is a continuous source of energy since the heat is trapped inside the earth, without depleting. This places geothermal energy above sporadic wind and solar energy, which tends to have a capacity factor of only 20-35%; geothermal capacity is more than 70%. Although global energy use from geothermal sources today only amounts to less than 1%, geothermal projects now exist in around 20...
By Jaswinder Kaur SABAH Electricity Sdn Bhd says the proposed 300-megawatt coal- fired plant in Silam, Lahad Datu, is crucial to meeting power needs in Sabah's east coast. Non-governmental organisations say it will have an adverse impact on ecosystems in the nearby Danum Valley and Darvel Bay. The Sabah government has asked Sabah Electricity and its parent company Tenaga Nasional Bhd to seek alternative energy sources, but an appeal has been made. JASWINDER KAUR gets the views of Sabah...
Text of report by Czech privately-owned independent centre-left newspaper Pravo website, on 23 July [Report by Jakub Tronicek: "Secret Services Warn of Dearth of Energy Sources"] Secret services around the world, including this country's own, have been warning for quite some time now that one of the growing threats facing modern societies is primarily a shortage of energy sources, which is why the issue of energy security is pushing its way to the centre of attention in almost all developed...
By Adelia Ladson For most folks algae is something that you clean out of a fish-tank, but for David James of Opelika, Ala., it just may be a solution to the ever increasing gas prices. James has been researching and experimenting with alternative energies for the past eight years at Eastwood Christian School, where he is founder, headmaster and math/science teacher. "Our school needed energy," he said was the reason he got involved with alternative energies. He uses biodiesel fuels...
By Sandra Emerson Photo Gallery:Solar Electric Photovoltaic System Class POMONA - Sunny days are here for those looking into alternative energy sources. Photovoltaic systems, commonly known as solar panels, are a rapidly growing alternative energy source, according to William Korthof, a system designer who ran The Solar Living Institute's workshop on PV systems Thursday at the Lyle Center at Cal Poly Pomona. "The use of solar has had a 40 percent per year growth rate," said Korthof....
By Judy Dempsey With stability returning to Algeria and UN sanctions lifted from Libya, European energy giants are vying with each other to tap new sources of natural gas and oil in these North African countries. Their hope is to reduce what many fear is an overreliance on Russia - and beat the United States to the punch. Gazprom, the state-owned Russian energy monopoly, which supplies more than a quarter of European natural gas needs, is also in the region, trying to reach long-term...
