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MIDLAND, Mich. and GOLDEN, Colo., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced an agreement to jointly develop and evaluate a process that will convert biomass to ethanol and other chemical building blocks. The collaborative effort demonstrates both Dow and NREL's commitment to deliver sustainable solutions to the nation's current energy challenges by reducing dependence on...
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) announced today that it has signed a $5 million, multi-year sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2), a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, to develop new ways to convert biomass into low-carbon transportation fuels. The Collaboratory, a joint venture of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado State University, the Colorado School of Mines, and the National Renewable Energy...
The U.S. Department of Energy says up to 20 percent of electricity in the U.S. could come from harnessed wind power by 2030.In the report, aptly titled "20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030," the DOE discuss factors and requirements that must be addressed in order to reach this mark.The report also identifies opportunities for 7.6 cumulative gigatons of CO2 to be avoided by 2030, saving 825 million metric tons in 2030 and every year thereafter if wind energy achieves 20 percent of the nation's...
The Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG) is pleased to announce the availability of a key electric power industry publication providing an extensive overview of integrating wind into utility power systems. The November/December 2007 issue of the IEEE Power Engineering Society's Power & Energy Magazine provides an update of many of the topics addressed in the November/December 2005 issue of the magazine, regarded by many as a seminal reference on the topic of integrating wind into...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Austin Energy in Texas in 2005 led the United States in renewable energy sales and Portland General Electric in Oregon led in sales to residential customers, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a report covering 600 utilities. The city of Palo Alto in California was tops in the rate of its customers participating in renewable energy programs, and Xcel Energy Inc. had the most total customers in such programs, said the DOE's National Renewable Energy...
By Caren BohanGOLDEN, Colo. -- President George W. Bush called on Tuesday for tapping renewable energy sources like wind and solar power to contend with surging energy costs but environmental groups questioned his commitment to easing U.S. oil dependence.Bush also told employees at a key laboratory for renewable energy research that he regretted "mixed signals" that had led the Colorado facility to announce job cuts earlier this month because of budget cuts.He visited the National...
By Caren Bohan GOLDEN, Colo. (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called on Tuesday for tapping renewable energy sources like wind and solar power to contend with surging energy costs but environmental groups questioned his commitment to easing U.S. oil dependence. Bush also told employees at a key laboratory for renewable energy research that he regretted "mixed signals" that had led the Colorado facility to announce job cuts earlier this month because of budget cuts. He visited the...
By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Energy Department said it has come up with $5 million to immediately restore jobs cut at a renewable energy laboratory President George W. Bush will visit on Tuesday, avoiding a potentially embarrassing moment as the president promotes his energy plan. In his State of the Union speech last month, Bush called for the United States to use less Middle East oil and develop alternative energy sources, including renewable energy such as wind, solar...
