Yesterday President Obama presented his administration’s “Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future” during a speech at Georgetown University. According to the blog post on the White House’s website, the president’s point was that “we need to make ourselves more secure and control our energy future by harnessing all of the resources that we have available [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Alternative Energy’
President Obama Announces Energy Plan
March 31st, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Japan, Policy, President Obama, Transportation 
Tags: Alternative Energy, Bio-fuels, Brazil, CAFE Standards, Coal, Electric Vehicles, Energy, Fracking, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Oil Consumption, Solar Energy, Stephen Chu, Wind Power 
No Comments »Clean Energy and Environmental Protection: Tackling China’s “Unsustainable Economic Growth”
March 31st, 2011 Guest Author This post was written by Michael Davidson, who works at the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). China leads the world in renewable energy deployment and clean energy investments, according to the Pew/Bloomberg New Energy Finance report “Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race? 2010 edition” released today. This is part of a larger trend we’re seeing in [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, China, Clean Technology, Energy Efficiency, Featured Posts, Green Economy, Guest Authors, Policy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: Alternative Energy, Cars, Clean Energy, Coal, Electricity Generation, Green Technology, Michael Davidson, NRDC, Renewable Energy No Comments »Coal and Natural Gas Are King
March 22nd, 2011 Justin Manger Here is a chart that compares the strictly financial costs of different energy types based on an EIA (Energy and Information Administration) study that looked at costs in dollars per megawatt hour in 2008 for plants going into service in 2016. If you divide the total system levelized capital cost (explanation below) in the far right column [...]
Ski Industry Develops Alternative Energy for Survival
March 20th, 2011 Guest Author Hunter Sykes is a sustainability consultant with Coldstream Sustainability Group, a 20-year ski industry veteran and the director of the film: Resorting to Madness: Taking Back Our Mountain Communities. He holds an MA in International Environmental Policy from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. If you are a skier or boarder, have you ever thought [...]
Up and Coming Green Careers
March 10th, 2011 Guest Author Brian Jenkins is an expert about a number of career fields, including those in electronics technology and construction management. He has been writing for BrainTrack.com since 2008. What are green careers? Basically, any career that contributes to preserving or enhancing environmental quality falls into this category. What types of skills are in demand for these careers? A [...]
“Game-Changing” Companies: DOE Bets on Sun Catalytix and 1366
March 2nd, 2011 Justin Manger The U.S. Department of Energy recently highlighted six projects that are at the forefront of American energy innovation. The funding for these has come from ARPA-e, the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy, and represents the government’s bet on long shot but potentially game changing technologies. It is fashioned after the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects [...]
Small Businesses and Green Jobs Aid in Economic Recovery
February 23rd, 2011 Eric Wilson When President Obama landed in Ohio yesterday, he met with small business owners in an attempt to drum up support for job growth. Among the CEOs present at the meeting was the head of a small renewable energy firm, Tremont Electric. Maker of a device that converts kinetic energy (motion) of walking into electricity, Tremont [...]
Solar Techniques That Can Save You Money
February 7th, 2011 Guest Author This guest article was contributed by Jane Sanders from DebtManagement. Visit her website for more personal finance tips, like how to manage your credit card debt. Producing your own solar energy is cheaper than buying it from a power company, and leaves a friendlier environmental impact. By using solar techniques, homeowners can cut their energy [...]
The (Energy) State of the Union: Secretary Steven Chu Will Host Online Town Hall
January 25th, 2011 Justin Manger President Obama’s State of the Union address will be delivered this evening Tuesday, January 25th at 9 p.m. EST. Of lesser publicity but no less importance, Secretary Steven Chu will host an online town hall to discuss President Obama’s clean energy agenda. Join the discussion Wednesday, January 26 at 12:45pm EST, at energy.gov/livechat. The Secretary [...]
Simple, Quick Video on the Function and Benefits of Geothermal Heat Pumps
January 11th, 2011 Justin Manger Here is a great video from the Department of Energy that simply and quickly explains how a geothermal heat pump works. After watching the 2 minute, 30 second video, it dawns on you just how far removed we’ve become from using the ample sustainable resources that nature provides. Even if using electricity/natural gas/heating oil to [...]
