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Casey Agena

Water wars? Thirsty, energy-short China stirs fear - Hawaii News - Staradvertiser.com - 1 views

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  • Casey Agena on 18 Apr 11
     
     The wall of water raced through narrow Himalayan gorges in northeast India, gathering speed as it raked the banks of towering trees and boulders. When the torrent struck their island in the Brahmaputra river, the villagers remember, it took only moments to obliterate their houses, possessions and livestock. No one knows exactly how the disaster happened, but everyone knows whom to blame: neighboring China.
Chai Reddy

Bank of America rooftop solar project is world's biggest - Jun. 22, 2011 - 1 views

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shared by Chai Reddy on 22 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • The total cost of the project is $2.6 billion, and will be financed by the private sector over a four year period. The loan guarantee -- made through the Department of Energy -- means the government is on the hook for part of the project's costs should it fail.
  • estimates the solar installations will result in 733 megawatts of solar energy production. That's about half the size of a nuclear reactor, or enough energy to power around 100,000 homes.
Chai Reddy

The Future of Nuclear Energy - Andrew Winston - Harvard Business Review - 1 views

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shared by Chai Reddy on 15 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Chai Reddy on 15 Mar 11
     
    " * The Future of Nuclear Energy 3:13 PM Monday March 14, 2011 | Comments (11) * Email * Tweet This * Post to Facebook * Share on LinkedIn * Print FEATURED PRODUCTS Guide to Persuasive Presentations Guide to Persuasive Presentations by John Clayton, John Daly, Isa Engleberg, et al. $19.95 Buy it now » Harvard Business Review on Finding & Keeping the Best People Harvard Business Review on Finding & Keeping the Best People by Harvard Business Review $22.00 Buy it now » HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials HBR's 10 Must Reads: The Essentials by Clayton Christensen, Thomas Davenport, Peter Drucker, et al. $24.95 Buy it now » It's way too soon to say anything definitive about what's going on in Japan. Who really knows what the outcome might be from the frightening breakdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant (the radioactive releases could go on for months)? But the speculation about what this means for a much-touted nuclear "renaissance" in the U.S. has begun. As the New York Times reported Monday, "U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces New Uncertainty." Some quick background: For years, no new nuclear plants were built in the U.S. But nuclear power is now being taken seriously again. Roughly 30 to 40 applications for new plants or expansions to existing facilities are moving through the process with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). One of the main reasons nuclear is "back" is that it satisfies two very distinct interest groups: (1) pro-energy lobbyists and companies that usually sit on the right (although President Obama has adopted the rallying cry of "all-of-the-above" as an energy independence strategy as well), and (2) those who want to aggressively fight climate change, who usually camp out on the left. In the past, being an "environmentalist" of any stripe meant being anti-nuclear. More recently, however, some high-profile environmentally-minded people, such as Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, have been promoting nucle
Chai Reddy

Pass the Boone Pickens Bill - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Chai Reddy on 13 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • an actual bipartisan piece of legislation — its official title is the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act, or the Nat Gas Act, for short. People in the know, however, call it the Boone Pickens bill
  • that the country’s energy salvation depends on moving away from the fuel we don’t have — namely, oil, where imports, some of which come “from our enemies” (to quote Boone), account for two-thirds of our oil needs. Instead, we should move to a fuel we have in abundance: natural gas.
  • Boone’s convinced that modern drilling techniques will allow us to find enough for several centuries.
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  • The Pickens plan calls for increased use of wind, solar, nuclear, even coal. ”I’m for anything that’s American,” he said.
  • The Pickens bill creates tax incentives — $1 billion a year for five years — to encourage manufacturers to begin building heavy-duty trucks that will be powered by natural gas instead of diesel. It also gives some tax incentives to truck-stop owners who install natural gas filling stations to help create the infrastructure
  • Of the 20 million barrels of oil we use each day, 70 percent goes for transportation fuel. The 8 million heavy-duty trucks on the road today account for 23 percent of that fuel. Although the tax incentives in the Pickens bill would be enough to cover only about 140,000 new trucks, he hopes that it will catapult the industry toward natural gas even without the subsidies.
  • Natural gas is cheaper than oil. It’s cleaner.
Casey Agena

GE Acquires Tall Turbine Tech From Wind Tower Systems - 0 views

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  • Casey Agena on 11 Feb 11
     
    General Electric (GE, NYSE: GE) announced today that it acquired technology from Wind Tower Systems, that can enable the company to build and ship wind energy equipment that's more efficient, taller and longer than what it offers now.
Casey Agena

HR Biopetroleum to buy out partner in algae-to-energy venture - 0 views

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shared by Casey Agena on 27 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Casey Agena on 27 Jan 11
     
    HR BioPetroleum Inc. said today it will buy out its partner in an algae-to-energy venture in Kona. HR BioPetroleum and Royal Dutch Shell PLC formed the joint venture called Cellana in 2007 to build and operate a demonstration facility to grow marine algae and produce vegetable oil for conversion into biofuel. When the deal closes at the end of the month HR BioPetroleum will become the sole owner of Cellana, including its six-acre facility in Kona.
Chai Reddy

In Reversal, Germany to Close Nuclear Plants by 2022 - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Chai Reddy on 30 May 11 - No Cached
  • The German government agreed on Monday to phase out all nuclear power by 2022, a sharp reversal by Chancellor Angela Merkel aimed at appeasing the country’s intensified antinuclear movement.
  • We want the electricity of the future to be safe, but also to remain reliable and affordable,” Mrs. Merkel said in a statement on the government Web site announcing the change.
  • The 48-page energy security report submitted Monday took an opposing view, saying the commission was “firmly convinced that an exit from nuclear energy can be achieved within a decade.”
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  • It identified wind, solar and water as alternatives, as well as geothermal energy and so-called biomass energy from waste, as alternative power sources.
Chai Reddy

Google, Tres Amigas Aim To Fix America's Electrical Grid With Novel Technologies - 0 views

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shared by Chai Reddy on 30 May 11 - No Cached
  • Google and other investors plan to build a 350-mile long undersea cable off the Atlantic coast, while Tres Amigas wants to create a 22-square mile superconductor “Superstation” to synchronize the nation's three major electrical grids.
  • Google’s backbone could open up hundreds of miles of ocean territory for offshore wind farms, and the Tres Amigas project would open up wind and solar projects in remote parts of New Mexico and Texas.
  • So far Google has invested a total of $400 million in clean energy projects. Google says it is pursuing the projects both because they make good business sense and because they make the company more environmentally responsible.
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  • The Atlantic Wind Connection project is still at an early stage, and no one knows if Google and its co-investors can pull it off
  • While grid difficulties are not unique to renewable energy, the sector has the most to gain from improvements because wind and solar depend on the weather and thus need to be able to send their extra energy across large distances as flexibly as possible to balance out supply fluctuations, experts say.
  • Tres Amigas is trying to connect the western, eastern and Texas power grids -- an idea the federal government proposed but failed to execute in the 1950s -- with a $1 billion plus project that could ultimately send 30 gigawatts zooming across the country. Because the three grids don't quite operate on the same frequency, Tres Amigas would use novel technology to synchronize the electricity: superconducting high-voltage direct current cables and new computer programs. Power would first need to be converted from AC to DC, then whipped around the superstation on the superconducting cables and finally be converted back to AC to be shipped off to another grid
Chai Reddy

U.S. Said to Be Falling Behind in 'Green' Technologies - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Chai Reddy on 09 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • “The United States was a nearly untouched market with 120 million homes, most of them very energy-inefficient — it was a massive opportunity
  • Many European countries — along with China, Japan and South Korea — have pushed commercial development of carbon-reducing technologies with a robust policy mix of direct government investment, tax breaks, loans, regulation and laws that cap or tax emissions. Incentives have fostered rapid entrepreneurial growth in new industries like solar and wind power, as well as in traditional fields like home building and food processing, with a focus on energy efficiency.
  • A recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that while the clean technology sector was booming in Europe, Asia and Latin America, its competitive position was “at risk” in the United States because of “uncertainties surrounding key policies and incentives.”
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  • The aggressive entry of Britain into the field over the last few years shows the power of government inducements to redesign a nation’s energy economy away from traditional fuel. The country’s Green Deal, as it is called, is currently being spearheaded by the Conservative-led coalition government. In Britain, reducing carbon dioxide emissions was one of the few policies supported by political parties of both the right and left, which both accepted that climate change was a serious problem and saw clean technology investment as a growth opportunity rather than an onerous obligation.
  • Dr. Arun Majumdar, senior adviser to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, said that the department’s $5 billion budget for research should be tripled as it currently financed less than 5 percent of proposed projects. He said the country needed better low-cost financing methods to bring companies into the market, as well as stricter energy-efficiency standards to stimulate customer demand.
Casey Agena

Big Wind must be transparent - Hawaii Editorials - Staradvertiser.com - 0 views

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shared by Casey Agena on 20 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Casey Agena on 20 Jun 11
     
    Wind energy is cited among the green alternatives to fossil fuel, but environmental and community groups are irritated about the handling of a massive project to transmit energy to Oahu from windmills on Lanai and Molokai. They should be provided more access to preliminary work on the plan by state agencies and Hawaiian Electric Co., and hold project members to promises of full access and participation at future venues.
Chai Reddy

How Seawater Can Power the World - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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NYTimes.com Seawater energy nuclear fusion

shared by Chai Reddy on 11 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • nuclear fusion
  • Fusion energy generates zero greenhouse gases. It offers no chance of a catastrophic accident. It can be available to all nations, relying only on the Earth’s oceans. When commercialized, it will transform the world’s energy supply.
  • What has been lacking in the United States is the political and economic will.
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  • Seven partners — the European Union, China, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States — have teamed up on an experiment to produce 500 million watts of fusion power for 500 seconds and longer by 2020, demonstrating key scientific and engineering aspects of fusion at the scale of a reactor.
  • A rough estimate is that it would take $30 billion and 20 years to go from the current state of research to the first working fusion reactor. But put in perspective, that sum is equal to about a week of domestic energy consumption, or about 2 percent of the annual energy expenditure of $1.5 trillion.
Casey Agena

Making Things Cleaner - 0 views

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  • Casey Agena on 11 Feb 11
     
    Just watched the "Making Things Cleaner" episode of Pogue's (NYT technology journalist) 4-part series on NOVA, and it did a nice job of explaining how some of the newer, sustainable energy sources work -- for the non-scientific minded. May or may not have SGLI application... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff-cleaner.html
Casey Agena

Amazing Dutch Bike Path Embedded With Solar Panels - 0 views

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  • Casey Agena on 14 Feb 11
     
    What could make bike riding even more efficient? How about a bike path embedded with solar panels to produce clean energy while encouraging people to get on their bikes? The town of Krommenie in the Netherlands, just north of Amsterdam, will be receiving the SolaRoad bike path, scheduled to open in 2012.
Chai Reddy

Solar Panels Take to the Water - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Chai Reddy on 20 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • several start-up companies see potential for solar panels that float on water
  • ompanies trying to develop a market for solar panels on agricultural and mining ponds, hydroelectric reservoirs and canals
  • Sunengy, for example, is courting markets in developing countries that are plagued by electricity shortages but have abundant water resources and intense sunshine
Casey Agena

HECO seeks bids for biofuel to burn at Kahe Power Plant - Hawaii News - Staradvertiser.com - 0 views

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  • Casey Agena on 30 Apr 11
     
    Hawaiian Electric Co. said today it is seeking bids from companies to supply up to 42 million gallons a year of biofuel to generate electricity at the company's Kahe Power Plant.
Casey Agena

'Lot' of power - Hawaii Business - Staradvertiser.com - 0 views

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  • Casey Agena on 13 Apr 11
     
    Chevron Corp. has built the state's largest "solar canopy," a 414-kilowatt photovoltaic system positioned over 177 parking spaces at Oceanic Time Warner's headquarters in Mililani.
Chai Reddy

Electric Avenue - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • the White House is standing behind a goal that could genuinely transform the nation’s automotive fleet: putting one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.
  • But many of the electric vehicles that will count toward President Obama’s goal won’t run on electricity alone. They will combine batteries, electric motors and internal-combustion engines to use as little gasoline as possible while still doing everything Americans expect their cars to do. Electrification is not an all-or-nothing proposition
  • Department of Transportation statistics show that 78 percent of Americans commute 40 miles or fewer a day, so most people who drive a Volt won’t need to burn any gas on a normal day.
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  • Obama administration already supports incentives to encourage drivers to buy electric cars, and it has devoted $2.4 billion in stimulus money to the development of a domestic electric-car industry.
  • existing $7,500 tax credit
  • If we gut domestic clean-energy research, scientists in China or Germany or Japan will finish this work. But it would be far better to stick with the program we’ve begun — financing research into better batteries while deploying vehicles that replace gasoline with electricity as much as possible — and prove that when it comes to energy, America can, in fact, learn from its mistakes.
Chai Reddy

Renewable Energy Could Account For 80 Percent Of World's Needs By 2050: UN - 0 views

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shared by Chai Reddy on 11 May 11 - No Cached
  • Renewable sources such as solar and wind could supply up to 80 percent of the world's energy needs by 2050
  • U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that to achieve that level, governments would have to spend significantly more money and introduce policies that integrate renewables into existing power grids and promote their benefits in terms of reducing air pollution and improving public health.
  • use of renewables is on the rise, their prices are declining
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  • The report reviewed bioenergy, solar energy, geothermal, hydropower, ocean energy and wind. It did not consider nuclear
  • From 2009 to 2010, Amin said investment in renewables has gone from $186 billion to $243 billion with China alone seeing a 30 percent increase.
Casey Agena

Oahu company turns eucalyptus trees into energy - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL Home - 0 views

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  • Casey Agena on 13 May 11
     
    A company that burns coal for power at Campbell Industrial Park is now experimenting with an additive. On Sunday, AES Hawaii Inc. began mixing chips from eucalyptus trees with its coal.
Casey Agena

Sopogy thrives by thinking biga - 0 views

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  • Casey Agena on 13 Mar 11
     
    From its modest headquarters in an industrial area near Honolulu Airport, homegrown high-tech company Sopogy Inc. is taking on some of the world's biggest names in renewable energy. Launched in 2002 by local entrepreneur Darren Kimura, Sopogy has leveraged its expertise in the field of concentrated solar power to win contracts on the mainland and across the globe. Among its competitors are Siemens AG, a German conglomerate with a market capitalization of $116 billion, and Spain's Abengoa SA, another multibillion-dollar firm.
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