Cash for Clunkers for Coal Power Plants?
T. Boone Pickens and Ted Turner recently authored an opinion piece on the future of energy in the Wall Street Journal. Among many opinions offered, the pair suggests a "Cash for Clunkers" program to...
View ArticlePart II of Interview with Mary Rosenthal, Executive Director of the Algal...
This is the second part of my three-part interview with Mary Rosenthal, executive director of the Algal Biomass Organization.Robert Gluck: What are some of the details regarding the "improvements in...
View ArticleAustralia's Biofuel Capacity to Explode Over Next Five Years
large A new report from APAC Biofuel Consultants says Australia's biofuel production will double by 2015.Highway 1 Australia.read more
View ArticleU.S. DoD Develops Operational Energy Strategy Plan Aimed At Renewables
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has recently released an Operational Energy Strategy that is highly favorable to the concept of renewable energy technologies.read more
View ArticleSurvey Shows 70 Percent of Building Managers and Owners Favor Energy Efficiency
Commercial HVAC systemThe results from the fifth global Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE.JCI) Energy Efficiency Indicator (EEI) are in, and the clear winner is improved lighting, which most of those...
View ArticleU.S. Army Creates Task Force to Develop Renewable Energy Projects
The U.S. Army is committing itself to the development of renewable energy -- this branch of the American military has pledged to source 25% of its energy from renewables by 2025. In an effort to makes...
View ArticleCyber-Terrorism's Threat to the Electric Grid
A cyber-terrorism attack could cripple America’s electric grid, shutting down everything from communications to transportation to law enforcement. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says such an...
View ArticleChu Says U.S. Energy Security 'Trade Off' Favors Oil-Sands Pipeline
In an exclusive interview with energyNOW! anchor Thalia Assuras, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu says energy security concerns may help the Keystone XL oil-sands pipeline win approval.read more
View ArticleExtending the Renewable Energy PTC
Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) have introduced legislation aimed at extending the Production Tax Credit, or PTC. read more
View ArticleYeast Super Strain Promotes Biofuel Production
Researchers at the University of Georgia have engineered a superior strain of yeast that can rapidly ferment ethanol from pretreated pine. read more
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