Clean Energy Digest

The latest Energy In Brief posting by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) is very instructive on the topic of U.S. government subsidies for energy. I consider it recommended reading for anyone who wants to understand the level of government investment and how it effects energy production in the U.S. In total, renewable energies were subsidized [...]

There is an opinion piece on the Weekly Standard today titled, “No Hope For A Sensible Energy Policy.” The article presents a very dim portrait of the chances for major changes in the U.S. energy landscape no matter who wins the race for the White House. The article makes points that touch on the real [...]

Last week Google.org announced their latest round of clean energy investments which are geared towards the development of unconventional geothermal technology. A total of about 11 million dollars will be invested across two companies and a university in order to lower the cost, improve the technical feasibility and expand research in the area of Enhanced [...]

Here are some notable clean energy news items for the week of August 17, 2008. GM set to bring Volt electric car to Europe “General Motors is planning to rebadge its Chevrolet Volt electric car as an Opel and bring it to Europe as part of the US carmaker’s plans to expand the model range [...]

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has offered up an ambitious plan for wind power development in and around New York City. A story in the New York Times today reports on the mayor speaking at a clean energy conference in Las Vegas yesterday. “Mr. Bloomberg said he would ask private companies and investors to study how windmills [...]

With gas around $4 per gallon you would expect to hear a lot about alternative fuel automobiles. So it’s no surprise that there are a steady stream of news stories about automobiles that are powered by electricity. And as the news becomes more frequent, lots more people get excited about the prospect of making the [...]

It’s election season in the U.S. and talk of energy plans is all the rage. And while wind gets its fair share of press perhaps politicians should look offshore for something more than drilling. The United States has thousands of miles of coastline that is rated either excellent, outstanding or superb for wind power potential [...]

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the role of natural gas in the clean energy future of America. T Boone Pickens has made natural gas targeted for transportation use the center of his plan to wean America off of foreign energy sources. And a new study commissioned by the natural gas lobbying [...]

Leaders from the United Kingdom and France are working on a bold plan that would allow the EU to meet renewable energy targets by importing solar power generated in Africa. According to a story on EurActiv.com, Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy are supporting a plan that would involve the construction of massive solar plants in [...]

The much loved (just kidding) Internal Revenue Service issued a notice last week indicating that utilities are now able to benefit from production tax credits for renewable energy. The change to the code allows utilities who directly invest in or develop renewable power projects to be granted the 1.9 cent per kilowatt hour production tax [...]