Clean Energy Digest

Over the past few months I’ve noticed a marked spike in the number of requests for proposal (RFP) being issued by utilities in search of renewable energy. Here’s a short summary of some of the more recent requests.

DTE Energy is seeking suppliers for their GreenCurrents program in 2009 and 2010. Proposals are due by close [...]

IGCC is a promising energy production technology that converts dirty fuels like coal to gas and reduces harmful emissions. When combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS) IGCC emissions drop to significantly lower levels.
Given the fact that the U.S. has huge coal supplies the power industry continues to hold out hope that IGCC with CCS [...]

Last week Environmental Capital posted about an event (see The Day The Wind Died In Texas) that occurred in Texas related to the loss of wind resources. A situation occurred where a sudden drop in the wind removed a block of assets from the resource pool just as an early evening peak was occurring. The [...]

If you’re ever wondered why clean energy progress in the U.S. is taking so long, look no further than the dialog (more like a diatribe actually) going on between General Motors and environmental activists.
Six weeks ago General Motors launched the GMnext community site which includes information and discussions on GM’s efforts with respect to renewable [...]

A lot of emphasis is typically placed on the development and deployment of clean energy technology. The numbers of projects in the works are staggering. And while small-scale localized projects can help to make a difference, the major shifts in clean energy impact will occur when we can take clean supply sources to the masses.
In [...]

Of all the areas where I’ve seen progress on clean energy over the past three months, automobiles are definitely a stand out performer. Perhaps autos are the most logical entry point to a new clean energy economy. We see cars everyday. Almost all of us drive cars on a daily places. And cars are the [...]

The Candidate
Mike Huckabee is a former three-term Governor of Arkansas who ended his last term as Governor in January of 2007. Governor Huckabee is also the author of several books including From Hope to Higher Ground: 12 Stops to Restoring America’s Greatness. Most recently he has established himself as the front runner for the Republican [...]

Now that the psychological barrier has been broken this is a commodity that can go nowhere but up. Here are some reasons why I think that is true.
* The price of oil is affected by more than just demand for energy. We can’t control geopolitical issues and things like assassinations in [...]

The FutureGen Alliance selected Matoon, Illinois as their site for their near-zero-emission coal fired power plant. The FutureGen Alliance is a partnership of public and private organizations that seeks to develop clean energy technologies based on coal.
The site selection for their experimental plant was seen as a major step forward for the project, which [...]

President Bush has signed the recently passed energy bill into law. So what does this mean for you and me? There are two key provisions in the law that may affect you:

Increasing the supply of alternative fuel sources by setting a mandatory Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requiring fuel producers to use at least 36 [...]