Energy Research Project for Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, and Green Energy Technologies

1. 3 Questions: Hunt Alcott on behavioral economics and the energy crisis
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

... a two-year appointment as the Energy and Society Fellow in MIT’s Department of Economics and the MIT Energy Initiative, wants to apply his field’s insights to the realm of energy use. In the latest issue ...

2. California Adopts Nation's First Statewide Green Building Standard
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

California has adopted the first-in-the-nation Green Building Standards Code, which will take effect on January 1, 2011. The code includes mandatory inspections of energy systems for nonresidential ...

3. Coal baron debates Kennedy over mountaintop mining (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Don Blankenship and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the coal baron and the conservationist, are certain they could win over the world if only the public could see mountaintop removal mining through their eyes. ...

4. Combating energy drift in commercial buildings
(Feed Articles / CleanTech - Energy News Feed)

Today's solutions are the equivalent of treating a bloody nose ahead of a heart attack based on which patient entered the ER first, says CEO David Wolins of Scientific Conservation.

5. German Smart Grid Leads the Way in Conservation
(Feed Articles / Alternative Energy News Top Stories)

There is an obvious push on not only using less energy, but in finding other forms of energy that will allow the world to recover from the years of literally pillaging its natural resources. Germany ...

6. Obama Administration Announces Nearly $40 Million for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects in Florida and Maine
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy is awarding nearly $40 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to Florida and Maine to support ...

7. Interfaith Power & Light: A Religious Response to Environmental Issues
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

... response to global warming, promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation." IP&L’s efforts combine the power of the pulpit and practical support. From the pulpit rabbis, ministers, priest ...

8. Interfaith Power & Light: A Religious Response to Environmental Issues
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... response to global warming, promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation." IP&L’s efforts combine the power of the pulpit and practical support. From the pulpit rabbis, ministers, priest ...

9. DOE Delivers $38 Million to Four States for Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE has granted more than $38 million in Recovery Act funds to Alaska, Kansas, Utah, and West Virginia to support each state's energy efficiency priorities. The awards are part of DOE's Energy Efficiency ...

10. Solar power outshining Colorado's gas industry (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric meter on the side of the Smiley Building to spin backward.

11. DOE Delivers $72 Million to Seven States and Territories for Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

To support local energy efficiency projects and conservation efforts, DOE has awarded Recovery Act funds to Idaho, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, and the U.S. Virgin Islands ...

12. Obama Administration Delivers Nearly $72 Million for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects in 7 States and Territories
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that nearly $72 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 7 states and territories to support energy efficiency ...

13. DOE Delivers $106 Million for Energy Efficiency in Nine States
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

To help lower energy use and carbon pollution, as well as to create green jobs, DOE has delivered $106 million in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants to Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, ...

14. Obama Administration Delivers More than $106 Million for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects in Nine States
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that more than $106 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to nine states to support energy efficiency and conservation ...

15. DOE Delivers $36 Million to Pennsylvania for Energy Efficiency Projects
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Boosting energy efficiency at the local level, DOE has awarded $36 million in Recovery Act block grants to Pennsylvania. The new funds are part of DOE's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant ...

16. DOE to Offer $454 Million for "Retrofit Ramp-Ups" in Energy Efficiency
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE unveiled the "Retrofit Ramp-Up" program on September 14. Using $454 million in Recovery Act funds under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program, the goal is to roll out energy ...

17. DOE Delivers More than $354 Million for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects in 22 States
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that more than $354 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 22 states to support energy efficiency and conservation ...

18. Secretary Chu Announces Completion of Critical Energy Conservation Appliance Standards
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy has completed energy efficiency standards for a critical group of appliances that will together save up to 1.1 billion metric ...

19. Ontario Passes Aggressive Feed-in Tariff Legislation
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Members of the Green Energy Act Alliance, a coalition of leading environmental groups, industry associations, farmers and labour groups, were at Queen's Park today to congratulate the Liberals and NDP ...

20. China Increases Investment On Energy Conservation And Environmental Protection
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

According to a representative from China's National Development and Reform Commission, China has arranged CNY23 billion for energy conservation, emission control, and environmental protection since the ...

21. New Grid May Be Needed, But So Is Smarter Use
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Plans are under way to beef up the nation's electricity transmission grid. At the same time, conservationists are trying to reduce the vast amount of power wasted in homes and offices. If we used energy ...

22. San Francisco Pilots Cisco’s Carbon-Tracking Tool
(Feed Articles / ENN - Environmental Science and Technology)

Networking company Cisco is spearheading efforts to develop technology that can manage energy conservation and carbon footprints by collecting and processing field data. The company uses wireless networking ...

23. San Francisco Pilots Cisco’s Carbon-Tracking Tool
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

Networking company Cisco is spearheading efforts to develop technology that can manage energy conservation and carbon footprints by collecting and processing field data. The company uses wireless networking ...

24. DOE to Award $3.2 Billion in Energy Efficiency Block Grants
(Feed Articles / EERE - Energy Research News)

DOE is awarding $3.2 billion in grants to cities, counties, states, tribes, and territories through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. The program is funded through the American ...

25. Feinstein seeks block solar power from desert land (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics of the region and its tortoise population ...

26. Study critiques corn-for-ethanol's carbon footprint
(Feed Articles / ENN - Energy Research News)

To avoid creating greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it up for corn to make biofuel, according to a comprehensive ...

27. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's green pledge was all hot air
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

... future. The ineffective climate change policy Mr Rudd conjured can be partly blamed on corporatised greenies -- the Climate Institute, Clean Energy Council, WWF and the Australian ...

28. Duke Study Critiques Corn Ethanol
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

To mitigate the release of greenhouse gases, it makes more sense using today's technology to leave land unfarmed in conservation reserves than to plow it for corn to make biofuel, according to a new Duke ...

29. Smart money's on new energy technology; Stimulus funds to recharge electric infrastructure
(Feed Articles / ENN - Top Environmental Stories)

The state is vetting hundreds of conservation and renewable-energy projects as it readies for President Obama's stimulus money - including a long-term plan to modernize its aging electric grid.  ...

30. AP Interview: Reid pushing for climate change bill (AP)
(Feed Articles / Yahoo - Environment News)

AP - Saying it's time to "take a whack" at climate change, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he plans to push for Senate action on global warming by the end of summer.