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

1. Breathe a Little Easier: Why America’s Air is Among the Cleanest in the World
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Breathe a Little Easier is part of our ongoing effort to explain the role that energy has played in improving… The post Breathe a Little Easier: Why America’s Air is Among the Cleanest in ...

2. Dirty Secrets About the CLEAN Future Act
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The Committee on Energy & Commerce recently released more details of the so-called “CLEAN Future Act,” which “formally adopts the… The post Dirty Secrets About the CLEAN Future Act appeared ...

3. The uncertain role of natural gas in the transition to clean energy
(Feed Articles / MIT - Energy Research News)

MIT study finds that challenges in measuring and mitigating leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, prove pivotal.

4. #29: Kenny Stein on the Trump administration’s ACE Rule
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

Kenny Stein, IER’s Policy Director, joins the show to discuss the recent Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule from the Trump… The post #29: Kenny Stein on the Trump administration’s ACE ...

5. EPA Finalizes the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, Replacing Clean Power Plan
(Feed Articles / Institute for Energy Research)

The Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE) provides a plan for states to make realistic assessments and upgrade their power plants… The post EPA Finalizes the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, Replacing ...

6. Google Sets Goal To Use Clean Energy 24/7
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jennifer Layke, global director of the energy program at World Resources Institute, about Google's aspirations to power all its operations with carbon-free energy.

7. North Carolina Tries To Clean Up Its Electricity
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

North Carolina's governor is promising to quickly cut greenhouse emissions but will need to convince Duke Energy, the state's dominant utility, to abandon coal and gas in favor of solar and wind.

8. Existing Generating Resources Are Less Costly Than New Generating Resources
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The Institute for Energy Research (IER) and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) released a report today that… The post Existing Generating Resources Are Less Costly Than New ...

9. Study Finds Wind and Solar 2 to 3 Times More Expensive Than Existing Generation Resources
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WASHINGTON — Today the Institute for Energy Research and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy released a new study… The post Study Finds Wind and Solar 2 to 3 Times More Expensive Than Existing ...

10. 14-Year Oil Spill In The Gulf Of Mexico Could Go On For Decades
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

The U.S. Coast Guard is trying to clean up an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that's been going on since 2004 when a hurricane toppled a rig owned by Taylor Energy, a New Orleans-based firm. ...

11. Idaho Utility Spurns Coal, Pledges 100 Percent 'Clean' Energy By 2045
(Feed Articles / NPR - Environment News)

Idaho Power plans to stop using coal power plants. The news comes as a U.S. energy agency says renewable sources produced a record amount of electricity in 2018.

12. Clean Energy Makes Up Record Share of UK Power with Coal-to-Biomass Conversions
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

U.K. electricity from low-carbon sources accounted for almost a quarter of the country’s generation in the fourth quarter as Drax Group Plc converted a second coal-power plant to burn wood.

13. Leaked Internal Presentation Details the Oil Industry's Campaign to Stop Clean Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... revealed a coordinated campaign to stomp out climate and clean energy progress in California, Oregon and Washington by propping up over 15 front groups that purport to represent the views of concerned ...

14. Biogas at Home: A Renewable No-Brainer
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

... The laws of thermodynamics are only paid once. The natural, clean burning energy produced in a home biogas digester is not the only benefit, it also produces higher quality fertilizer for gardens and landscaping ...

15. France Ploughs Ahead with Renewable Energy While Australia Scales Back Clean Energy Policies
(Feed Articles / REW - Green Power News)

While France has set ambitious targets to increase the share of renewables in its total energy consumption, Australia has taken a contrasting approach by repealing its 2011 Clean Energy Act, which established ...

16. The 51st State: What’s Your Ideal Energy Market?
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

Imagine a place where there is no electricity market. No rules, no policies, no market. A clean slate. This is what the Solar Energy Power Association (SEPA) calls the 51st State, a new initiative to get ...

17. How Fossil Fuel Interests Attack Renewable Energy
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

Fossil fuel-funded front groups repeatedly spread disinformation on renewable energy standard and net metering policies in an effort to overturn pro-clean energy laws in 2013 and 2014. ...

18. Why New Nuclear Technology Hurts the Case for Renewables
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

Does nuclear energy deserve a seat at the table alongside renewable energy technologies in weaning us off of fossil fuels and transitioning into a cleaner energy world? A new report published yesterday ...

19. Tax Code of Honor: US Congress Must Choose a Clean Energy Future
(Feed Articles / REW - Hydrogen Fuel Cell News )

... including vital, commonsense policies that promote clean energy. ...

20. Will the G20 Spur Post-Paris Climate Action? 3 Signs to Look For
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

... climate and foster clean energy has become a clear economic and business reality.  ...

21. Raising Our Game in Clean Energy Innovation
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Recently I traveled to San Francisco to participate in international efforts to meet the challenge of climate change and accelerate the global transition to clean energy. The main event was the Seventh ...

22. How Crowdfunding is Going to Save the Planet
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Clean, renewable energy is the single most needed technology by the millennial generation. Not only is it the key to slowing global warming and climate change, but it also solves a host of other problems, ...

23. Major US Corporations Pledge To Increase Renewable Energy Usage, Decrease Carbon Footprint
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Executives from 13 major U.S. corporations are announcing at least $140 billion in new investments to decrease their carbon footprints as part of a White House initiative to recruit private commitments ...

24. Clean Energy Companies Beat the Stock Market
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Stocks of clean-energy companies are proving to be better investments than those of companies that produce most of the Western Hemisphere's power, and are outperforming the rest of the stock market as ...

25. Green Bonds Sprout as Wall Street Embraces Renewable Energy Debt
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Bonds backing clean energy and other sustainable initiatives are booming. Investors are snapping up green bonds at the fastest pace on record, as big banks like Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp. ...

26. Scientists Start $150 Billion Program to Cut Clean Energy Costs
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Scientists and economists including BP Plc’s former chief executive officer, John Browne, are inviting governments to join a $150 billion program that aims to make clean energy cheaper than coal.  ...

27. Japan Anticipates Clean Energy Will Edge Out Nuclear Power
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Japan anticipates that by 2030 clean energy such as solar and hydro will generate slightly more of the nation’s electricity than nuclear power plants. ...

28. Australian Clean Energy Deadlock Spurs Companies to Focus Abroad
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Political deadlock over Australia’s clean energy future is prompting companies such as Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Acciona SA to increasingly turn to rival markets for growth. ...

29. Clean Energy Spending Drops 15 Percent to Reach Lowest Level Since 2013
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Global investment in clean energy slumped 15 percent in the first quarter to the lowest level in two years because of a decline in wind and utility-scale projects. ...

30. Investors Spent a Record $2 Trillion on Renewables, Report Says
(Feed Articles / REW - Bioenergy News)

Investors have spent more than $2 trillion on clean-energy plants in the past decade and last year added more renewable capacity than ever before. ...