Colorado adopts California electric vehicle mandate
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) For months, Colorado lawmakers and businesses have taken sides at a figurative continental divide—and not far from the real one—over whether (and how) the state might join California’s Zero Emissions Vehicle program and its corresponding electric-car mandate. We now have an answer. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission has… Read Full…
How Electric Cars and Renewables Could Beat Oil
By [email protected] Solar and wind sent European utilities into financial disarray, and U.S. utilities are facing a similar fate. Are global oil companies next? A new report from one of the world’s biggest banks, BNP Paribas, says that solar and wind paired with electric cars provide up to seven times more useful energy for mobility…
Feasibility of intermittent energy sources (Brazil)
By Rafael Herzberg Feasibility of intermittent energy sourcesThe electricity sector is capital intensive. Careful planning, stable rules and economic rationality are essential to achieving and maintaining cost competitiveness.Solar and wind energy are booming in Brazil.These sources are intermittent. Therefore they cannot operate without the support of conventional backup power..This problem has existed for many.. Click…
Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopts zero-emission vehicle standard
The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopted a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standard for Colorado early today in an 8-1 decision. The new zero-emission standard adopts California ZEV requirements, with automakers to sell more than 5% zero-emission vehicles by 2023 and more than 6% zero-emission vehicles by 2025.Brought to you by: EV Driven Read Full Article…
Two Iowa wind farms earn highest sustainability ratings
By Michelle Froese The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) announced in July that two of Alliant Energy‘s wind farms were verified as meeting the guidelines for sustainable infrastructure. What’s more is the two projects — Upland Prairie in Everly and English Farms in Montezuma, Iowa — were the first wind projects ever to achieve the…
Clean energy jobs are big in Minnesota. But they often go to people from out of state #MN
By National Wind Watch The fastest growing jobs in the country are solar panel installers and wind turbine service technicians, a fact that clean energy advocates use as evidence of a growing sector and the economic upside of transitioning away from fossil fuels. But in Minnesota, the rise of clean energy isn’t always resulting in…
Another Voice: Wind turbine farms do not belong in Lake Erie #NY
By National Wind Watch In April, I attended a meeting with Diamond Wind where the company presented a proposal to place 50 wind turbines in Lake Erie, from Buffalo to Dunkirk. By the end of their presentation every person in attendance was opposed to the plan. I believe if people would take the time to…
Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopts zero-emission vehicle standard
By mmillikin The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission adopted a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standard for Colorado early today in an 8-1 decision. The new zero-emission standard adopts California ZEV requirements, with automakers to sell more than 5% zero-emission vehicles by 2023 and more than 6% zero-emission vehicles by 2025. Eleven states now have a ZEV…
California Community Choice Aggregator Sees Promise in Floating Offshore Wind
By [email protected] California community choice aggregator (CCA) Monterey Bay Community Power has signed a memorandum of understanding to explore buying the power from a 1,000-megawatt floating offshore wind farm. It’s an early, if no-stakes, claim to what could be a massive offshore wind opportunity set to open via federal offshore lease auction next year, assuming…
Modern Transportation—A Miracle under Attack
By Steve Goreham Modern transportation is amazing. Each day, millions of people fly, drive, or are transported across our world for business, pleasure or to see distant family members. These trips, which are powered by petroleum-based fuels, were all but impossible a century ago. But today, many of our leaders call for elimination of hydrocarbon-fueled…