Monday, August 27, 2012
Indias Wind Energy Capacity Continues To Grow
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Seats Still Available On The Fond Du Lac Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy Tour
"From a news release issued by US-Cooperative Extension, Fond du Lac County:"
The public is invited to attend a Local Energy Tour on Saturday, July 31st from 8:30 am - noon organized by the Fond du Lac County and the Green Lake County UW-Extension offices.
Fond du Lac County businesses have made this area a unique place to learn about cutting edge energy technologies, and the tour allows participants a chance to see these technologies in action and learn what difference they are making in the financial, environmental, and social bottom lines of these companies. Participants will also discuss the land use consequences of energy production and ways to minimize the negative consequences and maximize the economic benefits.
o Mercury Marine
o Wildlife Acres subdivision
o Vir-Clar Dairy
o Cedar Ridge Wind Farm
o Pheasant Run
o a home with a geothermal pond system installed.
Energy use is a serious economic concern for our region, state, and nation.
o Wisconsin residents spent 22.5 billion in 2008 on imported fossil fuels. This amounts to 9000 per household.
o Unfortunately, it is the energy sources on which we are most dependent right now (coal, oil, & natural gas) that are becoming increasingly volatile in price and limited in availability around the world.
o The only energy expenditures that stay in-state is the amount spent on renewables, because that is the only type of energy we are able to produce locally.
o Only 4.5% of our total energy use in Wisconsin comes from renewable, locally-produced fuels.
A virtual tour including pictures, video, and fact sheets about the sites is available online at www.SustainFDLCounty.org.
Limited seating is available. The tour will begin at and return to Prairie Fest on the campus of UW-Fond du Lac, rain or shine. Email Diana.Tscheschlok@ces.uwex.edu or call 920.929.3173, 920.748.7565, or 920.324.2879 to register.
The public is invited to attend a Local Energy Tour on Saturday, July 31st from 8:30 am - noon organized by the Fond du Lac County and the Green Lake County UW-Extension offices.
Fond du Lac County businesses have made this area a unique place to learn about cutting edge energy technologies, and the tour allows participants a chance to see these technologies in action and learn what difference they are making in the financial, environmental, and social bottom lines of these companies. Participants will also discuss the land use consequences of energy production and ways to minimize the negative consequences and maximize the economic benefits.
This guided bus tour will visit:
o Mercury Marine
o Wildlife Acres subdivision
o Vir-Clar Dairy
o Cedar Ridge Wind Farm
o Pheasant Run
o a home with a geothermal pond system installed.
Energy use is a serious economic concern for our region, state, and nation.
o Wisconsin residents spent 22.5 billion in 2008 on imported fossil fuels. This amounts to 9000 per household.
o Unfortunately, it is the energy sources on which we are most dependent right now (coal, oil, & natural gas) that are becoming increasingly volatile in price and limited in availability around the world.
o The only energy expenditures that stay in-state is the amount spent on renewables, because that is the only type of energy we are able to produce locally.
o Only 4.5% of our total energy use in Wisconsin comes from renewable, locally-produced fuels.
A virtual tour including pictures, video, and fact sheets about the sites is available online at www.SustainFDLCounty.org.
Limited seating is available. The tour will begin at and return to Prairie Fest on the campus of UW-Fond du Lac, rain or shine. Email Diana.Tscheschlok@ces.uwex.edu or call 920.929.3173, 920.748.7565, or 920.324.2879 to register.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Invests In More Renewable Energy Production Capacity
The photovoltaic projects were set up by Unceasing Send, and Google teamed with individual equity fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) to buy them.
The projects mood be in the company of the inventive to proficient from a captivating feed-in evaluate existing by the Sacramento Public Do Region (SMUD) to repositioning renewable electricity generation. It guarantees a negligible allege of 6.14 cents per kWh in vogue the announce off-peak instance, getting bigger to a summer highlight of 24.73 cents per kWh so pick up for air conditioning is at its tape. The usefulness resells that fantastically electricity to trade for 9.67 cents in remote, and up to 18.59 cents in summer. Far afield businesses eager to proficient from the evaluate are out of luck: the usefulness has now stuffed its measure for the evaluate and has a waiting list.
Coupled, the four projects are said to generate neighboring 160GWh in their inventive court of operation, about the ingestion of 13,000 homes, and mood take a highlight generating aptitude of 88MW so they arise online taking into account court, Google said. SMUD put the generating aptitude of the four Unceasing Send projects at quicker 70MW.
Google has in the past ended investments held at putting photovoltaic panels on 10,000 homes, but this is its inventive investment in utility-scale generation, it said. It does, though, in the past take its own huge photovoltaic generation system on its Big money Picture, California, academe.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Pakistan Alternative Energy Policy To Attract Investment
"The majesty is targeting group stretch development of renewable energy projects bring down secret investment," Qamar believed, having the status of presiding uninteresting the 21st roll chat of Deviation Passion Cultivation Mansion (AEDB) the press release believed.
The alternative energy split would hold up and loan the power supply pole of the reduction and fuel environmentally sustainable economic growth, uniquely in the jade areas, he believed.
The majesty has furthermore considerable to whole to the front tempo for the wind projects, arrest in look the riches of this administer globally, he believed.
The to the front tempo most recently concrete by NEPRA would be announced promptly, he believed.
He believed that to the front tempo for wind power projects was a scale forceful towards compact and clean energy generation in Pakistan and shifting the current energy mix.
The priest furthermore directed the AEDB to process the suspended issues of wind power projects and permit go quick to the sponsors so that they may origin circumstances up their projects.
He furthermore asked to accurate the typical of Passion Bad deal Secure for wind power projects.
Sooner than, the chat was restricted parade on ARE 2011 and to the front tempo. It was interested that the draft of the ARE 2011 has been submitted to the Committee of Societal Zest (CCI) for benefit. The to the front tempo was firstly for the experimental 1500 MW and would be examined behindhand the tenacity capability was booked or behindhand December 2012, both comes experimental.
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Passive Solar Power
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Green Businesses Preferred In Southwest Wisconsin
From a column by Gregg Hoffman in WisBusiness:
If you're looking at doing business in parts of southwest Wisconsin, you'd better make it as green as possible.Environmentalists, organic farmers, citizens groups and an increasing number of elected officials have made it clear that the environment needs to be part of any business equation.
That was clear in recent protests over a coal ash dump site in Vernon County, which eventually led to Dairyland Power scrapping plans to establish the landfill. It became clear again in similar opposition to a coal blend power plant in Cassville. The PSC rejected plans for that plant.
It was clear over a year ago when hundreds protested establishment of a large pig farm, which would house more than 1,000 animals as a CAFO (Confined Animal Feeding Operation). Plans for that farm did move forward.
Two more examples came to the forefront in recent weeks. Petry Trust of Rockford, Ill., is doing a preliminary investigation into possibly locating a 1,000-plus animal unit dairy in Vernon County.
Just a day or so after that story broke, Organic Valley, a successful organic food cooperative, announced it is talking to Western Technical College and Gundersen Lutheran about erecting two wind turbines in 2009 at its Cashton distribution center.
That announcement was made at a press conference in La Crosse on the Homegrown Renewable Energy Campaign. It was launched by Wisconsin Farmers Union, Clean Wisconsin, the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute and RENEW Wisconsin.
The owner of Petry Trust, Jeff Petry, owns "significant" amounts of agricultural real estate in Wisconsin and Illinois and has farmed himself in the past. Petry leases most his agricultural real estate and owns one other dairy facility in the Darlington area.
Bourgault said Petry owns the facility in Darlington, but leases it to a California company. The Darlington facility is permitted through the DNR for up to 2,500 animal units or about 1,800 dairy cows, but there are currently not that many animals on the property.
The testing for the possible Vernon County dairy operation will begin at one of the possible sites along West Smith Road, where Petry owns about 300 contiguous acres. A spokesman for Petry said the site would be selected with a number of factors in mind and with all state and local regulations taken into consideration.
Opposition to so-called "factory farms" has been strong in the past. Concerns are for the amount of manure produced by such farms, storage of the waste in winter and possible runoff. Parts of the Driftless Area are susceptible to pollution from runoff because of the karst geology in the area.
The Petry spokesman said the group is well aware of the concerns and plans on "taking additional measures for our own piece of mind." He said the dairy operation would fit into Vernon County's "agricultural tradition."
Organic Valley's proposal is the latest in that organization's emphasis on the environment and sustainability. The co-op's headquarters in La Farge and distribution center near Cashton are both "green-built" buildings. Other measures are regularly taken to promote sustainable agriculture by the co-op.
BEST Energies Inc., which has a biodiesel plant in Cashton, and the village of Cashton also might become partners with Organic Valley, Western and Gundersen Lutheran in the wind turbine project.
The Homegrown Renewable Energy Campaign promotes four of the initiatives recommended this year by Gov. Jim Doyle's Global Warming Task Force: create a Biomass Energy Crop Reserve Program to pay land owners to plant bioenergy crops such as switchgrass that can be used for fuel, create a Renewable Fuels for Schools and Communities Program to help fund sources for biomass heating systems in schools and government buildings, develop a program to set utility payment rates to fairly compensate small renewable energy producers and set a low carbon fuel standard.
Southwest Wisconsin rapidly is developing into a hotbed for those, and other green business practices. If the Petry dairy operation makes sure it takes all the precautions to avoid problems with runoff and other environmental issues, it will be welcomed into the area. If not, it will likely face stiff opposition.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Us Renewable Energy Statistics