renewables

Audio Only Washington, DC - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, T. Boone Pickens; Daniel Weiss, Senior Fellow and Director of Climate Strategy, Center for American Progress preview the National Clean Energy Summit scheduled for Aug. 19 in Las Vegas.

Despite its reputation for environmental devastation, China is now the world's leading producer of renewable energy - with 152 Gigawatts generated through renewable energy sources in 2007, China is generating more green electricity than anyone else.

T. Boone Pickens, legendary oil and gas developer, shareholder rights defender, commodities trader and philanthropist announces his national energy strategy to end our dependency on foreign oil and how this plan affects US economic and security issues.

These figures should make critics of China’s energy policies think twice.

This is a brief reflection on whether buying bamboo is good for the environment, raising questions about the complexities involved in determining whether a product is "green."

Dale Vince discusses whether demand generation is as effective as actual generation in terms of changing the way electricity is created and distributed.

New Zealand's isolated geographical location has lead to an energy portfolio that contains a large renewable energy mix. Electricity is generated mostly from hydro and geothermal energy. Wind is a growing energy resource. For transport, New Zealand relies on oil imports. No wonder that the New Zealanders are interested in exploring electric or fuel cell vehicles, with the electricity and hydrogen generated in New Zealand in an environmentally friendly way.

Head of an energy-industry executive recruitment and human resources firm, Chris Swan is interviewed about a coming workforce crisis in the energy industry.

Cool list generated by the EPA yesterday.

Fred Maas, President and CEO of Black Mountain Ranch LLC and Developer of Del Sur, an 1,800-acre "green" residential community in San Diego, Calif.,praised Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Ensign (R-NV) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for introducing the "Clean Energy Stimulus Act." The Act extends expiring tax credits for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Senator John Ensign (R-NV) speaks at a press conference supporting tax credits aimed at incentivizing investment in renewable energy projects, touting the growing number of bipartisan cosponsors.

Dale Vince - founder of Ecotricity the world's first green electricity company based in the UK has recently launched a blog...

From the 'about the blog' page:

This blog is about answers to the big questions – how will we keep the lights on, what kind of cars will we drive (will we drive?) and how will we feed ourselves – in a post oil world, and a world where we can’t afford to keep burning things and throwing things away.

If the Ministry of Defence in the UK continue to play games with wind farm planners, UK renewable energy targets are going to be hard to achieve. Currently just 2% of the UK's electricity is sourced from renewable energy. It's time for answers, it's time for action.

High-level officials participating in the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference wrap up the meeting and discuss pledges made at the event.

Speakers from the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) preview remarks they intend to make during the course of the event.