Topic: Animal Waste (5)
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Bill Establishing US $650 Million Energy Fund
Friday July 11, 2008 9:24 AM
http://www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com/rea/news/story?id=53023&src=rss
"Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell on Wednesday signed a new law that will establish a fund that could save both families and small businesses money on their energy bills by supporting investments in renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation."
DOE to Guarantee $10 Billion in Loans for Efficiency, Renewables
Thursday July 3, 2008 10:08 PM
http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11849
"DOE is offering $10 billion in loan guarantees for projects that involve energy efficiency, renewable energy, and advanced transmission and distribution. The guarantees are only available for projects using new, non-commercial technologies."
Florida Energy Bill to Boost Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Wednesday July 2, 2008 9:20 PM
http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=11852
"Florida has passed a comprehensive energy bill that establishes a renewable energy portfolio, a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, a 10% ethanol requirement, net metering and interconnection for customer-located energy systems, aggressive building energy codes, and more."
Most of these measures do not include specific minimums in the bill, but instead direct several different state institutions to draft rules and regulations and report them back to the state legislature next year for possible approval.
Most of these measures do not include specific minimums in the bill, but instead direct several different state institutions to draft rules and regulations and report them back to the state legislature next year for possible approval.
International Agency Urges the Start of an Energy Revolution
Saturday June 21, 2008 12:53 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/business/worldbusiness/07energy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
"The International Energy Agency said investments of at least $45 trillion might be needed over the next 50 years to prevent shortages and greenhouse gas emissions from slowing growth."
Harvesting Hydrogen from Farm Waste
Saturday June 21, 2008 7:08 AM
http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/biohydrogen-farm-waste/
"The National Research Council of Canada?s Biotechnology Research Institute has begun research and development of a process that will extract hydrogen from organic waste materials like fermentable feedstock and manure. The materials are processed to hydrogen by dark and photofermentation. The goal is to ?come up with biosystems that could be grouped into a [...]"
