The rapid whop, whop, whop of a wind turbine outside the New Mexico National Guard headquarters hints at a new mission for the military: Going Green.
One of the first sites greeting visitors to the New Mexico Guard’s compound near Santa Fe sees is a slender, 43-foot tall white wind turbine near headquarters. It generates [...]
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New Mexico National Guard Goes Green
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Impending Carbon Policy will increase REC pricies
With renewable energy becoming more of a required part of the mix in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), there will be more widespread use of renewable energy credits (RECs) as a national GHG reduction policy takes shape in the U.S.. Currently we do not have a national renewable portfolio standard (RPS) that mandates [...]
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2008 a Record Year at 8300 MW of New Wind Power
The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 MW of new generating capacity (enough to serve over 2 million homes), the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported today.
The massive growth in 2008 swelled the nation’s total wind power generating capacity by 50% and channeled an investment of some $17 [...]
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This Weeks CAP & TRADE Debate
This week the Senate took up a debate on a bill regarding Climate Change. The heart of the bill is a plan to CAP the production of greenhouse gases and, for the first time, force polluters to buy (TRADE) permits to emit carbon dioxide. Both presidential candidates have expressed support for the cap-and-trade concept that [...]
High Efficiency Solar Cells Show Promise
A number of recent technological advances suggest new pathways to solar cells that will convert a large fraction of sunlight into electricity — that is IF the technologies can be commercialized.
In November, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) announced that they have developed an antireflective coating that captures the entire spectrum of sunlight from any [...]
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Obama’s Climate Change Plan
With the Democratic National Committee convention in Denver last week, NuEnergen executives were able to attend various policy meetings regarding the Democratic plan for energy. Titled BARACK OBAMA: NEW ENERGY FOR AMERICA, the Democratic plan encompasses short, medium and long range solutions the administration wants to put forth for our growing list of issues. NuEnergen [...]
NuEnergen Execs meet with N.Y. Governor Pataki
Ex-Governor George Pataki and Senior Adviser John Cahill have recently joined the law firm of Chadborne & Park, LLP to focus their efforts on energy and environmental issues facing global 2000 companies. NuEnergen executives Kevin Hamilton and Sandy Hamilton recently met with the Governor and John Cahill to discuss various issues surrounding Greenhouse Gas Emissions [...]
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North Pole is on Thin Ice
It’s interesting as to why some stories get traction in the mainstream media and why some don’t. In online science discussions, the fate of this years summer sea ice has been the focus of a significant debate of expert prediction skills. However, none of these efforts made it on to the Today program. Instead, a [...]
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Worldwide CO2 Market shows Dramatic Growth
Consulting firm Point Carbon indicated today that the global carbon market has generated almost as much money in the first half of 2008 as it did in all of 2007.
The company said 1.8 gigatons of CO2 equivalent was traded globally in the first half of this year, worth more than $59 billion US dollars, compared [...]
June 9-11, Rockwell Corporate Leaders Roundtable, Peable Beach, CA
NuEnergen CEO Kevin Hamilton will be presenting on “Challenges and Opportunities for Fortune 500 companies in the New Energy Economy” during the Rockwell Automation Corporate Leaders Roundtable on June 9th - 11th at The Inn at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, CA. Topics will include how corporations can stem the rising tide of energy costs through [...]
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