http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/burning-down-the-house-the-shocking-economics-of-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/burning-down-the-house-the-shocking-economics-of-energy/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 16:04:03 +0000 Andy Mannle http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77260 Imagine if Mitt Romney’s sons burned through their entire family fortune in less time than it takes to watch Titanic in 3D. That would be crazy, right? But that’s exactly what we’re doing when it comes to energy: we’re burning our inheritance instead of collecting our income. We don’t normally see it expressed in these [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/burning-down-the-house-the-shocking-economics-of-energy/feed/ 4 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 15:51:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77317 Goldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area where the bank expects demand to grow as the global appetite for energy increases and major manufacturing countries like China set more aggressive emissions targets, Reuters reported. But the bank’s new clean energy target would average about [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/contract-wins-q-cells-pv-on-ikea-turboden-orc-at-heathrow-enernoc-in-sf/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/contract-wins-q-cells-pv-on-ikea-turboden-orc-at-heathrow-enernoc-in-sf/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 13:15:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76328 IKEA has ordered 7MW of Q.Cells’ solar modules. The retailer will install Q.Cells’ CIGS thin-film modules on the rooftop of its main warehouse in the northern Italian town of Piacenza within the coming months. Renewables provides 51 percent of Ikea’s energy, up from 47 percent in FY10, according to the company’s 2011 sustainability report. BAA [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/11/contract-wins-q-cells-pv-on-ikea-turboden-orc-at-heathrow-enernoc-in-sf/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:31:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76103 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 11 items. President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the Production Tax Credit and expand the 30 percent tax credit to investments in clean energy manufacturing, known as the 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit. The remarks came [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/09/policy-enforcement-briefing-production-tax-credit-light-bulbs-buffett-on-keystone/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/nrel-unveils-more-accurate-energy-project-emissions-calculator/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/nrel-unveils-more-accurate-energy-project-emissions-calculator/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:12:45 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75985 Cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions from solar photovoltaics are about 5 percent of those from coal; wind and solar are about equal in emissions; and nuclear energy is on a par with renewable energy, according to a new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, which claims to use a more precise method for calculating life [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/08/nrel-unveils-more-accurate-energy-project-emissions-calculator/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/west-fraser-timber-company-to-install-13-mw-biomass-plant-sell-power-to-utility/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/west-fraser-timber-company-to-install-13-mw-biomass-plant-sell-power-to-utility/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:10:11 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75652 West Fraser Timber Company will generate 13 MW of power for its British Columbia plant and the province as a whole, using wood chips converted to biomass fuel. The wood products company has signed a deal with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, which will deliver a biomass heat recovery power plant, comprising two Turboden 65 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/west-fraser-timber-company-to-install-13-mw-biomass-plant-sell-power-to-utility/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:03:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75113 Here’s the latest news on renewable power installations, contracts, financing, permits and market changes affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Markey Group has opened a £1.1 million ($1.8 million) biomass generator that runs on the wood waste produced from its subsidiary Premiere Kitchens, a supplier of kitchens to public housing projects. The generator features a 2.1 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/biogas-market-to-reach-8-9bn-by-2017/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/biogas-market-to-reach-8-9bn-by-2017/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:26:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75002 The world market for biogas plants is projected to reach $8.9 billion by 2017, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts Inc. Growth will be driven by a number of factors including volatile gas and oil prices, increased government focus on renewable energy production, legislation encouraging the production and utilization of biogas and an [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/biogas-market-to-reach-8-9bn-by-2017/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/defense-department-targets-3gw-of-renewables-by-2025/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/defense-department-targets-3gw-of-renewables-by-2025/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:15:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74112 The Department of Defense has pledged to deploy 3 GW of renewable power – including solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal – by 2025, in what the White House called one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history. The renewable resources will appear on Army, Navy, and Air Force installations, with each military branch [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/defense-department-targets-3gw-of-renewables-by-2025/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:37:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73496 Here’s the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 13 items. The EPA approved the first applications for registration of E15, a 15 percent ethanol, 85 percent gasoline blend, opening the route to the fuel’s use in model year 2001 and newer gasoline-fueled cars and light trucks. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/04/policy-enforcement-briefing-e15-registrations-epa-delays-bpa-in-packaging/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/energy-use-in-manufacturing-down-10-in-four-years/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/energy-use-in-manufacturing-down-10-in-four-years/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:20:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73139 Energy consumption in the U.S. manufacturing sector fell from 21,098 trillion Btu (tBtu) in 2006 to 19,062 tBtu in 2010, a decline of almost 10 percent, based on preliminary estimates released from the 2010 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS), a quadrennial report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This decline continues the downward trend in [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/30/energy-use-in-manufacturing-down-10-in-four-years/feed/ 6 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/22/liberty-paper-mill-to-self-power-with-anaerobic-digester/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/22/liberty-paper-mill-to-self-power-with-anaerobic-digester/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:25:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72438 Liberty Paper’s mill in Becker, Minn., is expected to completely self-power using a $15 million water pretreatment plant with bio-gas generator, writes the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The Liberty plant is an anaerobic digester that will capture methane from the 550,000 gallons of water used daily at the mill before the water is routed to the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/22/liberty-paper-mill-to-self-power-with-anaerobic-digester/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/renewables-briefing-sainsbury%e2%80%99s-6-9mw-solar-pv-rgs-energy-capital-wells-fargo-navy-biojet-fuel/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/renewables-briefing-sainsbury%e2%80%99s-6-9mw-solar-pv-rgs-energy-capital-wells-fargo-navy-biojet-fuel/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:50:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72278 British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has installed 6.9 MW solar PV systems on store rooftops in the south of England. The series of 115 projects, completed by Renewable Resources, uses 50 to 150 kW systems. No alterations to the buildings were required to facilitate the installations. Renewable Resources installed a typical 50 kW system in less [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/21/renewables-briefing-sainsbury%e2%80%99s-6-9mw-solar-pv-rgs-energy-capital-wells-fargo-navy-biojet-fuel/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/ernst-young-incentives-helped-make-u-s-top-for-renewable-energy-investments/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/ernst-young-incentives-helped-make-u-s-top-for-renewable-energy-investments/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70839 Public funding helped the U.S. surpass China last year as the number one country for renewable energy investments, reversing positions held since 2009, but China maintained its position as the country with the most favorable renewable energy markets and infrastructures, according to the United States Renewable Attractiveness Indices and Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, two [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/ernst-young-incentives-helped-make-u-s-top-for-renewable-energy-investments/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/28/fire-rages-at-europes-largest-biomass-power-station/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/28/fire-rages-at-europes-largest-biomass-power-station/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:54:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70749 A massive fire blazed Monday at RWE npower’s wood-pellet-fired Tilbury power station, the largest biomass plant in Europe, the Financial Times writes. The fire started in the fuel storage area, igniting the biomass fuel in storage cells, Reuters reports. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service’s Chief Fire Officer David Johnson said on the Essex County [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/28/fire-rages-at-europes-largest-biomass-power-station/feed/ 0