A Pragmatic Approach to Transactive Energy and the Smart Grid Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) just released a white paper that should be read by every utility regulator and state legislator interested in encouraging renewable generation sources into the grid.  The Integrated Distribution Planning Concept Paper  offers practical…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/environment/a-pragmatic-approach-to-transactive-energy-and-the-smart-grid-interstate-renewable-energy-council-irec/ Cleantech, distributed energy resources (DER), Energy and Economy, energy efficiency and renewable energy, Finance, generation mix, Integrated Distribution Planning Concept Paper, Interstate Renewable Energy Council, IREC, Renewables, Smart Grid, transactive energy business

New DOE Secretary Moniz Stresses Energy Efficiency to Start Energy Efficiency Global Forum in Washington, Moniz

Ernest Moniz delivered his first remarks as energy secretary at the EE Global Forum Tuesday.(Photograph courtesy EE Global)

In his first official remarks as Energy Secretary Tuesday, Ernest Moniz focused on an aspect of energy policy that lends itself to consensus perhaps a bit more easily…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/new-doe-secretary-moniz-stresses-energy-efficiency-to-start-energy-efficiency-global-forum-in-washington-moniz/ Department of Energy (DOE), Efficiency, Energy and Economy, energy efficiency, energy efficiency and renewable energy, Environment, Ernest Moniz, Global Forum in Washington, Moniz, New DOE Secretary Moniz Stresses, News, Politics & Legislation, Renewables, Start Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency In Praise of Waste clean electricity Climate Clever campaign

The title of this piece will hopefully arouse curiosity, but I have to confess it’s not quite what I believe. My parents lived through the depression so I was bought up to be frugal. We weren’t poor by any means, but my mother didn’t go to a restaurant until she was in her mid forties….http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/environment/energy-efficiency-in-praise-of-waste-clean-electricity-climate-clever-campaign/ Carbon and De-carbonization, Cleantech, CO2 Emissions, Efficiency, Electricity, electricity Climate Clever campaign, energy efficiency and renewable energy, Energy Efficiency In Praise, Nuclear Power, Renewables, sweden, Waste clean

Energy Efficiency: In Praise of Waste industrial grade suggestions

The title of this piece will hopefully arouse curiosity, but I have to confess it’s not quite what I believe. My parents lived through the depression so I was bought up to be frugal. We weren’t poor by any means, but my mother didn’t go to a restaurant until she was in her mid forties….http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/renewable-energy/energy-efficiency-in-praise-of-waste-industrial-grade-suggestions/ Carbon and De-carbonization, Cleantech, CO2 Emissions, Efficiency, Electricity, energy efficiency, energy efficiency and renewable energy, Nuclear Power, Renewables, sweden

Offshore Wind vs Nuclear Energy for Mid-Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC)

Introduction by Meredith Angwin
Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) plans to enable the Atlantic Coast to use off-shore wind efficiently.  As their website says:
The Mid-Atlantic region offers more than 60,000 MW of offshore wind potential in the relatively shallow waters of the outer continental…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/offshore-wind-vs-nuclear-energy-for-mid-atlantic-wind-connection-awc/ Atlantic Wind Connection AWC, Efficiency, Electricity Grid, Energy and Economy, energy efficiency and renewable energy, Finance, nuclear energy, Nuclear Power, offshore wind, Offshore Wind vs Nuclear Energy, Tech, Utilities, Wind

President Obama’s Proposed FY’14 Energy Budget: What’s Missing? Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,

The non-profit Environment and Energy Study Institute held one of its many Congressional briefings, and on Friday, April 19th, the briefing was on the Administration’s proposed FY14 energy budget.

Jason Walsh, Senior Advisor, Dept. of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/president-obamas-proposed-fy14-energy-budget-whats-missing-energy-efficiency-and-renewable-energy/ energy efficiency and renewable energy

100 Percent Renewable Energy is 100 Percent Possible thePathways to 100% Renewable Energy conference in San Francisco last week

The future is here — it’s just unevenly distributed. This old quote found a new application at thePathways to 100% Renewable Energy conference in San Francisco last week. An international crowd of energy experts, financiers, clean energy advocates, elected officials, government…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/100-percent-renewable-energy-is-100-percent-possible-thepathways-to-100-renewable-energy-conference-in-san-francisco-last-week/ 100% Renewable Energy conference, Electricity, Energy and Economy, energy efficiency and renewable energy, Environment, Finance, Green Business, News, Renewables, San Francisco last week, Tech, technology deployment, thePathways, Utilities

Sweden’s Quest to be the First Oil-free Nation first completely oil-free economy in the world by 2020

Famous for Volvo, Ikea and Absolut Vodka, Sweden is now on a new pursuit to become the first completely oil-free economy in the world by 2020.
The oil crisis in the early 1970s forced Sweden to embark on a quest for alternative energy sources. Its phasing out of oil has proceeded smoothly; in…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/swedens-quest-to-be-the-first-oil-free-nation-first-completely-oil-free-economy-in-the-world-by-2020/ Efficiency, Energy and Economy, energy efficiency and renewable energy, energy independence, Energy Security, ethanol stations, Oil, Politics & Legislation, Renewables, Sustainability, sweden, Sweden’s energy

Will the Cheap Natural Gas Bonanza Postpone a Clean Energy Future? US reduced its reliance on much dirtier coal by shifting to gas-fired power plants

Thanks to breakthroughs in seismic imaging, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, in 2012 the US reduced its reliance on much dirtier coal by shifting to gas-fired power plants. This trend is expected to continue, spurred by low gas prices and increased regulation on coal. The move to…http://alternativeenergy.com.pk/international-news/will-the-cheap-natural-gas-bonanza-postpone-a-clean-energy-future-us-reduced-its-reliance-on-much-dirtier-coal-by-shifting-to-gas-fired-power-plants/