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BP ‘Kill Shot’ coverage

BP reports (via Twitter) that it has started the "kill shot" operation, the desperate attempt to cap the oil well on the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico. Watch the live feed here. Watch live streaming video from wkrg_oil_spill at livestream.com

Renewable Energy and the Utility: The Next 20 Years

The focus on the transition to renewable energy, energy efficiency programs and legislation surrounding these areas is spurring tremendous change in the utility industry. A lot of money and effort are being funneled to the research, development and deployment of clean energy technologies. The federal debate over fuels, technologies and the legislation supporting them has reached a fever pitch. The utility industry is undergoing fundamental change. The extreme change sometimes envisioned-that utilities will disappear-is not likely. The future utility will almost certainly be a hybrid of centralized power plants and massive distributed generation, combined with a much more efficient system of both generation and consumption. But the business model of the utility and the relationship between utility and customer will be radically different. For more on this story, please visit Renewable Energy World here.

Siemens: Urbanization and Demographic Change are the Megatrends

Urbanization and demographic change are the megatrends determining our lives in the coming years. See which challenges arise from these trends.

Mayor Villaraigosa announces L.A. solar energy incentive plan based on UCLA Luskin research

flickr credit: powerhouse museum The City of LA to encourage businesses and residences to install their own solar panels. By Minnie Ho Originally published in UCLA Newsroom J.R. DeShazo, the director UCLA's Luskin Center for Innovation, has long studied how governments can promote and help implement environmentally friendly energy policies. Now, his recent research on solar energy incentive programs, conducted with Luskin Center research project manager Ryan Matulka and other colleagues at UCLA, has become the basis for a new energy policy introduced by the city of Los Angeles. On Monday, March 15, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced an ambitious program to move the city's energy grid toward renewable energy sources over the next decade. Included in the plan is a provision — based in large part on the Luskin Center research — for a "feed-in tariff," which would encourage residents to install solar energy systems that are connected to the c…

EPA Fortune 500 List

The Green Power Partnership works with a wide variety of leading organizations — from Fortune 500 companies to local, state and federal governments, and a growing number of colleges and universities. The following Top Partner Rankings highlight the annual green power purchases of leading organizations within the United States and across individual industry sectors. These green power purchases help reduce the environmental impacts of electricity use and support the development of new renewable generation capacity nationwide. Purchase amounts reflect U.S. operations only and are sourced from U.S.-based green power resources. Organizations can meet EPA purchase requirements using any combination of three different product options (1) Renewable Energy Certificates, (2) On-site generation, and (3) Utility green power products. (more…)

Carbon Offsetting

What is Carbon Offsetting? "Carbon offsets allow purchasers to neutralize the carbon dioxide produced from their businesses and everyday activities - their 'carbon footprint' - by supporting a variety of emissions reduction initiatives." The Environmental Defense Fund How does Carbon Offsetting Work? Carbon offsetting is the act of mitigating (canceling out) greenhouse gas emissions. Individuals and businesses can purchase offsets to compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions from personal travel or production processes. Carbon offsets can be more efficient and immediate than other measures an individual can take to fight global warming, while reducing the same or more carbon dioxide emissions. How can I start reducing my carbon emissions? The first step towards carbon neutrality is reducing the carbon emissions produced, by using alternative energy, alternative transportation, reusing, recycling, and supporting local farms and businesses. Aft…