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Energy News- Sixteen Tribes Earn Bonding Authority for Renewable Energy Facilities February 17, 2010Sixteen tribes, located in the states of Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah, have been allocated more than $250 million in low-interest bonding authority by the U.S. Department of Treasury, of which at least a third will finance renewable energy facilities. […]
- SMUD Receives Huge Response to its Renewable Energy Feed-in-Tariff February 17, 2010The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), a California utility, has experienced an overwhelming response to its feed-in tariff program, which pays for customer-generated renewable energy under a long-term contract. […]
- EIA: Cold January Temperatures Affected U.S. Use of Power and Natural Gas February 17, 2010January 2010 was a cold month for many people in the United States, particularly in the Southeast. The need for extra power and natural gas for heating caused natural gas spot prices to soar in early January, but prices are expected to be lower for the majority of the coming year. […]
- Sixteen Tribes Earn Bonding Authority for Renewable Energy Facilities February 17, 2010
- Renewable Energy
- Balancing Renewables and Natural ResourcesNREL biologists test revegetation and wildlife protection strategies at new solar power array at the National Wind Technology Center. […]
- NREL Battery Testing Capabilities Get a Boost NRELRecovery Act funding will be used to enhance battery testing equipment and facilities, helping NREL continue to support industry. […]
- Smart Windows: Energy Efficiency with a ViewBuildings consume 40 percent of our nation's energy. NREL is testing and researching electrochromic windows that could knock that back significantly. […]
- Balancing Renewables and Natural Resources
- Energy And The Environment
- One Year Later, EPA-Funded Recovery Act Projects Yielding Cleaner Air, Water and Land Across New York State; EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Visits Renewable Energy Installations in Syracuse February 17, 2010(New York, N.Y.) One year ago today, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and over the last year, projects funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have yielded cleaner air, water and land, and new jobs across the country […]
- As Anniversary of Recovery Act Nears, EPA-Funded Projects Yielding Cleaner Air, Water and Land Across New York State; EPA Regional Administrator, DEC Commissioner Visit Cleanup Project in Albany February 12, 2010(New York, N.Y.) As the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act nears, projects funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are yielding cleaner air, water and land, and new green jobs across the country […]
- Kansas School Districts Receive National "Energy Star Leader" Honors for Energy Efficiency February 9, 2010Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 9, 2010) - School districts in Bonner Springs and Arkansas City in Kansas have been named Energy Star Leaders by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
- One Year Later, EPA-Funded Recovery Act Projects Yielding Cleaner Air, Water and Land Across New York State; EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Visits Renewable Energy Installations in Syracuse February 17, 2010
- Energy Research
- Postdoc fellow aims to create marketable products based on own research February 22, 2010Often there???s a gap between research conducted at DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and what is needed to turn that research into useful technology. […]
- Computational science programming model crosses the petaflop barrier February 22, 2010Researchers at DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated that the PNNL-developed Global Arrays computational programming model can perform at the petascale level.?? The demonstration performed at 1.3 petaflops???or 1.3 quadrillion numerical operations per second???using over 200,000 processors. […]
- Neutron studies support superconductor theory February 22, 2010Neutron scattering experiments performed at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory give strong evidence that, if superconductivity is related to a material's magnetic properties, the same mechanisms are behind both copper-based high-temperature superconductors and the newly discovered iron-based superconductors. […]
- Postdoc fellow aims to create marketable products based on own research February 22, 2010
- Agriculture
- Fungal Fumes Clear Out Crop Pests
- Forage Plant Wards off Ruminant Gastrointestinal NematodeAn ARS scientist has helped develop patented formulations of Chinese bush clover (Sericea lespedeza ), that can be feed to ruminants to control gastrointestinal nematodes. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service. Eyeing a test for barber pole worm Arkansas small farms research center marks 25th anniversary Forage Plant Wards off Ruminant Gastrointest […]
- New Assay Helps Track Termites, Other InsectsAgricultural Research Service scientists have developed a more affordable method to safely and reliably mark termites and other insects so their movements can be tracked over vast acreage. Photo courtesy of USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org. Alternate methods of whitefly control Termite researchers find a source of calm before the swarm New Assay Helps […]
- Food, Drugs And Health
- Regulatory Science Update: FDA and International Serious Adverse Events Consortium Complete Third Data ReleaseThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the International Serious Adverse Event Consortium (SAEC) today announced the third release of data on the genetic basis of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and serious skin reactions (SSRs). […]
- U.S. Attorney New Release: Miami Prescription Drug Diverter Sentenced To 70 Months In PrisonJeffrey H. Sloman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and David W. Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Criminal Investigations, Miami Field Office, announced that defendant Arnesto Segredo, 43, of Miami, a former prescription drug wholesaler, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court […]
- U.S. Attorney New Release: SK Foods former owner charged with RICO violationsUnited States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment charging FREDERICK SCOTT SALYER, 54, of Pebble Beach, with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), in connection with his direction of various schemes to defraud SK Foods’ corporate customers through […]
- FDA Approves Rituxan to Treat Chronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rituxan (rituximab) to treat certain patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slowly progressing blood and bone marrow cancer. […]
- FDA Cancer Drug Approval Rate Highlighted in JNCIThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Oncology Drug Products approved more than 50 new indications for the use of oncology and hematology drugs and biologics between July 2005, when the office began reviewing marketing applications, and the end of 2007, according to a new agency study. […]
- Regulatory Science Update: FDA and International Serious Adverse Events Consortium Complete Third Data Release
Google And Energy
Google received federal approval to trade energy on the open market. The ability to buy and sell energy will give Google the ability to help control one of their largest expenses — electricity. It was also give them the ability to have a stand-alone energy company.
“We made this filing so we can have more flexibility in procuring power for Google’s own operations, including our data centers,” said Niki Fenwick said of Google.
Google has been publicizing their “green” initiative:
“We’re committed to helping to build a clean energy future.
As our business grows, we want to make sure we minimize our impact on the Earth’s climate. So we’re taking every step we can to implement innovative and responsible environmental practices across our company to reduce our carbon footprint, ensure efficient computing and help our employees be green.
We are also providing tools that enable our users to make their lives more green.”