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A new report commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center compares the economic impacts of a 25% renewable electricity standard (RES) and a 20% RES to the impacts of the North Carolina Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (NC REPS). The study projected impacts from renewable electricity generation, renewable electricity feedstock production, and from electricity [...] From Biofuels International: In 2008, Georgia Power announced that one of its plants would convert from burning coal to burning woody biomass in an attempt to generate green electricity. The conversion of Plant Mitchell would make it the largest biomass plant in the country and was given the go-ahead last March by the [...] From the Interstate Renewable Energy Council: The first IREC Webinar of 2010 will be held Tuesday, January 26, at 2pm EST (1pm CST, noon MST, 11am PST, 10am Alaska, 9am Hawaii) on the interconnection and net metering policies and process behind rulemaking proceedings at state utilities commissions. This free webinar will also hit [...] The report, Regional Strategy for Biobased Products in the Mississippi Delta from the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, finds that there is significant economic development opportunities in the Mississippi Delta. The study found that the Delta region has the infrastructure and natural resources for the successful development of oilseed crushing facilities, biomass densification facilities, cellulosic liquid fuel [...] The Energy Information Administration has released its preliminary statistics on renewable energy consumption in 2008 is now available. The data shows that in 2008 renewable energy consumption increased by 7 percent and is 7 percent of the total energy consumption in the U.S. Of that 7 percent, 53 percent of the renewable energy produced in [...] The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy is gathering signatures for a sign-on letter asking the House of Representatives to strengthen the Waxman-Markey climate bill to 30 percent of the nation’s energy to come from renewables and efficiency by 2020. The letter is in response to reports that the current legislation will not advance renewables faster [...] The Alabama Forestry Commission has released a guide to help residential, commercial, and industrial consumers evaluate the opportunity to use woody biomass to fuel their energy needs. The guide illustrates the available woody biomass in Alabama and states that between 2001 and 2008 “Alabama’s tree inventory increased by a net amount of 13.9 million tons [...] From the U.S. Department of Energy The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a request from From Renewable Energy World: On November 4, a ballot initiative requiring The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and the Network for New Energy Choices (NNEC) recently released Freeing the Grid 2008. The report “compares and grades existing statewide net metering and interconnection policies according to an emerging national consensus on best practices.” The report lists specific interconnection and net-metering policies that can hinder renewable energy development [...] |
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