Tag Archives: energy
Renewing Colorado: How Green Energy is Working There
In six years, Colorado has diversified its electricity mix and built a thriving renewable energy industry while maintaining stable electricity bills. We have seen the cost of renewable energy credits for large photovoltaic solar projects decline by 75 percent, and wind in Colorado is now a least-cost energy resource. Continue reading
Coal Power Produces Majority of North America’s Emissions
Research from the report shows power plants contribute 33% of the region’s greenhouse gas emissions, and the majority of those emissions can be tied to the combustion of coal. For the U.S. and Canada, coal-fired power plants alone are responsible for 98% of all mercury released from fossil-fuel electric generation and 88% in Mexico. Continue reading
Is the EPA Really a ‘Jobs Killer’?
Industry-paid studies often include questionable assumptions and economic models not validated by broad peer review. Jobs could also be created, not just destroyed, by regulation. The EPA’s rules are required to undergo a transparent cost-benefit analysis that is peer reviewed by others. The idea that environmental regulations would wipe out an industry or have a serious impact is implausible. Early estimates of cleanup costs are invariably wildly overstated. Continue reading
GPACE Public Comment on the Keystone XL Pipeline, Submitted to the US Department of State
What follows is a copy of public comments submitted by GPACE to the United States Department of State (via US DoS website submission) concerning the pending National Interest Determination and Presidential Permit review process for the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL … Continue reading
Brownback Brings Heat to Energy Policy
By Tim Carpenter for the Topeka Capital-Journal Gov. Sam Brownback endorsed continuation of a federal tax credit for renewable power Tuesday to complement the state’s unwavering reliance on oil, coal and natural gas to meet energy demands. He told participants … Continue reading
Wind Power for Cheaper than the Price of Coal
U.S. based Boulder Wind Power is developing and commercializing a revolutionary direct drive, permanent magnet generator for utility scale wind turbines that will allow manufacturers to build wind turbines with a cost of energy 20% to 30% under existing geared and direct drive technologies. Continue reading
America Needs a New Vision
By Teryn Norris for Americans for Energy Leadership Just three short years after Barack Obama’s campaign, “No We Can’t” is the new “Yes We Can,” and the vision of hope and unity that re-inspired a generation has been shattered. In … Continue reading
Sunflower Coal Plant Gets Break from State on New Pollution Laws
The controversial Sunflower coal plant in western Kansas may have caught a break Thursday when the state gave it an unusual extension on its construction permit. The state order means the proposed power plant apparently will not have to face new and stricter pollution laws when the utility finally breaks ground. Continue reading
Montana Spill Pipeline May Have Carried Oil Sands Crude
Federal inspectors are trying to determine if transport of tar sands could have triggered internal corrosion that may have played a role in the rupture Continue reading
Utility Shelves Ambitious Plan to Limit Carbon
American Electric Power has decided to table plans to build a full-scale carbon-capture plant at Mountaineer, a 31-year-old coal-fired plant in West Virginia, where the company has successfully captured and buried carbon dioxide in a small pilot program for two years. Continue reading
