President Obama acknowledged Thursday that a climate change bill strongly backed by the White House will face an extremely close vote in the House of Representatives as early as the end of the week.
The Oregon House has approved a bill to promote the generation of solar power in Oregon. House Bill 3039 creates two programs, one of them is a pilot program to study a feed-in tariff for projects under 500 kilowatts.
Eric_S writes “Anybody who managed to get a decent city going in Sim City 2000 remembers the microwave power plant, now it seems like a real world equivalent might be coming up on the horizon. The Pacific Gas And Electricity Company, per this “interview” with the CEO of Solaren on their affiliated site announced PG&E’s plans to buy 200MW of base-load power from a Solaren beamed space solar power …
Ottawa, Rome — A refinery in Singapore. Oil and gas fields in Central Asia. A pipeline in Russia. Ultradeep crude deposits off Brazil. Production wells in Libya.
A third new wind turbine development in northeast Jackson County is now in the works, seeking government permission to build the Elm Creek II Wind Farm.
OTTAWA and ROME — A refinery in Singapore. Oil and gas fields in Central Asia. A pipeline in Russia. Ultradeep crude deposits off Brazil. Production wells in Libya.
WASHINGTON Two weeks after touting health care reform at a town hall meeting in Green Bay, President Barack Obama was making another case for reform this time on the energy front.
WASHINGTON Two weeks after touting health-care reform at a town hall meeting in Green Bay, President Barack Obama made a case Wednesday for why Wisconsinites should rally behind energy legislation the House is expected to vote on soon.
Bear Creek Township planning commissioners noted Wednesday that they’re still awaiting some needed details to use in considering a proposal for a commercial wind turbine generator.
SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell in Asian trade Thursday on a stronger US dollar after the US Federal Reserve reaffirmed its policy of keeping interest rates at near zero.
