Gainesville Renewable Energy Center creates new opportunities
This post was co-authored by John Bonitz Late last month opponents of the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center were heard by an administrative law judge. That's an opening sentence that's sure to thrill,…
Dams in the desert, windmills in the doldrums, biopower in the Berkshires
Two weeks ago, the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences released a report “Biomass Sustainability and Carbon Policy.” I'd been looking forward to reading the study, based on the caliber of authors and…
Florida RPS: Glass half-full or half-empty?
Debates about our clean energy future always come around to the glass half-full or half-empty idiom. When we contemplate changing markets, expansion of renewable technologies, and other uncertainties, some folks just have…
Tracking the Biodiesel Industry
Policies that will Help Grow the Industry The past 12 months have been a rough time for the biodiesel industry and some believe much of the biodiesel industry’s problems are self-induced. The…
Nuclear loans provide a false solution to climate change
I was on CNN yesterday responding to the nuclear loan guarantee announcement by President Obama. We are seriously disappointed in this action and SACE released a statement warning against the risk loan…
It Is About the Jobs
This post was co-authored by Anne Blair If there was anything clear in President Obama's State of the Union address it was the need for JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. Renewable energy development can…
Cellulosic Ethanol Comes to the Southeast
We have heard a lot of promise and lots of talk about cellulosic ethanol. Friday January 29th, I attended the opening ceremony of the DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE)/Genera cellulosic ethanol…
Cold snap burning you up?
This blog was written by John D. Wilson, former Deputy Director for Regulatory Policy at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
Copenhagen Close-up: Denmark’s Thrifty Use of Bioenergy
This post was co-authored by John Bonitz “We do need a 'new economy,' but one that is founded on thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on excess and waste. An…
Copenhagen Close-up: The Danes Show the Path Away from Dirty Coal
This post was co-authored by Ulla Reeves. Today as I flew into Copenhagen, I was struck by two very different views of energy production, the large wind turbines off the Danish coast…