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Gov. Brown signed SBX1 2 into law last week. It raises the amount of renewable energy that all state utilities must use to 33% by 2020. Previously, it was 20% and only applied to some utilities. This is by far the most ambitious clean energy plan in the nation. But that didn’t stop Brown [...] James Kunstler says Obama’s new energy proposal iss green smoke. He details why the one-third reduction in oil imports Obama wants within a decade will happen whether we are ready or not. Making things worse, the US remains utterly dependent on automobiles and has no substitute plan. But Obama’s plan isn’t really green at [...] The US Chamber of Commerce has released their ‘Project, No Project’ which details the difficulty that energy projects are having in getting their necessary permits. Surprisingly, this includes renewable energy. They say: “one of the most surprising findings is that it is just as difficult to build a wind farm in the U.S. as [...] This massive tidal turbine is designed by Iberdrole, the giant Spanish wind turbine company. They plan to install them off the inner Hebrides where they will generate 10 MW, double the power needed for two nearby islands. The big problem with renewable energy is variability in the generation of power. This is also the big advantage of coal, natural gas, and nuclear. The power is generated consistently, day or night. What the grid needs, and does not have now on a massive scale, is the ability to store energy for future use. [...] (My latest for CAIVN. While California is a leader on renewable energy, the same process of upgrading the grid is happening in most states) Renewable energy is variable in nature. Solar and wind power, the two primary ways of creating renewable energy, cannot be created on a steady, constant basis. Thus, the amount of [...] They want to make it 50% by 2025. After all, Alaska has huge renewable energy resources just waiting; tidal, wave, and wind. So the state has pledged $300 million in grant money for renewable energy in the next five years. Alaska has more than half the country’s ocean wave energy resources and more than [...] |  | ||||
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