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Enel Green Power Approved for US's First Renewable Hybrid Power Plant

August 18, 2011 by Nathanael Baker
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Enel Green Power has received final regulatory approval to construct its groundbreaking hybrid solar and geothermal power plant in Nevada. The renewable energy company will now move forward with its plan to construct a 24-megawatt solar installation at its Stillwater Geothermal Plant in Churchill County, Nevada.  The solar farm... [read more]

Reid Promises Incoming Senator: Cap and Trade is Dead Next Session

November 16, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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According to E&E: There will be no cap-and-trade climate bill considered in the next Congress, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) promised a colleague today. Newly sworn-in Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said today that Reid made a "total commitment" to him that there would be no cap and trade next session. [read more]

Selling "Clean, Natural Gas" By Casting Doubt On Nuclear Energy

August 11, 2009 by Rod Adams
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Several times in the past week, I have pointed out just how much money is involved in pushing people to act in certain ways in response to the threat of global climate change. It seems so obvious to me that the most useful tool in shifting our economy to sustainability without emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is to accept the... [read more]

Interior Secretary Salazar, Senator Reid announce ‘Fast-Track’ initiatives for up to 100,000 MW of solar energy development on Western lands

July 6, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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The Bureau of Land Management has nearly 160 active solar project applications, “with a projected capacity to generate 97,000 megawatts of electricity” — equal to nearly 30% of the nation’s household electrical consumption.  Last week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced a... [read more]

Renewable Energy Grid Infrastructure Reality Sinks In

March 15, 2009 by Vicky Portwain
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In the US, the Californian desert and the Mid-West plains are ideal locations for solar and wind energy plants. In the UK the Scottish Highlands and Welsh mountains have the highest winds in the UK. These locations have similar characteristics - great resources for renewable energy generation, but limited grid infrastructure and not... [read more]

Shed No Tears for Yucca Mountain

March 9, 2009 by William Tucker
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“White House Buries Yucca,”read the headlines on Friday after Secretary of Energy Steven Chu told a Senate hearing that the Nevada repository is “no longer an option” for long-term storage of nuclear waste.Instead, Chu said, the Obama Administration will cut all but the most rudimentary funding and be content to allow spent fuel rods to... [read more]