Since 2007, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received applications for 17 new nuclear reactor operating licenses, and now estimates that it will get a total of 22 applications for 33 reactors by the end of 2010. Nuclear advocates have seen this as a sort of validation of the industry’s potential growth. After all, it’s been [...]

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Energy companies are in a hurry to extend their solar facilities. So what do they do? They rent rooftops!

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It’s no wonder that in the Deloitte study more than half of the executives felt that petroleum companies should work toward helping America transition to the use of more renewables and other alternative fuels, with 75% claiming that the U.S. can realistically achieve energy independence.

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With all of the time and energy we expend using computers, it makes sense that developing energy efficient alternatives should be a high priority for technology companies. And who better to grab the reins and innovate this category than Apple, reinforcing their commitment to bringing leading edge solutions to the forefront, and elevating the green [...]

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IT giant HP is the latest in a spate of companies that are announcing green initiatives for their operation plants.

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As part of Blog Action Day, we introduced you to the public purpose investment company, E+Co. To recap, E+Co is a non-profit that provides local energy entrepreneurs in developing countries with business development services as well as investment capital. Active in 28 countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, it has fostered the growth of [...]

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In honor of Blog Action Day, Triple Pundit is pleased to highlight E+Co. A public purpose investment company (read: non-profit investment co), E+Co goes beyond microfinance by providing local energy entrepreneurs in developing countries with business development services as well as investment capitol. Using their enterprise centered business model E+Co investees provide clean, affordable energy [...]

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Despite the recent economic downturn, in the last two weeks both New Jersey and Rhode Island have chosen to move ahead with plans to construct offshore wind farms, announcing their selected energy developers. Only a few months ago, Delaware publicized a contract for a similar project. While these are strong indicators that the economic downturn [...]

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Dell wants to be the “greenest” tech company out there. With commitment to industry standards like EPEAT and ENERGY STAR in addition to their recycling initiatives and WEEE compliance, you might say they are well on their way. This week brings an industry first for the company: an 80PLUS Gold power supply for servers. 80PLUS [...]

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Next time you read a Wall Street Journal editorial about climate or energy policy and want to tear your hair out, take pity instead – Joe Rago needs all the sympathy he can get.

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At 7.5 MW – twice as big as the competition, which clock in at an average of around 3.5 MW – the Britannia achieves the economy of scale that offsets the extra cost of offshore development, while simultaneously reducing the number of platforms you need. Which means, paradoxically, that with a larger wind turbine, you leave a smaller environmental footprint (hey Bobby Kennedy Jr., are you listening?)

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It’s a bit like the dieter who buys a box of low-fat cookies and ends up eating the entire box in one sitting. So much for the diet. A report released on Tuesday by CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin states that despite the overall gains in energy efficiency since the 1970’s – 50% per [...]

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It is predicted that by 2025 3.5 billion people will face severe shortages of fresh water. As climate change, desertification, and drought take an increasing toll, sources of clean, fresh water will be a rare commodity for many.   Desalination is not a new idea, but the process is energy intensive, and has generally been no economically viable alternative to [...]

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Principals have no real force except when one is well fed-Mark Twain For many years I’ve harbored a nagging sense of futility in what I’ll call my “environmentalism”. For every plea to help forestall another environmental catastrophe comes the growing, somewhat melancholy, understanding that long-term solutions don’t lie in constantly reacting to current crisis. The home improvement project will [...]

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Green markets, in particular renewable and alternative energy, stand poised to grow into a $1 trillion market by 2030 according to analysis by Morgan Stanley. A report on Thursday in Reuters said the world market for “green” energy – including solar, wind, biomass. biofuels, tidal, and geothermal – is likely to face exponential growth in the coming decades in response to rising prices [...]

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From the Energy Priorities Website, the top 5 things that a company can do to be more sustinable are as follows. Incidentally, most of these involve immediate or short term financial payback on top of the satisfaction of “doing the right thing”. 1) Energy efficiency 2) Backup power 3) Green energy 4) Peak load management [...]

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