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ENTSO-E Ten Year Network Development Plan: Roadmap to a Grid for the Internal Energy Market The Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy Future: Renewable Energy and Grid Development. About the Event: This event focused on the importance of the electricity grid as a key enabler of renewable energy integraton in Ireland and Europe. Over recent years the electricity sector has entered a period of remarkable change. This change has been characterized by a drive to increase environmental sustainability, energy security and economic competiveness, and is being delivered through a commitment to increase the level of renewable energy on the power system. The European Union (EU) aims at increasing the share of renewable energy sources in Europe’s final energy consumption to 20% by 2020, and estimates that 35% of total electricity consumption has to come from renewable energy generation to meet this target. Ireland has also adopted its own ambitious renewable energy target that 40% of electricity demand be derived from renewable sources by 2020. Although considerable progress has been made in Ireland and across Europe in the renewable energy space, it is important not to underestimate the many challenges that lie ahead. Today, electricity networks in Ireland and across Europe require significant upgrades and new grid infrastructure in order to integrate increasing amounts of renewbale energy and faciltate the transition towards a low-carbon energy future. While EirGrid’s “Grid25 …
How many wars and oil spills do you need before you see the light?How much do wars and destroying the gulf of mexico cost?3,200 oil rigs and it only takes one to destroy the gulf of mexico? As good a reason as any to shut down the other 3,199 right now. They won’t be cheaper than fossil fuels. so what: switch anyway.
US Senator Jeff Bingaman details several provisions contained with the Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) bill he and six other senators introduced this week. The measure proposes a national RES for utility companies, that would increasingly use larger amounts of power from renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass. RES would help cement New Mexico’s role as a leader in clean energy technology, and has been a priority for Bingaman for years. Bingaman chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Chinas pledge to have 15 percent of its energy to come from renewable sources by 2020 is hampered by the countrys coal dependency, a reliance that has succeeded in making it the fastest growing economy and also the largest greenhouse gas producer on the planet (recently surpassing the United States). The latter is a problem China hopes to solve with wind power, Nation contributing editor Christian Parenti elaborates on the growing industry of wind turbines, fans with the potential to increase local productivity, reduce harmful pollution and ultimately wean China off its coal addiction. Read Christian Parenti’s article here: www.thenation.com
That pledge thing of theirs doesn’t address it for some reason. Here in Nebraska the energy companies are publicly owned and we have some of the lowest energy costs in the country. It’s one thing this state did right.
In 2009 Joe Manchin proposed, and was the only governor of a coal producing state to sign, a Cap and Trade bill. He did it right here in West Virginia. House Bill 103 calls for 10% of the energy sold in the state to be from alternative or renewable sources by 2015 — and that number rises to 25% or higher by 2025. These regulations are not good for West Virginia’s economic future as an energy leader.
