conference – Alternative Energies

Luke Hagedorn
america
conference
July 1, 2020
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U.S. Conference of Mayors Signal Commitment to Renewable Energy

In our last post, we discussed an emerging trend of corporations and local governments taking decisive action on climate change in the absence of federal leadership. Â Since that post, several excellent examples of this commitment have been announced, with perhaps the most compelling coming from the U.S. Conference of Mayors‘ 85th annual meeting this week. Â Climate change and renewable energy were among the topics discussed at the meeting by leaders from more than 250 cities, and a number of powerful resolutions were adopted. Â The full list of resolutions is well worth a read, but there are two in particular that warrant highlighting. First, the assembled city officials overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that set a goal for member communities to adopt 100{f24b02adee2102ff0c5f5079c50862fc8ba5fa53f8615b567037555463da2377} renewable energy by 2035. …

admin
blue
conference
January 10, 2016
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A new green power source

To limit climate change, experts say that we need to reach carbon neutrality by the end of this century at the latest. To achieve that goal, our dependence on fossil fuels must be reversed. But what energy source will take its place? Researchers report that they just might have the answer: blue-green algae.

Lasma Livzeniece
clean-energy
conference
December 31, 2015
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Victoria’s ambitious new roadmap for renewables

The Victorian State Government released a renewable energy roadmap in the middle of 2015, and ran a submission process to define the way forward. Among several interesting new initiatives is a renewable energy purchase equivalent to around 100 MW of wind energy. A tender should be announced shortly.The Clean Energy Council attended meetings and workshops and produced a written submission which you can view online. Women in RenewablesThe Clean Energy Council’s successful Women in Renewables initiative continued in late 2015 with the second lunch event held in October as part of the All-Energy Exhibition and Conference in Melbourne. The event provided the opportunity to network and discuss ways for women at all levels in the renewable energy sector to build their profiles.The event was open to all …

Tyler
british
canada
December 26, 2015
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Could proposed B.C. refinery be the future of liquid fuels?

A shorter version of this story appeared originally in the Toronto Star. By Tyler Hamilton As oil giants headquartered in Calgary face the reality that the best days for their industry could be behind them, the towns of Chetwynd and Dawson Creek in northwestern British Columbia hold out hope that better times lie ahead. It is on about 1,000 acres of land straddling both municipalities that a small B.C.-based company called Blue Fuel Energy plans to build an industrial-scale refinery that could create enough low-carbon gasoline to fuel 20 per cent of vehicles in Canada’s third-largest province. Called the Sundance Fuels project, it’s expected to create about 1,500 construction jobs and another 150 permanent positions. But beyond a boost to the local economy, the project carries …