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On Saturday afternoon, I will giving a talk as part of the Maryland Sierra Club's biannual jamboree near Annapolis. The topic will be the economics of renewable energy. Joining me will be Scott Donnelly from the Eastern Shore Sierra Club, who advocating for Maryland to get plugged into offshore wind power.
As I wrote last month, Maryland is early in the process of developing offshore wind. The Maryland Energy Administration has asked developers to express their interest and suggest how the procurement process might be organized.
From there, I will be heading to Lewes, where the University of Delaware is hosting Coast Day on Sunday at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes. There will be exhibitions, lectures (including one by professor and wind power hero Jeremy Firestone) and a crab cake cookoff.
Sunday evening, I will be leading a discussion at a gathering of Dining with Progressives at Fish On restaurant just outside Lewes. The topic will be economics, energy and the environment. If you want to join the gathering, you can e-mail organizer Joanne Cabry at prog2009@aol.com.
HOUSE VOTE DEALS BLOW TO RENEWABLE ENERGY Updated: Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010, 4:52 PM EDTPublished : Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010, 4:52 PM EDT (NewsCore) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to slash federal renewable-energy subsidies, to help finance instead a 26 billion emergency aid package for state and local governments. The House voted to transfer 1.5 billion from the renewable-energy and transmission loan-guarantee program, dealing yet another blow to solar, wind and ethanol companies. It was the second reduction in a year and left the programs size at about 25 billion, less than half the amount originally envisioned when the Democratic-led Congress used an economic stimulus package to steer money into alternative energy projects. The Senate has already approved a similar measure. "I understand why theyre doing it -- its a nice juicy pot thats unspent," said Bryan Ashley, the chief marketing officer for solar-cell maker Suniva Inc. Still, "its always concerning when youre robbing Peter to pay Paul." The vote Tuesday will help states pay for rising costs for Medicaid, a federal program that provides health care for poor Americans. It will put at a disadvantage renewable-energy projects that have applied more recently for government funding and have not yet cleared through initial rounds of review. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will continue to seek assurances for restoration of the funds, an aide said. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has also vowed to restore funding. But at a time of big budget deficits, the funding could be hard to restore.-- Scotts Contractingscottscontracting@gmail.com http://www.stlouisrenewableenergy.blogspot.comhttp://www.stlouisrenewableenergy.comscotty@stlouisrenewableenergy.com See the entire article at http://blog.stlouisrenewableenergy.com
