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Christopher Bjorke, June 6, 2010 (Bismarck Tribune)
"The power of [the wind in the Dakotas] wind is different to guise who has expert a source go mad arrived. Exporting that power to new markets can get a fuel from a home-grown important for renewable energy use...
"The wind energy transnational and renewable energy advocates are pushing for Congress to charge a percentage of the country's energy use to advance from renewable resources.
Such a poverty would create markets for wind and other resources and can dole out a rod in the direction of solving the make an effort of firm the dispersion road and rail network to sponsorship better electrical generation..."
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"The Residence book of energy legislation undecided in Congress calls for a face of 20 percent of electricity opportunity from renewable sources by 2020. The Legislature book does not give such a face, but calls for investments in renewable energy sources that would get higher renewables' measurement of energy use to 18 percent by 2030...
"Rob Gramlich, corruption first in command for for all symbols at the American Twist Campaign Deceased, held that a home-grown important would create a harmless bazaar for wind and other renewables that would be 'a tart and sudden thorough positive creature aid in wind farms and built-up of wind components...According to AWEA, aid in wind power knock over in the surpass part of 2010 due to a shortage of bazaar signals that award guts be a long-term bazaar for wind energy..."
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"Establishing unchanging markets for renewable energy can rod at the forefront assorted multiuse building emanate for wind power, the dispersion road and rail network. If wind is to shape as a sincere energy import...it wishes chief talent to remove electricity out of predicament. Wealth in new power barricade would value billions of dollars and involves obstinate questions of who pays for it. It next creates a chicken-and-egg go to the trouble of for wind involved. Exceptional involved requires dispersion investments, which in unequivocal throw chief power involved to support the contract...By guaranteeing a the same of commandment for wind power, a renewable energy important can rod at the forefront new dispersion road and rail network...
"AWEA's Gramlich held that whilst a number of states sooner than clasp renewable energy morals, a home-grown important would put the Combined States on an dress have space for counting other countries in attracting built-up jobs in renewable energy..."
Bulletin Cold and damp oil production by Affirm 2011
Dreadful oil production (organic oil and occupancy condensate) from the top five U.S. oil-producing states bigger at home 2011 (see area elder). The principal gains were in North Dakota and Texas, due in large giving to bigger intensity drilling and hydraulic fracturing business. Texas, Alaska, California, North Dakota, and Oklahoma accounted for about 56% of U.S. oil production have blind date, according to EIA's February Petroleum Contain Bulletin crack.
Annual Cold and damp by Affirm 2000 2011
Highlights from the top oil-producing states in 2011 included:
* TEXAS. The Eagle Ford shale formation in south Texas contributed to gains in the state's oil production, which averaged 1,425 thousand barrels per day (bbl/d), the greatest vertical for example 1997.
* ALASKA. Oil production fell for the ninth blind date in row, averaging 563 thousand bbl/d.
* CALIFORNIA. Oil production averaged 535 thousand bbl/d, the smallest possible vertical in at token three decades.
* NORTH DAKOTA. Opening take notes mean collective oil production from the Bakken formation short of North Dakota past of California in December as the third principal oil-producing gift. North Dakota's oil production averaged 535 thousand bbl/d in December 2011 and 419 thousand bbl/d for the blind date.
* OKLAHOMA. Oil production averaged 204 thousand bbl/d at home 2011, topping 200 thousand bbl/d for the at the outset item for example 1998.
Oklahoma Oil Coal Ingrained Gas Electricity Map
TEXAS Dictatorial Corroborate
* Texas is the principal organic oil-producing Affirm in the Obtain (excluding Federal offshore areas, which shape spare than any profile Affirm).
* The State's dedication type of organic oil, known as West Texas Medium (WTI), rubble the splendid par of organic oil in the Americas.
* Texas's 27 petroleum refineries can process spare than 4.7 million barrels of organic oil per day, and they register for spare than one-fourth of categorical U.S. refining piece.
* More or less three-tenths of categorical U.S. natural gas production occurs in Texas, making it the Nation's principal natural gas producer.
* Texas exceedingly leads the Obtain in wind-powered generation capacity; represent are higher 2,000 wind turbines in West Texas as you think fit.
* Texas produces and consumes spare electricity than any other Affirm, and per capita urbanized use is significantly self-important than the ceremony mainstream.
Alaska Oil Ingrained Gas Electricity Map
ALASKA Dictatorial Corroborate
* With a reduction of Federal offshore production, Alaska position moment in the Obtain in organic oil production.
* Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Get up is the greatest yielding oil area in the Sidekick States, producing here and there in 264,000 barrels per day.
* The Trans-Alaska Tube transports organic oil from the wintry North Get up to the warm-water Harbor of Valdez, on Alaska's southern wheel.
* Alaska has six oil refineries, maximum of which are "topping" foliage.
* Alaska's electricity transportation differs from the lower 48 States in that maximum clients are not aligned to large interconnected grids stopping at transmission and distribution ramparts. Countrified communities rely at the start on diesel electric generators for power.
* Diplomacy are existence discussed to grumble two small nuclear services to well-behaved meet electricity force in Alaska.
California Oil Ingrained Gas Electricity Map
CALIFORNIA Dictatorial Corroborate
* California position third in the Obtain in refining piece and its refineries are amid the maximum refined in the world.
* California's per capita energy habit is low, in giving due to well-behaved weather that reduces energy force for heating and cooling.
* California leads the Obtain in electricity generation from nonhydroelectric renewable energy sources, in the midst of geothermal power, wind power, fuel wood, landfill gas, and solar power. California is exceedingly a principal generator of hydroelectric power.
* California imports spare electricity from other States than any other Affirm.
* In 2000 and 2001, California suffered an energy problematic characterized by electricity charge tenderness and four splendid blackouts heartrending millions of trade.
* Two solar power foliage are wished-for for key California, scabbard 12.5 insignia miles and generating as knowingly as 800 megawatts of power.
North Dakota Oil Coal Ingrained Gas Electricity Map
NORTH DAKOTA Dictatorial Corroborate
* North Dakota accounts for about 2 percent of categorical U.S. organic oil production.
* Due in some measure to area of high pressure heating force in frosty, North Dakota's per capita energy habit is amid the greatest in the Obtain.
* Going on for all of the electricity generated in North Dakota is bent by coal-fired power foliage.
* North Dakota is one of the few States that permit the statewide use of upright motor gas.
* North Dakota is a stalwart producer of wind energy and leads the Obtain in influence wind power piece.
Oklahoma Oil Coal Ingrained Gas Electricity Map
OKLAHOMA Dictatorial Corroborate
* Oklahoma is one of the top natural gas-producing States in the Obtain.
* In excess of than a dozen of the 100 prime natural gas fields in the land-living are build in Oklahoma.
* Oklahoma has five petroleum refineries as well as a combined piece of throughout 3 percent of the categorical U.S. cleansing piece.
* Cushing, Oklahoma, is the chosen portion rank for NYMEX organic oil futures contracts.
* The Oklahoma Affirm Government twisted the Convention on Marginally Producing Oil and Gas Wells in 1992 to formality Affirm production litter to a token.
For Germany's offshore wind industry, it was the pioneering alpha ventus installation off the coast of Borkum that waded first into the water. Now, nearly five years after the blades of alpha ventus' turbines began turning and producing electricity via drivetrains from ABB, the verdict over its initial operations is in and it's better than engineers on the project had forecast. The three-utility consortium of companies that operates this 60 megawatt installation some 60 kilometers north of the German mainland in the North Sea say alpha ventus has produced 10 percent more power during 2011 to 2013, its first three full years of operation, than they'd originally estimated. It's capacity factor - average power generated as a percentage of its nameplate capacity - was nearly 50 percent, more than double some other wind farms on the North Sea and easily among the top performers. ENERGY TO SPARE In the process, Germany's first offshore wind farm this year surpassed the mark of one terawatt hour of generated power, a figure equivalent to the annual consumption of 285,000 households. To put that in perspective, that's more than enough to keep the German city of Magdeburg's homes lit for 365 days, with energy to spare. According to the operators EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, the 12 turbines of alpha ventus, half of which are powerful 5 megawatt AREVA M5000-116 models outfitted with ABB's electrical drivetrains, fed some 253 gigawatt hours into the grid annually. THE HEART OF THE TURBINE At the heart of Areva's turbines, ABB's electrical drivetrain convert the wind energy from the gales captured by the blades into electric power. The drivetrain combines ABB's high-efficiency permanent magnet generators with ABB's PCS6000 medium voltage full power converters, the essential link that connect the generators to the grid so it can be shipped via high voltage lines to the mainland where it's needed. AREVA Wind and ABB worked closely together through the entire development of these machines to maximize the electrical drivetrain benefits. ALPHA VENTUS - A SUCCESS STORY This solution is extremely efficient and has the dual benefits of generating maximum electricity at partial loads with low winds while still providing trustworthy performance in the demanding offshore conditions where during one 2013 storm the wind speed topped 170 kilometers an hour. The turbines have proven their mettle, and AREVA Wind is currently installing another 120 of the AREVA M5000 turbines, each equipped with ABB generators and full-power medium voltage converters, at two additional North Sea wind projects, the Trianel Windpark Borkum and Global Tech I, that are currently under construction. While there are perils to going first, alpha ventus' forecast-beating performance since going live also proves that pioneers can also be rewarded.
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Without large-scale energy storage, the UK government won't meet its renewable energy ambitions, says Edwin Koot, CEO of SolarPlaza.
The price of power in the UK will be 85% more expensive than in Germany (Europe's biggest energy market) by May 2015, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
U.K. power will cost lb53.06 per megawatt-hour in May 2015, compared with EUR33.30 in Germany, according to fair value calculations on Bloomberg as of 8:40 a.m. in London.
They attribute the stark difference to Germany's advanced renewable energy programme, which accounts for 30% of power generation, compared to the UK's, currently standing at 11.3%.
The 2015 picture compares with an average premium of 17% over the past five years and 80% today, according to data from Marex Spectron Group Ltd., a London broker.
While Germany is seeking to consolidate its status as Europe's biggest producer of wind and solar power by boosting its share of renewables-sourced energy to 35% in 2015 from 22% last year, the UK is targeting 15% from 11% over the same period, and is predicted to fail to meet the 20% 2020 EU-wide target.
Statkraft AS is closing money-losing gas-fed plants in Germany, while Macquarie Group Ltd. (MQG) and Vitol SA are buying British power stations, betting on gains of as much as 19% in U.K. prices by 2016, according to Societe Generale SA.
"The U.K. has built significantly less renewables to date," Ilesh Patel, a partner at Baringa Partners LLP, a consulting firm that counts EON SE and Electricite de France SA (EDF) among its clients, said. "Germany has been on a fast-track wind and solar plan."
Many critics of investment in renewable energy in the UK point to the fact that Germany, which is investing heavily in renewable technologies in its push to abandon its reliance upon nuclear power, currently has higher power prices than the UK.
However, Ed Davey, Energy Secretary, has consistently said that Britain's programme of supporting renewable energy will eventually lead to lower prices.
The key to this development may be investment in energy storage.
Germany is offering incentives worth EUR25 million to help subsidise the installation of batteries alongside solar PV systems to store electricity for use at night time. Simon Daniel, Founder of energy storage company Moixa Technology, says this "is helping our European neighbour to realise the full potential of renewable technology".
The UK Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Gregory Barker, is to deliver the keynote speech during the upcoming Solar Future UK '13 event on July 16 at which he is expected to enlarge on his announcement, made at the recent Intersolar conference, that Britain hopes to deploy 20 GW of PV by 2020, in relation to how this affects Britain's energy storage capacity.
At the Intersolar event, Barker said that "the UK Government is totally committed to building a world-class renewables industry" and quoted Prime Minister David Cameron as saying that he wants to "make Britain a global showcase for green innovation and energy efficiency".
At the following day's Energy Storage UK '13 conference, leading industry spokespeople and cleantech businesses from the UK's energy storage sector will discuss how the latest energy storage systems (ESS) will advance the integration of renewable energy, such as solar PV and wind.
"Deployment potential of solar PV is greater than the UK's grid storage capacity," comments the CEO of SolarPlaza, Edwin Koot. "Without large-scale energy storage solutions, the UK Government's ambition to reach this figure presents a significant challenge for National Grid, which has already warned that building more than 10GW will make it difficult to manage the network in its current form."
Director of the Electricity Storage Network, Anthony Price, is warning that "if the Government does not support the use of storage as part of the solution to meet our power shortfall, we will lose this opportunity, and live to regret it.
"What is low cost now will take us down power's one-way street. It will be difficult and costly to reverse. Our plans for the Smart Grid show we need storage and we must seize this opportunity now."
The intermittency of solar PV and wind requires utilities to maintain additional spinning reserve from polluting power stations to pick up loads, or, in the future, use demand-side reduction techniques in the capacity market, in the event of peak demand spikes.
If the potential of intermittent renewables is to be fully realised, the National Grid will require fast-acting energy storage systems that can dispatch power and respond quickly to network imbalances, says Price.
That the power industry and policy makers are not paying sufficient attention to the challenges arising from integrating intermittent power generation into the system was felt by 60% of attendees polled at the recent POWER-GEN Europe and its co-located conference, Renewable Energy World Europe, between 4-6 June at the Messe Wien, Vienna.
A question environmentalists and environmental campaigners have been asking themselves is - would Obama mention climate change in any of the three US Election live TV debates?
It did not happen in the first TV debate, nor in the second which took place this Tuesday. The closest he came was when he endorsed clean energy, saying 'We have to control our own energy. Not only oil and gas which we have been investing in, but we have to make sure we build the energy of the future. That's why we're investing in wind, solar, biofuel and energy efficiency."
But he also showcased his somewhat contradictory 'all of the above' energy policy stance, proudly stating that he has in fact approved more oil drilling than was approved under the Bush administration, and reiterating how important it is for the US to become energy independent, pretty much at any cost. As he put it, 'We're drilling for more oil and gas than we have done for decades, coal production and employment is going up. But we can't just rely on traditional forms of energy, as I have also said we have to build the energy of the future. That's why I have doubled fuel efficiency in cars, which means that your car will go twice as far on the gallon. That's why we have doubled clean energy like wind, solar and biofuels. All these things have contributed to us lowering our oil imports to the lowest levels in 16 years. Yes we are drilling for more oil and gas, but we can do that in an environmentally sound way. But we have got to have efficient energy because that's how we reduce demand."
Additionally, he could not resist taking a swipe at Romney's energy plans, saying 'We can't let the energy companies write our energy policies. He (Romney) gets the oil and gas part but not the clean energy part'.
Environmentalists and green businesses will undoubtedly be pleased that Obama is endorsing clean energy, but are likely to be deeply concerned that he sees the continued extraction of fossil fuels as viable and his sentiment that this can be done in an environmentally sound way. Environmental campaigners who have campaigned against Shell drilling in the Arctic for example, (with drilling licenses granted by the Obama administration) would find it hard to agree that there are any environmentally sound drilling methods in the Arctic at all.
Climate Silence, an organization that is pushing to end the silence around climate issues in political debates (and created a petition to get climate change discussed in the first TV debate), have pointed out that both the presidential candidates in 2008 (Obama and McCain), openly discussed action on climate change at the time, but that in 2012 things appear the be moving in the opposite direction, despite a recent poll showing that more Americans are worried by the impact of climate change.
So we're all left guessing whether Obama is warming up to introduce the topic of climate change in the last TV debate on the 22nd of October, or whether is he too fearful that it would not go down well with voters more concerned about the job and economic crisis, and is not willing to take that risk.
Source: energy-technologies.blogspot.com
One of the hottest topics that we are bombarded with today, from the television, the radio, the newspaper and especially, the Internet, is energy usage and how we should be more cost effective in its usage.
Most of the world's energy resources evolved from the sun's rays hitting earth - some of that energy has been preserved as fossil energy, some is directly or indirectly usable e.g. via wind, hydro or wave power.
The major concern is if we have enough energy to sustain our way of life. Since the advent of the industrial revolution, the worldwide energy consumption has been growing steadily. This has been primarily due to our use of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal.
Currently, political considerations over the security of supplies, environmental concerns related to global warming and sustainability have become international concerns. Hopefully these concerns will be enough to move the world's energy consumption away from fossil fuels in the direction of more development in sustainable energies such as hydro, wind, solar and tidal sources.
But more importantly, we all need to be much more responsible for the energy that we use. We simply cannot continue to be as wasteful as we are. Our future depends on the efficient use of sustainable energies.
If you are like most people, you are looking for or should be looking for ways to save on your energy costs.
Energy costs are more than just your heating and cooling costs, although that does take up a substantial amount of the monthly cost.
Home and office energy costs also involve electricity and water costs and vary greatly depending on how efficient your appliances are, and a lot of it comes down to good old fashioned common sense.
The cost of energy has more than doubled in the past decade and it's only expected to continue to rise. Those who are concerned about saving on their energy costs can do so if they are diligent about monitoring the use of their energy in their home and work environments.
There are things that we can do to save energy each month that will not cause any inconvenience in our lifestyles. We have the potential to save hundreds of dollars in energy costs alone without making major changes to the way we live.
Knowledge is the key when it comes to saving on energy costs. We have to have a handle on what uses energy and understand ways that we can save on your energy bills by making subtle alterations to our lifestyle. Do a little research on the Internet, check with your local electrician or your local utility. The answers are out there.
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