Hawaii’s governor Neil Abercrombie signed a progressive new energy policy into law today, reported the Honolulu Civil Beat website. The new law, Senate Bill 1087, provides a financing plan geared towards renewable energy projects.
The new bill authorizes Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and...
Vermont Yankee, Vermont’s only nuclear power plant, will close by the end of 2014, Entergy Corporation announced earlier this week. The station will remain under the oversight of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission throughout the decommission process.
The future of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station has been uncertain since 2010, when the Vermont Senate voted...
The world’s largest solar ship completed its second transatlantic crossing this year, reported Renewable Energy World website. The catamaran PlanetSolar voyaged from Canada to Belgium, a distance of 2,857 miles, in 23 days. The German-built catamaran is exclusively powered by solar energy.
The 2013 expedition was designed to demonstrate the ship’s...
On August 14, environmental magazine Sierra, published by the Sierra Club, released its seventh annual report ranking American universities according to their degree of environmentalism. The Cool School 2013 report is intended to guide prospective students wishing to attend “green” schools and to reward those institutions that are dedicated to sustainability...
Could brown kelp one day provide a global supply of biomethane and ethanol? Any beachgoer in the Pacific Northwest would recognize the long, stringy Sugar Kelp (laminaria saccharina) that frequently washes up on beaches there. Although kelp’s commercial applications are currently limited, Paal Bakken, founder and CEO of Seaweed Energy Solutions, believes that...