This has to qualify as the news story of the day. Progress Energy has just released a report in which it acknowledges the problem of global climate change and advocates a national plan to address it. The official press release can be found here.
What’s interesting is that the study that produced the report was [...]
Archive for March, 2006
Progess Energy and Climate Change
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Latest news on the global warming meltdown…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
You may just have waterfront property and not know it. Check out this article in the New York Times on melting polar ice.
- Craig Williams
Why should we drill in the gulf…
Posted in Uncategorized on March 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Brooksville resident Dallas Dunlap stated a nice, eloquent case against drilling off Florida’s beaches in his letter to the Hernando Today newspaper.
- Craig Williams
Solar energy dwarfed by other economic incentive proposals
Posted in solar on March 22, 2006 | 1 Comment »
When looking at what Jeb Bush has proposed for his technology-based economic development plan, you would think that solar energy must be some kind of technological stepchild. He’s recommending that $630 million of the budget surplus go to develop a variety of technology-based programs while the solar industry is chomping at the bit to move [...]
Lecture at UF on March 28 – Why Biomass is Important
Posted in biomass on March 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Ann Bartuska, deputy chief for research and development for the US Forest Service, will be giving a lecture at the University of Florida in Gainesville on March 28th. Her topic is “Why Biomass is Important – The Role of the Forest Service in Managing and Using Biomass for Energy and Other Uses.” For more details, [...]
New Jersey’s Solar Rebate Program
Posted in solar on March 20, 2006 | 1 Comment »
It’s good to look at renewable energy programs in other states while considering what a reasonable program should look like in Florida. I hope to be posting figures from several states soon. But right now I’ve got some numbers from New Jersey. I thought New Jersey would be a good place to start since it [...]
FPL to install 250KW PV System over Sarasota Landfill
Posted in solar on March 20, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Florida Power & Light recently announced plans to install 250 kilowatts of solar panels over a landfill in Sarasota. This is part of their Sunshine Energy plan where customers sign up to pay $9.75 more per month on their electric bill to help purchase clean, renewable energy. So far they have 23,000 customers signed up. [...]
Solar incentives desperately welcome, but much more is needed…
Posted in solar on March 16, 2006 | 6 Comments »
As you can see from the lead news story on the website, Jeb Bush’s proposed Energy Act calls for $2.5 million in rebates for solar technologies. This could be a welcome drink of water in Florida’s solar-incentive desert, but a great deal more is needed before Florida can began to catch up with the thriving [...]
