Details on the biofuel conference to be held in Orlando on August 30 by the Florida Department of Agriculture can be found on their website here.
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Archive for June, 2006
More info on Farm to Fuel Summit
Posted in biodiesel, ethanol on June 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Growing ethanol in Florida
Posted in ethanol on June 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Naples Daily News has a good article on the building interest in ethanol production from sugar cane here in Florida. One company, U.S. EnviroFuels, will be breaking ground on an ethanol plant near Tampa in August.
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Florida ranked #2 in greenhouse gas emissions
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned in the previous post that I hadn’t seen many reports here in Florida about the state’s #2 ranking for emissions of CO2. There’s a report on it here from Tampa’s Channel 10 News. The source of the information is actually from a Florida PIRG report you can find here.
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Energy crisis, take two…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Tallahassee Democrat offers a good history lesson today in this article on Florida’s second attempt to deal with energy dependence. It also mentions a disturbing fact that I’ve recently seen in a California newspaper but it doesn’t seem to have gotten much print here:
Florida ranks second nationwide among states with the largest increase in [...]
Take the time to see “An Inconvenient Truth”
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
If there’s one aspect of this age that best characterizes us, it’s that we don’t like inconveniences. The tv remote epitomizes the whole lifestyle. But Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” is one movie we should get up off the couch to go see. If you think you know most of the global warming facts, you’ll [...]
It’s official. Florida has a solar rebate.
Posted in solar on June 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Jeb Bush signed the Florida Energy Act into law yesterday at a ceremony in Tampa. The new law sets up a rebate for photovoltaic systems at $4 per watt with a cap at $20,000 for residential customers. A $500 rebate will be given for installations of solar hot water systems manufactured in the state and [...]
Summary of AWEA Windpower 2006 Convention, Pittsburgh PA
Posted in wind on June 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The American Wind Energy Association (an industry lobbying group) held this large convention (~4500 attendees) in Pittsburgh PA 6/4 through 6/7/2006. The David L. Lawrence Convention Center incorporates “green” building techniques, the reason for its selection. I won’t attempt to cover everything, but the advances in wind power are astounding.The opening General Session addresses were [...]
Farm to Fuel Summit in Orlando
Posted in Events, ethanol on June 15, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson will be hosting a conference in Orlando from August 31st to September 1st on Florida’s potential to produce biofuels.
“The time for discussing the need for alternative energies is over,” says Bronson. “Now we must take steps to bring the ideas to fruition.”
Read more here in the Orlando Sentinel.
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Wind power in Flagler County
Posted in wind on June 15, 2006 | 5 Comments »
A lot of people have written off Florida and wind power because we don’t get the same strong, sustained winds you find in other parts of the country. But there are some areas in Florida that may get enough to make it feasible. Here’s a good article about wind power and Flagler County in the [...]
Sarasota County designated first national renewable community
Posted in Uncategorized on June 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has bestowed this honor on Florida’s own Sarasota County in recognition of its dedication to a sustainable energy policy. Here’s the article in the Bradenton Herald.
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