Instead of a renewable resource I would have bet on a non-renewable one (oil).
Earlier this week, the Edison Electric Institute, the industry group for investor-owned utilities, circulated a letter in the House urging lawmakers not to vote for the RPS. Corporations such as Atlanta-based Southern Company and Charlotte-based Duke Energy hold firm that a renewable mandate is a state issue, not a federal one.
Earlier this week, the Edison Electric Institute, the industry group for investor-owned utilities, circulated a letter in the House urging lawmakers not to vote for the RPS. Corporations such as Atlanta-based Southern Company and Charlotte-based Duke Energy (nyse: DUK - news - people ) hold firm that a renewable mandate is a state issue, not a federal one.
You could, for instance, as many states have done throughout the country, have a renewable energy standard that said a certain amount of your power will be generated using renewable sources, which obviously would cut down, by definition, on greenhouse gases.
Become a renewable advocate and promote a healthier environment and you might just find a few more friends.
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But regardless of whether the company is an app shop, a renewable energy company, a bio-tech venture, or something still to be imagined, we need to remember that people who start technology companies are neither heroes nor potential heroes, they are simply people with the same limitations and conflicts as anyone else.
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The development would be powered by "clean renewable energy", with a renewable energy plan being proposed for the site.
Wind and solar as a source of renewable energy is a goal that most electric-generating companies, including General Electric (GE), Duke Energy (DUK), and Northwestern Energy (NEW), are hotly pursuing.
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Renewable or non-renewable is a distraction from the bigger battle taking place over centralized and decentralized energy.
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In some rich countries, political support gives renewable producers a friendly, stable market.
Several lawmakers seemed convinced, describing natural gas as "a precious resource, " a bridge to a renewable energy future--and a replacement for coal.
Corn is indeed a renewable resource, but it has a far lower yield relative to the energy used to produce it than either biodiesel (such as soybean oil) or ethanol from other plants.
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Mr Jones AM confirmed that the government wants to see companies staying in Wales and that training people to ensure they have the right skills to create a successful renewable energy sector is a priority.
In a power-starved nation, renewable energy has a favored future.
The Renewable Sustainable Expeditionary Power (RSEP) program seeks to create a transportable renewable hybrid system that can provide Marines with electricity for a 15-day mission without relying on fuel resupply convoys that often become targets for adversaries.
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Many venture capitalists and investment bankers see a carbon-trading regime and massive subsidies for renewable energy as a potential source of windfall profits.
McCaskill simply placed a personal call to Janet Napolitano, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, who issued this young woman a renewable, two-year work visa until her petition for a green card processes.
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One man, Sam Bahoor(ph), who has lived in Ramallah on a renewable three-month tourist visa for the past 14 years, was given only a month-long entry visa when he arrived a few weeks ago.
Bush wants to reduce U.S. gasoline usage by 20% by 2012 through a massive increase in the renewable fuels standard and a hike in the corporate average fuel economy standard for cars and light trucks.
The Obama program offers a two-year renewable exemption from deportation and a work permit to those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
The draft legislation comes after months of debate and failed proposals, including retroactive cuts to investment agreements, a full halt in new subsidies for renewable energy projects and a variable tax rate on energy production that sank under pressure from wind and solar sectors already struggling to survive.
Each unit of power fed into the grid from a marine renewable machine earns about five times more than power generated by a fossil fuel.
We have the potential to be a global center for the production of clean, renewable electricity a commodity that is certain to be in high demand in the decades to come.
No renewable is in a better position to cross this bridge first than biogas.
He attended Duke's Environmental Leadership Program and worked at Beacon Power, a renewable energy company.
Dams offer a renewable energy source, providing the means for irrigation, transportation and flood protection.
And I think the issue of renewable fuels is a huge one in this state.
We know that the Brazilian energy matrix is a renewable source of energy that Brazil has.
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For the man is pointing out that metals are recyclable and therefore they are a renewable resource.
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Plans for a renewable power plant in Oxfordshire have been withdrawn, after planners recommended they are rejected.
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