The Interior Department today announced that it hopes to offer new offshore wind leases in the Atlantic by the end of 2011 by conducting front-end environmental reviews of the breeziest federal waters and collaborating with several coastal states. At a news conference today at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the department will [...]
Economics favor extending the life of nuclear power plants beyond 60 years, according to a recent report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook for 2010 with projections to 2035 found that if nuclear plants are retired after the 20-year renewal, ending operation at 60 total years, more than one-third of existing U.S. nuclear capacity will be retired between 2029 and 2035.
James E. Rogers, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy, will give the keynote address at the upcoming HydroVision International Conference and Exhibition in North Carolina. HydroVision International, the year’s largest gathering of hydropower professionals, is planned for July 27-30, 2010, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C.
Solar electricity could represent up to 20 to 25 per cent of global electricity production by 2050 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The finding emerged from two new analyses by the IEA: the solar photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP) roadmaps, launched in Valencia, Spain during the Mediterranean Solar Plan Conference hosted [...]
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