Archive for May, 2009
Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Photo by David Tulloch
Yesterday was such a lovely experience – thanks to the Hudson River Greenway. People have worked hard over the decades to establish safe paths for pedestrians and other non-motorized transportation. And they succeeded in fostering for an amazing experience for bicyclists to enjoy the Hudson River and its cool breeze – not having to worry about dangerous vehicles that fill the streets of New York. I explored (more…)
Tags: bicycles, biking, greenway, Manhattan, NYC
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
The prices of oil and natural gas appear to have bottomed now. But with inventories near record levels, a quick price spike much higher doesn’t seem sustainable in the short-term. Yesterday, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) weekly petroleum report clearly showed that recessionary low demand continues to dominate (more…)
Tags: 2009, climate change, energy, global warming, Natural Gas, oil prices, Solar, US, Wind
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is in Chicago this week, hosting its largest conference ever. Over 20,000 people are filling the McCormick Place Convention Center, representing a 60% growth from last year’s attendance. And they are sending a clear message too: we need to ensure continued US wind power leadership by passing a (more…)
Tags: China, climate change, global warming, green jobs, renewable electricity standard, RES, Solar, US, wind energy, windpower
Posted in Climate Change, Daily Recap, Electricity, federal policy, Wind | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Denmark offshore, photo by Jim Hodson of Greenpeace
SET’s home state of New York is moving to become a leader in offshore wind power. Both the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) have offshore wind farms they are pursuing. The NYPA project would be the first major freshwater wind farm in (more…)
Tags: climate change, fossil fuels, NY, offshore, renewable energy, US, wind power
Posted in Climate Change, Coal, Electricity, Oil, Wind | 2 Comments »
Monday, May 4th, 2009
Solarbuzz.com reported this morning that prices for solar modules fell another few pennies per watt. As supply has fully caught up with demand in 2009, prices are skidding down. But since fossil fuel prices remain substantially lower due to the global recession, the price of solar remains relatively high and will take many more months of decreases before grid parity becomes (more…)
Tags: 2009, climate change, emissions reduction, Europe, grid parity, renewable energy, solar power, US
Posted in Climate Change, Daily Recap, Electricity, Solar | 5 Comments »
Friday, May 1st, 2009
For months I’ve been talking about the potential of falling prices and rig counts to lower production. Well, in last week’s Energy Information Administration weekly petroleum report we finally saw a significant drop in crude oil output of (more…)
Tags: 2009, Natural Gas, oil prices, renewable energy, rig count, US
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