]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/hydro-energy Hydro Energy - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/75353?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Remember back in 2004 when this oil prices soared past first $40 and then $50 and people said 'don't worry, to be as bad as the previous oil shocks it would have to reach $100', well yesterday it did. Normally when prices go up demand goes down, but ... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:36:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/75353?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/74664?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Citing a Chinese government report that came out on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that China will give top priority to developing renewable energy and promoting hydropower, solar, methane, wind and other renewable energy sources. ... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:51:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/74664?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/74463?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 By John Addison (12/26/07). Great organizations are improving employee productivity, increasing retention of key people, and often saving millions of dollars annually. We admire corporations that contribute to the triple bo... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/74463?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/70572?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 I was having a discussion with a friend the other day about the future of energy production. I think most people agree that fossil fuel based energy, weather from oil, coal or whatever, needs to be reduced and eventually eliminated. The reasons for t... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:26:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/70572?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/69124?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Compared to coal, hydropower is clean. But China's grandest, half-century-old approach to meeting its energy demands cleanly is arguably as much a solution as it is a problem. And there is no better symbol of the necessity and danger of dams than C... Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:20:33 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/69124?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/69082?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Costa Rica and New Zealand both have declared their intentions to become carbon neutral. The most striking similarity between these two disparate nations is that both are blessed with great hydro-electric capacity. Quebec, and New York State, whe... Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:07:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/69082?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/69637?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Not only is China doubling its nuclear energy capacity by 2020, it's on a hydro spree that appears to abandon the ecological values we take for granted in the developed world.... Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:03:20 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/69637?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/67989?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 I have a story today in the Toronto Star about a pilot project that would see the city equip up to 20 municipal buildings with solar thermal systems that would provide hot water and space heating. But instead of owning and operating the systems itsel... Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:13:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/67989?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/66786?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Robert Congel, owner of the Pyramid Cos., says he will build a $450 million, 40-story green hotel as part of the Carousel Center mall. The unnamed hotel will be powered (in part) by electricity generated by its solar panel facade and by hydro-electri... Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:38:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/66786?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/66797?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 TreeHugger isn't best known for its coverage of British Royalty (heaven knows they get enough press elsewhere). However, when it relates to greenness, we are not averse to the occasional post. We have already looked at Prince Charles' attempts to cut... Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:03:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/66797?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/65470?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Touching down in Stockholm today to pick up his 2007 Volvo Environmental Prize, energy guru Amory Lovins had some harsh words for the Swedes. Sweden, a paradise of innovation around effective energy use and smart building in the 1970's, has lost its ... Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:46:07 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/65470?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/64377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Last week's issue of Business Week included a fascinating article documenting the frustrations of a manager charged with implementing green energy and sustainability strategies within his company. It also includes a scathing critique of the efficacy ... Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/64377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/64167?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Corporate Knights, a national magazine about socially responsible business in Canada, released its list of the Top 10 cleantech companies in Canada and a Top 10 list of the emerging cleantech leaders of tomorrow. (Disclosure: I was on the five-perso... Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:40:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/64167?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/63534?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Bell Canada, the largest telephone and Internet company in Canada, put out a press release today promoting two tools that help customers quantify and better appreciate the carbon savings that come from using certain telecommunications products. Hopin... Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:55:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/63534?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/63570?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Now before you start rolling your eyes and muttering something about greenwashing, hear the folks at Yahoo! out on this. The good news is that - unlike many carbon offsetting programs we've read/heard about - this one actually seems to be doing som... Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/63570?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/63291?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 We worry that carbon offsets are bogus. Farmers are getting paid to do what they would have done anyway. Rich environmentalists are giving alms without a change in behavior. Yet, I think carbon offsets are a good idea and some look very real. Here is... Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:24:37 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/63291?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/62029?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 New Zealand electricity producers face a 10-year moratorium on all new gas- or coal-fired power plants to help the country reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The nation's Prime Minister also commits to 90% renewable electricity by 2025.Electricity pro... Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:32:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/62029?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/61297?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 State, cities act on climate:In North Carolina, Gov. Mike Easley signed a law in August thatrequires big utilities to meet 12.5 percent of electricity demand withrenewable sources such as solar energy, wind, hydropower and energyefficiency measures b... Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:08:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/61297?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/61126?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 One of my readers pointed out that I missed an opportunity in Tuesday's posting to consider the impact of plug-in hybrid cars (PHEVs) on an increase in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard (CAFE.) It's a great question, and it leads in two dif... Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:15:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/61126?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/60152?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 One year ago in TreeHugger, we had water on the brain. New York had some plans to go from renewable energy to renewable-er energy, with hydropower to hydrogen in a $21 project near Niagara Falls. Check out what San Francisco would look like underwate... Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:48:37 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/60152?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/60068?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 During a conversation on climate change last night at University of Louisville, E.On U.S. attorney Robert J. Ehrler gave a talk on his company's perspective of global warming. Two power point slides attracted the most attention: one said that wind ... Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:26:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/60068?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/58532?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 As far as this year's Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting goes, this is the mother lode of commitments. Standard Chartered Bank has pledged $8-to-10 billion (yes, billion, folks) over five years to renewable-energy projects wind, hydro, geothe... Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:02:31 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/58532?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/52176?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Visitors at underground MotelThe tiny outback town of White Cliffs in far north-west New South Wales can now claim a place in Australia's engineering history, alongside the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Snowy Hydro scheme. The opal mining town, where... Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:50:16 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/off-grid/52176?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/52149?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 A year ago today in TreeHugger, we took note of the winner of a book prize created by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; here's a hint...it wasn't to anyone telling them to stop looking for oil. Meanwhile, a new voice piped up in the d... Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:49:33 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/52149?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/50564?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Of all the different technologies for producing energy, I've probably devoted the least space in this blog to those that extract energy from flowing water. Large hydroelectric dams are hardly novel; they generate about 7% of our electricity. But at ... Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:46:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/50564?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/50125?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Due to the combination of drought lowering flows in the Catawba River and the added heat of midsummer, coal fired power plants that rely on Catawba water withdrawals for cooling are being forced to shut down or limit operations due to discharge permi... Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:30:46 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/50125?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/49887?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Related Stocks: NHY Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates) submits: Hold-rated new Norsk Hydro (NHY) trades near roughly estimated net present value [NPV] of $13 a share, revised up from $11 after disclosure of second quarter results on J... Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:44:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/49887?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/48923?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 E.ON is acquiring Energi E2 Renovables Ib ricas, a wind farm operator, from the Danish utility Dong Energy at a purchase price of 722 million. This acquisition enables E.ON to greatly expand its wind power business. The purchase price includes 256... Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/48923?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/48812?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Illinois and North Carolina recently joined 23 other states in enacting renewable energy standard (RES) policies. Delaware also doubled it's existing standard last month while Missouri adopted a non-binding renewable energy goal. 25 states now have ... Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:44:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/48812?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/48738?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 CNN is reporting that Nevada Hydro has secured $1.1 billion in private financing from Morgan Stanley for the LEAPS hydroelectric project at Lake Elsinore.The money will be used to form LEAPS Hydro, LLC, the company that will build, own, and operate t... Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:52:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/48738?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/48705?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Who says elections don't matter?Energy legislation from the previous Congress was focused on tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. Now from the new Congress: mandates that electric utilities get a certain percentage of their electricity from renew... Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:16:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/48705?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/48467?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Pakistan inventor Sarfraz Ahmad Khan has been working hard to develop new hydro technologies like this hydro power invention. His latest concept features the run of river active setup of micro hydro power generation blended with basic principals of ... Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:27:31 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alternative-energy-news/48467?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/47255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The Ontario Energy Board released results last week of a time-of-use pilot project in Ottawa involving 375 households equipment with smart meters. The results, based on an analysis of electricity use between Aug. 1, 2006 and Feb. 28, 2007, found that... Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:56:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/47255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/46162?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced a proposal to shorten the permitting process for pilot ocean energy projects to as little as six months, according to a news release (pdf) from Finavera Renewable Energy, Inc.. ... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:52:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/46162?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-balance/46286?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 We tend to think of hydro-electric power as a totally clean form of energy, but there is a carbon footprint here too. According to figures obtained by Vincent St. Louis, who is a scientist at the Canadian University of Alberta, man-made reservoirs (o... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:40:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-balance/46286?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/44011?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Related Stocks: TOT Russian state-controlled gas giant Gazprom said Thursday it has chosen Total SA to help develop Shtokman, the world's biggest undeveloped gas field, whose reserves hold enough gas to supply all of Europe for ... Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:49:44 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/44011?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/43818?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 First Solar, Inc. recently announced that it has entered into five agreements for the manufacture and sale of solar modules totaling 685 Megawatts. These new agreements are expected to allow for sales of approximately $1.28 billion at an assumed exch... Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/43818?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/43711?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The 2007 Oregon Legislature closed a landmark session advancing clean energy legislation and putting Oregon on the map as a clean energy leader.The Oregon Legislature wrapped up it's 75th Legislative Assembly on June 28th, ending a session that can o... Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:56:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/43711?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/43716?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The 2007 Oregon Legislature closed a landmark session advancing clean energy legislation and putting Oregon on the map as a clean energy leader.The Oregon Legislature wrapped up it's 75th Legislative Assembly on June 28th, ending a session that can o... Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:22:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/43716?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/43569?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation to decrease pollution from energy production by encouraging an increase in the use of renewable energy from sources such as wind, hydroelectricity, solar power, hydrogen, and biomass.... Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/43569?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/43059?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 by Frank LingRenewable WarfareWhen you think of biofuels, the military may be last place that comes of mind. But major defense contractor Honeywelll has announced plans to accelerate the development of military jet fuels from vegetable and algae.Jim ... Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:52:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/43059?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/42977?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Here's one more reason to question the environmental viability of dams: another study shows that India's dams are significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions in the form of methane, a gas which is not measured in the overall statistics for... Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:40:25 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/42977?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/42339?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The skyrocketing prices of metals -- nickel, copper, uranium, zinc... you name it -- has led to a lot of theft over the past two years. Junkyards are being raided, hydro and cable companies are seeing a rise in the theft of copper cabling, and homeow... Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:30:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/42339?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/42083?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Related Stocks: NHY, STO Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates) submits: Buy-rated Norsk Hydro (NHY), reporting first quarter 2007 results on May 31, also becomes Hold-rated new Norsk Hydro and Buy-rated Statoil (STO). By October 1, each... Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:50:41 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-stock-blog/42083?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/41567?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Energy Minute: A small region of Spain is far ahead of almost everyone in its use of renewable energy. It uses wind, solar, biomass and hydro to produce 60 percent of its power. (podcast)... Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:06:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-priorities/41567?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/40618?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 We always say that conservation is the best source of energy; Toronto Hydro is spreading that message with its new Do the right thing campaign for business. If a business reduces its consumption by 10% compared to last year then they get an automat... Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:58:47 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/40618?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/39415?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The Yangtze river dolphin has been declared functionally extinct', which means that although there may be some of them left, there aren't enough to breed and procreate; not enough to repopulate the species. The reason behind this tragedy is a comb... Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:20:06 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/39415?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/39190?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 The U.S. Senate is currently debating a National Renewable Energy Standard. Under an amendment sponsored by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, electric utilities would be required to obtain a g... Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:56:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-energy/39190?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/renewable-energy-law-blog/39044?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 Senate Energy Bill Update: Renewableenergyaccess.com reports on the action in the U.S. Senate yesterday, where an amendment to the energy bill which would have included clean coal and new nuclear power in a national renewable portfolio standard was... Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:15:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/renewable-energy-law-blog/39044?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/38761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=39 A long train ride provided the opportunity to review the new report from the Department of Energy on the state of wind power in the US. For those who like numbers the ones in this document are fascinating. Significantly, they show that for the sec... 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