]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/hydropower Blog Articles Tagged with 'hydropower' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/154292?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Ban Ki-Moon comments on the importance of global climate action in the current edition of Newsweek:This [current] impasse is a prescription for disaster. To break it means accepting two realities. First: the world is waiting for the United States to ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/154292?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:40:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/154488?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower All three units at the Mother Ann Lee hydropower plant are now up and running for the first time in years, reports Louisvillian David Brown Kinloch, one of the plant's owners. Previously, just two turbines were working.This marks a major personal acc... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/154488?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/152857?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower I had the opportunity to chat yesterday with German legislator Hermann Scheer, who is the chief architect of the renewable-energy law that has turned Germany into a wind and solar leader. In fact, it's now called Scheer's Law. Scheer said Ontari... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/152857?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:43:45 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/152751?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Amanda Chiu reports from the 14th Conference of Parties (COP 14) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Pozna , Poland. Photo courtesy Amanda Chiu Protest march on Saturday, the Global Day of Action for Climate Chan... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/152751?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:04:28 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/151811?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Hydropower coverage in our region is grabbing more attention. I covered the topic in late October, here, when I visited a refurbished low-impact plant near Shakertown on the Kentucky River. The story mentioned focused on the potential in Kentucky, in... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watchdog-earth/151811?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/151127?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower In Part I, I presented the notes on renewable energy that I took as I read through the 2008 International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook. Here in Part II, I organize those notes, and then provide some general comments and conclusions. I am ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/151127?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:51:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/152455?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower In Part I, I presented the notes on renewable energy that I took as I read through the 2008 International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook. Here in Part II, I organize those notes, and then provide some general comments and conclusions. I am ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/152455?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:51:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/151097?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Time magazine steps up and pans President-elect Obama's ambitions energy agenda as being woefully inadequate. So much for the political honeymoon!Time takes up the case of alternative energy producers who, depending on your point of view, are either ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/151097?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:08:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/150513?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower I am working on an essay on the renewable energy portion of the recently released 2008 IEA World Energy Outlook. In Part I, I merely present some of the highlights of the report (actually the notes I jotted down as I read it). Part II will involve mo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/150513?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:14:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/152456?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower I am working on an essay on the renewable energy portion of the recently released 2008 IEA World Energy Outlook. In Part I, I merely present some of the highlights of the report (actually the notes I jotted down as I read it). Part II will involve mo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/152456?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:14:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/149586?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower In one 24 hour period, Southern California participated in the largest eartquake simulation drill in history (designed to prepare for the impending monster quake that seismologists assure is coming to destroy half of the state) and UC Berkelely relea... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/149586?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:59:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/148937?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Today the International Energy Agency (IEA) released their much anticipated (and previously leaked) World Energy Outlook 2008. The full report costs 150, but there is a lot of publicly available information on their website. They have a presentati... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/148937?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/152462?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Today the International Energy Agency (IEA) released their much anticipated (and previously leaked) World Energy Outlook 2008. The full report costs 150, but there is a lot of publicly available information on their website. They have a presentati... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/r-squared-energy-blog/152462?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/147356?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower A consortium of European governments is developing the world's first International Renewable Energy Agency. The agency, known as IRENA, will serve as a global cheerleader for clean energy. It plans to offer technical, financial, and policy advice fo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/147356?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:00:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/147389?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower With wall to wall converage of Barack Obama's historic win including all sorts of speculation about the Fairness Doctrine, we thought it only appropriate to give some bandwidth to the loyal opposition. To wit, the Heritage Foundation's blog post abou... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/california-energy-blog/147389?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:17:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/146961?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower By Li TaigeEnvironmental challenges make supplying the ever-growing population of Tibet with sufficient and sustainable electricity a logistical conundrum.Puntso's yard is piled high with dung specifically, wind-dried dung.The 68-year old is a he... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/146961?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:37:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/146460?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Weren't we just recently talking the environmental benefits of dam removal? From a small, unassuming plant at Lock and Dam No. 7, not far from historic Shaker Village, the Kentucky River gushes across the propellers of a hydroelectric generator that ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/146460?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:39:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143848?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower By Max LevinIn May 2007, the government of Costa Rica announced the ambitious goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2030. Though Costa Rica has a rather large head start on alternative energy 78 percent of its electricity is generated by hydropo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143848?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:40:54 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142239?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Brahmaputra River in Tibet, photo: Gerry Chu.In a move that is sure to prove increasingly controversial as the details become more fleshed out, Chinese officials in Lhasa, Tibet have indicated that they are considering developing a series of dams in ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/142239?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/139068?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower By Keith Brower Brown; Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog.Last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill left for dead just weeks ago, apparently deciding the country actually ought to keep its burgeoning clean energy industry. Bu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/watthead/139068?rsstype=tag&tag=hydropower Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:31:00 -0400