GENI RSS - Global Energy Network Institute

How would you run the world? Nov 19, 2008

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:17:02 -0800

Buckminster Fuller created the World Game so you could build a better world for everyone. Buzz Aldrin said that "walking on the Big Dymaxion Map is the best experience of the Earth I've had since walking on the moon" Join the Global Energy Network Institute and Shepherd Institute on Friday December 5th, 9am - 4pm, Event location: Quantum Learning Network, 1938 Avenida Del Oro, Oceanside, CA 92056 For information: 760-505-9649 Register at: http://site.worldgameexperience.com/Home.html

"Smart" Energy Management for China's Transmission Grid. Nov 13, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:55:11 -0800

On November 9th the Chinese government approved a US $586 billion stimulus plan focused on large-scale investment in low-income housing, water, rural infrastructure and electricity in China. Though the primary purpose of this initiative is to spur economic growth at a time when exports are falling, as the Chinese stock market is in the doldrums and GDP growth is flagging, a secondary effect of this stimulus plan may be increased investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency in China.

Power supergrid plan to protect Europe from Russian threat to choke off energy. Nov 13, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:32:35 -0800

A supergrid of power supplies to protect Europe’s energy from the threat of a Russian stranglehold will be announced today.

European super grid. Nov 10, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:31:22 -0800

International energy expert Dr Czisch has outlined a strategy for a European-wide super grid that would supply all of Europe with renewable electricity.

Energy Firms To Develop Power Line Interconnection Between Zambia, DRCongo. Nov 11, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:04:19 -0800

Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) and Societe Nationale d'electricite (SNEL) intend to develop a 220kilovolt [KV] power line to enhance capacity of the existing electricity interconnection between Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

New Report: America’s Economic Future Must Be Built On a Foundation Of Clean Energy. Nov 11, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:09:17 -0800

Washington, DC - As President-elect Obama and a new Congress prepare to meet today’s economic and environment challenges, Environment America released a report that lays out a blueprint for how we can power America for the 21st century, protecting our environment while revitalizing our economy.

Pickens continues push for 'electric superhighway'. Nov 10, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:43:21 -0800

exas oilman T. Boone Pickens says he's picking up support in North Dakota and elsewhere for a nationwide "electric transmission superhighway" to help develop more power from the wind and sun.

U.N. urges quicker transfer of green technology to poorer countries. Nov 7, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:20:42 -0800

U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer said Friday it is essential that industrialized countries speed up the transfer of clean energy technology to poorer ones to help tackle global warming.

Whipping up Support for Transmission. Nov 7, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:14 -0800

Supporters of wind power are whipping up support for new transmission. Without a notable increase in the capacity to carry such energy, the optimistic forecasts for more renewable power will never happen. Ken Silverstein EnergyBiz Insider Editor-in-Chief Read Ken's Blog Respond to the editor.

Al Gore group urges Obama to create U.S. power grid. Nov 6, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:37:29 -0800

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection has some environmental advice for the incoming Obama administration: focus on energy efficiency and renewable resources, and create a unified U.S. power grid.

China 08 Wind Power Installed Capacity to Top 10,000MW. Nov 5, 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:38:20 -0800

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA) jointly announced that China's total installed wind power generation capacity would beat 10,000MW by the end of 2008, two years ahead of schedule.

Ocean grids around Europe. Nov 3, 2008

Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:57:01 -0800

Several European countries have a policy to encourage the development of renewable en-ergy sources. This is identified in e.g. the European green paper Energy strategy for a sus-tainable, competitive and secure energy supply (March 2006). In the transition towards a European sustainable energy system for the future and to reduce the dependency of im-ported primary energy sources such as oil and gas, the development of offshore wind power is an essential element. EWEA assumes that almost 120,000 MW offshore wind power will be realized in the next two decades, amounting to 10% of the installed generating capaicty. Apart from offshore wind energy other offshore renewable energy sources such as wave en-ergy, tidal energy and some experimental technologies of offshore energy have been con-sidered.

PA to Reduce Dependence on Israeli Electric Power Grid. Nov 3, 2008

Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:41:06 -0800

The Palestinian Authority has joined a seven-fold electric power grid, which will allow it to become less dependent on Israeli supply of electricity within four years.

New solar maps help homeowners and installers. Nov 3, 2008

Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:16:26 -0800

Innovations in online mapping are contributing to the rapid growth of solar energy. The high-tech tools benefit everyone from homeowners and solar-panel installers to the developers and financiers of large-scale power projects, industry experts said at a recent solar conference here.

Closing the Circuit. Oct 2008

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:39:33 -0800

The coming electrical unification of North Africa will advance a grand scheme known as the Mediterranean Electricity Ring, which has been the stuff of speeches and studies for decades. Engineers have recently made much progress on the ground, and perhaps as soon as mid-2009 they will cinch together all the power systems from Morocco to Syria with those of Europe. The same momentum could see the entire MedRing finally completed by the end of the present decade, connecting more than half a billion people in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Today's Alternative Energy. Oct, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:28:15 -0800

Promising technologies to wean the world from fossil fuels, including offshore wind, solar, geothermal and hydrogen cars, among others

UNEP Launches Green Economy Initiative. Oct 30, 2008

Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:54:36 -0800

Mobilizing and re-focusing the global economy towards investments in clean technologies and 'natural' infrastructure such as forests and soils is the best bet for real growth, combating climate change and triggering an employment boom in the 21st century.

ADB supports innovative project for cross-border power trade, rural electrification in Bhutan. Oct. 30, 2008

Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:25:31 -0800

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting an innovative power project in Bhutan that will produce clean energy for export to India and increase electricity coverage in rural areas where the bulk of the poor live.

Green oil by 2020? Oct 29, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:52:29 -0800

LONDON, UK. The Carbon Trust is launching the Algae Biofuels Challenge seeking to commercialise the use of algae biofuel as an alternative to fossil based oil by 2020.

IBERDROLA RENEWABLES Releases First Company-Wide Avian and Bat Protection Plan Calling for Wildlife and Habitat Protection. Oct 29, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:51:10 -0800

PORTLAND, Ore., IBERDROLA RENEWABLES today released the wind industry's first company-wide Avian and Bat Protection Plan. The IBERDROLA RENEWABLES plan is modeled in part after the 2005 Avian Protection Plan template developed by some 30 electric utility companies, numerous electric cooperatives and rural utilities, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to address impacts of transmission and distribution lines on birds. The IBERDROLA RENEWABLES plan applies those principles to its wind fleet and addresses bats as well as birds.

From flu-gas to algae-biomass. Oct 28, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:07:19 -0800

MADRID, SPAIN and CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, October 28, 2008. GreenFuel Technologies Corporation and renewables management company Aurantia are now in the second phase of their joint project to develop and scale algae farming technologies in the Iberian Peninsula.

Palestinians join regional electricity grid project. Oct 28, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:17:39 -0800

AMMAN — The Palestinians joined a regional grid project which previously included Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya and Turkey.

Dubai starts ambitious 1GW PV production plan using Applied’s SunFab technology. Oct 27, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:37:23 -0800

At a two day event held in Atlantis, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, Mr. Sultan bin Sulayem, Chairman of Dubai World (pictured), announced the establishment of a photovoltaics manufacturing company, dubbed Solar Technologies FZE, which will build an operate a 130MW production plant in Dubai’s Technopark. Future plans include establishing manufacturing facilities in China, Mexico and Bulgaria, which will increase the total production capacity to 1GW by 2015.

Gulf states near deal on regional power grid. Oct 26, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:20:48 -0800

Gulf Arab states are expected to sign an agreement next month to pave the way for a regional electricity grid and power trading to cope with rising demand, the chairman of the managing company said on Sunday.

Government to establish transmission link between India, Sri Lanka. Oct 24, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:59:31 -0800

New Delhi , Oct 24: Government on Friday said it plans to set up a transmission line under the sea to connect power distribution networks with Sri Lanka.

How green was my valley? Oct 23, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:51:01 -0800

AFTER a hard climb up the eastern flank of the Kolahoi glacier, Ghulam Jeelani, a geo-hydrologist from the University of Kashmir, catches his breath. This is the Kashmir valley’s only year-round source of water. But it is melting at an alarming rate. The glacier is a dirty brown colour, wrinkled with crevasses. It looks more like an enormous mudslide than a frozen reservoir of fresh water. Mr Jeelani says that the glacier is in “ablation”—shrinking through melting. If present trends, which are blamed on climate change, continue, he concludes with a shrug, “In ten years there will be no Kolahoi glacier.”

India to invest US$27 billion in wind power in next four years. Oct 23, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:31:28 -0800

With the thrust on renewable sources of energy increasing, investment in wind power generation will touch Rs 1320 billion (US$27 billion) in the next four years, says Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA). "The installed capacity of wind power in the country by the end of year 2012 would reach 22,000 MW, at an investment of Rs 1320 billion," IWTMA chairman D V Giri told reporters here.

Ark. panel suggests plan to reduce global warming. Oct 23, 2008

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:16:22 -0800

The Arkansas Governor's Commission on Global Warming has completed the state's first study on greenhouse gas emissions and arrived at 54 recommendations the panel says will help reverse global warming if everyone does their share.

World Bank Provides More Support to India's Power Grid Corporation. Oct 22, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:31:43 -0800

The World Bank today approved a US$400 million loan to the Power Grid Corporation of India, designed to increase reliable power exchange between regions and states.

Hawaii outlines renewable energy goals. Oct 21, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:32:43 -0800

Hawaii's largest utility has signed on to a plan to move the state away from dependence on fossil fuels for electricity and ground transportation.

U.S. Forest Service Turns to Cow Power. Oct 20, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:27:46 -0800

The U.S. Forest Service, seeking to reduce its environmental impact, has enrolled its Rutland headquarters in CVPS Cow Power(TM) (NYSE: CV), the nation's first manure-based farm-to-consumer energy program.

Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants. Oct 18, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:30:05 -0800

For a newly hatched striped bass in the Hudson River, a clutch of trout eggs in Lake Michigan or a baby salmon in San Francisco Bay, drifting too close to a power plant can mean a quick and turbulent death.

US Dems To Push Climate Bill As Recovery Tool For Econ Crisis. Oct 17, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:25:20 -0800

U.S. Democratic leaders say they plan to push a climate-change bill in the new year as a central tool for economic recovery, but the financial crisis may have arrested the political momentum necessary to pass such legislation.

Iberdrola and Tecnalia install first prototype to produce wave energy in Spain. Oct 16, 2008

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:28:23 -0800

Iberdrola and Tecnalia have installed, within the framework of the Oceantec Project, the first prototype for producing wave energy on the coast of Guipuzcoa, at the town of Pasajes in Spain.

National Grid: Dream or Reality? Oct 16, 2008

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:45:12 -0800

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell told a solar conference crowd that she will tackle the complex issue of regulating utilities and building new transmission lines at a time when money is tough to come by.

South Dakota Wind Farm Begins Operations. Oct 15, 2008

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:27:27 -0800

WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. - Babcock & Brown and Heartland Consumers Power District announced today that South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds dedicated the Wessington Springs Wind farm, located just south of Wessington Springs, South Dakota. The 51-megawatt (MW) Wessington Springs Wind Farm will provide clean and renewable energy to the University of South Dakota (USD) and South Dakota State University (SDSU), which become the first universities in the Midwest to be powered with 100% renewable energy.

Political Momentum Grows For US National Transmission Grid. Oct 14, 2008

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:41:27 -0800

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Momentum is growing in Washington for a federal high- voltage power grid to spark growth of U.S. renewable energy supplies and decrease the country's dependence on energy imports.

Solar mapping technology rolling out. Oct 11, 2008

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:30:45 -0800

Home and business owners in 25 cities will soon be able to punch up the solar energy potential of their own rooftops on a free Web site, under a new mapping program rolling out with backing from the U.S. Department of Energy.

PJM Auction Awards First Long-Term Financial Transmission Rights. Oct 10, 2008

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:41:56 -0800

PJM Interconnection's first auction for long-term financial transmission rights (FTRs) cleared 23,348 megawatts of transmission rights for periods up to four years in the future.

Berlin aims to become solar powerhouse. Oct 10, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:26:32 -0800

Berlin wants to become a world leader in the solar energy field, both as a user of the sun's rays for energy and as a pioneer in solar technology despite its northern, cloud-covered location, its economy minister said. "You don't necessarily have to have the best natural geographic conditions to be a solar power capital," Harald Wolf told Reuters in an interview, referring to the German capital's 52-degree north latitude and its cloud cover for about two-thirds of daylight hours.

France earmarks $549 million for green cars. Oct 9, 2008

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:38:48 -0800

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday pledged 400 million euros ($549 million) in state support for the development of electric and hybrid cars.

Geothermal Key to Local Power Needs. Oct 9, 2008

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:36:47 -0800

Kenya's huge potential in geothermal energy remains untapped even as the country grapples with high electricity costs.

U.S. DOE Awards Lockheed Martin Contract to Demonstrate Innovative Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Subsystem. Oct 8, 2008

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:42:26 -0800

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a cooperative agreement contract with a maximum value of $1.2 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate innovative technologies to enable ocean thermal energy power generation.

Study shows geothermal potential. Oct 8, 2008

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:27:57 -0800

The United States is bubbling with geothermal resources, a new study shows, and Nevada may reap the benefits.

Iran offers electricity to Pakistan. Oct 7, 2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:35:44 -0800

Iran Tuesday showed its willingness to export electricity to Pakistan and agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in all economic fields. Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mashaallah Shakiri held a meeting with Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Salman Faruqui. It was agreed that bilateral cooperation in various sectors including energy, railways, roads and trade would be enhanced.

German test plant may lead to clean coal power. Oct 6, 2008

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:34:40 -0800

In this old industrial town in the heart of the former East Germany, researchers have launched what could be a revolution for a much-maligned fuel: the world's first nearly emission-free coal-fired power plant.

One-Year PTC Extension and Eight-Year ITC to Become Law. Oct 3, 2008

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:27:02 -0800

After more than a year of debate, both chambers of the U.S. Congress approved a bill to extend the renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) through December 31, 2009. President Bush swiftly signed the “financial bailout” bill, to which the PTC extension was attached, after the House passed it today.

Using Plants Instead of Petroleum to Make Jet Fuel. Oct 3, 2008

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:02:55 -0800

New aviation biofuel made from soybeans and other crops proves identical to oil-based kerosene

Desertec-Australia/GENI Submission - Green Paper. Sep 2008

Sat, 4 Oct 2008 07:44:59 -0800

Desertec-Australia and the Global Energy Network Institute encourage the government to resist pleas by fossil fuel industries for exemptions to the strictures of carbon pricing and carbon trading. Instead of making Australia's economy stronger, exemptions will make Australia's economy weaker. Exemptions merely delay important reforms and investments industry must make to adapt to a competitive new global economy based on low emission energy sources.

GENI report "Renewable Energy Potential of Small Island Nations". August, 2008.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:12:00 -0800

Islands may not be as blessed as continental nations with certain natural resources. Yet for most, wind, sun, hydro and/or geothermal energies are abundant. The import

atation of oil and gas to fuel small islands is growing, and the costs are increasing. Current price fluctuations should encourage islands to become independent from fossil fuels and utilize their own resources. The drivers for implementing renewable energy are the renewable resource potential, new technologies and policy support.

Although some islands have begun the transition to clean energy, most still import petroleum, coal, and natural gas. Fossil fuel dependence creates a financial and environmental burden on small islands. As oil prices rise and fall, islands should be encouraged to increase local production from renewable sources.

Going forward, investing in generation of domestic renewable energy resources makes more economic and environmental sense over continued imports of expensive and polluting fossil fuels.

GENI Initiative's First Global Visualization Comparisons Published. July, 2008.

GENI — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:11:05 -0800

The GENI WMS (Web Map Service) Server is the latest and most advanced dynamic data visualization of the GENI Initiative and allows real-world data to be displayed and compared online. Read more about it in the white paper: The GENI Initiative Visualization (171 MB .pdf), presented to the IEEE Power Engineering Society in July, 2008.

The GENI Initiative's static data visualization (Flash animation) starts with the NASA Earth at Night map, then shows our planet's population, current energy production, and all the potential renewable energy resources. One of our goals is to make the energy issues of our world visible and ultimately to visualize the GENI solution from every nation's perspective.