Sentences with phrase «debate over renewables»

It does provide a window into various schools of thought in the debate over renewables.

While debates over renewable energy targets continue to rage at the political level in Australia, Panasonic has signed a deal with three utility companies to pair its energy storage systems with rooftop solar.

The news magazine highlights the debate over the Renewable Fuel Standard, which will be the subject of an upcoming House hearing.

Not exact matches

PODCAST: In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer, Matt Mckenzie, and Tori Wilson discuss Synergy and renewable energy, the Atlas Iron takeover, live sheep exports, Bill Shorten's Perth visit, a new report on Kwinana, and the debate over training and apprenticeships.

In this Business News podcast Mark Beyer, Matt Mckenzie, and Tori Wilson discuss Synergy and renewable energy, the Atlas Iron takeover, live sheep exports, Bill Shorten's Perth visit, a new report on Kwinana, and the debate over training and apprenticeships.

At a tense debate in February at UCLA where Jacobson argued over the merits of supporting nuclear versus ramping up renewables, sharing the stage with nuclear supporters like Environmental Progress» Shellenberger and fellow Stanford climate scientist Ken Caldeira, the question - and - answer session with the audience devolved into a shouting match.

After months of debate over whether U.S. public land should be used to harness renewable energy, the Department of the Interior weighed in by approving two large - scale solar energy projects in California.

The debate over biofuels and economics has tended to focus on mandates and subsidies rather than carbon taxes — unsurprisingly, given the absence of carbon - taxing in the U.S. and the prevalence of large biofuel subsidies, primarily via the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The biofuels / ethanol debate has moved over to National Journal's Energy Experts Blog, with this week's posts addressing whether the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that mandates biofuel use should be left alone, amended or repealed.

Debates over land - use, energy prices and the impact of renewable energy have been a challenge for Ontario's Green Energy Act and Feed - in - Tariff program.

Now that climate and renewables have taken over their focus evidently discussion, debate and education have been abandoned (or transformed into a weird cargo cult form of such).

The debate over APS's RFP is one example of how clean energy advocates are pressuring utilities to alter their procurement practices and open them up to more public scrutiny as renewable resources and storage become increasingly competitive with conventional generation.

As I said already, what is shocking to me in the renewable energy debate is a complete write - off of micro, DIY energy systems even though there are people all over the planet successfully using them.

True, there have been some contentious debates over the right path to expanding the renewable energy economy in North Carolina, but earlier this summer it appeared as though we had turned a corner in building consensus on prioritizing renewable energy as an economic driver in our state.

But when debates are rehearsed simply for debate's sake, and when dogma, rather than reason, drives the conversation, it's necessary to re-examine the terms of our conflicts and the assumptions upon which they rest — such as the support of so many environmentalists for renewables over a zero - carbon energy source like nuclear, or the deep - seated resistance to biotechnology and machines when it comes to food production.

Over the course of 2 1/2 days, 150 participants from over 40 countries listened and debated on issues in renewables, ranging from fossil fuel subsidies, to the impact of the media and public relations, and vision for the next decade of renewabOver the course of 2 1/2 days, 150 participants from over 40 countries listened and debated on issues in renewables, ranging from fossil fuel subsidies, to the impact of the media and public relations, and vision for the next decade of renewabover 40 countries listened and debated on issues in renewables, ranging from fossil fuel subsidies, to the impact of the media and public relations, and vision for the next decade of renewables.

If it passes, he acknowledged, it likely will spur renewed debates over such fractious issues as mandating renewable energy projects or expanding energy conservation efforts.

Bringing evidence and systems thinking to the debate over fossil fuel production, the renewable energy transition, and the role of energy in modern life.

With the debate over the viability of ethanol and other biofuels raging on (and on), some are betting — not on solar, not on wind power — but on geothermal power as the next best possible source of renewable energy (more information on geothermal here,