Five Energy Stories Worth Reading Today (1/25/12)

Posted By Lowell F. on January 25th, 2012

Here are five recommended reads for today (1/25/12)

  1. The Hill reports, “Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) is getting close to unveiling a proposed ‘clean’ electric power standard – a plan President Obama admitted Tuesday night has not gained the traction that Obama had hoped.”
  2. In the State of the Union speech last night, President Obama declared, “I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy.” President Obama added: “We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That’s long enough. It’s time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that’s rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that’s never been more promising. Pass clean energy tax credits and create these jobs.”
  3. According to Military & Aerospace, “Systems designers at Lockheed Martin Corp. in Eagan, Minn., are moving ahead with a U.S. Air Force-sponsored project to develop and demonstrate a green hybrid small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that runs on renewable energy as part of the second phase of the Air Force Small Unmanned Renewable enerGy long Endurance Vehicle (SURGE-V) program.”
  4. The Economist reports that solar power “is getting cheaper by the day, and is now cheap enough to be competitive with other forms of energy in places that are not attached to electricity grids. Since 1.6 billion people are still in that unfortunate position, a large potential market for solar energy now exists.”
  5. According to GreenBiz.org, “Increasingly…Utilities, the oil and gas industry, agricultural companies and insurers are building assumptions about rising temperatures and extreme weather events into their scenario planning.”
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