Alternative Energy News Archives
Monday 9th of January, 2006
Whole Foods goes with the wind ★★★
USA Today, appx. 527 wordsWhole Foods will become tha only Fortune 500 company to purchase renewable energy credits to offset 100% of its electricity use, says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Kurt Johnson, head of the EPA's Green Power Partnership, was quoted saying When a market leader does something like this, others will emulate.
Some background info here.
Asean Experts to Discuss Energy Shortage ★
Asia PulseEnergy experts from member nations of Asean and Asean+3 (China, Japan and South Korea) will discuss the adverse impact of energy shortage at the 2006 International Energy Conference For Sustainable Asia to be held here from Nov 26 to 28
They will also work towards formulating a set of strategy towards innovative and sustainable energy development, including minimising energy wastages and development of new and renewable energy resources.
Senator drafts energy policy ★
Roanoke TimesA draft Virginia Energy Bill to be debated this year includes tax refunds to Virginians who buy hybrid cars and energy-saving appliances, choosing new sites for a nuclear power plant, a wind farm and a liquid natural gas port, mine natural gas deposits off the Virginia coast and creating a research center at Old Dominion University for frozen methane-gas crystals buried in the bottom of the sea.
EU biomass action plan to get priority treatment ★★
EuractivThe Austrian EU Presidency intends to speed up the adoption of the Commission's Biomass Action Plan in view of the urgent need to diversify Europe's energy sources.
Austrian Minister for Agriculture and the Environment, Josef Pröll, would like to put the Biomass Action Plan on the agenda of the Agriculture Council of 23-24 January 2006, and feels that
new nuclear power stations are not an alternative, stating We should opt for an intelligent, balanced energy mix in Europe rather than investing in mega power stations.
