Event - Energy Management Forum

The Energy Management Forum will take place on May 14, 2014, at Faversham House / Birmingham, UK. This forum is a timely and must attend event for anyone looking to increase energy efficiency and reduce costs.

Event - 11th Annual Sustainable Energy Conference

The 11th Annual Sustainable Energy Conference will take place on April 21 - 23, 2014 in Raleigh, NC. The theme for this year's conference is "INNOVATION: From Cutting Edge to Common Place." The event will host top notch speakers, industry-leading exhibitors, continuing education credits, and bonus special events for engineers, architects, transportation professionals and energy innovators.

EDF President Discusses CEO Inaction on Climate Change, Coal, Natural Gas and Renewables

Here are some excerpts from a Wall Street Journal interview with Fred Krupp, the President of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Despite the unequivocal evidence from the IPCC, Krupp says that CEOs are not doing what they must to confront the reality of climate change. He also talks about energy including natural gas and coal. Krupp indicates that the shale gas (fracking) boom has generated some powerful headwinds that are inhibiting the growth of renewables in the US. 
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MR. BUSSEY: CEOs of the establishment energy companies, power distributors and food companies have shared with us their outlook for the energy picture over the next few years. I didn't hear a lot of mentioning of climate change. Are they discounting the effects climate change and other impacts will have on their business?

Event - Transform West

This event will take place on May 6-7, 2014 at the Marriott Gaslamp in San Diego, California. The Transform West gathering enables participants to "connect with the people who connect electric power in North America." The event features hand picked experts including:

Webinar - Energy Procurement in 2014: Products & Programs to Optimize Savings

The Energy Procurement in 2014: Products & Programs to Optimize Savings webinar will take place today, Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 2:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. The webinar will include the participation of ConEdison Solutions and Energy Manager Today. This timely one-hour energy management webinar will address the current state of the retail energy market, and specific products and programs that can help you optimize energy savings during volatile periods.

During the past few months we have witnessed some of the coldest days on record. In such extreme conditions, customers tend to use much more electricity, which means their bills are likely to be noticeably higher than normal. In addition, power prices tend to spike, creating a more volatile energy market and further impacting energy bills.

Event - The Energy Thought Summit (ETS)

The Energy Thought Summit (ETS) will take place on March 24-25, 2014, in Austin, Texas. This event will bring the world’s thought leaders together for two days to debate the state and future of energy — expect smart dialogue, and an engaging setting on- and offline.

Event- Progressive Energy, Environment & Sustainability Summit #19

This event will take place on May 28th – 30th at Westin Lombard Yorktown Center - Lombard, (Chicago) IL. The Progressive Energy, Environment and Sustainability Summits engages owners, managers and operators of commercial, industrial, and retail facilities across North America. They work with FMA to learn how to better achieve and surpass their strategic goals of energy efficiency, usage, cost & environmental footprint reduction within their facilities. FMA Summits provide the platform for sharing best practices; through rich dialogue, thought leader presentations and establishing relationships between decision-makers with needs and industry leading solution providers.

Secretary of State Kerry on the Energy and Climate Change Nexus

Here are excerpts of US Secretary of State John Kerry's Sunday February 16th speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, in which he outlined the connection between energy and climate change.

The global energy market is the future. The solution to climate change is energy policy. And this market is poised to be the largest market the world has ever known. Between now and 2035, investment in the energy sector is expected to reach nearly $17 trillion. That’s more than the entire GDP of China and India combined.

The great technology – many of you have your smart phones or your iPads, et cetera, here today – all of this technology that we use so much today was a $1 trillion market in the 1990s with 1 billion users. The energy market is a $6 trillion market with, today, 6 billion users, and it’s going to grow to maybe 9 billion users over the course of the next 20, 30, 40 years. The solution to climate change is as clear as the problem. The solution is making the right choices on energy policy. It’s as simple as that. And with a few smart choices, we can ensure that clean energy is the most attractive investment in the global energy sector.

To do this, governments and international financial institutions need to stop providing incentives for the use of energy sources like coal and oil. Instead, we have to make the most of the innovative energy technology that entrepreneurs are developing all over the world – including here in Indonesia, where innovative companies like Sky Energy are building solar and battery storage and projects that can help power entire villages.

And we have to invest in new technology that will help us bring renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydro power not only to the communities where those resources are abundant –but to every community and to every country on every continent.

I am very well aware that these are not easy choices for any country to make – I know that. I’ve been in politics for a while. I know the pull and different powerful political forces. Coal and oil are currently cheap ways to power a society, at least in the near term. But I urge governments to measure the full cost to that coal and that oil, measure the impacts of what will happen as we go down the road. You cannot simply factor in the immediate costs of energy needs. You have to factor in the long-term cost of carbon pollution. And they have to factor in the cost of survival. And if they do, then governments will find that the cost of pursuing clean energy now is far cheaper than paying for the consequences of climate change later.

Make no mistake: the technology is out there. None of this is beyond our capacity.

© 2014, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.

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Event - Community Power: Democratizing Solar Power with Community Funding

Community Power – Democratizing Solar Power with Community Funding will take place on Monday February 10, 2014, 11:30am-1:00pm, Ottawa University, Social Sciences Building, FSS 4007. This talk will cover details on the feed-in-tariff program, solar photovoltaic systems, and the community power/renewable energy co-operative model (specific examples from the Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-op), including the regulatory framework, the business model and governance implications.

The 2009 Green Energy Act in Ontario provides for individual households and larger corporations to generate renewable electricity (RE) and sell it to the grid. Guaranteed elevated prices, or feed-in-tariffs, for electricity generated are provided to offset the capital investments in the systems, such that small positive returns are available. The program has been very successful, attracting more than 24,000 residential size system owners, which has driven down the costs of renewable energy systems and made a cleaner grid in Ontario. This talk will cover details on the feed-in-tariff program, solar photovoltaic systems, and the community power/RE cooperative model, including the regulatory framework, the business model and governance implications.

Event - Green Your Power: Tangible Solutions with OREC & Bullfrog Power

Green Your Power: Tangible Solutions with OREC & Bullfrog Power will take place on Sunday February 2, 2014, in Ottawa, Ontario from 12:45pm - 2:00pm, at the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Ave (off Richmond Rd. east of Woodroffe).

All are welcome to hear from OREC and Bullfrog Power about the options for greening your power, as well as your portfolio.

Feel good when you flick the switch ON.

Is Your Electricity Clean? Find Out With this EPA Tool

An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tool called the Power Profiler allows you to plug in your US zip code and get an idea of how clean (or dirty) your electricity is. The environmental impact of electricity varies greatly depending on where you live. In the US, electricity is generated in many different ways, from clean renewable sources of energy like wind and solar to dirty fossil fuel based sources like coal. Burning fossil fuels for electricity contributes toward unhealthy air quality, acid rain, and global climate change. While renewable sources of electricity are emissions free and do not pollute the air or contribute to global warming.

Use this tool to find out if your electricity providers offer green power. Where available choose cleaner, more environmentally friendly sources of energy.

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Event - 2014 Annual Sustainable Energy Conference (Full Agenda and Speaker)

The 11th annual Sustainable Energy Conference, will be held on April 22-23, 2014, NCSU McKimmon Center 1101 Gorman St. Raleigh, North Carolina. It will be hosted by the State Energy Program of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources.

US Energy Use is Declining and Expected to Remain Flat Through 2015

Over the last several years there has been a fairly steady decline in the amount of energy being consumed in the US. According to the latest information from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), total US electricity sales have declined in four of the past five years and that trend continued into 2013. Since the great recession of 2007 only 2010 saw an increase in US energy consumption.

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Event - 7th World Future Energy Summit in 2014

7th World Future Energy Summit will take place on January 20 - 22, 2014, in the National Exhibition Centre, in Abu Dahabi.
 There will be more than 25,000 attendees from 155 countries, 650 exhibitors and 163 high level speakers.

Building on the high profile successes of WFES 2013, the 7^th annual gathering of future energy’s world leaders will be home to brilliant minds and inspiring thinkers for three days of expert debate and world class innovation in the heart of Abu Dhabi.

Event - The 11th Annual Sustainable Energy Conference

11th Annual Sustainable Energy Conference will take place on April 21 - 23, 2014, in Raleigh, NC. The Conference theme is, "INNOVATION: From Cutting Edge to Common Place." You can expect top notch speakers, industry-leading exhibitors, continuing education credits, and bonus special events for engineers, architects, transportation professionals and energy innovators.

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Obama Administration's New Vehicle Standards

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Car Sharing Programs a New More Efficient Way to Drive

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