Archive for the 'NATURAL GAS' Category

What Is the Biggest Energy Problem?

Sep 19, 2011 – Too many people.  How many people are on earth now? 7 billion & growing!  The more people on the planet means the more energy needed.  More people require more food. That requires agricultural equipment that utiilizes energy. Processing food requires energy. Building housing and living in requires energy. Even insulation placed [...]

President Barack Obama to Speak Shortly on Jobs for America

Sep 8, 2011 – President Barack Obama will start speaking in a few minutes to a joint meeting of Congress on how to add American jobs in the coming year.  He will propose the American Jobs Act. Hopefully, there will be money for green energy projects.  Please leave your comments here.

Seeking Employees for Your Green Energy Company?

Sep 2, 2011 – Are you seeking employees for your green energy company?  Are you a recruiter searching for clients that want to work in the green energy field?  Post it on SimplyHired.  Click on PostAJob! in the green box on the home page.  It only costs $10 for 30 days.  Please note that the [...]

Promote Your Business With GreenEnergyForEarth Blog Advertising

Sep 2, 2011 – Promote your green energy business on GreenEnergyForEarth.com with annual or monthly advertisements to a highly targeted audience.  You can place text or graphic ads.  Do you install solar panels?  Do you sell solar pool heating? Do  you invest in green energy projects from solar to wind to biodiesel?  Are you beginning [...]

Debt Ceiling in US Raised?

Aug 1, 2011 – Late Sunday the Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama announced that an agreement in principle had been reached.  Only Congress had to vote in the House and Senate to approve it.  As of 2:30 pm, the bill has not been passed, but many questions have been raised by Congressman and Senators.  [...]

House Passes Energy Bill

July 29, 2011 – I know that you thought Congress was only addressing the national debt, but they certainly can multi-task.  On July 15, the House of Representatives passed the 2012 fiscal energy-water appropriations bill.  US DOE is to get $24.7 billion, 3% less than this year.  Of that, $1.3 billion is for renewable energy [...]

AUSTRALIA’S SOLAR FLAGSHIP PROGRAMME SELECTS SOLAR DAWN PROJECT

www.SunWindEnergy.com 30.06.2011: The Australian government has selected the Solar Dawn CSP Project for subsidies of $464 million in the context of the Solar Flagship Programme. The Solar Dawn Project will have an output capacity of 250 MW. Fresnel reflectors will be used to turn water into steam and drive a steam turbine. These reflectors consist [...]

Green Energy Jobs

July 5, 2011 – Search the job posts that you see on this page. The jobs listed are only a few of the many that are listed on SimplyHired.  Also, you can list jobs that your company wants to fill.  The cost is only $10 for 30 days and the jobs are listed on many [...]

Auto Industry and Obama Administration Negotiate Mileage Targets

July 4, 2011 -  Lobbyists for the automobile industry are negotiating with the Obama administration on just how much mileage targets will increase in the coming decades. The administration wants to double the mileage cars get in the US to ~56 mpg by 2025.  The auto industry believes it is possible by making smaller cars, [...]

New York State Gov. Cuomo Seeks to Lift Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing

Jun 30, 2011 – Gov.  Andrew M. Cuomo  of New York state is expected to lift  a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial technology used to extract natural gas from shale. New York State officials are discussing maintaining a ban on the process inside New York City’s upstate watershed and a watershed used by the [...]

Happy Earth Day: Get Involved with Green Energy

Apr 22, 2011 – Happy Earth Day!  Get involved with Green Energy by subscribing to GreenEnergyForEarth.com and writing posts and comments here. List your events,  list and search for green energy jobs, list and search for green energy business opportunities.  If it is related to green energy,  place it or find it at http://www.GreenEnergyForEarth.com.

World’s first hybrid solar thermal energy center!

Apr 3, 2011 – FPL’s Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center is now up and running — and making global history in the process. For the first time, large-scale solar generation is working in tandem with a natural gas power plant. Harnessing free fuel from the sun’s rays, this cutting-edge technology enables us to “take [...]

The New York Times: Energy Section

Mar 31, 2011 – This is a must read.  Today The New York Times published a special section: Energy.  Go to their website.  Even if you don’t have a subscription you are allowed to read 20 stories each month.  You might as well use up your March allotment today.  Some of the stories: “Can We [...]

President Barack Obama Talking on Energy

Mar 30, 2011 – President Barack Obama is making a speech today on USA energy policy.  He is outlining a plan to reduce oil imports. New fuel standards will cut energy use and save money. New incentives will promote oil exploration and production in the USA. Off shore drilling will be encouraged as long as [...]

New Nuclear Power Plants in United States

The following video from CNN compares nuclear power to solar power, wind energy, natural gas and clean coal. It mentions that new nuclear power plants will be built and one is currently under construction in Bay City, Texas.