http://www.eba-net.org/blog Information, news and commentary on current developments in renewable and alternative energy Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:06:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to the new EBA Renewable Energy Committee Blog! This Blog will serve as a forum for members of the Committee, enabling them to share information, news and commentary on current developments in the exciting area of renewable/alternative energy. As a member of the Committee, you will have access ... http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=10 Does anyone know the folks behind this? It seems like there was good intention here, but they seem to have run out of enthusiasm or time for it (last post long time ago). http://renewableenergylaw.blogspot.com/ http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=17 The blog you are referencing, the Renewable Energy Law Blog, is maintained by the law firm of Shems Dunkiel, a Vermont law firm. I believe they are still updating it but not routinely. Let's work together to prevent that from happening with our blog. Lynn Fountain http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=18 The EPA has released an update to its national Top 10 Retail Partners list, which highlights the largest national purchases of renewable energy by retail Partner organizations of the Green Power Partnership. The list reflects purchase information through June 26, 2006.Whole Foods Market topped the list, followed by Starbucks. ... http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=22 Michael Stosser, new Chair of the Committee, led the call. Introductions by Mike, Vice-Chairs Monica Schwebs and Bill Westerfield, and Lynn Fountain. Edna Sussman, Chair of the ABA Renewables Committee, spoke on the ABA Renewables Committee’s brown bag luncheons. Edna encouraged our committee to follow their practice of ... http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=23 The Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, directed the chair of the Michigan PSC, Peter Lark, to submit an energy plan for the 21st Century for safe, clean, affordable and reliable power; she also asked that it include a renewable portfolio standard proposal. The staff of the PSC have been ... http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=24 One efficient way to support renewables if you are not able to source them directly is to buy renewable energy credits that go to supporting renewable projects.At http://www.carbonfund.org/site/ I used a calculator to calculate my family's total CO2 footprint (from driving, home heating and lighting, and from flying) and found ... http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=25 Ardour Capital Investments recently worked with Nova Energy Holding, Inc. to complete the final round of private placement of securities consisting of its common stock and warrants to purchase common stock. The net proceeds from the private placement totaled approximately $18.8 million. Nova intends to use these funds as working ... http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=26 Today, the seven northeast states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ("RGGI") released the model set of rules intended to be the starting point for obtaining the legislative and regulatory approvals necessary for implementing the program. They also released an amendment to their December 2005 Memorandum of Understanding.If ... http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=27 On August 14, 2006, the DOE posted on its website the solicitation announcement, guidelines and pre-application form for its Loan Guarantee Program (http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/index.html).  Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorizes the DOE to guarantee loans that support early commercial use of advanced technologies that "avoid, reduce, or ... http://www.eba-net.org/blog/?p=28