China, Picarro and Carbon Emissions
December 10, 2009 by Camille Ricketts
Filed under Carbon
Picarro, maker of a system that measures the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to a surprisingly accurate degree, has landed a major contract to provide the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) with twice the number of systems as expected.
The deal is big news for two reasons. First, it’s one of the biggest orders Picarro has won, initiating it and the bold concept behind its business into the cleantech mainstream. Second, and more importantly, it suggests that China is getting more serious about making serious changes in its carbon emissions practices and policies. Installing this many atmosphere analyzers will drastically improve China’s methods for monitoring its atmosphere.
Biofuels Approved for Clean Development Mechanism
In Brazil, the foreign ministry’s subsecretary for biofuels and technology told Reuters that the United Nations has approved biofuels for the biofuels for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a global scheme that promotes investment in developing nations by offering carbon offsets from approved emissions-reducing projects.
The FPL and Cap and Trade
October 30, 2009 by Marc Gunther
Filed under Carbon
FPL’s Change of Heart on Cap and Trade
Several years ago, Lew Hay, the dynamic chairman and CEO of FPL Group, which is the nation’s leading provider of renewable energy ($16 billion in 2008 revenues), gave an impassioned speech at a Goldman Sachs climate change conference in New York, arguing for a tax on emissions of [...]
Clean Coal Energy
February 12, 2009 by Chris Hunter
Filed under Carbon, Clean Energy
Addressing the Fallacy Known as Clean Coal
If you’ve ever been around the stuff, you know there is no such thing; everything about coal is dirty.
And yet, we’re (the U.S.) about 56% reliant on the stuff for our electricity.
But with cap-and-trade legislation gaining momentum in Washington, the entire dynamic of the energy market is about to [...]
Carbon Credit Trading
December 19, 2008 by Chris Hunter
Filed under Carbon
In the wake of a year-long historic election season and chaotic global financial markets, one of the most highly anticipated cleantech sectors has been ignored and all but forgotten.
Predicted to be a $1 trillion market by 2020 in the U.S. alone, carbon credit trading has fallen off the radar of most analysts and investors.
To be [...]
