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Ethanol It was a good alternative. Then it was not, then it was. Now it is a raging debate with charges flying all about.

Now we have rising corn prices (read- consumer food prices) and an adminstration that is locking in support of ethonal while the community debates the merits. What do you think? Here are some videos on the subject to stimulate your thoughts.

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Energy Tags: clean energy, solar power

The almost daily rising cost of diesel fuel has spurred the utility company in Kodiak Alaska to order up more wind turbines to provide electricity to its customers. They already have some wind power in their system but it now makes sesne to proactively add more with energy costs skyrocketing for municipal utilities.

From AP:

Kodiak utility to add 3rd wind generator
Kodiak's electric utility will expand its plans to incorporate wind as a power generator in response to the high cost of diesel.

Kodiak Electric Association board members voted last week to buy a third wind generator during the evaluation phase of their Pillar Mountain wind power project.

"With the price of fuel going where it's going, the added generation is a good thing for our community," said KEA president and chief executive Darron Scott.

It makes sense to purchase a third wind generator now instead of waiting because it's likely to be more expensive later, Scott said.

"We feel the added generation is a cost benefit back to the community due to the cost of diesel," Scott said.

Energy Tags: clean energy, energy resources

This article details the importance of a domestic energy assessor. The United Kingdom has the corner on training and hiring energy assessor professionals that can help homeowners and other community members build and maintain residences and other facilities improve the environment for all.

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Go Green or Go Home 2007

AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2007 Set to Create Industry Benchmark for Greentech Events AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2007

PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Over seven hundred greentech professionals, venture capital and private-equity investors, and leading members of the press and blogging community will convene at University of California, CA from September 10 – 12 for the inaugural AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2007 event. Thousands more worldwide attendees are expected to participate ‘virtually’ as GoingGreen 2007 will be simulcast live from www.alwayson.goingon.com. This two-and-a-half-day executive event will features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities. The purpose of this event is to identify and debate emerging trends, build high-level relationships and create new business opportunities for all greentech professionals.

Some of the distinguished panelists and speakers will include:

Nicole Biggart, Dean, UC Davis Graduate School of Management Barry Klein, Vice Chancellor, UC Davis Office of Research Ed Ring, Editor, EcoWorld William McDonough, Architect & Author "Cradle to Cradle" Susan MacCormac, Partner, Morrison & Foerster Raj Atluru, Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Samir Kaul, Partner, Khosla Ventures Ray Lane, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Bill Green, Partner, Vantage Point Venture Partners Moderator: Keith Johnson, Director Public Equity, Stanford Management Company Dennis Merens, Director North America, Dow Venture Capital Group John Sylvia, Partner, Texas Pacific Group Judson Hill, Managing Director, The Halifax Group Yair Cohen, Vice President, Elron Industries Ltd. Ajit Nazre, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Michael Kanellos, Editor at Large, CNet Ron Hicks, CEO, Perform Wall, LLC Michelle Kaufmann, Michelle Kaufmann Designs Lyndon Rive, Founder & CEO, SolarCity Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials Peter Hanschen, Partner, Morrison & Foerster Robert Walsh, President, LS9, Inc. Glen Nedwin, Chief Scientist, Dyadic John Melo, CEO, Amyris Biotechnologies Steven Perricone, CEO & Co-Founder, BioFuelBox, Inc. Michael Horwitz, Partner, Pacific Growth Equities Hunt Ramsbottom, CEO, Rentech, Inc. Frank Alix, CEO, Powerspan Corp. Joseph Culley, Managing Director, Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC Jeff Green, CEO, NanoH2O David Crowe, CEO, GeoPure Water Technologies Glenn Rink, President, AbTech Industries, Inc. Marc van den Berg, Partner, Vantage Point Venture Partners Tim Healy, CEO & Founder, EnerNOC Ken Oshman, Chairman, Echelon Corporation Paul DeMartini, Director Edison Smart Connect, Southern California Edison Louis Szablya, EVP & Managing Director, Utility Division, Gridpoint, Inc. Wayne Spittal, General Manager, Derceto Eric Wesoff, Greentech Media David Vieau, CEO, A123 Systems Saroj Sahu, CTO & Founder, Deeya Energy Alan Gotcher, CEO, Altair Nanotechnologies R.D. Titus, Director & Producer, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Daniel Elliott, CEO, Phoenix Motorcars Tom Gage, CEO, AC Propulsion Steve Schneider, CEO, ZAP Ian Clifford, CEO, ZENN Motor Company Nancy Pfund, Managing Director, JP Morgan John Woolard, CEO, Bright Source Energy, Inc. Kevin Bolin, CEO, Enertech Environmental Darren Bouton, Manager, Sustainable Communities, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Andrew Hargadon, Chancellor's Fellow, UC Davis Chandrakant Patel, Hewlett Packard Fellow Rockwell Bonecutter, Managing Partner, Accenture Data Center Technologies Peter Van Deventer, CEO, Synapsense Corporation Robert Johnson, CEO, Environmental Support Solutions, Inc. Jeff Lipton, Managing Director, Jefferies & Company, Inc. Steve Eichenlaub, Managing Director, Cleantech Investments, Intel Capital Keith Casto, Partner, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold Tom Martin, Senior Vice President, PCG Asset Management Chris Sorrells, Managing Director, NGP Energy Technology Partners David Scott Lewis, SVP, Zytech Solar Pankaj Dhingra, CEO, Nanostellar, Inc. Michael Pak, CEO, Nanoexa, Inc. Jonathan Hoopes, Managing Director, Greentech Research, Think Equity Ray Rothrock, Managing General Partner, Venrock John M. Fedorko, Senior Vice President, Airtricity John O'Donnell, EVP, Ausra

In addition to engaging panels and lively debates, this two-and-a-half-day executive conference will feature CEO presentations from the hottest and greentech companies in the world. For a complete list of CEO Showcases visit: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/6393.

For information on how to register and take advantage of our discount rate, please visit: http://alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview/7539.

Energy Tags: energy resources, alternative energy

In 1934 first accepted "steam tables" were furnished when international community strongly felt the need of commonly accepted property table. International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam, or IAPWS released the first version of steam water properties formulation, IF67, in 1967. Subsequently IAWPS upgraded the version to IAPWS-95 in 1995 and IAPWS-IF97 in 1997 with major revisions in approach. The latest version provides consistent and accurate output up to a temperature range of 2000 Deg C and is suitable for speedy computer application.

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