Biofuels have been around as long as cars have.

A biofuel is a fuel that contains energy from geologically recent carbon fixation. These fuels are produced from living organisms.

Generating Electricity from Wing Waves.

Wind turbines, like windmills, are mounted on a tower to capture the most energy. At 100 feet (30 meters) or more aboveground, they can take advantage of the faster and less turbulent wind.

Producing electricity from solar energy.

Solar energy is a free, inexhaustible resource, yet harnessing it is a relatively new idea. The ability to use solar power for heat was the first discovery.

Turbines catch the wind's energy with their propeller-like blades.

A blade acts much like an airplane wing. When the wind blows, a pocket of low-pressure air forms on the downwind side of the blade.

Solar energy may have had great potential

Solar technology advanced to roughly its present design in 1908 when William J. Bailey of the Carnegie Steel Company invented a collector with an insulated box and copper coils.

We have been harnessing the wind's energy for hundreds of years.

For utility-scale sources of wind energy, a large number of wind turbines are usually built close together to form awind plant.

Biofuels are produced from living organisms.

In order to be considered a biofuel the fuel must contain over 80 percent renewable materials.

Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth.

Resources of geothermal energy range from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles beneath the Earth's surface, and down even deeper to the extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma.

Geothermal heat pumps can tap into this resource to heat and cool buildings.

A geothermal heat pump system consists of a heat pump, an air delivery system (ductwork), and a heat exchanger-a system of pipes buried in the shallow ground near the building.

In the future, civilization will be forced to research and develop alternative energy sources.

Possession of surplus energy is, of course, a requisite for any kind of civilization, for if man possesses merely the energy of his own muscles, he must expend all his strength - mental and physical - to obtain the bare necessities of life.

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Saturday, 16 August 2014

Wind Regulation Roundtable

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Wind Regulation Roundtable
TU Law presents the Wind Regulation Roundtable on Thursday, February 26, co-moderated by David Walters, former governor of Oklahoma, and Jason Aamodt (JD '96), Assistant Dean of Online Legal Education, The University of Tulsa College of Law.

John Rogers Hall

3120 East Fourth Place

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104

Free and open to the public.

TU Law offers four hours of CLE credit for the legal community at no cost.

RSVP online

(Space is limited.)

SCHEDULE

12:30 PM

WELCOME

Janet Levit, Dean and Dean John Rogers Endowed Chair, TU College of Law

12:40 PM

INTRODUCTION TO THE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND RESOURCES LAW PROGRAM AT TU

Gary Allison, Professor of Law and Director, Sustainable Energy and Resources Law (SERL) program, TU Law

12:50 PM

INTRODUCTION TO THE QUESTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION OF WIND POWER

Jason Aamodt, Assistant Dean of Online Legal Education, TU Law

1:00 PM

WIND DEVELOPMENT IN OKLAHOMA

Kylah McNabb, Renewable Energy Specialist, Oklahoma Department of Commerce

1:15 PM

THE PERSPECTIVE ON REGULATION OF AN INDEPENDENT OKLAHOMA WIND DEVELOPER

Jaime McAlpine, President, Chermac Energy Corporation

1:35 PM

WIND, TAX CREDITS, AND THE CITIZEN'S PERSPECTIVE IN OKLAHOMA

Rick Mosier, President and General Counsel, Robson Properties

2:00 PM

ANALYSIS OF WIND POWER REGULATION

Ben Hoen, Research Associate in the Electric Markets and Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

2:20 PM

RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY ACCEPTANCE OF WIND POWER

Eric Lantz, Research Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

2:40 PM

Break and half-note address:

The Bills Concerning Wind and the Environment Before the Oklahoma Legislature

Jeffrey Clark, Executive Director, The Wind Coalition

3:00 PM

MANAGING A LAND DEPARTMENT FOR WIND POWER IN A PUBLIC UTILITY

India James (MJEL '15), Exelon Wind and Solar Land Manager

3:25 PM

MANAGING ENDANGERED SPECIES CONCERNS AND WIND DEVELOPMENT

Mike Fuhr, State Director-Oklahoma, The Nature Conservancy

3:50 PM

THE LOCAL SITING AND ZONING REGULATION OF WIND POWER

Tom Stanton, Principal Researcher for Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency, National Regulatory Research Institute

4:15 PM

Tribal Interests Regarding the Development of Wind Power

Ken Bellmard, Attorney, Kennis M. Bellmard, PLLC

4:30 PM

QUESTION AND ANSWER

5:00 PM

Reception

Featuring a post-note address on wind regulation by Stuart Solomon, President and Chief Operating Officer, American Electric Power/Public Service Company of Oklahoma

RSVP ONLINE

Contact Jason Aamodt at 918-631-3051 or jason-aamodt@utulsa.edu for more information.

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Thursday, 11 August 2011

Advisory Council Releases Recommendations On Rules For Siting Wind Turbines

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Advisory Council Releases Recommendations On Rules For Siting Wind Turbines
"A news release issued by the Public Service Commission:"

MADISON - Today the Wind Siting Council presented the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) with a report on its final recommendations for the wind siting rules. The report is the result of the Council's work conducted in 20 meetings over the course of more than four months.

"[The Council vote 11 to 4 in support of the recommendations, with RENEW executive director Michael Vickerman voting with the majority.]"

Originally appointed by the PSC pursuant to 2009 Wisconsin Act 40 (Act 40) in March 2010, the Council has worked diligently to provide the Commission with sound advice to consider in finalizing the wind siting rules. The PSC is conducting the wind siting rulemaking pursuant to Act 40, and issued a proposed rule draft in May, 2010 in docket 1-AC-231. The PSC accepted public comments from the public on the proposed rule until July 7, 2010.

"I look forward to carefully reviewing the Wind Siting Council's final report, and I thank them for their unwavering commitment to provide the Commission with useful advice to consider as we finalize the wind siting rules," said PSC Chairperson Eric Callisto. "I am confident that the rules the Commission sends to the Legislature will provide a fair, uniform foundation to ultimately benefit future energy projects in Wisconsin."

The PSC plans to complete the rulemaking by the end of August. Once finalized, the uniform rules will set forth consistent standards for the local regulation of wind energy systems in Wisconsin.

View the Wind Siting Council's recommendations here. Documents associated with the wind siting rules can be viewed on the PSC's Electronic Regulatory Filing System. Enter case number 1-AC-231 in the boxes provided on the PSC homepage, or click on the Electronic Regulatory Filing System button.

Reference: energy-news-blog.blogspot.com
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