Green Energy Reporter

5 February '10
11:45 AM EST
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BP’s Hayward: “There Are No Silver Bullets”

BP's Hayward: Urging a middle path

Copenhagen marked “the end of the beginning” of the effort to curb carbon emissions; it was the first time countries agreed to act, regardless of whether there is a global treaty, BP CEO Tony Hayward said yesterday.

In a speech that repeatedly evoked Churchill, Hayward argued for a middle road in energy policy: he urged carbon pricing to encourage investment in renewables but largely dismissed “headline-grabbing” but costly projects such as offshore wind. Read More »

Tagged: BP, BP Alternative Energy, BP Tony Hayward, BP Wind, energy efficiency, offshore wind

12 January '10
4:30 AM EST
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Cleantech

Navigant Consulting Bolsters Cleantech Practice

Business advisory firm Navigant Consulting has acquired Summit Blue Consulting, a Boulder, Colo.-based renewable energy consultancy for an undisclosed amount. Summit Blue Consulting’s 70 employees have all joined Navigant’s 250-strong energy practice.

As part of the acquisition Summit Blue Consulting will shed its name to operate under the Navigant Consulting brand. Read More »

Tagged: David Kleinschmidt Navigant Consulting, energy efficiency, Navigant Consulting, Summit Blue Consulting

14 October '09
2:03 PM EDT
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Cleantech

Policy

Exelon’s John Rowe: The Pragmatic Businessman, Favors Cap-and-Trade Over EPA

Rowe:Yes to Cap-and-Trade

Just a couple of weeks after pulling his company out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, John Rowe, CEO of Chicago-based power company Exelon made an impassioned and politically savvy plea for cap-and-trade, saying it was the most effective and business friendly tool to fight global warming, and arguing that renewable portfolio standards are expensive for energy consumers.

The alternative to cap-and-trade, he warned, would be regulation of CO2 by an omnipotent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Speaking at the PennFuture Southeast Global Warming Conference in Pennsylvania, Rowe reiterated his belief that human activity has contributed to global warming, saying that the facts were “unambiguous.”

Given this reality, he urged:

The critical first step to dealing with greenhouse gas emissions, particularly CO2, is to place a price on carbon. Nothing else will encourage low-carbon investments and discourage high-carbon investments.

Take that, Chamber of Commerce! Read More »

Tagged: cap-and-trade, CEO Exelon, Chicago, energy efficiency, EPA energy efficiency, Exelon, John Rowe, PG&E

28 April '09
8:14 AM EDT
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Cleantech

Funding

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