5 Reasons for Switching to Renewable Energy

GreenEnergyChoice.com Offers Five Essential Reasons to Switch to Green Energy Today

Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 11, 2008 -- The push for renewable energy standards is quickly becoming one of the greatest combatants against global warming in this generation. One of the simplest and most affordable ways to positively impact the ecosystem and conserve natural resources is by switching to a green energy plan.

News ImageGreenEnergyChoice.com, an online resource for ordering green energy from leading electricity and natural gas providers, is offering the following essential reasons for customers to make the switch to renewable energy today:

* Renewable energy is 100 percent non-polluting and sustainable, generating power from natural, renewable sources such as wind, water and the sun.
* During the twentieth century, nearly 3.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide has been added to the earth's atmosphere annually, a 35 percent increase since the Industrial Revolution. As demand for electricity increases, so does consumption of fossil fuels, increasing the amount of greenhouse emitted into the Earth's atmosphere.
* Renewable energy resources are developed in the United States, which in turn helps the economy by lessening the demand on foreign fuels.
* Interruption in service and additional installation or equipment is not required to power a home with electricity derived from renewable resources.
* Renewable energy rates are very competitive with traditional rate plans using fossil fuel power, so customers can enjoy the positive environmental benefits without stressful pocket strains.


GreenEnergyChoice provides a source of renewable energy information devoted to helping customers go green in their everyday lives, as well as the latest trends and news in the world of green energy. A fast and free online ordering system allows customers to research and order the renewable energy plans and rates by area, offering an online marketplace to shop for affordable renewable energy.

About GreenEnergyChoice:
GreenEnergyChoice gives customers an online resource for ordering environmentally-friendly power from providers in their area that offer renewable energy. GreenEnergyChoice is a free service committed to making it simple for customers nationwide to protect the environment through their purchasing decisions. GreenEnergyChoice is a member of the WhiteFence network. 5 Reasons for Switching to Renewable Energy

GreenEnergyChoice.com Offers Five Essential Reasons to Switch to Green Energy Today

Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 11, 2008 -- The push for renewable energy standards is quickly becoming one of the greatest combatants against global warming in this generation. One of the simplest and most affordable ways to positively impact the ecosystem and conserve natural resources is by switching to a green energy plan.

News ImageGreenEnergyChoice.com, an online resource for ordering green energy from leading electricity and natural gas providers, is offering the following essential reasons for customers to make the switch to renewable energy today:

* Renewable energy is 100 percent non-polluting and sustainable, generating power from natural, renewable sources such as wind, water and the sun.
* During the twentieth century, nearly 3.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide has been added to the earth's atmosphere annually, a 35 percent increase since the Industrial Revolution. As demand for electricity increases, so does consumption of fossil fuels, increasing the amount of greenhouse emitted into the Earth's atmosphere.
* Renewable energy resources are developed in the United States, which in turn helps the economy by lessening the demand on foreign fuels.
* Interruption in service and additional installation or equipment is not required to power a home with electricity derived from renewable resources.
* Renewable energy rates are very competitive with traditional rate plans using fossil fuel power, so customers can enjoy the positive environmental benefits without stressful pocket strains.


GreenEnergyChoice provides a source of renewable energy information devoted to helping customers go green in their everyday lives, as well as the latest trends and news in the world of green energy. A fast and free online ordering system allows customers to research and order the renewable energy plans and rates by area, offering an online marketplace to shop for affordable renewable energy.

About GreenEnergyChoice:
GreenEnergyChoice gives customers an online resource for ordering environmentally-friendly power from providers in their area that offer renewable energy. GreenEnergyChoice is a free service committed to making it simple for customers nationwide to protect the environment through their purchasing decisions. GreenEnergyChoice is a member of the WhiteFence network.

Europe's Energy Portal Reveals Key Energy Data

Discover the astonishing price differences in European energy.

Brussels, BE (PRWEB) February 11, 2008 -- It is generally known that Europeans pay dearly for their gas, electricity and fuel. But just how much more does a Belgian pay for his electricity compared to a Bulgarian, or a Spaniard compared to a Finn? Wouldn't you want to know how much inhabitants of neighboring countries pay to fuel their cars?

All this information, and more, is now conveniently available in one chart, published exclusively by Europe's Energy Portal.

By publishing the energy prices of the twenty-seven EU member states, and updating this data as soon as new figures are available, we keep the European audience aware and help push the public opinion towards a more transparent energy market.
"For months we received e-mail from people asking us about prices of energy in European countries," says Corine Treffers of Energy.eu, "Most of this data is available at European institutions, but they are quite difficult to interpret. For example, Natural Gas prices are measured in Gigajoule instead in cubic meters or kilowatt-hour. What we did is translate this data and make it comprehensible to people within the blink of an eye."

The huge differences in EU energy prices reveal the need for more competition between energy companies. The European Commission's decision to 'unbundle' energy companies, meaning they cannot own both power plants and distribution networks, is an important step towards increased competition and should lead to lower consumer prices.

"By publishing the energy prices of the twenty-seven EU member states, and updating this data as soon as new figures are available, we keep the European audience aware and help push the public opinion towards a more transparent energy market." says Michael Zwanenburg, CEO of Energy.eu.

About Energy.eu:
Europe's Energy Portal is a platform that provides both energy professionals and individual consumers with up-to-date news and data related to European energy consumption.
Europe's Energy Portal is founded in 2006.

Intelligent Energy Designed for Intelligent Life

The development of clean, locally sourced power for an energy hungry world.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 9, 2005 -- In the new world of power shortages, global warming and terrorism there is a growing need for a more flexible, multi-sourced and intelligent global energy system.

Today, our high energy civilization rests on an immense global infrastructure of facilities for extraction, transportation, processing, conversion, transmission and final use whose replacement value costs at least $10 trillion in current monies. 80 million barrels of oil and 280 billion cubic feet of natural gas - every day - keeps the world running. And every drop of oil that can be pumped out of the ground is. In fact, for every two barrels of oil currently being consumed only one new barrel is being discovered and that has been going on for twenty years.

In response, Big Oil plans to spend 2.5 trillion dollars on more exploration while many western governments plan to invest billions to expand their nuclear and coal industries. But every day we save energy and search for new power sources Planet Earth’s 200 million square mile surface captures about 100 billion horsepower of the sun’s energy equal to 37 trillion kilowatts annually or 4,000 times the amount of electricity used by all humans on the planet. If we can convert only a quarter of one percent of the Sun’s energy hitting the planet into electricity we can power the entire world with renewable energy.

Bourne Energy, an alternative energy start-up based in Los Angeles, has developed a new source of power which can be best described as “Liquid Solar Power”. Winds generated by the solar heating of the earth pass over the oceans transferring energy to the waves. This energy transfer concentrates the energy from the initial solar power level of about 1 kW/m2 to an average wave power level of 70 kW/m of crest length in certain coastal areas of the United States, Europe and Asia. This figure can rise to an average of 170 KW/m of crest length during the winter and to more than 1 MW/m during storms.

Bourne has successfully completed tank testing a scale model of its OceanStar (OS-1MW) ocean energy harvester which is designed to be cost-competitive, self-contained and highly scalable. The OS-1MW is designed to pump energy on shore to existing electrical power grids. The technology, machinery and manufacturing system are patented by Bourne Energy. The OceanStar project represents four years of research, design and testing and includes optimizing the structure of the wave, refining the hydraulic response of the device, developing an efficient energy absorber for variable speed and extreme stresses, developing an efficient power transmission system, optimizing design for assembly manufacturing and reducing the energy component of construction, maintenance and operation.

Bourne foresees this century will continue to be dominated by fossil fuels. But the current fossil fuels centralized high energy intensive power generation will be increasingly augmented during this period by a growing network of low power alternative energy sites. Solar energy will be built in high sun areas; wind generators in high wind areas; biofuels used in agricultural intensive areas; dams in local rivers as well as ocean power systems placed along the coastal areas. Eventually, one day there may be no need for the drilling rigs, pipelines, tanker fleets, fuel trucks, refineries, coal mines, generator plants, steam towers, nuclear power plants, uranium ore mines, tailing hills, slag pools, uranium reprocessing and enrichment plants, cooling pools and waste storage sites necessary for our current energy system.

Bourne Energy is a startup dedicated to developing and commercializing alternative energy technologies including new forms of hydropower. Bourne plans to increase its staff and improve its facilities in order to move to the next stage of testing and improvements to its OceanStar and RiverStar systems.

The Alliance to Save Energy Launches National '6 Degrees of Energy Efficiency Challenge'

The Alliance to Save Energy Launches 6 Degrees of Energy Efficiency Challenge, a Web site to promote energy-efficiency and decrease wasteful energy use.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 21, 2006 - To demonstrate the important connections between our individual energy use and the world's environment, economy and security, the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Gas Association (AGA), The Dow Chemical Company Inc., and 29 additional Power is in Your Hands partners launched the 6° of Energy Efficiency Challenge, a viral Web site to promote energy-efficiency and encourage your family and friends to decrease wasteful energy use.

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Natural gas utilities are proud to be a part of this campaign.
From the inner-city of our nation's capital, to the small Midwestern suburbs, families across the nation continue to struggle with rising energy bills. Average U.S. households will pay nearly $5,000 to power their homes and vehicles this year -- 32 percent greater than just two years ago. In fact, the Energy Information Administration estimates that America's families will spend an average of $902 on heating their homes this winter.

Even as consumer pocketbooks are hit hard by these huge costs, all of that energy use -- much of it wasteful -- is also affecting the well-being of our families, our communities, our states, our country, and ultimately our world. Taking the challenge is easy to do on the interactive 6° Challenge Web site, www.sixdegreechallenge.org. With a simple click of a mouse, the Web site will:

-- Explain how increasing and wasteful energy use affects six key areas of our lives -- the energy prices we pay at the pump and in our homes, our home comfort, the air we breathe and our respiratory health, our energy security, our economic well-being, and the world we leave behind.

-- Provide visitors with six easy energy-efficiency tips that they can implement in their own homes and vehicles.

-- Challenge visitors to take at least one of those six easy steps to become more energy efficient.

-- Provide money-saving coupons for energy-efficient products.

-- Encourage visitors to challenge up to six friends and family members to become part of a global community by taking the Challenge and sharing their stories.

"Natural gas utilities want households to know there are plenty of simple steps they can take to lower their home heating bills this winter, from adding weather-stripping, to checking the efficiency of their furnaces, or spreading out their winter bills by signing up with their local utility for a level-payment program. 'Six Degrees of Energy Efficiency' truly does put the power in the hands of the consumer," said David N. Parker, President and CEO of AGA. "Natural gas utilities are proud to be a part of this campaign."

"Every consumer has a part to play in energy efficiency," said Peter Molinaro, vice president of government affairs for Dow Chemical. "We are proud to support the 6° of Energy Efficiency Challenge because it demonstrates that each person's energy use has a much wider impact. By linking us all together, we help turn small steps into big change."

About the Alliance to Save Energy

The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, economy, and national security.

The Power is in Your Hands campaign is designed to arm consumers with information and tools to manage their home energy bills; inform them about the connection between household energy use and energy prices; and inspire them to use energy efficiency to reduce their energy and thereby enhance the nation's energy security. Phase 1 was launched in winter 2005 with 23 business, government, and nonprofit partners. The Phase 2 2006-7 winter campaign has grown to 32 partners taking a creative new approach with the 6° of Energy Efficiency Challenge.

Russian Energy Industry Market Analysis and Outlook

A new report published by Energy Business Reports, analyzes the Russian energy industry, its energy resources, energy reserves, the revenue returns of the sector, and the energy demand and supply dynamics.

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 21, 2008 -- A new report published by Energy Business Reports, analyzes the Russian energy industry, its energy resources, energy reserves, the revenue returns of the sector, and the energy demand and supply dynamics.
http://energybusinessreports.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=1475&affillink=EPRW20080221

The report focuses on the various energy sectors of the country including oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, and nuclear power. The report also looks at the various energy-related disputes Russia has been notoriously involved with, for example disputes with Belarus, Ukraine, Azerbaijan.

A profile of the major players in the Russian energy industry completes this research report.

Other Topics covered in this report include:

* Role of the Government in the Russian Energy Industry;
* EU-Russia Energy Dialogue;
* Energy Resources in Russia; and
* Climate Change Impacts on Russia's Energy Industry.


Details about this report can be found at: http://energybusinessreports.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=1475&affillink=EPRW20080221

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