economics

The first quantitative study of the sensitivity of the U.S. economy to weather, published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, puts a price tag on weather’s impact on all sectors of the economy.

A Renewable Energy Policy Network report on global renewable energy investment in 2009 shows that the although spending on sustainable energy development declined in the last year, the amount of new power generated by hydro, wind and solar is nearing the amount of new power derived from fossil fuels.

April 28, 2009 - April 29, 2009 | Phoenix, AZ | Event Web site

The event will connect experts from all sections of the green building and management movement, targeting the following Education tracks:

April 28, 2009 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | Event Web site

The New Mexico Wind Working Group is a collaborative group of individuals, professionals, and wind industry participants who have assembled to promote the development of wind energy in the state. The purpose of the group is to discuss, develop, and implement the tasks and methodologies that will hasten the development of wind energy in New Mexico.

May 14, 2009 - May 16, 2009 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Event Web site

As Americans, energy impacts almost all aspects of our daily lives – from heating our homes to fueling our cars to powering our computers. As New Mexicans, energy production affects our state’s economy in significant ways. You name it, we’ve got it, including oil, natural gas, wind generation, coal, uranium, solar, geothermal, and other energy-related industries.

April 20, 2009 - April 21, 2009 | Washington, DC | Event Web site

This premier CHI Advanced Biofuels Development Summit creates a unique forum bringing together, in one place, the leaders in scientific innovations in advanced biofuels development, from feedstock alternatives to processing technologies and methods, with key corporate executives who are leading the commercial scale-up, financing, business development, alliances and public-private partnerships curr