Awards competition seeks the most efficient computer monitors

The second competition of super-efficient equipment and appliance deployment (SEAD) global efficiency medals recognizes and highly-efficient desktop computer monitors. This global competition winner take-all is efficiency in the shows by the recognition of the products with the best energy efficiency forward. SEAD is an initiative of the clean energy ministerial and an operation within the international partnership for energy efficiency cooperation (IPEEC); The Energy Department serves as the U.S. Government lead agency.

It is estimated that in 2008, the same amount of 11 to 13 shows in the residential sector medium-sized coal-fired power plants produced was consumed. Sales of award-winning displays can lead to substantial energy savings. Will be accepted through March 31, 2013, product nominations and winners will be announced in September. The first competition of SEAD of global efficiency medal recognized Samsung and LG for making the world the most energy efficient televisions. Find the website of SEAD competition.

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BLM Seeks Comments on Solar and Wind Energy Public Land Leases

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on December 29 published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking about BLM's interest in establishing an efficient, competitive process for issuing right-of-way leases for solar and wind energy development on the public lands. The BLM believes such a process would help ensure fair access to leasing opportunities for renewable energy development and capture fair market value for the use of public lands. Existing regulations limit the competitive process to procedures for responding to overlapping right-of-way applications. The BLM is seeking input on how best to offer public lands through a nomination and competitive process instead of just by right-of-way application.

The agency will evaluate ways to establish competitive bidding procedures for lands within designated solar and wind energy development leasing areas, define qualifications for potential bidders, and structure the financial arrangements necessary for the process. The announcement in the Federal Register began a 60-day comment period that closes February 27. See the BLM press release and the notice in the Federal Register.

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