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Goldman Ups Renewable Energy Investment - June 6, 2013 - Zacks ...
By Zacks Equity Research
Following the announcement of its plans to invest about ??50 billion ($487 million) in the Japan Renewable Energy Co. unit, a solar power generation company in Japan over the next 5 years, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.'s private equity ...
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Google Signs Renewable Energy Deals For Finnish Data Center ...
By Chris Crum
Google announced on Tuesday that it has signed agreements with O2 and Allianz, which will will power its Finnish data center with renewable energy for the next ten years. This marks Google's fourth long-term agreement for renewable ...
WebProNews
Interior Department Approves New Renewable Energy Projects
By SilvioMarcacci
DOE has been considered the catalyst of renewables in America, but two major announcements by the Interior Department may have just served notice it could be the real driver of clean energy growth during President Obama's second term.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
China Has Invested Billions Of Dollars In Renewable Energy ...
By Mridul Chadha
China has invested at least $40 billion, mostly in developed countries, to support 6000 MW of renewable energy projects over the last 10 years.
CleanTechnica
GLREA's Michigan Energy Fair Highlights Renewables « CBS Detroit
By Matt Roush
If you wanted to learn more about the business case for renewable power, the Michigan Energy Fair in West Michigan's Ludington was the place to be Friday.
CBS Detroit
Renewable Energy in Australia | The Energy Collective
By SilvioMarcacci
Australia may be one of the most coal-dependent economies in the world, but a new analysis of government data compiled finds Australia on track to not only hit 22% renewables by 2020, but an unprecedented 51% of all electricity by 2050.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Secretary Jewell Announces Approval of Three Renewable Energy ...
Secretary Jewell Announces Approval of Three Renewable Energy Projects in Arizona and Nevada.
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Renewable energy electrcity sales rise 2012 led by Portland and ...
Renewable energy sales for the top 10 green power utility programs was up 8 percent to 4.2 million MWs in 2012, the National Renewable Energy Lab reports.
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Tea Party and Renewable Energy | The Energy Collective
By JosephRomm
The fight to bring cheaper, clean energy to Georgia is uniting some unlikely allies. Renewable energy advocates and leaders of the Atlanta Tea Party are taking on utility giant Georgia Power.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Renewable Energy Rolls On – Drawing Support From Industry and Ag
By greenman3610
Renewable energy lobbyists are undefeated this year in defending the state-level purchasing mandates that have helped fuel explosive growth in industries like wind and solar, and that streak looks set to remain intact as part-time state ...
Climate Denial Crock of the Week
FAIR Coalition Forms to Level the Playing Field for Renewable ...
Renewable energy companies across the US formed FAIR to lobby for passage of the Master Limited Partnerships Act. ... It would simply extend Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) to renewable energy projects as well. Believe it or not, ...
SustainableBusiness.com Investor News
Interior approves 3 renewable energy sites in West - 8 News NOW
The Interior Department has approved three renewable energy projects in Nevada and Arizona that officials say will generate enough electricity to power nearly 200000 homes. The projects are the...
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Renewable Energy Mandate in California | The Energy Collective
By HermanTrabish
A just-proposed California law would do away with the state's 33 percent renewables mandate in favor of a coherently procured greentech future. The plan is backed by renewables advocates and approved by grid operator leadership.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Vermont's Standard Offer Renewable Energy Program: Episode 10 ...
By John Farrell
“A lot of the utilities don't totally understand this new paradigm that's coming.” David Blittersdorf of AllEarth Renewables has been working to advance renewable energy in Vermont for years, and was instrumental in getting the state's standard ...
Institute for Local Self-Reliance...
Fuel Fix » Colorado officials talk secession over renewable energy ...
By Associated Press
Colorado officials talk secession over renewable energy law, other issues.
Fuel Fix
Commentary: MLPs a powerful tool to boost renewables | Midwest ...
By guest contributor
It's time to allow renewable energy access to this important market tool, which has spurred tremendous investment in the nation's energy infrastructure.
Midwest Energy News
Interior Department Approves Up To 4GW In New Renewables ...
By Silvio Marcacci
Interior Department approves 3 major renewable energy projects & announces first offshore wind lease auction, totaling up to 4GW in new renewable capacity.
CleanTechnica
Hickenlooper to Sign Renewable Energy Bill Today - Colorado Pols
By Colorado Pols
Fox 31's Eli Stokols has the story: After nearly a month of deliberation, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to take action Wednesday on a handful of controversial bills that remain unsigned.
ColoradoPols.com - ColoradoPols.com
US Military and Renewable Energy Goals | The Energy Collective
By TinaCasey
National Renewable Energy Laboratory announced a switchgrass-based jet biofuel process that is expected to involve 95 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than conventional jet fuel production.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
5 MW Lithium-Ion Energy Storage System Unveiled In Oregon -- Will ...
By Nathan
The new energy storage system — which is a demonstration project — will allow the storage of the excess electricity occasionally produced by some intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, as well as providing other ...
CleanTechnica
Renewable energy and Realpolitik - Scots Politics
By Ross Garner
In the week after Scotland misses its green emissions target, ROSS GARNER untangles the tricky web surrounding the deceptively-simple notion of fighti.
Scots Politics
US Navy Renewable Energy News | The Energy Collective
By TinaCasey
The Navy got its first ever solar powered electric vehicle charging station last week, in yet another demonstration of a slow but steady transition out of petroleum dependency by the US military.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Nebraska Ethanol Plant Sold to Green Plains Renewable Energy ...
By Meghan Sapp
In Nebraska, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. and Choice Ethanol Holdings LLC have signed an agreement to purchase the former Nedak Ethanol plant in Atkinson. The deal includes an ethanol plant with an annual production capacity ...
Biofuels Digest
Provide Equal Benefits for Renewable Energy Producers ! PLEA ...
By Cher C.
Provide the same tax benefits and financing to renewable energy producers that coal, oil and natural gas producers have received for decades.
Care2 News Network
The Trouble with Renewable Energy Forecasting | The Energy ...
By robertwilson190
Adding 1200 GW of new solar to electricity grids each year will quickly see solar power saturating. Will we figure out how to store electricity on a multi gigawatt scale within a decade?
The Energy Collective - The world's...
DoD Buzz | Green Energy Deal Tops $23 Billion in May Awards
By Brendan McGarry
The Army plans to buy the renewable energy from privately developed power plants, according to the May 7 announcement. The facilities are to be built, operated and maintained by companies under an agreement hailed by service officials ...
DoD Buzz
Natural Gas Stock Alert: Clean Energy (CLNE ... - InvestorIdeas.com
Natural Gas Stock Alert: Clean Energy (CLNE) and Covanta (CVA) Open First CNG Fueling Station in Nationwide Partnership to Transition Garbage Truck Fleets to Cleaner Natural Gas.
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Legislation is key for renewables in Libya – Khairy Agha, REAoL ...
By Sami Zaptia
Speaking on Wednesday at the third and final day of the MEED “Libya Projects 2013” conference in Tripoli, Khairy Agha, Chairman of the Renewable Energy Authority of Libya (REAoL) said that legislation was the key to Libya's policy in this ...
Libya Herald
Powering our Finnish data center with Swedish wind energy ...
By Green Blog
We've just inked agreements with O2 and Allianz to supply our Finnish data center with renewable energy for the next 10 years—our fourth long-term agreement to power our data centers with renewable energy worldwide, and our first in ...
Google Green Blog
NLP Solar Sales Training June 12 & 13 - New Bonus for Contractors ...
By Rich Hessler
The World's #1 Renewable Energy Network for News & Information. Sign In or Register · Renewable Energy World Logo. Friday, June 07, 2013. Sections · Home · News · Opinion & Commentary · Featured Blogs · Research & Reports · Video ...
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A Significant Win for Clean Energy in Colorado | Noah Long's Blog ...
By Noah Long
With today's signature, Senate Bill 252, increases Colorado's Renewable Energy Standard for co-operative associations that provide wholesale electricity in the state, and for large electric associations that provide service to at least 100,000 ...
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What Happens When California's 33 Percent Renewables Mandate ...
By Herman K. Trabish
Assembly Bill 177 (AB 177), authored by Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez (D-56th District), describes a new way for California to approach the procurement of renewables like solar, wind and geothermal, along with energy efficiency (EE) tools ...
Greentech: Other Energy
DTE Energy requests drop in surcharge for customers : News ...
By Roxanne Werly
DTE Energy has filed an amended renewable energy plan with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) that proposes to lower the monthly renewable energy surcharge paid by residential customers from $3 to 43 cents.
Up North Live - Local News
Why A National Energy Policy Would Benefit the Insurance Industry ...
By Christine Hertzog
Some insurance companies already offer insurance products for renewable energy projects. But it hasn't really gone mainstream yet, with most insurance being custom-designed for projects. Typically, insurance companies provide ...
Smart Grid Library
Mainstream Renewable Power, Actis Announce 600 Mw Solar, Wind ...
CLEANTECHNICA - Attracted by the aggressive renewable energy planned in Chile, project developer Mainstream Renewable Power and investor Actis have announced plans to set a joint venture in the South American country. The joint ...
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California's Renewable Restrictions May Slow Arizona Solar Plant ...
By Chris Clarke
The Interior Department approved three new renewable energy projects on public lands in Arizona and Nevada on Monday. But one of those plants probably won't be built until the developer finds a California utility to buy the power, and that ...
KCET Feed
ARENA's big regional boost for renewable energy | Eco News
By David Twomey
The Australian Labor government's Resources and Energy Minister Gary Gray has announced a major program expected to generate 150 megawatts (MW) of electricity from renewable energy sources in regional and remote locations within ...
Eco News
Bristol MPs back South West green energy manifesto - Bristol24-7
By Christopher Brown
Renewable energy not-for-profit group Regen SW are the drivers behind the new pledge. Their research suggests the region is not on track to hit government renewable energy targets of 15% by 2020, despite some 10,000 people being ...
Bristol24-7
Investorideas.com Newswire - SURVEY: THE GREENER THE ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 6, 2013 (Investorideas.com renewable energy newswire) Three out of four small businesses responding to a recent survey reported that, unlike much of the economy, sales for green products and services actually ...
Investorideas.com renewable energy...
Community Solar Concept A Big Hit At Michigan Energy Fair « CBS ...
By Matt Roush
It may just be the way solar energy finally fulfills its promise of cheap, clean electricity. The dedication of a new community solar installation in Traverse City Friday was the buzz on Saturday at the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association's ...
CBS Detroit
Stand Firm | War on Subsidies: Brussels Questions German Energy ...
By Sarah
Since 2000, Germany has used the EEG to promote the expansion of renewable forms of energy. To ensure that the construction of expensive solar and wind farms is worthwhile for private individuals and investors, they receive a guarantee ...
Stand Firm
Investorideas.com - Surging Demand for CIGS Solar in Japan ...
Point Roberts, WA - June 10, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in investing ideas in leading sectors including renewable energy stocks, reports on recent news and developments ...
Investorideas.com renewable energy...
State imposes 'double standard' for green energy - WND
By Jack Minor
While wind and solar are defined as renewable energy that count towards the goal, hydro power, which many rural electric associations use, does not. Democrats specifically rejected an amendment by Saine that would have included hydro ...
WND
Alistair Carmichael writes…We should be talking about how Lib ...
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Yesterday I voted against the inclusion in the Energy Bill of a target for decarbonisation to be met by 2030. In truth I think that the setting of a target would have been sensible and that is why I am content with it being party policy. So why vote ...
Liberal Democrat Voice
Governor Sides With Green Lobby On Rural Energy Mandate | The ...
By Valerie Richardson
DENVER--Rural Coloradans lost a tug-of-war with their urban counterparts Wednesday as Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a divisive renewable-energy mandate expected to increase electricity costs for farming and ranching communities.
The Colorado Observer
Google Powering Finnish Server Farm with Swedish Wind Farm ...
By Jason Verge
“As a carbon neutral company, we're always looking for ways to increase the amount of renewable energy we use,” said Urs Hoelzle, Senior Vice-President of Technical Infrastructure at Google. “This long term agreement, our fourth globally, ...
Data Center Knowledge
MPs pledge renewables support - Business Cornwall
By Nick Eyriey
Twenty three MPs have proclaimed their support for the development of a “world-leading” renewable energy industry in the south west by signing up to the UK's first regional renewable energy manifesto at Westminster.
Business Cornwall
When renewable subsidies fail - The CLIMATE SCEPTICS Blog
By Geoff Brown
When renewable subsidies fail. When inefficient renewable energy power sources need to be subsidised, power users get ripped off. Although there are plentiful supplies of cheap coal and gas for power creation, the Greens don't approve of ...
The NO CARBON TAX Climate Sceptics Blog
Rural Energy Investment Act Introduced | Hoosier Ag Today
By Andy Eubank
The legislation would provide more than a billion-dollars in mandatory funding over the next five years for renewable energy programs. Kaptur says the legislation would invest in programs with a proven track record of developing renewable ...
Hoosier Ag Today
Dominion's Energy Conservation Blog: NREL Lists Dominion ...
By Courtney@dom
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released its assessment of leading utility green power programs, and for the first time since the program launched in 2009, Dominion Green Power® was ranked ...
Dominion's Energy Conservation Blog
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Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners to Begin Trading on New York Stock ...
MarketWatch
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Jun 06, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TOR:CA:BEP.UN) ("Brookfield Renewable") today announced that it expects its L.P. units to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange ...
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Renewable Energy Vital for Myanmar's Development
Huffington Post
While much of the energy demand will be met in the long term through large-scale hydropower, natural gas and coal-fired plants powering the national grid, the case for off-grid renewable energy solutions can't be ignored, particularly in the short term ...
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Renewable energy sources in focus
Times of Oman
Muscat: The Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) projects utilise huge amounts of energy in its operations and, therefore, it is important to consider using renewable energy sources. Producing steam for thermal EOR requires large amounts of natural gas.
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Google expands renewable energy sourcing
Financial Times
The electricity that technology companies need for their data centres has made them a target of environmental campaigners and has prompted some, such as Apple, to start to run their centres on renewable energy. But few match Google's investment in new ...
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DTE Energy files amended renewable energy plan; surcharge to lower
MarketWatch
DETROIT, June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- DTE Energy has filed an amended renewable energy plan with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) that proposes to lower the monthly surcharge paid by residential customers to 43 cents ...
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Renewable-energy deal tops May defense awards
Washington Post
Renewable-energy deal tops May defense awards. The Defense Department announced 247 awards in May with a combined maximum value of $19.4 billion, a 2.1 percent increase from the $19.0 billion in contracts disclosed in April. Read related article.
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Renewable energy projects get increased local control
The Chronicle Journal
The new Ontario government is making key changes to increase local control over the siting of renewable energy projects. As a former mayor and regional chair, I understand how important it is for communities to be involved in decision making from the ...
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Interior approves 3 renewable energy sites in West
The Seattle Times
The Interior Department has approved three renewable energy projects in Nevada and Arizona that officials say will generate enough electricity to power nearly 200,000 homes. The projects are the first renewable energy projects on public lands approved ...
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State renewable energy laws survive repeal attempts — so far
Midwest Energy News
Renewable energy lobbyists are undefeated this year in defending the state-level purchasing mandates that have helped fuel explosive growth in industries like wind and solar, and that streak looks set to remain intact as part-time state legislatures ...
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Mongolia eyes renewable energy as climate warms
Sydney Morning Herald
Mongolia, which is banking on a mining-led investment boom to develop its economy, is aiming to turn itself into a regional renewable energy hub as it tries to fight off the pressures of global warming, the country's president said. "Mongolia is ...
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Renewable Energy Gets a Rural Boost in Colorado
Energy Collective
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation that will double the amount of energy that his state's large rural electric coops and the utilities that provide them power must get from renewable sources to 20% by 2020. Enactment of the ...
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SA joins renewable energy club
iAfrica.com
Apart from South Africa, the founding members of the Renewables Club include China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Morocco, Tonga, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the UK — along with International Renewable Energy Agency director-general Adnan ...
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'Renewable Energy' as a PPKS subject
The Borneo Post
As part of the preparation for the new subject for the engineering school of iCATS, PPKS held intensive training for lecturers and tutors of School of Engineering on Green & Renewable Energy Training recently at its newly completed Green Technology Lab.
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Three Big Renewable Energy Projects Approved on Public Lands
SustainableBusiness.com
Heliostats focus the sun's energy onto a central tower, where liquid molten salt captures and stores the sun's thermal energy, which can be used as needed to drive steam turbines to generate electricity. Its dry-cooling technology requires hardly any ...
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Review: 'Power Surge' says oil, gas and renewable energy all part of America's ...
Washington Post
“The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America's Future” (Oxford University Press), by Michael Levi. In recent years, the seemingly dry subjects of oil and gas drilling and renewable energy have become fodder for Hollywood movies, ...
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Renewable Energy Projects Announced in Nevada, Arizona
Mesquite Citizen Journal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced the approval of three major renewable energy projects that, when built, ...
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Alternative Energy Schemes Share Same Drawback: Ratepayer Subsidies
NJ Spotlight
Environmental groups were unhappy, arguing that any ratepayer subsidies should be solely dedicated to promoting renewable energy, and not ones that produce greenhouse gas emissions. Still, the bills had their proponents, especially a measure (S-2651) ...
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Renewable energy supports transportation in UK and Hong Kong
Hydrogen Fuel News
Supporting renewable energy is not always a financial issue. In many ways, ensuring that renewable energy has a future means working to integrate clean technologies and clean forms of power into society. If renewable energy can be made an integral part ...
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Goldman Sachs lifts investment in Indian renewable energy
Financial Times
Goldman Sachs's private equity arm will add to its investment in an Indian wind farm company, putting another $135m into ReNew Wind Power, in a sign of the increasing interest in Asian renewables. The planned investment follows last month's pledge from ...
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Renewable Energy workers assured of safety
Philippine Information Agency
CEBU CITY, June 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Energy (DOE) recently conducted a public consultation on the Code of Practice of Renewable Energy Safety, Health and Environment Rules and Regulations (RESHERR), which according to a DOE official, will ...
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SADC Renewable Energy Strategy Key to Sustainable Energy for All
AllAfrica.com
Southern Africa has the potential to achieve universal access to modern energy services if the region puts in place a sound and vibrant strategy to harness its huge renewable energy resources. Meeting in Maseru, Lesotho, the 33rd SADC Energy Ministers ...
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Tees Renewable Energy Plant is hit by policy delays
Gazette Live
MGT Power chiefs had hoped a final investment decision on the £600m Tees Renewable Energy Plant would be in place by now. But Department of Climate Change (DECC) hold-ups to key decisions, including the fixing of subsidies for new-build projects, ...
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Renewable Energy Use Hits Record Heights in Australia
DesignBuild Source
The latest data from Australia's peak clean energy body indicates that the country's use of renewable energy hit record heights last year. According to figures from the Clean Energy Council's 2012 Clean Energy Australia Report, a record-breaking 13.14 ...
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Renewable energy influencing global grid storage market
Hydrogen Fuel News
Lux Research, a leading market research firm, has released a new report concerning the state of global energy grid storage demand. An energy grid is the foundation of a country's electrical infrastructure, responsible for the storage and distribution ...
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Coalition of Renewable Energy Companies Established to Advocate for a Level ...
Fort Mills Times
Leading renewable energy companies from across the country today announced they have formed a coalition to advocate for equal treatment between clean energy and fossil fuels that would allow average Americans to invest in renewable energy projects in ...
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Clean Energy Woes: 21 lakh renewable energy certificates lie unsold with ...
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Renewable energy projects — once lucrative enough to attract even alcohol makers and farm traders — are feeling the heat as a key attraction, the market for green certificates issued to developers, has collapsed alarmingly, casting a ...
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Renewable energy threatens big utilities
Boulder Weekly
It has been assumed that renewable energy sources are limited by the fact they are intermittent. The sun doesn't always shine and the wind isn't always blowing. However, the EEI report says “one can imagine a day when battery storage technology or ...
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China to supervise renewable energy law implementation
China Daily
BEIJING -- China's top legislature on Wednesday established an inspection team to oversee the implementation of the Law on Renewable Energy. The team consists of three groups that will be sent to North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, East ...
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Renewable energy and sustainability take a step forward in UK
Hydrogen Fuel News
Sustainability is not solely achieved through the adoption of renewable energy. Finding ways to use environmentally friendly materials in construction is also a step toward sustainability that often goes overlooked in the flood of attention that ...
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Renewable energy's share to hit 50 percent by 2050 in Kazakhstan
Trend.az
Renewable and alternative energy sources will provide 50 percent of all energy produced in Kazakhstan in 2050, the Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Kapparov said at the briefing in the Central Communications Service under the President ...
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Google's Renewable Energy Quest Finds Africa
EarthTechling
For the first time, Google is investing in a renewable energy project in Africa, a 96-megawatt (DC) solar photovoltaic power plant in South Africa that will become one of the continent's largest solar installations. The opportunity comes courtesy South ...
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Ocean Renewable Energy Conference returns to Oregon Coast
Lincoln City News Guard
ASTORIA - The future of clean, renewable ocean wave energy will be discussed in depth at the Ocean Renewable Energy Conference, to be held at the Liberty Theater in Astoria September 25-26. This is the eighth annual ocean energy conference presented ...
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Investors in renewable energy seek financing
Inquirer.net
Investors in the renewable energy (RE) sector are rolling up their sleeves to tackle the need for financing now that the long-awaited guidelines on guaranteed rates, also known as feed-in-tariffs (FIT), have been finally issued. Queenie Rojo, executive ...
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Ministry for renewable energy reaches out to Gurgaon industrialists
Times of India
GURGAON: Around 150 local industry representatives were in attendance at the workshop on solar technology, organized jointly by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). With the focus on ...
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DTE Energy files amended renewable energy plan
RenewablesBiz
DTE Energy has filed an amended renewable energy plan with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) that proposes to lower the monthly surcharge paid by residential customers to 43 cents from the current $3. DTE Energy's plan calls for an ...
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Renewable Energy Program Could Make Fracking and Biofuels Obsolete
EP Magazine
Project Volt Gas Volt (VGV) offers a completely reliable, safe phase-out of nuclear power and fossil fuels and demonstrates how renewable energy can now “keep the lights on” without disruption, thanks to a new technology and long term financing ...
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Goldman Ups Renewable Energy Investment - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
Following the announcement of its plans to invest about ¥50 billion ($487 million) in the Japan Renewable Energy Co. unit, a solar power generation company in Japan over the next 5 years, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 's ( GS ) private equity arm also ...
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Liberalization of Renewable Energy Sector Working - Minister Paulwell
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says the Government's decision to open the renewable energy sector to private investors is working. He said the recent “oversupply” of proposals to the Office of Utilities ...
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Hickenlooper signs controversial renewable energy bill into law
Brush News Tribune
Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday signed into law a controversial bill, which he called "imperfect," doubling the renewable-energy requirements for rural electric cooperatives. The bill, SB 252, requires that by 2020 rural electricity cooperatives ...
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Renewable energy sees more support through California cap-and-trade program
Hydrogen Fuel News
Thus far, the California cap-and-trade program has been considered a monumental success. To date, the program has generated more than $256 million in funding that is being used to support the adoption of renewable energy and an additional $556 million ...
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Renewable Energy Tax Credits News Briefs
Novogradac Company LLP
H.R. 1424, proposed by Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., would amend the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986 Section 48C to extend the Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit program. The Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2013 (SEAM Act) ...
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US Approves Three Renewable Energy Projects
CRIENGLISH.com
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Monday that it had approved three major renewable energy projects in two western states of Nevada and Arizona to boost domestic energy production. The 350-megawatt Midland Solar Energy Project and the ...
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Inside SA's renewable energy drive
TechCentral
For now, the focus is mainly on increasing the local content of components, which fall under the renewable energy independent producers' procurement programme. The programme emerged from the integrated development plan that maps out South Africa's ...
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Google continues renewable energy drive
ITWeb
Google has entered into a deal with a Swedish wind farm developer to power its Finnish data centre. According to Google, the decade-long wind power deal will see the search engine giant's Hamina data centre, in South Finland, meeting all its energy ...
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Hickenlooper signs controversial rural renewable-energy bill
Denver Business Journal (blog)
Colorado's renewable energy goal for rural cooperatives will double to 20 percent by 2020 under a controversial bill signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper. The governor had been under pressure from rural power utilities, Republicans and others to veto the ...
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Examining the Prejudices of Renewable Energy Zealots | The ...
By Schalk Cloete
Renewable energy is ideologically very attractive. But such ideological perfection can easily switch off the critical thinking of environmentally-conscious individuals and this is exactly what we are seeing at the moment.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
CBO | H.R. 316, Collinsville Renewable Energy Promotion Act
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 16, 2013H.R. 316 would authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reinstate the licenses and extend the deadline for beginning ...
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Ernest Moniz, Natural Gas and the Renewable Energy Future
By Tina Casey
New Energy Department chief Ernest Moniz calls natural gas a "boon," but the real Moniz natural gas position spells doom and gloom for the industry.
CleanTechnica
Veto renewable energy bill, Gov. Hickenlooper - The Idea Log
A new round of costly, onerous renewable-energy mandates now at Gov. John Hickenlooper's desk simply makes no sense.
Denver Post: All Blogs
Electrical Project Manager - Renewable Energy, Helix Electric
Mid Level Full Time Electrical Project Manager - Renewable Energy for Helix Electric located in San Diego, CA.
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Vice President of Structured Finance, Renewable Energy, GCL ...
Senior Level Full Time Vice President of Structured Finance, Renewable Energy for GCL Solar Energy Inc located in San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
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Fuel Fix » Moniz: 'This is the crucial decade' to develop renewable ...
By Simone Sebastian
Newly appointed Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz credits natural gas for helping the United States lower carbon dioxide emissions in recent years, characterizing the energy revolution as a gift to the country. “This natural gas boom,” he said, ...
Fuel Fix
Liberal Vision » Blog Archive » Renewable Energy vs. Shale
By Sara Scarlett
Um… if these figures are correct (£29bn investment = 30,000 jobs) then by implication it costs £1,000,000 to create 1 job in renewable energy? Contrast with shale gas where £50,000 = 1 job (£3.7bn investment, 74,000 jobs). Maths is fun.
Liberal Vision
Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation: New Challenges ...
By Eliza Cava
It's a challenge: how do we advance clean energy projects while also protecting sensitive wildlife and their habitat?
Defenders of Wildlife Blog
ReNewable Now: Last week's radio show is now available 24/7 on ...
By Arpin Renewable Energy
ReNewable Now Partners with Live Well Network. The internet's first show that is totally dedicated to the "Business of Green". Our mission is to educate, inform and motivate people when it comes to smarter living through alternative energies ...
ReNewable Now
Counting Renewable Energy Instead of Carbon Emissions | The ...
By robertwilson190
Counting renewable energy, and not carbon is bad arithmetic. We keep our eye on the progress of renewables, yet the resurgence of coal in Europe gets ignored.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Europe Votes for Higher Renewable Energy Targets
By Industrial Info Resources
GALWAY, IRELAND--May 24, 2013 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Renewable energy targets for member states within the European Union (E.U.) will be pushed higher than the existing ...
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EPA Proposes Renewable Fuel Standard Modifications ...
By Environmental Leader Staff
RINs are serial numbers used to track the production use and trading of a batch of renewable energy. Under the proposals, renewable compressed natural gas/liquefied natural gas produced from landfill biogas would also be allowed to ...
Environmental Management & Energy News
Eskom turns to renewable energy | Infrastructure news
By infrastructurene.ws
Eskom is a step closer towards achieving its goal of producing cleaner energy.
Infrastructure news
Google buys flying wind-turbine startup Makani Power : TreeHugger
By Michael Graham Richard
Google, already an investor in the clean energy startup, apparently decided that if owning part of it was good, owning all of it would be even better!
Latest Items from TreeHugger
Anti-Renewable North Carolina Bill Defeated! | CleanTechnica
By Ross
One way they are doing so is by attacking every incentive for clean, renewable energy that they can. State renewable energy policies have been a particular focus of attack as of late. One of the closest battles along these lines was recently ...
Comments for CleanTechnica
Germany must spread cost of energy shift fairly: IEA | The Raw Story
By Agence France-Presse
The International Energy Agency said Friday that Germany must shield its consumers from paying too much of the cost of its ambitious switch from nuclear power and fossil fuels toward renewable energy. The IEA also said Europe's biggest ...
The Raw Story
Investorideas.com Newswire - Boston Scientific showcases one of ...
Boston Scientific showcases one of the largest rooftop solar power installations in Massachusetts -- 3900-panel project at the company's international distribution center in Quincy.
Investorideas.com renewable energy...
Peak Energy: Apple now uses renewable energy for 75% of its needs
By Big Gav
Apple has released its environmental report and, among other interesting things, it now states that is uses 100% renewable energy for its data centers and 75% for its needs overall, up from 35% in 2010. The end goal is 100% renewable ...
Peak Energy
Prison Planet.com » German Firms Flee to U.S. to Avoid Staggering ...
By yihan
“If we don't get on top of the country's energy transition to renewables and are not able to rein in energy costs in the process, German industry's competitiveness stands to suffer,” the chief of the Federation of German Industry (BDI), Ulrich Grillo, ...
Prison Planet.com
Fuel Fix » Energy security, not independence, should be nation's ...
By Emily Pickrell
But Stanislaw cautioned that nation's shale resources are finite and should be used in part to finance longer-term investment in renewable energy. “We are in a world of energy abundance, not energy scarcity. But abundance doesn't mean that ...
Fuel Fix
Green Energy Cleared As Buyer For Davison Landfill « CBS Detroit
By Matt Roush
DETROIT — Green Energy Renewable Solutions Inc. (OTC: EWRL) announced Thursday that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan has confirmed the company as the sole bidder to acquire the Davison ...
CBS Detroit
Renewable Energy Stocks- Insight Into Global Green Investing ...
By www.Investorideas.com
Renewable Energy Stocks Blog; news and info for solar stocks, wind stocks,electric car stocks and more. This blog is part of the www.investorideas.com cleantech investor research content. Follow us on Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/ ...
Renewable Energy Stocks- Insight...
Investorideas.com Newswire - Getting to One-Planet Living
Washington, D.C. - May 21, 2013 (Investorideas.com renewable energy newswire) As the world continues down the path of unmitigated and unsustainable development, it is becoming increasingly clear that we have successfully pushed ...
Investorideas.com renewable energy...
Susan Osborne Explains Why Boulder Opted For A Clean Energy ...
By John Farrell
But the release of a recent report on municipalization suggests that the city can significantly increase renewable energy, reduce emissions, lower costs, and improve reliability. In other words, there seems little reason to settle for the status quo.
CleanTechnica
ČR to push for cut in subsidies to renewables at EU summit | Prague ...
"The system of renewable energy sources with subsidised prices has led to a situation yesterday when a classical energy market does not exist and it does not pay off at all to invest in new (classical) sources," said Necas. Although this does ...
Prague Monitor
Top 5 Ways The U.S Military is Utililizing Renewable Energy - Solar ...
By SolarFeeds
The U.S. Military is all about efficiency and effectiveness. In the eyes of the military, the best way to approach any operation is one in which the greates.
Solar Feeds
Grid-Scale Energy Storage on the Cusp of True Market Entry
By Eric Wesoff
Energy storage is often called the holy grail of renewable energy. The problem with the "grail" language is that the grail was never located. At least not with a compelling business case.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Report: Ohio energy laws save consumers millions | Midwest Energy ...
By Ken Paulman
***SPONSORED LINK: Connect with Renewable Energy business leaders, investors, technology innovators, government officials and university educators September 9-11 at RETECH 2013! Midwest Energy News readers receive 10% off with ...
Midwest Energy News
Energy Outlook: Can Energy Storage Make Wind and Solar Power ...
By Geoffrey Styles
Assessing that potential requires, among other things, recognizing that energy storage is neither new nor monolithic. Nor is the intermittency of renewable energy a single challenge. For example, the output of a wind turbine and the wind farm ...
Energy Outlook
European officials, industry leaders seek energy reform - Oil & Gas ...
By OGJ editors
The European Parliament's resolution called for a share of renewable energy in the overall energy mix to 2050 greater than the European Commission's current working assumption of 30%. It passed an amendment calling for a proposal by ...
General Interest
Community Solar May Be Next Big Thing In Australia Renewables ...
By Giles Parkinson
CLEANaS, which stands for the Clean Energy Association of Newcastle and Surrounds, is a not for profit association which is launching the Lighthouse Community Renewable Energy project. Daniel MacDonald from CLEANaS said the group ...
CleanTechnica
Institute for Energy Research | IER/AEA: A Free Market Energy ...
By Robert Bradley
We criticize and expose rent-seeking by politically-connected firms (including Enron, where I worked for 16 years, challenging the firm's climate alarmism and renewable-energy subsidies). The list of energy firms who forsake the real market ...
Institute for Energy Research
Will Nicaragua turn to coal to lower energy costs?
By Tim Rogers
Nicaragua has made remarkable strides to adopt new clean energy technologies over the past five years. But the benefits of the country's gradual switch to renewable energy are not trickling down to consumers. Six years after the darkest days ...
Nicaragua Dispatch
Calls for Action at U.S. - India Energy Partnership Summit in DC ...
By Grace Gill
However, the rights group was critical of the Delhi Government's handling of the renewable energy issue. “Power Minister Haroon Yusuf has no plans to deal with the electricity crisis. He has hardly enunciated as to how he intends to deal with ...
Switchboard, from NRDC
Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the ...
Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest. 13 hours ago. Not just blowing in the wind: Compressing air for renewable energy storage. Researchers at PNNL and BPA have identified two possible sites in ...
Phys.org - latest science and...
Clean energy means more jobs, not less | Arizona Capitol Times
By Josh Coddington
Given that our neighboring states and utilities around the country are abandoning coal and investing heavily in natural gas and renewable energy generation, is sinking good money into a 40-year-old plant our only choice? When studies show ...
Arizona Capitol Times
Minnesota's new solar law: Looking beyond percentages | Midwest ...
By Dan Haugen
“A production-based incentives gives the money to the best producers instead of just rewarding whoever puts up a system,” said Laura Cina, managing director for the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society. The shift to production incentives ...
Midwest Energy News
Blogs – Energy efficiency.
Energy Efficiency at the Forefront in First Speech by DOE Secretary ...
By cnunez
In his first official remarks as Energy Secretary Tuesday, Ernest Moniz focused on an aspect of energy policy that lends itself to consensus perhaps a bit more easily than others: the need for greater efficiency.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Living Green: Companies Offer Rebates for Energy Efficiency - 8 ...
By Sherry Swensk
Hot, Las Vegas summer months mean higher utility bills, but there are ways people can save money and energy at the same time.
Las Vegas News from 8NewsNow.com
Reducing Wireless Power Demand Through Energy Efficiency | The ...
By SilvioMarcacci
The GreenTouch consortium outlines energy efficiency measures that could reduce the net energy consumption of global data and communications networks up to 90 percent by 2020, compared to 2010 levels.
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Malta Solar PV Feed-in Tariff, Solar Hot Water, & Energy Efficiency ...
By Tim Tyler
Malta is following the lead of many of its European colleagues with a new feed-in tariff for solar PV. It's also implementing some solar hot water and energy efficiency rebates. Here are more details repost from Solar Love. In an effort to increase ...
CleanTechnica
Ohio group creates statewide energy efficiency fund | Midwest ...
By Ken Paulman
NOTE TO READERS: Midwest Energy News will be taking a break for Memorial Day. The email digest will resume on Tuesday, May 28. SOLAR: Minnesota's governor.
Midwest Energy News
MEPC of IMO Pushes Forward with Energy-Efficiency Implementation
By World Maritime News
The Committee made significant progress in its work on further developing energy-efficiency regulations; adopted an MEPC Resolution on Promotion of Technical Co-operation and Transfer of Technology relating to the Improvement of Energy ...
World Maritime News
LETTER: Energy Efficiency Will Help Sooner Than Hydro - Courant ...
The May 22 editorial asserting that hydropower from beyond our borders can lower Connecticut's high electricity costs misses the mark ["Pass The Clean-Energy Bill"]. Large hydro might help at some point -- maybe -- but it will require the ...
Letters - Courant.com
Seattle Municipal Efficiency Measures Save $1.25m · Environmental ...
By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle
While this is the first time city building energy use has been made public, Seattle says it has a history of monitoring and improving the energy efficiency of its facilities, including recent energy efficiency upgrades at 17 city-run sites, according to ...
Environmental Management & Energy News
Top 8 Energy And Water-Saving Landscaping Tips | CleanTechnica
By Dan Thiede, CERTs
Dan Thiede is the Communications Coordinator for the Clean Energy Resource Teams, or CERTs, at the University of Minnesota. CERTs works to advance the adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in communities ...
CleanTechnica
Energy of the future: Transforming Germany's energy system | Left ...
By Guest
The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change meant that the only way forward was an expansion of renewable energy sources and greater energy efficiency. Germany set itself two targets: a 50 per cent reduction in ...
Left Foot Forward
St. John's Makes Energy Upgrades To 36 Buildings, Installs Building ...
By Dan Thiede, CERTs
And when the stimulus-funded Commercial and Industrial Grant Program from the Minnesota Department of Commerce came along, it made energy efficiency easy. St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, MN, received a $300,000 grant for a $1 ...
CleanTechnica
Get peace and quiet inside and energy efficiency all around with this ...
From SIPs to straw bales, there are several alternative approaches to traditional wood-frame...
Houzz
Motors and drives for efficient control - ABB Conversations
By Edvard Csanyi
With electric motors accounting for an estimated 65 percent of industrial energy use, any increases in efficiency clearly provide the potential for major savings. The energy consumption of electric motors can be reduced in two main ways – by ...
ABB Conversations
Efficiency Bill Could Be a 'Poison Pill' for LEED Green Building ...
By Stephen Lacey
Energy efficiency proponents rejoiced last month when Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) reintroduced a sweeping bill that would provide incentives, technical assistance and new standards for energy efficiency in ...
Greentech Media: Headlines
Ernest Moniz Gives His First Speech as Energy Secretary ...
By Stephen Lacey
He wants to move efficiency “way, way up” on the Energy Department's list of priorities. ... Secretary Moniz spoke to a crowd at the Energy Efficiency Global Forum about his upcoming agenda as secretary. "Efficiency is going to be a big focus ...
Greentech Media: Headlines
EnerMotion: Hot Savings for the trucking industry - MaRS
By MaRS Discovery District
EnerMotion, an Ontario-based startup and MaRS client, has developed a method of capturing waste exhaust heat from a vehicle and converting it into useful, practical and efficient energy. EnerMotion's Hybrid Power & Energy Recovery ...
MaRS Discovery District
New GridSTAR Center: Smart Grid Research, Energy Innovation
By ECSKris
The first phase of assembling the GridSTAR Center is already underway, with plans to have a research facility, classroom laboratory and a showcase for energy efficiency to be completed in time for the start of fall semester. Later phases of the ...
The Energy Collective - The world's...
Greater Efficiency “Absolutely Critical” to Energy Future
WASHINGTON – Using energy more productively and efficiently moved to the top of the nation's agenda when a new U.S. secretary of energy took the oath of office on Tuesday. “The efficiency agenda will be absolutely critical,” said incoming ...
Latin American Herald Tribune
GROWN 2013 : The 1st International Workshop on GReen ...
This workshop provides an international forum for the research community working in the area of energy efficient wireless communication networks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Green wireless network architecture • Energy ...
WikiCFP
Construction Ministry, IFC promote energy efficiency — TalkVietnam
By vietnamplus
The Ministry of Construction (MoC) and the Investment Climate Advisory Programme of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on May 24 signed a cooperation agreement on green and energy efficient building developments in Vietnam, ...
TalkVietnam
EEMBC and Volkswagen developing automotive benchmark ...
By John Day
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) announced an expanded working group project with the Volkswagen Group to establish a microcontroller (MCU) energy-efficiency benchmark aimed at making automotive end ...
John Day's Automotive Electronics
Capital Business Blog » Transforming New York's Energy Future
By Kristin Legere
New York is properly located for growth in its chemical industry, a sector that provides significant employment and the opportunity for additional innovation in energy efficiency and energy recovery.” Darren Suarez, director of government affairs ...
Capital Business Blog
PowerCell unveils clean & energy efficient fuel cell system ...
By energynext
PowerCell, a Swedish energy technology company, has unveiled a functioning full-scale prototype of its PowerPac fuel cell system. PowerPac is the first functioning full-scale prototype fuel cell system in the world for production of electricity ...
EnergyNext
Can local chambers be catalysts for clean energy? | GreenBiz.com
By Diane Doucette
“Even chambers in states known for oil and coal production are helping their members dramatically reduce their energy use and utility bills using simple energy efficiency upgrades.” In North Carolina, the Asheville Area Chamber recognized ...
GreenBiz
