The solar power industry has been taking its lumps of late. First, there were national stories about the bankruptcy of Solyndra, the California-based solar panel maker that had received a $527 million loan guarantee from the federal government.
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2012-05-18 16:56:07
Companies have told Civil Beat that they must have a buyer to test smaller amounts of the biofuel before they can scale up operations and reduce the fuel cost to a level that is competitive with petroleum.
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2012-05-18 16:49:25
2 state for installed wind power, and Illinois was the nation's No. 2 state for new wind power development in 2011. Wind power is the fastest growing global energy source. In November, Michigan voters can pass a ballot measure to keep advancing ...
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2012-05-18 16:46:44
In 2011, Intel used renewable energy for 88% of electricity, almost double that of the previous year. The company gets renewables from biomass, geothermal, small-hydro, solar and wind, by buying certificates and from on-site generation.
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2012-05-18 16:40:48
Corn growers and ethanol producers want to expand their market by selling a new, higher-blend ethanol fuel that's safe to use in most vehicles. But the timeline for introducing E15 remains uncertain as industry and government officials continue to sort ...
Energy Collective via Google News
2012-05-18 16:06:45
Nevada's Stillwater geothermal plant has added a solar array to become the world's first hybrid solar-geothermal plant. Enel Green Power North America installed more than 89000 solar panels with a capacity of 26 MW to the site.
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2012-05-18 15:58:40
By Danny King RSS feed This time, a group called the Coordinating Research Council released a study saying that the US Environmental Protection Agency's decision to push for allowing gas with a 15-percent ethanol blend (aka E15) to be sold to the ...
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2012-05-18 15:13:31
This sustainable source of hydrogen fuel could even be applied towards ethanol production, resulting in a sort of two-for-one biofuel, and could be applied to waste food found in the trash, as well as the leftovers from processing.
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2012-05-18 15:03:47
He pointed out that many multikilometer wells have been drilled around the world in order to extract geothermal energy, and that these have not caused explosions. He believes the project makes scientific sense: “It's not clear if there is a volcanic ...
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2012-05-18 13:54:39
“The other thing that we've learned in the last few years … is the peak oil theory is bunk,” he said. It turns out that the availability of oil and gas supplies is determined by people's imagination, their ability to harness innovative technology and ...
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2012-05-18 13:48:20
With the new feed-in tariff going into effect from July 2012 and as the interest to invest in wind energy is on the rise, Reed Exhibitions Japan has decided to launch an exhibition dedicated to the wind sector parallel to the other 7 renewable/smart ...
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2012-05-18 13:09:24
The Marin Energy Authority made the 20-year deal with the airport as part of its feed-in tariff program, which allows local property owners to sell electricity from small-scale installations directly to the authority, officials said at a launch event ...
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2012-05-18 10:47:07
In July 2011, three wind energy projects with a total capacity of 262 megawatts in Bluewater and area were among 19 wind energy projects awarded contracts under the Ontario Power Authority's Feed-In Tariff Program in the Bruce-to-Milton transmission ...
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2012-05-18 09:20:40
Amazingly, a growing chorus of analysts are arguing that the peak oil debate is over and the US will soon achieve energy independence. I agree. It is over, and the US will soon achieve energy independence. However, the implications of this are negative ...
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2012-05-18 09:09:12
