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End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google:'via Blog this'

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Blackout worries create uncertainty at Texas companies - Houston Chronicle: "Gov. Rick Perry derailed his presidential campaign after he couldn't recall the name of the Department of Energy during a debate.Ironically, energy is increasingly on the minds of many business owners back home.Texas companies got a rude awakening last February when colder-than-normal weather wreaked havoc on the state's

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Japan: We Don't Have Enough Electricity, So Everyone Dress Warmer!: With Reuters reporting electrical shortfalls of up to 2,530 megawatts in places this coming winter, heat won't be as plentiful as it was last year—and if the Japanese don't kick their hot habits, the country will face rolling blackouts.

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The Swazi Observer: "Tips on how to make you house more energy efficientInstall energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs. They last up to eight times longer than ordinary bulbs and use 80% less energy. A 100 watts globe on for 10 hours uses 1 kilowatt, whereas a 14 watt CFL on for 70 hours uses 1 kilowatt.Install a low-flow showerhead as it saves water and hot water bills.Turn off appliances

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Solar power plants come online in southern NM - BusinessWeek: "Xcel Energy, SunEdison and state and local officials gathered at one of the plants near Carlsbad on Thursday to celebrate the activation.Officials say two more plants planned for the region are expected to be fully operational by the end of this year."'via Blog this'

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Denver International installs ground-mounted solar power system | Cooler Planet News: "Denver International Airport announced this week that it has completed, in conjunction with Constellation Energy, a 4.4 megawatt, ground-mounted solar power system.The energy company built and will manage the solar panels and the airport will purchase the electricity produced by the panels for the next 20 years

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New Motorola DROID Bionic Design Leaks: After a bunch of delays, Motorola has gone back to the drawing board an redesigned the DROID Bionic.The Bionic was one of Motorola's main attractions at CES this year, but hasn't been seen since.Now we have our first sneak peek at the redesigned Bionic. This Is My Next snagged a Best Buy ad teasing the Bionic. It doesn't mention a price or release date, but

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New Technology Offers U.S. Home Owners Easy Route To Significant Home Energy Savings - Press Release - Digital Journal: "A new solution for home owners looking to save energy and significantly reduce their utility bill is hitting the market for the first time in many areas throughout the United States. Developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with funding from the EPA and the U.S.

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Duke Energy to build second Kansas wind farm | Business Courier: "Duke Energy Corp. will build a 131-megawatt wind farm 200 miles west of Wichita, Kan., in addition to the 168-megawatt wind project it announced in May in that state.The newly announced farm, known as Cimarron II, will generate enough electricity to power nearly 40,000 homes when it starts production in mid-2012."

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"Hybrid" Moves Into Housing: "Recycling - Check. Conserving energy - Check. Hybrid car - Next car, check. Hybrid home system - What? Yes, it’s here. Hybrid has seamlessly, successfully moved into housing. Safety Power, Inc. was initially started to provide homes with back up power. The company quickly grew to include renewable energy options and advising commercial and industrial clients

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Duped by natural gas? | StarTribune.com: "WASHINGTON - Federal lawmakers called Tuesday on several agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Energy Information Administration and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), to investigate whether the natural gas industry has provided an accurate picture to investors of the long-term profitability of their wells and the amount

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Cable Boxes Consume 'Startling' Amount Of Electricity: "The groups say their findings were startling. The electricity required to operate all U.S. boxes is equal to the annual household electricity consumption of the entire state of Maryland, results in 16 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and costs households more than $3 billion each year.How can such a relatively small

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UK's electric car industry is picking up speed - Telegraph: "As well as luxury automotive makers such as McLaren – which has produced the new MP4-12C sports car – and Jaguar Land Rover, companies such as Evo Electric are also popping up. Evo Electric was founded in 2006 by Dr Michael Lamperth and Dr Malte Jaensch. Within Imperial College’s Hybrid Power Research Group, the pair had developed

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Homeowners can apply for new energy efficiency rebates, incentives | www.theacorn.com | The Acorn

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11 Solar Stocks Ready to Take Off - Seeking Alpha: "In the wake of Japan's nuclear disaster and EU member nations winding down nuclear programs over the next two decades, solar companies look poised for a period of growth over the long term, despite concerns of excess supply in the Chinese polysilicon market. The past few months have been rough on the sector, providing opportunity for long term

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More Possible Blackouts To Come | KTSM News Channel 9: "EASTERN ARIZONA- The Arizona wildfire is threatening to create rolling blackouts for some El Paso Electric customers.El Paso Electric owns one main transmission line and co-owns another line that supply power to Southern New Mexico and West Texas customers from the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona. Combined, the lines carry

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Greenleaf-TNX and Cenergy Power to Construct 1.75 MW 'Nickel 1' Solar... -- KERN COUNTY, Calif., June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --: "KERN COUNTY, Calif., June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenleaf-TNX and Cenergy Power are pleased to announce that they have reached definitive agreement for the development, funding, and construction of a 1.75 MW solar power facility in Kern County, California, known as the

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The Mystery of the Imperial Valley Solar Project | Reuters: "When a utility drops a contract after several years, it’s a big deal and could indicate that the project might have serious problems. The utility originally signed a contract in 2005 to buy 300 MW of power from the project, and the contract included options to get more power from the same project. After years of development work,

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Federal Loan Guarantee For Nevada Solar Project Raises Questions - Todd Woody - Green Wombat - Forbes: "The Obama administration has offered more than $8 billion in federal loan guarantees to finance the construction of massive solar power plants in the desert Southwest. So the $45.6 million it conditionally granted Thursday for a 20-megawatt photovoltaic farm near Las Vegas was, in Nevada terms,

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Amy Chavez: Rolling Blackouts and the Power of Silence: "The rolling blackouts in Tokyo mean interruptions in watching TV, running computers, stereos and electric heaters, not to mention recharging cell phones and electronics. While some have suggested that the rolling blackouts will merely reconfirm the need for nuclear power in this country with so few natural resources, I wonder if the

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Fuel Fix » ERCOT needs a weatherman to know which way the temperature goes: "This week the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the power grid for the state’s deregulated market, said it expects the state will have plenty of power to meet peak electricity demand this summer. That’s reassuring after a colder-than-expected winter produced rolling blackouts in February. ERCOT’s

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Obama administration grants $737 million for a 24/7 solar power plant - Todd Woody - Green Wombat - Forbes: "SolarReserve will deploy massive arrays of mirrors called heliostats around a very tall tower – in this case, one that tops 640 feet – with a boiler attached. BrightSource’s heliostats focus the sun on a water-filled boiler to create steam that drives an electricity-generating turbine."

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How Big Box Retailers Can Move Solar Power Into the Homeowner Mainstream | BNET: "Home improvement giant Lowe’s (LOW) and solar installation and financing company Sungevity have made a remarkable discovery: Homeowners still view solar as a fringe energy source. You don’t say. But what’s new here is what they plan to do about it.Big box retailers have tried without success to sell solar equipment

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Chevy Volt Plant Gets Solar Energy Support | EarthTechling: "General Motors (GM) is now turning to solar generated electricity to help power its  Chevy Volt assembly plant. According to a recent announcement made by the company,  the installation site at the Detroit-Hamtramck  plant was chosen for the project both because it had space for the solar array and because it is the home of the company’

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PG&E Abandons Wave Energy - Pulse of the Bay - The Bay Citizen: "'There is wave energy conversion technology that's out there that's working,' PG&E renewable energy spokesman Denny Boyles told KQED. 'It's just not at a point where it's widespread enough for us.'The announcement follows the news in November that PG&E would not pursue a wave energy project planned off the California coast near

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Greece school district recognized for energy conservation efforts | Democrat and Chronicle | democratandchronicle.com: "The Greece Central School District was recently honored for its achievements in energy efficiency.During a school board meeting earlier this month, district officials were given Energy Education Inc.’s Environmental Excellence Award, which recognizes that the district has cut

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Venezuela adopts electricity rationing measures in response to blackouts - The Washington Post: "Venezuela’s government is urging people to save energy and has begun rolling blackouts in some parts of the country after two major power outages in the past month.Some units at thermoelectric plants have not been operating, and the government is taking steps to bring them back on line, Electrical

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fpl.com progress-energy.com tampa electric Florida Public Utilities duke-energy scana energy.

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Dominion's Energy Conservation Blog

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Report Finds No Evidence of Market Manipulation During Blackouts | The Texas Tribune Mobile: "A report prepared for the Public Utility Commission and released on Wednesday has found no evidence of market manipulation during the Texas rolling blackouts in February.The report, produced by a consulting company charged with independently monitoring activities in the Texas electricity market, also

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Sunshine in forecast for Moorhead utility | INFORUM | Fargo, ND: "Moorhead’s first renewable energy project was a wind turbine that went online in 1999.It was soon followed by a second, and the two giant pinwheels on the northeast corner of Moorhead continue to pump power to the city’s grid.A more static form of renewable energy will soon join the mix – solar.Construction is to start this month

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'No need' for energy supply alternatives | Stuff.co.nz: "Electricity lines company Orion is downplaying the idea that alternative energy sources such as solar and wind will come to the fore in the immediate period following the September and February earthquakes.Recent power outages and warnings about potential power shortages over the winter period have led to worries from Christchurch residents

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Applicants lining up for DeLand energy conservation grants - News: "DELAND -- The first in line hoping to tap the city's new energy conservation grant program includes a barbecue business, museum, a housing community and office building owners.Ideas are big and small -- from window replacement to new, heat-reflective roofing. It's now up to the state to stamp off on the requests.A city committee

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Solar-panel makers launch projects that put power generators on water - Toledo Blade: "An array of 144 solar panels sits atop pontoons moored on a three-acre irrigation pond surrounded by vineyards in Petaluma in Sonoma County. About 35 miles to the north, in the heart of the Napa Valley, a 994-panel array floats on a pond at the Far Niente Winery.'Vineyard land in this part of the Napa Valley

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Solar upstart BrightSource Energy files to go public | Green Tech - CNET News: "The Oakland, Calif.-based company on Friday filed its S-1 document with the SEC, laying out its business model and the risks of building large-scale energy projects in desert areas. BrightSource Energy is one of the few green-tech companies started last decade to seek to go public, which will be a test for investors'

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NREL Team Investigates Secondary Uses for Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries | R&D Mag: "The project will begin with a comprehensive technical and economic analysis addressing all aspects of a battery’s lifecycle in search of the best second-use strategies, followed by a comprehensive test program to verify findings, particularly battery lifetimes. For the field test, researchers will deploy aged

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The Secrets Behind Google's Push Into Renewable Power | Fast Company: "Google's clean energy investments are very different in scope from those made by Google.org. Whereas Google's philanthropic arm often invests in early-stage companies working on technology that could one day impact the way we use renewable energy, Google Inc. invests only in projects--not companies. It's also different from

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Ikea store taps into solar energy - Burbank Leader: "This week, the Swedish furniture retailer completed the installation of 1,260 solar panels covering 35,000 square feet on the roof of its San Fernando Boulevard store. The solar array will produce as much as 421,000 kilowatts a year, said store spokeswoman Mary Ann Barroso, enough to power 37 homes for a year. IKEA’s array is the third largest

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Solar power: breakthrough could herald big drop in costs - CSMonitor.com: "The breakthrough – unveiled Friday in a scientific paper in the Journal of Applied Physics – shows that if light is intense enough, it can, when traveling through nonconductive material, generate voltage from magnetic effects 100 million times stronger than earlier expected. Such magnetic effects produce a strong electric

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SDG&E signs two power purchase agreements for 80MW of solar power: "San Diego Gas & Electric, or SDG&E, a provider of energy services through electric and natural gas meters, has entered into two, 25-year solar power purchase agreements for a total of 80MW and revised its agreement with NaturEner to buy power from the company's Rim Rock wind farm project in Montana.The first of the solar

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California Supreme Court Tosses Solar Project Lawsuits | Renewable Energy News Article: "The California State Supreme Court has tossed out two lawsuits challenging the state's approval of the Calico Solar project, which drew the ire of Sierra Club over its proposal to use public land that is home to wildlife such as big horn sheep and golden eagles.The court denied Sierra Club’s lawsuit without

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Clouds Part for U.S. Solar Industry - NYTimes.com: "Solar advocates mounted a last-minute push Monday to prevent sweeping cuts to a federal loan guarantee program for clean energy development in a Republican budget plan. The cuts would have essentially closed the program, which is popular with solar power developers, and rescinded billion of dollars in loan commitments for dozens of projects.A

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Solar energy and California's desert: Balancing energy needs and the environment - latimes.com: "In this 21st century version of the Western range wars, the conflict over land rights takes place in the Mojave Desert. Solar developers stand in for the farmers who built fences across open territories; the threatened desert tortoises substitute for the cattle that needed wide swaths of land in which

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Duke Energy Bets Big on Better Batteries - William Pentland - Clean Beta - Forbes: "Duke Energy, an electric utility based in Charlotte, North Carolina, has invested $22 million to install an enormous energy-storage system at a 153 megawatt wind farm in west Texas. The 36-MW storage system, which has also received more than $20 million in federal stimulus funds, will be one of the largest energy

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Energy efficiency program in early stages in Danville | GoDanRiver.com: "The Danville Utility Commission had a marathon meeting Monday, getting updates on plans for a residential energy efficiency program, an update on the Biennial Utility Rate Study and holding a public hearing on Danville’s compliance with the federal Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.The energy efficiency

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Google Invests $168 Million In BrightSource Energy Solar Plant - Eric Savitz - The Tech Trade - Forbes: "Google (GOOG) on Monday disclosed that it has invested $168 million in a solar energy power plant being developed in the Mojave Desert by the startup BrightSource Energy. The project, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, when completed in 2013 will supposedly be the largest solar

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AUTO-MOBI.info - Electric Vehicles Summit to Power Industry towards Obama Target: "Barack Obama wants one million Electric Vehicles on the road by 2015, and after decades of spluttering starts and stalled hopes, the Electric Vehicles market is sparking global interest ahead of entering the mainstream.Obama used a major speech at Georgetown University last week to urge the automotive industry to

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DailyTech - Auto Industry Fights Obama Admin's Effort to Force Corn Ethanol on U.S.: "The new bill, The Biofuels Expansion Act of 2011, has a number of provisions, but among its most controversial are efforts to expand government spending on ethanol and force ethanol on consumers.Sponsored by Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa); Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota); Amy Klobuchar (D/'Farmer-Labor Party'-

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Preparing For Two Years of Rolling Blackouts [Japan Quake] | The UberReview: "TEPCO’s supply situation would look less grim were it not for a quirky split that divides Japan’s power grids in half: While Tokyo and the rest of eastern Japan run on 50-hertz electricity, the big cities southwest of Tokyo and the rest of the country run on alternating current that cycles at 60 Hz. It’s a historical

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Dayton orders state to conserve energy, retrofit - Beaumont Enterprise: "ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton is directing state agencies to conserve energy, use more recycled paper and save on gas.The Democratic governor signed executive orders Friday requiring state agencies to cut energy use 20 percent within five years and find ways to reduce waste, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Solar panel efficiency | MNN - Mother Nature Network: "Some 30 years ago, forecasters predicted solar would take off as a viable solution to the global energy crisis. If recent projections feel like déjà vu, you’ll realize how much work is still cut out for the très chic solar industry."

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Lots of Rooftop Solar Comes To Tucson | EarthTechling: "Arizona’s Renewable Energy Standard (RES), requires Arizona utilities to incrementally increase their use of renewable power each year until it reaches 15 percent of their energy by 2025. Under this policy, Tuscon Electric Power (TEP) needs to source 3% of their power from renewable sources for 2011. Their plan? To install solar panels on “

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Texas Insider » Top Ten Cleantech Cities in the United States: "There are numerous cities across the United States which can be considered “cleantech capitals.” With a large array of renewable resources, a dedication by businesses and homeowners to become more energy efficient, and a large hub for research and development, a lot can be accomplished when it comes to creating new, efficient and

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BusinessWorld Online Edition |Wind mill firm warns of financial woes as energy policy hangs: "NorthWind, half of which is now owned by an Ayala Corp. unit, disclosed its business woes and asked for a so-called specific feed-in tariff worth P9.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in a filing released yesterday instead of the P5.20/kWh it had collected on average from the Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative,

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Cincinnati Zoo Completes 6,400 Panel Solar Canopy · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: "The zoo has installed 6,400 solar panels, totaling 1.56 MW, over its concrete parking lot. The $11 million array will provide about 20 percent of the zoo’s energy needs, generating enough electricity to power 200 homes a year, and will provide shade for nearly 800 of the 1,000

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Chicago Skyscraper to Generate Solar Electricity | Reuters: "In an experimental program, Chicago's tallest building, Willis Tower (previously the Sears Tower) will soon feature high power density photovoltaic glass units (PVGUs) on the south side of the 56th floor, replacing the existing windows with a new type of photovoltaic glass developed by Pythagoras Solar. The new window units will

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Auto Industry Pushes 40 MPG Models, But Says Consumers Don’t Care | Hybrid Cars: "The auto industry is sending mixed messages about fuel economy. Major car companies are spending billions of dollars advertising affordable 2011 models rated at 40 miles per gallon, and pushing its latest hybrid and electric cars. But then it says consumers don’t care about fuel efficiency.'I think 40 mpg is kind of

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Seeking ways to help solar energy take off | Iowa City Press Citizen | press-citizen.com: "Local policy leaders and green energy backers are calling on Iowa to grow its solar energy market as a way to boost jobs and keep up with progress in surrounding states.Backers include former City High and Iowa football standout and NFL player Tim Dwight, who joined other officials Friday for a bus tour of

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Solar power getting very visible in O.C. | solar, school, carports - News - The Orange County Register: "'A lot of the good spaces are taken up, so we're moving toward carports in California,' said Matthew Dickey of SunEdison, which is developing solar installations at numerous sites in O.C. 'The canopies are kind of where people are going.'"

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PG&E vice president keynotes solar summit | The Desert Sun | MyDesert.comConcerns about the safety of nuclear power plants could be an unexpected boon for the U.S. solar energy, but could also serve as a spur for increased reliance on coal and other fossil fuels.Balancing the benefits and challenges of renewable energy development was a unifying theme for speakers at Greentech Media Solar Summit

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BBC News - Will Japanese crisis curb the rise of nuclear power?: "Until late last week - when the earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused a nuclear emergency on a scale not seen since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 - it was taken for granted that nuclear power would become increasingly important across the world.Obviously, with renewed concerns about the safety of nuclear power causing many

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BBC News - Will Japanese crisis curb the rise of nuclear power?: "Until late last week - when the earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused a nuclear emergency on a scale not seen since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 - it was taken for granted that nuclear power would become increasingly important across the world.Obviously, with renewed concerns about the safety of nuclear power causing many

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Japan quake: Japan begins rationing power to offset shortage - KDVR: "Japanese authorities have begun imposing sporadic power cuts nationwide to make up for production losses and a nuclear power crisis brought on by last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami."

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Japan quake: Japan begins rationing power to offset shortage - KDVR: "Japanese authorities have begun imposing sporadic power cuts nationwide to make up for production losses and a nuclear power crisis brought on by last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami."

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NV Energy on track to get 15 % of power portfolio from renewables : Clean Energy Authority: "Just before NV Energy submits paperwork proving that it met its 12 percent renewable energy portfolio standard requirement for 2010, the company announced that it is seeking approval for new solar and geothermal projects that will bump its renewable portfolio to 15 percent.The new acquisitions, if they

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US Heating Oil Consumption Down 26% as Conservation and Fuel Switches Increase | HeatingOil.com: "For decades, the US heating oil market has been shrinking, and the trend has continued in recent years, bringing a 26 percent decrease in heating oil consumption in the US between 2004 and 2009, the Associated Press reported on Friday."

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Ameresco Contracted Major Energy Efficiency Project in Virginia | NewsyStocks.com: "Mar. 15, 2011 (Business Wire) -- Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today that it has entered into an energy savings performance contract (ESPC) with Shenandoah County Public Schools, located 90 miles west of Washington, D.C. in the northern Shenandoah

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Refiners Beat Bond Market as Quake Cuts Oil Costs: India Credit - Bloomberg: "Indian refinery bonds rallied the most in at least five months after an earthquake in Japan cut crude oil prices, easing a squeeze on the industry’s profit margins from making fuels.The yield on the 4.75 percent dollar note due January 2015 in Indian Oil Corp. has decreased 29 basis points this month to 3.40 percent,

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Light Bulb Law Stokes Fury in Senate Hearing - NYTimes.com

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Large Arizona Solar Power Plant Approved | EarthTechling: "SolarReserve is a step closer on another of its utility-scale solar power projects that would use advanced heat storage technology to make it possible to produce power during cloudy periods or after dark, after the Arizona Corporate Commission approved a 150-megawatt (MW) capacity plant outside Gila Bend, Ariz"

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EcoConsumer | Sunrise for solar? Bulk purchasing among hopeful signs | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Q: It's hard to believe solar energy makes sense in Seattle. Isn't that a stretch?A: Believe it. Effective solar power doesn't require Arizona's climate. Our best role model is Germany, which gets fewer annual hours of sunlight than Seattle but generates more power from the sun than any other

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NRG CEO Sees Demand For Large Solar Projects Waning In A Few Years - WSJ.com: "David Crane, chief executive of power generator NRG Energy Inc. (NRG), expects the demand for large solar projects to wane in a few years, but that's not stopping his company from investing big money in it before the market gives way to smaller-scale power generation.The Princeton, N.J.-based energy company plans to

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> Archives > News > Investigations abound in wake of natural gas crisis: "Widespread gas outages in New Mexico combined with rolling blackouts in Texas have prompted federal and state government officials to initiate investigations to look into the causes of the disruptions.Monday (Feb. 14), the New Mexico State Senate voted unanimously to investigate the natural gas outage and its ramifications.

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New Materials Make Photovoltaics Better - Technology Review: "A startup called Solar Junction says its pilot manufacturing plant is producing solar cells units that are more efficient than the best ones on the market today. The advance, based on new semiconductor materials that the company has developed, could help make a type of solar power system called concentrated photovoltaics a far more

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein on energy: House bill would jeopardize California projects and jobs - latimes.comThe House of Representatives this week approved legislation that irresponsibly eliminates a key Energy Department loan guarantee program that is helping grow California's renewable energy industry and creating jobs across Southern California.Before I get into the particulars, here's the bottom

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Green Company Lets Homeowners Lease Solar Panels - Yahoo! News: "Solar power has always been a good alternative energy option, but the cost of manufacturing and installation of the panels and electric systems have been so high that it's never been an option for the typical homeowner. However, SolarCity, an up and coming California company that specializes in solar power, is starting to bring

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The Williamson Daily News - Solar technology obtains energy using crystals: "That is how Ben Santarris describes the process his company, Solarworld, uses to transform sunlight into electricity.Solarworld manufactured the solar panels used in a project that was the joint effort of the City of Williamson, Dr. Donovan Beckett and the JOBS project.Santarris spoke at the Williamson Fire Department to

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Georgia Power to experiment with solar installations on distribution lines : Solar Energy - Clean Energy Authority: "Georgia Power will install more than 50 solar photovoltaic panels on distribution lines in seven cities throughout the state for research.The state utility company started installing small solar panels, producing about 200 watts of power each in strings along different distribution

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The Jobs Project: Unemployed Coal Miners Install Solar Panels In West Virginia: "MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A group devoted to creating alternative energy jobs in Central Appalachia is building a first for West Virginia's southern coalfields region this week – a set of rooftop solar panels, assembled by unemployed and underemployed coal miners and contractors.The 40- by 15-foot solar array going up on a

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Georgia Power to use solar panels in research | Cooler Planet News: "In an attempt to better understand how much solar power could be generated in the state, Georgia Power is installing solar panels at a number of locations.The utility company will install more than 50 solar panels at distribution sites in seven different cities throughout the state in an attempt to see how geographical

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Georgia Power to use solar panels in research | Cooler Planet News

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Is prepay the way for smart grid benefits in the utility sector?

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Mexico supplies electricity to wintry Texas - Yahoo! News: "MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Mexico's state electricity company on Wednesday started supplying electricity to the US state of Texas, where demand shot up amid unusually cold temperatures and caused power outages.Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission 'was determined to support Texas with electrical energy faced with the problems the state is

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Oil breaks through $103 on Egyptian crisis: "World oil prices extended their gains in Asian trade Thursday after the political crisis in Egypt erupted into violence.At least two people were killed and many were wounded overnight in gunfire aimed at protesters in central Cairo demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, according to witnesses.The market has been jittery following more than a

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Libraries to offer JEA home energy efficiency kits, workskops | jacksonville.com: "Got a library card? Soon you will be able to use it to cut your home energy costs.In March, residents on the Southside and across Jacksonville will be able to check out JEA do-it-yourself Home Energy Evaluation Kits at public libraries that can help them save energy in their homes and reduce power bills.The kits,

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Bill offers break on energy saving || OnlineAthens.com: "House Bill 146 would raise available clean energy tax credits from $2.5 million to $10 million per year and extend them until 2014. It would benefit employers like Power Partners, a local company that manufactures solar panels, said McKillip, R-Athens.'It's good for jobs,' he said. 'It's good for the environment. It's good for the economy.'

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Blizzard cuts power as deep freeze sets in - Weather - msnbc.com: "Blizzard cuts power as deep freeze hits Midwest"

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Smart Electric Car Rolls Out, Gradually - Driver's Seat - WSJ: "The range of electric cars in the U.S. market is getting bigger, even if the vehicles themselves are getting smaller. Smart USA Distributor LLC has delivered the first electric version of the tiny Smart Fortwo to a retail customer here."

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Salinas maker of Triac electric vehicle nears production stage | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian: "Green Vehicles is ironing out the details on a $2 million state grant awarded in July. The company will use the grant to leverage private money the company has already raised and to court new investors.Once the capital is secured, production will gear up and hiring can begin in earnest,

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Zipcar will test electric vehicles: "Don't be surprised to see a Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle with a Zipcar logo tooling around Boston some time soon --- or near the campus of MIT.The Cambridge-based car-sharing service said in a press release that it is testing this model to see if it's a good fit for the Zipcar fleet. The Prius Plug-In Vehicle is not scheduled to become commercially

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Why Electric Cars Aren’t Selling - Hong Kong - WSJ: "Even with tax breaks, an electric car costs two to three times as much as a comparable gasoline-powered car, says K.T. Chau, director of the University of Hong Kong’s International Research Centre for Electric Vehicles. Plus, the batteries need to be replaced after about four years, he says, and some estimates put the costs of a replacement

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Fla. regulators OK Gulf Power conservation plan - BusinessWeek

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Conservation group sues to stop California solar plant | Reuters

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Edward L. Glaeser: Why Green Energy Can't Power a Job Engine - NYTimes.com

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China Said to Be Planning 10M EV Charging Stations by 2020

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Consumer Reports: Prius Plug-In Kit Gets Nowhere Near Maker's 100+ MPG Claim

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Briefing: Nuclear power - CNN.com: "Of all the power supplies in the energy mix, nuclear has historically been the most criticized and controversial. But this most unpopular of power sources has recently resurfaced in political and economic dialogue."

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Can 'small wind' reap big rewards? - CNN.com: "Can 'small wind' reap big rewards?"

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Britain poised to end 20-year experiment with electricity 'free market' - POWER-GEN WorldWide

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An Introduction & Overview of how Solar Electric Power Works: "An Introduction & Overview of how Solar Electric Power Works"

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