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Archive for September, 2009

Green-tech venture capital rebounds but off highs

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Seeing green again at Filene’s Basement

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Tsunami Hits South Pacific

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A huge tsunami struck American Samoa and Samoa early day, causing many deaths in both Pacific island groups. ...

Sens. Kerry & Boxer Introduce Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

U.S. Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, today introduced the Kerry-Boxer legislation to create clean energy jobs, reduce pollution, and protect American security ...

Wisconsin Solar Tour

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Home and business owners around the state are sharing their secret: renewable energy is technology for today! The public is invited to see renewable energy up close during the 2009 Wisconsin Solar Tour, October 2 and 3.

The Power of Solar Now

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

It's indisputable that solar energy is positioned for unprecedented growth in the years ahead, but does repeated emphasis on that promising future actually hold the industry back?

The Strategic Imperative for the U.S. Senate to Pass an Effective Energy Bill

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The United States Senate possesses the key to address the most critical national security issue that the country presently faces. Will the Senate act decisively and without delay to protect our vital national interests or will it dither ...

EuPD Research & SEMI PV To Share Market Information

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

EuPD Research has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SEMI, the global industry association for equipment and materials, for its global solar photovoltaic initiative PV Group. The agreement lays the foundations for the exchange of market information and membership benefits.

Ener-G To Build Three Waste-to-Energy Project in Lithuania

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Ener-G has landed a hat-trick of landfill generation contracts in the Baltic state of Lithuania – supplying enough renewable electricity to power up to 5,500 homes in the country. Soon, 5.5 megawatts (MW) of electricity generated from these landfills using ...

Borrego Solar Awarded 2.4-MW PPA Contract

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) has approved a 20-year agreement with Borrego Solar to construct and maintain a solar photovoltaic (PV) system that will have a capacity of 2.4 megawatts (MW) of energy across the district. This project ...

Spire To Supply Uni-Chem With 110-MW of Production Lines

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Spire Corporation has entered into two contracts to supply Uni-Chem Co. Ltd. a 60-megawatt (MW) per year turnkey solar cell production line and a 50-MW per year turnkey module production line, as well as the associated utilities and infrastructure support.

OG&E Signs Deals for New Wind Projects

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

OG&E announced agreements with developers who will build two new wind farms in northwestern Oklahoma as part of a plan under which OG&E will more than triple its current wind power capacity by the end of 2010. The construction of ...

Recurrent Launches European Operations With 4.8-MW Project

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Recurrent Energy that it will develop 4.8 megawatts (MW) of rooftop solar projects in Spain, marking the company's successful entry into Europe. The projects are the result of a co-development arrangement with ProLogis, a global provider of distribution facilities. Recurrent ...

AMSC Will Supply Sinovel 3-MW Turbine Parts

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Beijing-based Sinovel Wind has signed a contract worth more than $100 million with American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) for core electrical components to be utilized in Sinovel's 3 MW wind turbines.

Italy’s Piedmont Region Plans for 75 MW of PV

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Spanish solar photovoltaic multinational, the OPDE Group is set to sign an agreement with the regional government of Piedmont in Italy for the construction of 17 solar facilities in the period 2009-2010 with a combined capacity of some 75 MW.

Wacker Leaves Wafers Business

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Wacker Chemie AG has announced that it has withdrawn from the silicon wafers business and will transfer its shares in its joint venture Wacker Schott Solar GmbH (WSS) to Schott Solar AG.

From Cope To Hope: Twitter To The Rescue?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Article by Bill Becker. Can Twitter save civilization? We’re about to find out. As the clock winds down on the big climate negotiation in Copenhagen this December (formally known as the 15th Conference of the Parties, or COP-15), ...

Ultracapacitors look to fit into energy storage

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Two Views of Density and Driving

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Are compact communities a key to fighting global warming -- or simply irrelevant? ...

Google Earth 3D Climate Change Simulator Unveiled – Starring Al Gore

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Google is using its Google Earth mapping tool to simulate on a 3D map of the world the predicted effects of climate change until the year 2100. Using data provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ...