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Archive for June, 2010

Web campaign vows to blast BP with vuvuzelas

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Norway, Sweden to get giant GE wind turbines

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Planetary Boundaries, a Successful Top-Down Policy, and the Concept of Inclusive Wealth

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Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Planetary Boundaries and the New Generation Gap A classic piece by Alex Steffen, in which he explores the growing urgency for real action that responds to our ...

Louvre looks to LEDs to light the way

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A few minutes in the sky with Richard Branson

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Pre-engineered high-gain solar enables cost savings and global scale-out

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Pre-engineered solar PV power systems are the next step as solar manufacturers leverage well-established manufacturing processes, infrastructure, and supply chains to ensure their systems are easy to implement, cost effective and scalable.

Industry-specific PV component standards drive out costs

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Since the dawn of solar-generated power, industry insiders have explored new ways to drive costs out of the design, manufacture, and operation of solar cells. Today, the industry is inching closer to reducing the cost/kilowatt-hour (kWh) associated with solar-generated power ...

What is the ‘New Normal’ for Renewable Energy?

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What’s up with SunRun’s recent funding?

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American Electric Technologies Names Rick Thompson VP Power Services

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American Electric Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AETI) the premium provider of power delivery solutions for the traditional and renewable energy industries, today announced the appointment of Rick Thompson as vice president of power services. This newly created role is focused ...

Clean energy: It’s not about the technology

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POET acquires Putnam County, Ind. ethanol plant

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POET announced today the purchase of a 90 million gallon-per-year ethanol plant located just outside Cloverdale, Ind. and previously operated by Altra Biofuels.

Leading French Wind Farm Developer Says Yes to Triton

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Leading French wind project developer and renewable energy producer VALOREM recently added a Triton Sonic Wind Profiler to its wind resource assessment program. The purchase, which followed an initial rental Triton deployment, represents a significant endorsement by a leader ...

CPV experts to gather in Seville on November 18-19 to discuss how to prove CPV´s

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Senator Byrd and the Costs of Coal

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Competitive Analysis of Top Solar PV Company Websites

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GSA, Veterans Administration, in Conjunction with RAI and Sharp® Completes Largest Solar Project in Philadelphia

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FIRST RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE IN CALIFORNIA GOES SOLAR

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Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego, Canadian Solar Inc. ("the Company," "Canadian Solar" or "we") (Nasdaq: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, and HelioPower, a leading solar power engineering and installation firm, announced today a ...

Italy Surpasses US in Solar PV

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In a dramatic display of the power feed-in tariffs have in driving markets, Italy installed more solar photovoltaics (PV) in 2009 than the entire U.S. Moreover, within the first quarter of 2010, Italy's total installed solar PV capacity was ...

AMEC Awarded California Geothermal Contract

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AMEC has been awarded a US $6.8 million contract by EnergySource LLC, to provide engineering services for a 49-megawatt (MW), $350 million geothermal power generating facility at Salton Sea, California.