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A hydrogen fueling station powered by the wind

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Clean Energy: How Much Hot Air?

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

NewScientist’s January 28 issue is likely to unsettle clean energy advocates — but it is worth the read. The cover article, “Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever,” posits that even renewable energy can warm the planet, and eventually ...

Suntech, DuPont to Collab on Solar Backsheets, Supply Chain

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

It's easy to think about modules as singular units of power output, but the reality is that they are a collection of diverse components, each with influence over the end system's total cost and performance. For DuPont, its focus ...

DOE’s Untold Impact on Solar

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Obama Administration's $60 billion Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) for renewable energy is considered a failure because of Solyndra, Beacon Power, and potential 2012 bankruptcies. What is not well known is that 75 percent of the program's deployed funds ...

Wind Power to the South: AEP Contracts to Lower Electricity Costs

Friday, February 3rd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

In a series of deals the investor-owned utility says is good for consumers' wallets, American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) recently signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65 MW of capacity from wind ...

Judge rules Honda overstated hybrid fuel economy

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Stanford pioneering a wireless electric highway

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NLP Solar Sales Training Live Webinar February 8th & 9th

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Miasolé Claims 17 Percent Efficient CIGS Device, 14 Percent In Production

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Miasolé says it has created a 17.3 percent "champion" thin-film copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic device, results obtained in its own labs and not (yet) independently verified.

Offshore Wind One Step Closer to Reality in the Mid-Atlantic

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Today the Obama administration moved forward with plans to develop the enormous offshore wind energy resources along the Mid-Atlantic coast, using a "Smart for the Start" approach designed to expedite the siting process while incorporating strong environmental protections.

‘Green’ solar cell is made from plants

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Experts Predict End of Month for Ontario FIT Review Update

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

By late February the renewable energy industry should have direction from the Ontario government on some of the major changes ahead for the province’s landmark feed-in tariff program. “I am hoping we will have an announcement then with the ...

If Solar is Contagious, Can Utilities Help Spread the Bug?

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

You may have heard it before, but it is worth mentioning again: In residential communities, solar is contagious. But a recent study, "Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels," conducted by Bryan Bollinger of the NYU Stern ...

Executive Roundtable: The Future of Utility-Scale Renewables

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Renewable energy in the United States is at a crossroads. With several federal tax grants set to expire by the end of 2012, utilities are trying to decide if the falling prices of solar and wind technology makes renewable ...

Understanding Wind Farm Exposures and Managing Risk

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Wind energy is becoming one of the most widely used sources of renewable energy. In fact, according to the American Wind Energy Association, the wind energy industry has added more than 35 percent of all the new power generating ...

Chevy Volt sales take a hit

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

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Europe’s 2011-2012 PV Installs: Two Tales of Growth

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Two reports out in the past week examine Europe's solar PV market in 2011, indicating slowing growth in the flagship countries and promise in some smaller regions for 2012 and beyond. Note that the data that follows is preliminary; ...

Solar Trade Dispute: Behind the Jobs Numbers

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

A recent report has generated lots of buzz by finding that as many as 50,000 jobs could be lost over the next three years if a 100 percent tariff is placed on Chinese solar panels. Yet from where I'm ...

Latin America Report: Energy Summit Headed to Rio

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Twenty years ago, international leaders descended on Brazil to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Kyoto Protocol. This summer, a 20-member United Nations panel will once again head to Rio de Janeiro with an even more ...

China Set to Vigorously Develop Green Economy

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Due to growing urbanization and resulting environmental threats, China has invested nearly US$50 billion annually into its renewable energy sector since 2009. China's five-year investment in environmental protection is on track to reach 3.1 trillion yuan (US$454 billion). By ...