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A Minnesota company has partnered with a Montana developer to pursue more than 500 megawatts of community-owned wind power in central Montana.

Share + Nov 30, 2009 5:45 pm US/Eastern Homeowners tired of paying high electricity bills can now turn the tables by selling excess electricity back to power companies at more lucrative rates.

Constellation Energy says it has agreed to buy a wind power project under development in western Maryland.

Telecommunications equipment supplier Nokia Siemens Networks has announced plans to expand its business into the energy sector.

Mazda Demio. Click to enlarge. Mazda Motor Corporation will provide three Mazda Demios for conversion to EVs for a project in collaboration with Itochu Corporation and other companies in conjunction with Tsukuba City to test a low-carbon transport system which uses clean energy.

Gov. Don Carcieri will offer industry leaders an update Thursday on his plans to build a massive wind farm off Rhode Island's coast capable of providing 15 percent of the state's electricity needs.

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WASHINGTON: US experts Thursday welcomed China's new goals to reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent compared with the level of 2005.

UGUSTA, Maine - The public comment period is coming to an end on the state's search for potential sites for offshore wind power demonstration projects along the Maine coast.

Canadian ethanol emits 73 percent less greenhouse gas than conventional fuel, taking into consideration all stages of the fuel's production from planting a crop to burning the fuel, a new report prepared for Canada's biofuel industry said on Friday.

The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on impoverished Cambodia's roads -- not least because of creator Nhean Phaloek's outlandish claim that it can be operated telepathically.

Larry Flowers, principal project leader for the National Wind Technology Center, will deliver the keynote address at the South Dakota Wind Energy Association's inaugural membership meeting Tuesday at King's Inn in Pierre.

Grease and oil from hundreds of fried Thanksgiving turkeys will be recycled into biofuel after being donated by Tucson residents during the city's grease recycling campaign.

An Alameda-based energy storage company will be using a grant from the federal government to help it store green energy being harnessed by the Modesto Irrigation District.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has installed a solar power system at her office to encourage green energy expansion in her power-starved nation.

Chetan Maini, the engineer who pioneered India's first electric car, had his eureka moment two decades ago when he drove a vehicle fuelled by solar power across the blazing Australian outback.

The Cook Inlet Region corporation says it plans to go ahead with the Fire Island wind farm project, despite a split last month with a developer.

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc. and Schneider Power Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive business combination agreement under which Quantum has agreed to acquire in a stock-for-stock exchange all of the outstanding common shares of Schneider Power.

One New Jersey lawmaker wants to add a new attraction to amusement parks along the Jersey shore: windmills.

SAGINAW - Saginaw officials are vying with a Texas community to land a California-based solar panel manufacturer that would create 500 new jobs within five years.

WASHINGTON, DC , November 24, 2009 - President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Dr.

China has said it is aiming for a big boost in energy efficiency by cutting carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by up to 45% by 2020.

North Carolina's Duke Energy said it plans to match a $22 million federal grant to examine the use of batteries to store wind energy from a Texas wind farm.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend the Copenhagen conference on climate change next month.

The federal government said Tuesday it is contributing about $30 million to the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line project through the Clean Energy Fund.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 7:46 a.m. A California desert highway landmark is history.

Dozens of Thumb-area residents say their lives have been changed for the worse by noisy, energy-producing wind turbines and recommended that future installations be kept far away from homes.

Energy Secretary Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $27 million for 3 projects in Texas to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid.

Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill designed to streamline the state's push for renewable energy.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' The University of Oklahoma's plan to power its Norman campus with wind energy was approved Wednesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

Dousing rampant speculation, President Barack Obama has decided to travel to Copenhagen next month and spell out U.S. goals for curbing greenhouse gas emissions at a widely anticipated, high-stakes global climate summit.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lashed out at the oil and gas industry Tuesday, accusing some industry trade groups of acting like an arm of the Republican Party in criticizing the Obama administration's record on energy production.

Norway opened on Tuesday the world's first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane.

NRG Solar said Monday it has bought a near-complete solar power plant in California from First Solar , which entered the project development business to create demand for its solar panels.

Coal-hungry Indiana ranks fourth in the nation for carbon dioxide emissions from mostly aging power plants that contribute to global warming, an environmental group said Tuesday.

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that its renewable jet fuel process technology was used to convert second-generation, renewable feedstocks to green jet fuel for a biofuel demonstration flight by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals.

California-based WindStream Technologies Inc. plans to locate a development and production facility at Purdue Research Park of Southeast Indiana, state officials said Monday morning.

Can you imagine western New York as a solar energy hub? That vision has brought Governor David Paterson to the Cataract City Monday morning.

Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million in federal stimulus funds to study wind energy.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will use a White House visit Tuesday to ease differences on global warming with the United States ahead of an international conference next month.

MGM Mirage says two more structures at CityCenter have received an environmental certification.

China Longyuan Power Group Corp Ltd, Asia's largest wind power generator, plans to raise up to HK$17.1 billion from a Hong Kong initial public offering , sources close to the deal said on Sunday.

After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.

WASHINGTON, U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists and their colleagues have completed a four-year effort to sequence the genome of corn, an achievement expected to speed up development of corn varieties that will help feed the world and meet growing demands for using this important grain crop as a biofuel and animal feed.

Honeywell today announced a $79-million renewable energy and building retrofit program with Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill.

Cars and people are seen passing near wind power turbines in Dali, in the China's southwestern Yunnan province.

East Texas Electric Cooperative Granted $65 Million in Clean Renewable Energy Bonds for Hydroelectric, Biomass Power Projects Co-op Plans to Harness Hydroelectric Power From Lake Livingston to Power 12,000 Homes, and Construct Biomass plant in Woodville, TX NACOGDOCHES, TX - East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is finding more doors open than closed on Washington's Capitol Hill and at the White House as he pitches the province's carbon capture and shoratage projects as a solution to one of the U.S.'s biggest emissions problems a ' greenhouse gases released from aging coal-fired power plants.

What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism? London, seat of parliamentary democracy and center of finance? Or perhaps Titusville, Pa.

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The quest for alternative energy is raising fears that too much logging debris such as limbs and bark will be removed from the nation's forests.

Chinese clean energy technology companies announced plans to invest in solar & wind manufacturing plants in the U.S.

WASHINGTON - The same day the House of Representatives passed health-care reform legislation, U.S. Rep.

At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees.

Michigan State University will receive $83,806 to measure wind speeds in five areas around the state.

The Wilton Wind Energy Center north of Bismarck, N.D., has doubled in size. Basin Electric Power Cooperative says the last of 33 additional wind turbines began operating in late October, bringing the total number of turbines to 66 and the generating capacity of the wind farm to 99 megawatts.

THE world's largest hydro-electric wave energy device was switched on to the national grid today.

There are incentives out there, but to utilize wind power, it will cost you thousands of dollars, at least up front.But if you wait out the investment, homeowners like Gail and Dan Dulgar of Seneca County say you'll get paid back.In April the Dulgars installed a wind turbine in their back yard.

Hoping to see the USA in your Chevrolet Volt or Nissan Leaf? The tiny Iowa town of Elk Horn will have plenty of electric charging stations and no wait - if you can get there.The town, more than 1,500 miles from the electric car mecca of California and hundreds of miles from the nearest charging station, has four of the devices ready to power up any ...

China Investment Corporation , the country's $300 billion sovereign wealth fund, has acquired a 20 per cent stake in a Hong Kong-based new energy company GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd for $710 million.

The Maryland Public Service Commission has approved an application to build a 50-megawatt wind energy farm atop Backbone Mountain near Oakland in Garrett County .

Gov. Bev Perdue says 18 small North Carolina companies will receive federal stimulus grants to spur development in green technology.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski has asked two state agency leaderds to quickly review whether Oregon's increasingly expensive incentives for renewable energy companies are necessary, especially for wind energy.

An environmental group says North Carolina's future with solar energy can be bright.

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - A company that makes transformers that convert electricity from renewable energy sources to the grid plans to open its first U.S. plant in Wheat Ridge in January.

Going green seems like it's the way of the future as more people harness alternative energy in their daily lives.Already, there are many homes in Northwest Ohio with solar panels on their roofs.

Look into Shane Stephens-Romero's crystal ball -- a computer model called STREET -- and find that air quality has significantly improved.

A wind farm capable of generating enough power to light 60,000 average homes will be dedicated this week in northwestern Indiana.

President Obama talks with China's President Hu Jintao in Beijing during Obama's first trip to China.

Dallas investor Cappy McGarr said Tuesday his Chinese partners in a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy farm have agreed to build a turbine manufacturing plant in the United States.

The largest community-owned wind facility on the East Coast and the largest off-shore wind farm in New England is now open for business.

Nov. 17 -- Richard Kelly, chief executive officer of Xcel Energy Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Lindsey Arent about the company's plan to add $1 billion a year in spending for renewable energy.

Right the heels of Suntech Powera s announcement to build a solar manufacturing plant in Arizona, A-Power Energy Generation Systems announced today that will be building a new production and assembly plant in the United States.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander has found a Democratic partner in his campaign to grow the country's nuclear power capacity.

President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet Tuesday to talk privately about issues ranging from North Korea's nuclear threat to currency and trade disputes.

Agreement in Copenhagen next month on a new pact to fight climate change will encourage long-term investors to move into firms better placed to cope with a likely and eventual rise in the cost of carbon emissions.

Juhl Wind Inc., the Leader in Community Wind Power, announced today that it recently began construction of its Grant County Wind Farm project located near Hoffman in the west central area of Minnesota.

The purchase of more than 364,600 blocks of green energy, or 5 percent of the organization's annual kilowatt-hour consumption, will make the CDC Georgia Power's largest Green Energy customer.

China's largest solar panel manufacturer, Suntech Power, announced plans Monday to open its first plant in the United States.

WPAFB increasing research, testing on alternative fuels with new plant: Ground is broken for facility to help Air Force, UD researchers Source: Dayton Daily News Publication date: 2009-11-15 By John Nolan, Dayton Daily News, Ohio Nov.

Kansas University researchers are working to turn microbes from treated sewage into a commercially viable biofuel, fluid that one day could be used to power the nation's cars, trucks, airplanes and other modes of transportation.

"I read about it in the papers, and I was very surprised," Brian Caffyn said from Hong Kong, where he is now building wind-energy farms in China and the Philipines.

Share + Nov 15, 2009 12:16 pm US/Mountain MATT JOYCE, Associated Press Writer CHEYENNE, Wyo.

Steven Chu, U.S. secretary of energy, and Jeff Immelt, chairman and chief executive of General Electric Co., are scheduled to speak at Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research in Greenville during separate events in coming weeks, a Clemson official said Thursday.

Magma Energy Corp. , a Vancouver-based geothermal energy producer, reports it lost nearly US$2.7 million or one cent a share in the fiscal first quarter ended Sept.

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This image shows the process by which Photosystem I in thermophilic blue-green algae can be catalyzed by platinum to produce a sustainable source of hydrogen.

Jun Liu, CEO of China Wind Power International Corp., and Robert Fotheringham, Senior Vice President of TMX Group, opened the market for Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange on Friday.

In June, lithium-ion battery maker Boston-Power Inc. unveiled plans for a new manufacturing plant in Auburn that it said would employ 600 workers -- a big gain in the state's drive for green jobs.

If you're like most people, you're more than happy to buy green-as long as it also saves greenbacks.

The policy framework, known as a oethe National Solar Missiona , will address the high cost of manufacturing solar panels as well as the high price of solar power Ketan Bondre MUMBAI, INDIA: India will soon launch an ambitious plan to boost its solar power generation from 3 MW to 20,000 MW by 2022, the minister for new and renewable energy said on ...

Starbucks' industry-leading design initiatives help reduce environmental footprint of global store operations; collaborations with U.S. Green Building Council and GE produce scalable solutions for a greener retail business.

Some countries already get a substantial share of their electricity consumption from wind power: Denmark 20%, Spain and Portugal 11%, Ireland 9%, and Germany 7%. Power systems have to cope with variable electricity consumption.

Chinese authorities have rejected $28 billion worth of steel and other proposed industrial projects as they try to curb chaotic overinvestment the government worries could lead to economic trouble, officials said Friday.

Carmike Cinemas Inc . and the RiverCity Co. went beyond creature comforts and high-tech gadgetry to build and open a theater that they claim is an environmental first.

While Texas maintains a firm grip on the dubious title of the nation's most prolific industrial polluter, an environmental group's report Thursday found that wind power and other cleaner energy sources have helped cut emissions linked to global warming in the state.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- Hemlock Semiconductor Corp. and Tennessee officials on Thursday broke ground on a $1.2 billion plant and renamed the road leading to the sprawling facility "Solar Way." The plant will produce polysilicon, a raw material used to make solar cells and semiconductor devices.

A turbine that will test the potential of tidal power has been successfully installed in the Bay of Fundy.

Marriott International is finalizing a green prototype for its Courtyard brand and intends to have similar designs for most of its brands next year.

An environmental group said Thursday Texas still leads the nation in greenhouse gas pollution, but has decreased emissions slightly in recent years in part because the state's using more renewable energy.

Timminco Ltd reported a deeper quarterly loss on Tuesday on the back of a continued slump in demand from the solar energy industry.

Jaxa's vision of a space solar power system Photo: AFP The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency hopes that the ambitious plans will help ease the country's energy problems as well as providing a solution for global warming.

The solar project at the National Guard building is not a product of thinking outside the box, Chief Warrant Officer Jim Groth told a crowd gathered Monday.

Areva completed the installation of six wind turbines in the North Sea off of Germany in August.

The Mass Mutual Center was a great place to be today if you're interested in green jobs.

Share + Nov 11, 2009 9:20 am US/Central 1 of 1 President Barack Obama speaks during a visit to the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center Oct.

On the eve of Veterans Day, Gov. Pat Quinn announced the site of the Illinois Veteransa Home at Chicago, a 200-bed facility that will begin construction in 2010.

DAYTON -- A new $2.5 million facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will allow the Air Force to conduct research designed to help produce alternative fuels for military aircraft.

PSE&G, New Jersey's largest utility has received permission from state regulators to finance another 51 megawatts of solar power - enough energy for more than 45,000 homes.

Maryland, Delaware and Virginia are joining forces to promote the offshore wind power.

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. saw a sharp drop in profits in the summer quarter, but still managed to exceed analysts' expectations as its solar energy segment returned to profitability.

A whistleblower at the International Energy Agency has accused the group of deliberately underplaying the seriousness of a looming oil shortage.

China's largest wind power generator, Longyuan, hopes to double its fundraising in a Hong Kong IPO to $1.3 billion due to strong demand.

The newly formed Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power is speaking out against the development of industrial wind power projects in Maine.

Gov. Rick Perry on Monday criticized pending carbon cap-and-trade environmental legislation in Congress as harmful to Texas and the rest of the country.

NRG Energy Inc. has bought a company that is working on several offshore wind power projects along the Atlantic coast.

The New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch today on a new solar array that provides clean energy.

New Delhi, Nov 9 : Punj Lloyd, a diversified construction and engineering group, has tied up with Singapore-based Delta Solar to foray into the solar utility space, the company said Monday.

T. Boone Pickens, who has spent more than a year telling Americans the answer to their energy woes is natural gas, says the U.S. natural gas supply will probably dry up in about 30 years.

Taking candy from a baby: A consortium of Chinese and American companies goes to Washington and announces plans to build a $1.5 billion windmill farm in West Texas using $450 million in U.S. Stimulus funds, which will create 2,330 jobs - " 2,000 of them in China.A The baby - " Washington -- doesn't cry or whine or spit in the consortium's face.

Monticello's visitor center has gained certification for environmentally sound building design, construction and operation.

TORONTO - How to stimulate Ontario's economy while protecting the environment at the same time was the focus of the Good Green Jobs for All conference in Toronto on Saturday.

IT MAY sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is deadly serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.

China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in low interest loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries, as the Asian powerhouse looked to deflect criticism that its investments in the continent were motivated purely by greed.

The Patrick administration is rethinking its support of wood-burning power plants, a key element of its long-term strategy to wean Massachusetts off fossil fuels.

Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, says that while some hurdles remain, carbon caputure and storage technology is "technologically proven" Photograph by: Aaron Lynett/National Post, National Post Energy industry executives awaiting details of the federal government's greenhouse gas emission policies before making decisions on billions of ...

A photo simulation made as part of a South Carolina utility's research into wind power shows large wind turbines would barely be visible if built eight miles off the state's coast.

As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future.

A Canadian transmission company and an Irish wind developer said Friday they are teaming up to pursue a central Montana power project that could result in at least $1 billion worth of new energy sales.

The federal government has boosted its investment in renewable energy through $235 million in funding which will go to four commercial-scale projects.

Today at the White House Tribal Nations Conference, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the Department of Energy's continued commitment to partnering with Native Americans to support the development of clean energy projects on tribal lands that will help reduce energy use, limit carbon pollution, and create new jobs for tribal communities ...

With global warming taking center stage in world affairs, Al Gore can't be far behind: The Nobel-Prize-winning former-vice president-turned-energy entrepreneur is releasing his plan to crack the climate conundrum.

A wind-power company says a western Maine site it's been looking at is too windy for turbines.

Posted on Nov 06, 2009 by admin . Two wind turbines stand near a traditional windmill on a farm near Mount Carmel.

Offshore wind farms, yacht building and cheese are among the industries driving the UK's economic growth, according to a new report.

Silicon Valley solar company Ausra has sold its sole remaining solar power plant project in the United States, all but completing its exit from solar farming.

State and federal officials say Kansas has great potential for developing wind power but lacks enough transmission lines to spur further development of renewable energy.

JIM TANKERSLEY Reporting from Washington In a move that stoked optimism for global climate negotiations but raised tempers on Capitol Hill, Democrats on a key Senate committee swept aside a Republican boycott on Thursday to pass a far-reaching plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that more than $38 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 4 states to support energy efficiency and conservation activities.

BCBR Article Funds secured for hydroelectric project By Business Report Staff November 4, 2009 -- BOULDER - The 100-year-old Boulder Canyon Hydroelectric Project will get up to $1.18 million to replace two old turbines for higher efficiency and output.

A Democratic senator is calling on the Obama administration to reject an expected request for economic stimulus money for a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project.

State and federal officials say that Kansas has great potential for developing wind energy but it lacks enough transmission lines.

Environmental issues are taking center stage in the race to run South Carolina. Five Democrats and five Republicans who want to be governor started their Tuesday night debate in Orangeburg by discussing the environment.

Geothermal Systems can considerably reduce the carbon footprint of your home.

Approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of a request by PPL Holtwood, LLC, is a significant milestone in the plan to increase generation of clean, renewable energy and improve migratory fish passage, the company said Tuesday .

Sen. Barbara Boxer speaks about the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act in the Senate Radio/TV Gallery.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy efficiency projects across the country.

GT Solar International Inc. announced a preliminary second-quarter profit on Monday well ahead of what analysts had been expecting.

Harvard University has entered into a 15-year agreement to buy power and renewable energy certificates from a wind energy farm to be built in Maine.

Houston News.Net Tuesday 3rd November, 2009 Former US Vice President Al Gore could become the worlda s first carbon billionaire following his investments in green energy companies after anticipating the need to reinvent the way the world produces and consumes energy.

The meeting Tuesday in Lawrence will focus on issues related to the construction of proposed transmission lines from Kansas to Oklahoma.

Uni-Chem, the South Korean company that wants to start making solar cells in the Hynix plant in west Eugene, is just the latest in a string of foreign companies that are coming to Oregon to seek their solar fortune.

Developers of a $1.6 billion electric power plant in northeastern South Dakota abandoned the project Monday, saying they were unable to recruit other investors after one of the principal utility backers pulled out.

The Business Journal of Milwaukee - by Chris Newmarker Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Xcel Energy Inc.

A sustainable energy initiative that will start with a huge solar project in the Sahara desert has been announced by a consortium of 12 European businesses.

Windfarm would provide the island state with the largest percentage of renewable electricity of any country in the world The Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed stands in the sea off Kurumba to show the threat the islands face.

From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion.

WIMER, Ore. - Vern and Gianaclis Caldwell do a lot of the typical things that make a small farm self-sufficient. Besides the 40-some dwarf Nigerian goats they milk to make artisanal cheeses, they also raise chickens for meat and eggs, a steer for beef, horses to ride and vegetables for the table.

About 15 miles southwest of Holbrook along State Route 377, an unusual site greets motorists - a wind farm sprouting 412-foot turbines.

Creating energy from methane produced in cow manure could lead the way to farmers generating their own electricity, said Tom Drendel, the former superintendent of the Marshfield University of Wisconsin Agricultural Research Station.

As energy increasingly dominates the economy, a quiet little agency in Washington holds the responsibility for tracking the particles that conduct, fuse, blow, heat, combust and convert the earth, wind and water into the energy that makes our society run.

Bluewater Wind expects a controlling interest in the firm to be sold in the next few weeks, and sources familiar with the plan say the company is in serious negotiations to sell to NRG Energy Inc.

Over the summer, as the House prepared to consider sweeping climate change legislation, several lawmakers received letters on seemingly official stationary from the NAACP and the American Association of University Women.

A Wyoming legislative task force has recommended tightening wind development standards at the county and state level to help establish a regulatory structure for companies pursuing wind farms here.