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| Portugal Utility Deal for U.S. Wind Farm |  |
| EDP-Energias de Portugal will buy Horizon Wind Energy of Texas for $2.15 billion to more than double its wind-power production. |
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| World Business Briefing | Europe: Portugal: Utility Buys Texas Wind Farm | |
| EDP-Energias de Portugal, an electric utility, said that it had agreed to buy Horizon Wind Energy of Texas from the Goldman Sachs Group for $2.15 billion to more than double its wind-power production. EDP, which is based in Lisbon, said it would borrow the money to pay for Horizon, which is based in Houston and has assets in 15 states. EDP has branched into Spain and the United States because it faces growing competition in Portugal. The market in the United States has gained appeal because the federal government has extended incentives for wind energy. |
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| EdP buys Horizon Wind for $2.9bn | |
| Energias de Portugal , the country`s dominant electricity group, is to pay Goldman Sachs $2.9bn in cash for 100 per cent of Horizon Wind Energy, a leading US utility, in the world`s biggest renewable energy ...Comment |
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| Conference to focus on renewable energy | |
| What: Conference on "Advancing Renewables in the Midwest." conference Where: Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building, MU, on the north side of Rollins Road at Hitt Street.Comment |
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| Akeena Solar Establishes Advisory Board | |
| Akeena Solar, Inc. (OTCBB:AKNS), a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, announced the formation of its advisory board with the appointment of Joe Abrams, consultant, and Steve Westly, CEO and founder of The Westly Group. The board was created to counsel management on a wide range of strategic and market place issues, including business development and growth as well as economic, political and cultural initiatives. |
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| Akeena Solar Scheduled to Report Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2006 Results on March 29, 2007 | |
| Akeena Solar, Inc. (OTCBB:AKNS), a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, will announce its fourth quarter and fiscal year end earnings results on Thursday, March 29, 2007. Akeena Solar will host an earnings conference call at 11:00 A.M. Pacific (2:00 P.M. Eastern). |
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| Oregon Rep Hosts Renewable Energy Forum | |
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| "Investing in the Environment" Online Investor Conference March 21st to Discuss Opportunities in Renewable Energy, Cleantech, Water and Green Building | |
| www.InvestorIdeas.com, and its global investor and industry Greentech portals, reminds investors and industry participants of the upcoming March 21, 2007 online conference: "Investing in the Environment: Global Warming, Global Warning - Investing Today for Tomorrow`s Future." With issues of energy independence, global warming and environmental concerns escalating, cleantech investments and market opportunities continue to gain momentum. |
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| Nevada Lawmakers Hear from Solar, Geothermal Power Companies | |
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| Zambia Experimenting with Renewable Energy Technology | |
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| Akeena Solar Raises $4.0 Million | |
| Akeena Solar, Inc. (OTCBB:AKNS), a leading designer and installer of solar power systems, announced it raised approximately $4.1 million of gross proceeds in a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering. The company issued 2,062,304 shares of common stock and (i) three-year warrants to purchase 206,230 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $2.75 per share, and (ii) three-year warrants to purchase 206,230 shares of common stock exercisable at $3.00 per share. |
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| CCEF Funds 11 Renewable Energy Projects | |
| The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF), a ratepayer fund administered by Connecticut Innovations Inc. (CI), selected eleven renewable energy projects to forward to the state`s two electric distribution companies, the Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P) and the United Illuminating Company (UI), under Round 2 of Project 100. |
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| RFPs: Green Power Network Lists Financial Opportunities | |
| The U.S. Department of Energy`s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) posts solicitations for renewable energy generation, renewable energy certificates and green power as a courtesy for its website visitors. Unless otherwise noted, the requests for proposals (RFPs) and solicitations are neither supported nor endorsed by the U.S. DOE, Green Power Network. |
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| Three Massachusetts State Colleges Win Grants for Solar Energy Projects | |
| Officials at three state colleges in Massachusetts were recently awarded Clean Renewable EnergyBonds (CREBs) from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to be used to erect photovoltaic (PV) solar-electric systems at the schools totaling 240 kilowatts (kW). |
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| Chevron & CSU Partner on 1 MW Solar Project | |
| Universities are playing a major role in the advancement of renewable energy technology in the research and development sector. No less important, however, is the increasing implementation of solar, wind, biomass and hybrid systems on campuses across the U.S. as an example to students everywhere that renewable energy is not just a pipe dream reserved for the wealthy and technologically savvy -- but a practical reality for all. |
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| Mistaya Releases Windographer 1.1 | |
| Calgary-based Mistaya Engineering Inc. today announced a major update to its wind data analysis software Windographer. The new features allow users to open raw wind data files, detect and remove problem data segments, and analyze tower shading, wind shear, and wind turbine performance in greater detail. |
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| Major solar power plant opens in Portugal`s south | |
| SERPA, Portugal (Reuters) - One of the world`s largest solar energy plants, covering the hills of a valley dotted with olive groves in southern Portugal, started delivering electricity to about 8,000 homes on Wednesday.
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| Portugal Celebrates Massive Solar Plant | |
| LISBON, Portugal - A project slated to become the world`s largest-producing solar power plant was inaugurated Wednesday in Portugal, though construction actually began last summer.Comment |
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| Armor Holdings Hybrid Electric Future Heavy Truck Demonstrators... | |
| FREDERICK, COLORADO, MARCH 27, 2007 UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. , a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that two hybrid electric future heavy truck demonstrators developed by Armor Holdings ...Comment |
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| Gov. Doyle Announces To Support Renewable Energy Project | |
| Governor Jim Doyle announced Thursday that $200,000 from the Department of Commerce will go to support the construction of a new ethanol plant in Necedah.Comment |
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| Renewable energy will improve economic security | |
| Surrounded by fields of experimental wind turbines, Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill Tuesday that will require that 20 percent of the energy provided by large utilities come from renewable sources such as wind ...Comment |
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| Menendez, Cardoza-Ferguson "SOLAR Act" would ensure fair treatment of solar energy system owners | |
| As more US consumers turn to solar power during the current energy crisis, US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Reps. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) and Michael Ferguson (R-NJ) today introduced legislation that would affirm the right of American consumers to install solar systems on their roofs and receive fair treatment as energy producers. |
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| Boeing Working on Fuel Cell Aircraft | |
| "Boeing is working with development partners on a fuel cell-based small aircraft. It seems like a logical use of the technology. Now if they can come up with a quiet, personal-sized VTOL craft a la Paul Moller`s Skycar (which is anything but quiet), we`ll really have something." From the article "A Boeing research director was quoted as saying, "While Boeing does not envision that fuel cells will provide primary power for future commercial passenger airplanes, demonstrations like this help pave the way for potentially using this technology in small manned and unmanned air vehicles."
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| Portugal opens major solar plant | |
| Portugal inaugurates a solar power plant covering 60 hectares which it says is the most productive in the world. |
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| Solar power boost for Portugal | |
| A huge solar power plant, covering the hills of a valley dotted with olive groves in southern Portugal, started delivering electricity to homes on Wednesday.Comment |
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| No to Nuclear Says Austria, Iceland, Ireland, and Norway | |
| According to energy ministers mentioned above, their respective countries will not go nuclear to address global warming. This is because they believe that there are inherent risks and problems associated with the nuclear energy option, clearly not an alternative to finding and using renewable energy resources as a replacement for fossil fuels.
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| Useful Bioethanol Site | |
| Its very rare to really find a useful biofuel site nowadays. Whenever I surf the web for news, information, or developments in the renewable energy sector or when I try and narrow my search down to biofuels, I always end up looking at websites that contain very little useful information or is trying to [...] |
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| Solutions & sustainability - March 28 | |
| Staff, EB. Strategic consumption: Changing the world with what you buy
Sustaining change from the middle ground
APPLE leader inspires others to help planet
Organic gardens vs. chem-fed lawns
Less carbon, more community
The transition to renewable energy |
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| First Island powered solely by Renewables | |
| Madrid`s government announced that El Hierro, one of the smallest of Spain`s Canary Islands, is to receive 100 percent of its electricity supply from renewable energy sources. El Hierro will be the first island in the world totally supplied by renewable energy... |
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