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| IREC Releases "Best Practices & Recommended Guidelines" for Renewable Energy Training |  |
| With record growth in the renewable energy industries and emerging new "green" jobs, quality training for the workforce is a critical component to support labor market needs. |
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| FCC Acquires Two PV Plants in Spain | |
| FCC has acquired two solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Cordoba, Spain with an installed capacity of 20 megawatts (MW), from Sky Global Solar. The investment amounted to EUR 140 million [US $195 million]. This is FCC`s second investment in renewable energy in less than a month. It also bought 14 wind parks with an installed capacity of 420 MW from Australian company Babcock & Brown Wind Partners (BBW). |
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| National Solar Tour Expecting 150,000 Participants | |
| The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is bringing together more than 5,000 homeowners, public agencies and businesspeople across the U.S. to introduce as many as 150,000 citizens to solar energy technologies as part of its 13th annual National Solar Tour, one of the largest grassroots solar event in the history of the U.S. |
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| SkyPower & Excess Energy Form Joint Venture | |
| SkyPower has entered into a new joint venture with Excess Energy, an installer of solar power systems in Ontario, Canada. The joint venture, called SkyPower Lite, plans to offer Canadians turnkey solar solutions, and will initially focus on solar hot water solutions. |
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| Former Refrigerator Factory to Produce PV Panels & Wind Turbines | |
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| DOE Helps States Foster Gigawatt-level Renewable Energy Developments | |
| With no federal renewable portfolio standard (RPS) in place and the status of the federal renewable energy tax credits in flux, states are leading the way towards implementing frameworks for the development of renewables. This week the U.S. government took a step forward in helping nine states foster the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. |
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| Thieves Target Obama?s Step-Grandmother in Kenya | |
| A band of criminals tried to pry off a solar panel from the house of Sarah Obama, the police reported Thursday.
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| Oklahoma campus hopes to be powered by wind by `13 | |
| The University of Oklahoma wants its main campus to be completely powered by wind by 2013, a plan the school`s president calls one of the largest renewable energy commitments ever made by a public university in the U.S.`It is our patriotic duty as Americans to help our country achieve energy independence and to be sound stewards of the environment,` University President David Boren said Wednesday. `All of us as Americans should unite in this effort.`The university will purchase the wind-generated power for the Norman campus from Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co., which plans to build a new commercial-scale wind farm near Woodward in northwestern Oklahoma. University regents approved the deal during a meeting earlier Wednesday in Tulsa. |
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| Thieves Single Out Obama?s Step-Grandmother in Kenya | |
| A band of criminals tried to pry off a solar panel from the house of Sarah Obama, the police reported Thursday.
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| Greenwich Academy Goes Green and Teaches Value of Clean Energy | |
| Rocky Hill, Conn., September 11, 2008– The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the Greenwich Academy solar photovoltaic (PV) array it helped to fund is installed and successfully operating. The 27.6-kilowatt array is located on the new roof of the middle school building of the school and is connected to an interactive data monitoring system that will capture performance data, which, in turn, will be used to teach the students about solar energy generation. |
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| POET welcomes Iowa`s support for cellulosic ethanol | |
| POET CEO Jeff Broin welcomed the decision of the Iowa Power Fund to commit $14.75 million in POET`s commercial cellulosic ethanol project. "One of the reasons we decided to build our first cellulosic ethanol production facility in Iowa is because of the state`s deep commitment to renewable energy," Broin said. "This is an investment that ensures the state of Iowa will continue to be a leader as the ethanol industry expands to include cellulosic production." |
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