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| NEW Duke Energy to acquire its first wind farm in Eastern U.S. |  |
| Duke Energy is acquiring a 70-megawatt wind power project in Pennsylvania. The move is part of an on-going effort by the Charlotte-based utility to expand its renewable energy. |
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| Hydrogen Vehicles Drive from Mexico Border to Canada | |
| Today, the National Hydrogen Association announced the beginning of the 1,700 mile 2009 Hydrogen Road Tour. For nine days starting May 26, Americans and Canadians in 28 cities between southern California and Vancouver, British Columbia will have a unique opportunity to see what the transportation future holds for with the launch of a nine-day caravan of clean, efficient hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. |
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| Chinese Solar Power Stocks | |
| China`s Suntech Power and LDK Solar fall on slump in solar power demand. |
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| Calif. Couple Donates $5 Million To Marquette | |
| A California couple is donating $5 million to Marquette University`s College of Engineering to start an endowed chair for renewable energy systems. |
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| Perpetual Power Installs a 416kW Solar Electric System on Budweiser Cold-Storage Facility | |
| Perpetual Power has announced the completion of a 416kW DC solar installation on a Budweiser cold beer storage building in Contra Costa County, Calif. The Markstein Sales Company, a family owned business operating since 1919, and a distributor of Budweiser and other beverages, decided to install solar power on its facility to reduce its energy costs while contributing to the protection of the environment. |
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| Ernst & Young Release Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices | |
| Ernst & Young has released the latest edition of its Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices. The firm has introduced a revision to the Solar index, to reflect the increasing role of solar thermal in electricity generation. Changes to weightings in the index have resulted in overall rises in solar score for countries such as the U.S., Spain and India which have strong concentrated solar power (CSP) potential, while some countries such as Germany and France, with strong solar photovoltaic potential, have seen drops in overall score driven by a low potential for CSP generation. |
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| Duke Energy Acquires First Eastern US Wind Farm | |
| Duke Energy took another step in expanding its renewable energy portfolio with the announcement that it is acquiring a 70-megawatt wind power project in Pennsylvania - the company`s first in the eastern U.S. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2009. |
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| NTR Acquires Two North American Ethanol Plants | |
| NTR`s ethanol investment and development arm, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., has signed definitive purchase agreements to acquire two ethanol plants in Nebraska. The addition of these plants will increase the company`s ethanol production capacity by 45%, from 330 million gallons per year to 480 million gallons, making it the fourth largest ethanol producer in North America. |
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| CoBank & Iowa Lakes Electric Close US $43M Wind Financing | |
| CoBank has closed a US $43 million transaction with Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative to provide permanent financing for a major wind energy project. The bond issuance arranged by CoBank financed 14 new wind turbines that, together, generate more than 71 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually. |
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| China`s New Focus on Solar | |
| China`s government has announced generous support for its photovoltaic companies, which are aiming to become market leaders and be the first to supply solar power at just US $ 0.10 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). |
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