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| Sears Tower to Undergo $350M Bio-Friendly Remodel |  |
| The Sears Tower will undergo a $350 million green remodeling effort at the 110-story skyscraper, including wind turbines, green roofs and solar panels. |
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| Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power | |
| The 1970s-era modernist building in Chicago will undergo a $350 million green retrofit, which includes the installation of wind turbines on its roof.
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| Google Funding the Next Big One? | |
| wdavies writes "According to this New York Times article, Google is funding a controversial deep drill geothermal project north of San Francisco. Apparently the company, AltaRock omitted to disclose that the same deep drilling caused a major quake in Basel, Switzerland when it was last used. Given the notorious geological instability of the Northern Californian coast, this strikes me as kind of dumb and given the known likelihood of this technique producing earthquakes, somewhat EVIL."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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| UK expands wind power potential | |
| The UK government moves to clear the path for a quarter of the nation`s electricity to be powered by wind by 2020. |
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| Solar power plants in Saudi? | |
| A JAPANESE oil refiner said on Wednesday that it was considering operating solar-power plants in Saudi Arabia, the world`s top oil exporter, in cooperation with state-owned energy giant Saudi Aramco. |
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| Where are all the green jobs? | |
| Everywhere you turn there is talk of a shift to renewable energy, of building wind farms and solar plants, of making buildings more efficient, of developing biofuels. |
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| Show Me the Money: New Grant Solicitation for Development of a Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility | |
| On June 23, 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement ("FOA") called "Recovery Act: Large Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility." This FOA is for the design and construction of a large dynamometer facility (a dynamometer is a device used to test a motor or engine for efficiency and torque) for testing 5 to 15 MW-rated drivetrains (the components that transmit the flow of power from the engine to the wheels). |
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| Costa Del Mar Sunglasses to Purchase Wind Power | |
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| Beamed Space Solar Power Plant To Open In 2016? | |
| Eric_S writes "Anybody who managed to get a decent city going in Sim City 2000 remembers the microwave power plant; now it seems like a real-world equivalent might be coming up on the horizon. The Pacific Gas and Electricity Company, per this `interview` with the CEO of Solaren on their affiliated site, announced PG&E`s plans to buy 200MW of base-load power from a Solaren beamed space solar power plant by 2016." I wish the skeptic in me would be quiet.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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| Dutch study: slowdown, oil prices slow CO2 growth | |
| Dutch researchers say the global recession, high oil prices and more use of wind and other renewable energy sources cut the growth of carbon emissions by half last year. |
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| Experts Say Wind Energy Key To Oklahoma Economy | |
| Speakers at a wind energy conference say Oklahoma has vast potential for the development of the renewable resource and that it could be a boon to the state`s economy. |
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| George Will: Tilting at green windmills | |
| The Spanish professor is puzzled. Why, Gabriel Calzada wonders, is the U.S. president recommending that America emulate the Spanish model for creating "green jobs" in "alternative energy" even though Spain`s unemployment rate is 18.1 percent - more than double the European Union average - partly because of spending on such jobs? Calzada, 36, an ... |
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| Baltic Interconnection Plan For Renewables | |
| Eight Baltic Sea states have launched an action plan to connect Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to EU energy networks, a strategy that should boost opportunities for renewable energy development. |
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| DOI Announces Five Exploratory Leases for Offshore Wind Energy | |
| Calling it a major step forward in President Obama`s new energy frontier, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has issued five exploratory leases for renewable wind energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore New Jersey and Delaware. |
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| U.S. Department of Labor Announces US $500M For Green Job Training | |
| U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced five grant competitions this week, totaling US $500 million, to fund projects that prepare workers for green jobs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. |
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| UK Government Says 25 GW of Extra Offshore Wind Power Up For Grabs | |
| An extra 25 GW of offshore wind energy could be accommodated around the UK`s shores, in addition to the 8 GW already built or planned, Energy Minister Lord Hunt announced on Wednesday. The findings, a result of the Government`s Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) will enable the Crown Estate to proceed with the third round of leasing in UK`s waters for offshore wind farms. |
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| Can Biomass Replace Coal? | |
| Wind and solar power are clean and free but they only work part of the time. When the sun goes down and the wind dies, coal is still the workhorse for generating baseload power. But coal is killing us by warming the planet, acidifying our lakes and oceans and sprinkling mercury over the landscape. Geothermal can do part of the job but it will take decades to drill enough wells. |
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