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| 100% Renewable Energy by 2020:Tuvalu`s Bold New Green Power |  |
| The island nation of Tuvalu is setting a bold new renewable energy target of 100% clean power by 2020. To reach the nation`s 100% renewable energy goal will require an estimated $20 million -- the first $800,000 of which will be spent on a 46 kilowatt solar power system on the Motufoua Secondary School in Vaitupu. |
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| Wind Power Company Gets $191M In Financing | |
| A Massachusetts-based developer of wind power projects said it has secured $191 million in financing. |
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| Start-up banks on dye solar panels | |
| Jul 21 - It may take a dash of color to create cheap solar energy. At least according to Israeli start-up 3GSolar, who say they have developed the world`s first commercial-size solar energy system that uses colored dyes to turn sunlight into electricity. |
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| Case Studies, Technology, and Incentives to be Featured at Geothermal Heating and Small Power Workshop | |
| On August 12 the Geothermal Energy Association and the Oregon Institute of Technology`s Geo-Heat Center will be holding a workshop focusing on geothermal direct heat uses and small power production. "Recent technology developments, new state and federal tax incentives, and growing public concern about climate change are all working to promote geothermal energy, and direct heating and small power are growth areas," according to Karl Gawell, GEA`s Executive Director. |
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| "ENERGY: Wind power on track for 20% share by 2030" | |
| Alternative energy from the wind, water and sun has begun contributing a major segment of U.S. electricity generation, but the fastest growing arena is wind powered turbines. |
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| Energy Use Dropped In 2008 | |
| Americans used more solar, nuclear, biomass and wind energy in 2008 than they did in 2007, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. |
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| enXco Signs 201-MW Wind Energy PPA | |
| enXco and Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 201 megawatt (MW) wind facility to be built in southwestern Minnesota. enXco will develop, build and own the wind project that will use 134 GE 1.5-MW turbines while IPL will purchase the power generated under a 20-year power purchase agreement. |
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| 100-MW Module Facility Planned in Pennsylvania | |
| The Economic Growth Connection of Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania has received a US $6.5 million low-interest state loan on behalf of Solar Power Industries Inc. (SPI), to help build the first commercial scale solar facility in southwestern Pennsylvania. |
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| Tuvalu Sets Goal of 100 Percent Clean Energy by 2020 | |
| Amid worsening climate change-related problems for small island states, Tuvalu has established a national goal of being powered entirely by renewable energy sources by 2020. |
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