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| A year and a half after the federal stimulus bill budgeted $80 billion for new energy technologies, the investment is providing much-needed momentum for clean tech. But what will happen when the money runs out?
Scattered across a swath of Michigan that`s been devastated by the state`s slowdown in automobile manufacturing, a half-dozen or so companies have begun construction on facilities to build advanced batteries for electric vehicles. In the Southwest, two solar thermal plants, each supported by more than a billion dollars in federal loan guarantees, will soon sprawl across thousands of acres in the desert. From Hawaii to northern Maine, ridgelines have begun bristling with wind turbines, made possible in part by government funding.
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| Greenwood Utilities seeks solar power grant | |
| Greenwood Utilities is seeking to enter the solar energy business. The utility has applied for a $176,000 grant from the Mississippi Development Authority for the installation of a solar array at Henderson Generating Station. |
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| Americans using less energy, more renewables | |
| The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. |
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| Kikkoman Foods to Install Solar Panels on Soy Sauce Factory | |
| Kikkoman Foods, Inc., America`s number one soy sauce producer, will install a 106.6kW DC solar electric (photovoltaic) system at its facility in Folsom, Calif. The new system will significantly reduce the need for fossil fuel–based electricity to power production and allow the company to sell solar electricity back to the grid when the facility is not in operation. |
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| Solar Power: Brighter Long-Term Investment Outlook | |
| Energy standards requiring U.S. utilities to use solar power could drive growth for companies ranging from inverter makers to installation financiers |
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| Communities go solar together, save money | |
| Nancy Arntson spent a year thinking about installing solar panels at her Salem, Ore., home. |
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| Jobs growing in Mingo | |
| Green Energy Initiatives is beginning to provide jobs in solar lighting, environmental cleanup and engineering and environmental product sales after about a year in business. |
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| More green energy for the globe | |
| On 30th August begins the new TREE (Transfer Renewable Energy & Efficiency) series of seminars for employees of ministries and multipliers from 57 countries at the Renewables Academy, Berlin. The goal is to train relevant stakeholders on technical, economic and legal aspects of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, so as to provide an effective framework for market growth in the countries of origin. As part of the scholarship program there will be 11 seminars in different technology priorities, online courses and brochures provided with legal questions. Participants will learn which technology is suitable for which sites, how best the political environment can be shaped more efficiently, what funding mechanisms can be used, as well as aspects of project management. Seven more seminars will be held in South Africa, Mexico, Malaysia, the UAE and India on Solar Thermal Power Plants and Project Finance for Renewable Energies. |
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| Abu Dhabi To Build 100 MW CSP Plant | |
| What does it say that one of the largest producers of oil, The United Arab Emirates, is aggressively developing renewable energy? Clearly the country is thinking about a world beyond fossil energies. |
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| California`s Transmission Future | |
| Since 2007, more money has been spent each year on renewable energy electricity capacity than on conventional power. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have established Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and six more states have renewable portfolio goals targeting the addition of a significant amount of renewable energy capacity in the coming years. |
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