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| Sales of wind turbines for home use are going strong |  |
| The sales of wind turbines for residential use have remained strong throughout the economic downturn and backers see the trend continuing.
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| Compressed-Air System Could Aid Wind Power | |
| A startup says its compressed-air technology could do a better job of storing the power generated by wind turbines.
SustainX, a startup in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, has received $20 million in venture capital to test its compressed-air energy storage technology on a large scale.
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| Constellation Energy invests in Astrum Solar | |
| Constellation Energy Group Inc. Constellation Energy Group Inc. Constellation invests in Astrum Solar Maryland wants businesses to help recruit sports competitions Constellation, Exelon move to maintain coal plants` jobs has formed a partnership with residential solar power system installer Astrum Solar, making a minority investment in the ... |
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| Philip Ackerman-Leist to Be Keynote Speaker at SolWest Fair | |
| Solar energy, wind power, sustainable living and traditional skills are featured at SolWest Fair July 29-31 in John Day, Oregon. Keynote speaker Philip Ackerman-Leist is an off-grid homesteader, farmer, and college professor in Vermont. His family lives with photovoltaics, solar thermal hot water, and a small wind turbine. He is experimenting with extended grazing and dairy products with his grass-fed herd of American Milking Devon cattle. Philip`s background includes farming, carpentry, studying and teaching in North Carolina, Europe and China. He has a longstanding interest in disappearing agricultural and food traditions. |
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| American Electric Technologies Announces Solar Industry`s First 1 MW 1000 Volt UL 1741-Tested Inverter System | |
| Houston-based American Electric Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AETI) the leading global provider of power delivery solutions for the traditional and renewable energy industries, today announced that the company has received notification from TUV Rheinland that its 1 MW 1000 Volt Integrated Solar Inversion Station (ISIS™) has successfully passed the solar inverter tests as outlined in UL 1741-2010. UL1741-2010 is the UL Standard for Solar Inverter equipment and other solar products for use with Distributed Energy resources. |
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| Cincinnati Bell Energy Launches Green Energy Offer | |
| Cincinnati Bell is partnering with Viridian Energy to deliver a Green-e certified product that will be a 100% regionally-sourced wind product. The product is a variable rate product with a current charge of 5.99 cents/kWh. |
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| Iowa State Expands Wind Purchase | |
| Iowa State has been designated a Green Power Partner by the EPA for purchasing enough wind power to supply more than 7% of its electricity needs from NextEra Energy. The purchase is an increase from 2010, when Iowa State was purchasing approximately 8.7 million kilowatt-hours, equivalent to 4.4% of its demand. |
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| SoftLayer to Purchase 10 Million kWh of Wind | |
| SoftLayer Technologies has signed an agreement to purchase 10 million kWh of Texas wind power beginning in October 2011. The RECs will be supplied by Green Mountain Energy Company and are equivalent to 10 percent of the electricity used at six of SoftLayer`s Texas data centers. |
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| Riverside County may add fee to solar installations | |
| The proposed levy would require solar developers to pay 2% of their annual revenue to offset the toll the plants could take on local facilities and services. But solar developers say the fee could make their installations unaffordable.Riverside County, home to some of the largest solar energy plants in the state, is considering imposing a development fee on such installations, a move that critics say could chill prospects for the renewable energy business in the region.
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| Green: Google`s Green Energy Wish List | |
| General Motors` Global Battery Systems Lab in Warren, Mich. A new study imagines the benefits that would be reaped if major advances in battery development for electric cars and other clean technologies were achieved. |
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| Global consumers crave green energy in surv... | |
| Consumers around the world overwhelmingly support the rollout of renewable energy, but many have mistaken views about "green" products, according to a survey conducted by TNS Gallup for Vestas Wind Systems. |
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| NextEra Energy to build E. Colorado wind farm for Xcel | |
| Minneapolis-based Xcel originally solicited bids for 200 megawatts of wind power in January 2009, but scrapped those bids in November 2010 because market prices for wind power had dropped due to the economic downturn and a surplus of turbines in the U.S. market, the utility said. |
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| altE, Solar Panel Distributor, Makes Products More Accessible to Solar Installers in New England | |
| altE, a leading distributor of solar panel and solar power products, has recently completed the transition from a third party to an in-house warehouse facility located at the company`s headquarters in Hudson, MA. This move, enables more direct, quality service given to all of altE`s solar installer and do-it-yourself customers throughout the USA, but especially those located in the New England region. |
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| MOTECH joins CALSEIA | |
| Motech Americas LLC, Delaware based solar panel subsidiary of Motech Industries, Inc. (TWO: 6244) ("MOTECH"), announced today that it becomes a member of the California Solar Energy Industries Association ("CALSEIA"). |
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