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Solar Prospectors Chase Italian, Israeli 'Gold Mines' - Bloomberg

Solar Energy - 1 hour 6 min ago

Solar Prospectors Chase Italian, Israeli 'Gold Mines'
Bloomberg
The chief executive officer of two-year-old Prime Sun Power Inc. is hiring hundreds of workers to build solar plants in Italy, where he can sell electricity ...
US solar firm buys Italian solar facilityRenewable Energy Focus

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Categories: Energy

Canadian feed-in tariff approves solar projects - Renewable Energy Focus

Solar Energy - 1 hour 45 min ago

National Post

Canadian feed-in tariff approves solar projects
Renewable Energy Focus
The feed-in tariff in the province of Ontario has approved the first trache of larger solar energy projects. Of the 510 projects approved by the Ontario ...
Solar power company features projects across provinceEMC Kemptville
Giant aims to be green grocerToronto Star
Green energy bubblesNational Post
Globe and Mail -IGD Retail Analysis -Treehugger
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Categories: Energy

Green Path North plans withdrawn - The Desert Sun

Geothermal Power - 2 hours 23 min ago

Los Angeles Times

Green Path North plans withdrawn
The Desert Sun
“There is a need to bring geothermal power from Imperial County to Los Angeles County, but there are existing corridors, and that's what they should be ...
LA DWP pulls plug on 'green' power lineSan Jose Mercury News
DWP drops plan to build 85-mile power transmission line across the desertLos Angeles Times
Green Path North project redirectedSan Bernardino Sun
Press-Enterprise
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Categories: Energy

Wind energy embraces marine power - Eureka

Tidal Power - 2 hours 27 min ago

Eureka

Wind energy embraces marine power
Eureka
... has just reinvented itself as renewable UK, saying that together, wind, wave and tidal power can supply over 30% of our electricity by 2020, ...

Categories: Energy

Casino in hot water - Reno News & Review

Geothermal Power - 3 hours 7 min ago

Casino in hot water
Reno News & Review
The Peppermill's geothermal power works like this: A well was drilled into the hot rocks deep beneath the casino's parking lots. No. 8, the deepest well, ...

Categories: Energy

Scotland's Offshore Wind “Boom” Gets Bigger! - Intelligent Energy Portal (blog)

Tidal Power - 3 hours 12 min ago

Scotland's Offshore Wind “Boom” Gets Bigger!
Intelligent Energy Portal (blog)
Now the oil supporting infrastructure may be “repurposed” to support Scotland's new energy boom - offshore wind and tidal power. ...

Categories: Energy

China Idles 40% of Windpower Turbine Output Capacity - BusinessWeek

Wind Power - 3 hours 18 min ago

China Idles 40% of Windpower Turbine Output Capacity
BusinessWeek
By Bloomberg news March 11 (Bloomberg) -- China is idling as much as 40 percent of its wind-turbine factories following a surge in investment driven by the ...

Categories: Energy

Applied Materials Expands Display, Solar Equipment Manufacturing Capability in ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Solar Energy - 4 hours 36 min ago

Digitimes

Applied Materials Expands Display, Solar Equipment Manufacturing Capability in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The nearly 15000 square meter facility will enhance Applied's capability to serve its FPD and thin film solar PV customers in Asia while capitalizing on ...
Applied to beef up display, solar equipment production in TaiwanDigitimes

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Categories: Energy

Green energy bubbles - National Post

Wind Power - 4 hours 39 min ago

National Post

Green energy bubbles
National Post
Jurisdictions with wind power regimes face continuing issues related to the fact that the wind often doesn't blow much, turning investments in wind farms ...
Renewable Energy Companies Flocking to OntarioEnergyBoom
Ontario bolsters green support as Europe backs offReuters
Giant aims to be green grocerToronto Star

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Categories: Energy

Green energy bubbles - National Post

Solar Energy - 4 hours 39 min ago

National Post

Green energy bubbles
National Post
While investment analysts are telling their clients to get out of solar power firms and warning about the continuing risks in wind and bioenergy schemes, ...
Loblaw to install solar panels on store rooftopsToronto Star
Loblaw to tap Ontario program with solar panelsGlobe and Mail
Loblaw pilots solar energy projectsIGD Retail Analysis
Treehugger -EnergyBoom -PR-USA.net (press release)
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Categories: Energy

Cape could get 500 wind turbines - Fin24

Wind Power - 5 hours 52 min ago

Cape could get 500 wind turbines
Fin24
Cape Town - Wind-driven power projects, which could involve the erection of up to 500 wind turbines, are being envisaged in the Western and Northern Cape. ...
Compressed-Air Wind Energy Could Displace Coal The innovation has already been ...Softpedia

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Categories: Energy

Vialogy enters renewable sector with geothermal deal - BrighterEnergy.org

Geothermal Power - 5 hours 58 min ago

BrighterEnergy.org

Vialogy enters renewable sector with geothermal deal
BrighterEnergy.org
... spin-off from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratories, has signed a deal to provide technology for Enel North America's geothermal power projects. ...

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First Solar agrees 300MW solar power sale with PG&E - BrighterEnergy.org

Solar Energy - 5 hours 58 min ago

Sunpluggers.com

First Solar agrees 300MW solar power sale with PG&E
BrighterEnergy.org
Arizona company First Solar has agreed a power purchase agreement to provide electricity to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company from a ...
Solar power developer inks deal with PG&E for 300 megawatt saleThe Desert Sun
First Solar Wins ProjectZacks.com
First Solar Signs 300-MW PPA with PG&ERenewableEnergyWorld.com
BusinessWeek -The Associated Press -New Energy Matters (subscription)
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Green group urges solar scheme dialogue - ABC Local

Solar Energy - 7 hours 41 min ago

Green group urges solar scheme dialogue
ABC Local
The Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) says the Queensland Government must consult the solar sector as it creates an alternative solar hot water ...

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Terence Corcoran: Green energy bubbles - National Post (blog)

Wind Power - 8 hours 18 min ago

National Post (blog)

Terence Corcoran: Green energy bubbles
National Post (blog)
Jurisdictions with wind power regimes face continuing issues related to the fact that the wind often doesn't blow much, turning investments in wind farms ...
Renewable Energy Companies Flocking to OntarioEnergyBoom
Ontario bolsters green support as Europe backs offReuters
Ontario Installs 46 MW of Solar PV in 2009RenewableEnergyWorld.com
MarketWatch (press release) -Globe and Mail -Treehugger
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Categories: Energy

Terence Corcoran: Green energy bubbles - National Post (blog)

Solar Energy - 8 hours 18 min ago

National Post (blog)

Terence Corcoran: Green energy bubbles
National Post (blog)
While investment analysts are telling their clients to get out of solar power firms and warning about the continuing risks in wind and bioenergy schemes, ...
Loblaw to install solar panels on store rooftopsToronto Star
Loblaw to tap Ontario program with solar panelsGlobe and Mail
Loblaw pilots solar energy projectsIGD Retail Analysis
Treehugger -EnergyBoom -PR-USA.net (press release)
all 50 news articles »
Categories: Energy

Los Angeles Electric Rate Linked to Solar Power - New York Times

Solar Energy - 9 hours 28 min ago

New York Times

Los Angeles Electric Rate Linked to Solar Power
New York Times
It would seem, then, that solar energy would be a thriving local industry here. But that has never been the case, and experts cite cost as the main reason. ...
RENEWTECH 2010 InauguratedIndia PRwire (press release)

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Categories: Energy

PLN geothermal projects to be transferred to private firms - Jakarta Post

Geothermal Power - 9 hours 31 min ago

PLN geothermal projects to be transferred to private firms
Jakarta Post
About six geothermal power plant projects, which were supposed to be built by PT PLN under the second 10000 megawatts (MW) electricity crash program, ...

Categories: Energy

PR gov't approves 25 wind turbines for forest - eTaiwan News

Wind Power - 9 hours 50 min ago

PR gov't approves 25 wind turbines for forest
eTaiwan News
AP Puerto Rico's government has approved a plan to build 25 wind turbines capable of generating electricity for 20000 households in the US ...

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Categories: Energy

RSPB fears Mersey tidal barrage could destroy wildlife at Halton - ic CheshireOnline

Tidal Power - 10 hours 37 min ago

RSPB fears Mersey tidal barrage could destroy wildlife at Halton
ic CheshireOnline
The group fears one could be built after a report from The Mersey Tidal Power project, led by developers Peel Energy and the Northwest Regional Development ...
Would Mersey tidal barrage damage local wildlife?Crosby Herald

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