Pilot Projects Aim to Integrate Solar Into Fossil Plants
New York Times - 1 hour 56 minutes agoA pair of new projects will test the integration of large-scale solar fields into coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, a...
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Pilot Projects Aim to Integrate Solar Into Fossil Plants
New York Times - 2 hours 27 minutes agoA pair of new projects will test the integration of large-scale solar fields into coal- and natural gas-fired power plants, a...
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19 biorefinery plants to be built in 15 states
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 47 minutes agoThe U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday it will spend $564 million to speed up construction of 19 biorefineries that will turn agriculture and forest waste into diesel fuel. The list of projects:
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Taiwan plans massive growth in solar energy
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 12:09 pm ETTaiwan plans to boost its use of solar panels by a factor of 200 over the next decade and a half in an effort to increase clean energy, a ranking official said Friday.
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Nevada regulators to use stimulus to hire staff
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 11:54 am ETNevada utility regulators plan to use about $800,000 in federal stimulus funds for employee training and to add two new staff members to focus on renewable energy.
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Copenhagen's Low-Carbon Formula: Add Wind Turbines, Subtract Hamburgers
New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 8:27 am ETCOPENHAGEN -- More windmills and electric cars. More bikes and parks. Fewer coal plants and beef patties. This is Copenhagen'...
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Chinese Firms Plan to Raise $2 Billion Each in I.P.O’s
New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 8:05 am ETLongyuan Power Group and China Shipping Industry plan initial public offerings in Hong Kong and Shanghai, testing the appetites of investors strained by a glut of recent listings.
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Wind Power Raises $2.3 Billion in Hong Kong
New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 7:26 am ETChina Longyuan Power Group , the country’s largest wind-power producer, raised HK$17.5 billion ($2.26 billion) in the world’s third-biggest initial public offering by an alternative energy company, Bloomberg News reported.
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What the Copenhagen conference means for investors
Market Watch - 58 minutes agoFor investors, the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen will reinforce what some believe is a bright future for alternative energy, even if concrete efforts to stimulate demand remain weak.
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At climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, the energy is in renewables
The Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour 3 minutes agoProgress at Copenhagen in curbing global warming may come from countries such as China and India wanting business in the solar and wind industries.
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University To Use Earth's Temps To Heat Its Buildings
NPR - 2 hours 32 minutes agoBall State University is constructing the largest geothermal heating and cooling system in the country — and environmentalists are watching it closely. The university plans to use more than 660 acres to heat and cool nearly 50 buildings, and phase out its coal boilers. If the project is successful, officials say it will cut the university's emissions in half.
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ADB's 700 million dollar global warming fight fund
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 1:02 am ETThe Asian Development Bank said Friday it would invest 700 million dollars to help member countries adapt to climate change and develop renewable energy technologies.
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India Announces Plan to Slow Emissions
New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 12:55 am ETLeaders have refused to sign any pact that would inhibit the country’s growth, but India is considered especially vulnerable to the problems attributed to global warming.
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Hot water for the Twalas, hot debate at Copenhagen
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 12:51 am ETThe shopping list includes wind farms, seawalls and even real estate — new homelands for flooded-out islanders. And poor countries want to present the bill to the rich at next week's climate talks in Copenhagen.
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RFA Questions EPA's Focus on E15 Question
DTN / The Progressive Farmer - Fri Dec 4, 12:04 pm ETThe Renewable Fuels Association is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency why it is apparently considering limiting the use of E15 to vehicles built in 2001 or later, according to Hoosier Ag Today in Clermont, Ind.
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Solarfun to build 100 MW solar plant in China
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 4, 10:16 am ETChinese solar cell maker Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. on Friday said a subsidiary agreed to build a 100 megawatt solar power plant in China.
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