ADB's 700 million dollar global warming fight fund
AFP - 44 minutes agoThe 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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Seize the breeze: Carcieri urges speed in development of offshore wind projects
The Providence Journal - Thu Dec 3, 10:16 pm ETBOSTON -- Governor Carcieri is urging an acceleration in the development of the nation's offshore wind resources.
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Copenhagen Failure Defied by $200 Billion in Green Investments
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 7:44 am ETDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Renewable-energy investment may climb to a record $200 billion worldwide next year as companies from Hong Kong’s CLP Holdings Ltd . to American Electric Power Co.
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New solar plane takes first test flight
CNET - Thu Dec 3, 1:09 pm ETSwitzerland's Solar Impulse, the first solar plane designed to fly day and night without fuel, takes its initial test flight, traveling a distance of 1,148 feet.
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Constellation to Acquire Project
Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 1:01 pm ETConstellation Energy Group Inc. has signed an agreement with Clipper Windpower Inc. to acquire the $140 million, 70 MW Criterion wind project in Garrett County, Maryland.
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Most German Stocks Advance, Led by Lufthansa; Siemens Declines
Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 12:51 pm ETDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Most German stocks rose as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said a rally in European equities will continue through 2010, overshadowing an unexpected contraction in U.S. service industries and a quarterly loss at Siemens AG.
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GE invests in Oklahoma wind farm expansion
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 12:48 pm ETLAWTON, Okla., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- General Electric announced it is collaborating with Horizon Wind Energy LLC to invest $117 million in a wind farm complex in Oklahoma.
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Inland producer of towers for wind turbines hit hard by downturn
The Press-Enterprise - Thu Dec 3, 9:37 pm ETDespite the nation's push toward green energy and a new federal tax credit aimed at nurturing a U.S. wind power industry, California's only manufacturer of towers for wind turbines, is producing at about half capacity. A sign in the waiting room at the Fontana plant of Ameron Wind Towers lets potential workers know that the facility is not hiring.
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Wind projects don't affect property values
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 12:18 pm ETBERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. government scientists say they've found a home's proximity to wind energy facilities has no pervasive or widespread adverse effect on property values.
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Piebalgs pushes green energy technology
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 12:18 pm ETBRUSSELS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Using less energy and advancing clean and renewable energy technology go a long way to addressing the issue of global warming, the EU energy commissioner said.
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China's big investment in alternativeenergy source for U.S. is worrisome
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal - 16 minutes agoChina's big leap into the U.S. renewable energy market by putting up more than a billion dollars for a wind farm in West Texas is disturbing on several levels.
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Company news
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 8:53 pm ETApnex Medical Inc., St. Paul, a developer of implantable medical devices to treat obstructive sleep apnea, raised $14 million after completing a second round of private equity financing. The financing brings the total investment in Apnex to $30 million.
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The Dirty Secrets of Carbon Trading
Time Magazine - Thu Dec 3, 5:20 am ETMarket-based mechanisms for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions aresubsidizing some of the world's worst polluters, critics say
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China solar panel makers see boost from Copenhagen
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 12:23 am ETIn Trina Solar's brilliant white factory in eastern China, masked workers in lab coats turn silicon wafers into solar power cells capable of harnessing the sun's clean and limitless energy.
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PG&E to buy major wind-energy plant in Kern County
San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Dec 3, 3:40 pm ETPacific Gas and Electric Co. has signed a contract to buy and operate a wind-energy project that will produce enough electricity for about 100,000 California homes. The San Francisco-based utility said Thursday it signed the deal with Portland-based Iberdrola... San Francisco - Pacific Gas and Electric Company - Electricity - Wind power - Business
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Prince William County to use stimulus grant to go ÃÂgreen'
Washington Post - Thu Dec 3, 12:00 am ETLead by example: That's the idea Prince William officials are sticking by as they try to make the county more energy-efficient.
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Swiss adventurer bets on solar-powered air travel
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Solar Market Heating Back Up?
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In Denmark, Ambitious Plan for Electric Cars
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