Social Enterprises form New Partnership to Supply Clean Energy in Europe and in Africa.

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Two social enterprises, ONEforONE and ToughStuff International, have joined forces to create a new way for Dutch consumers to buy clean, green energy and, at the same time, help people in developing countries to benefit from solar power. ONEforONE, who launched in Holland this week, is part of a growing movement to provide direct support to developing countries [...]

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Siemens Smart Grid division and TIBCO Software Inc Partner on Demonstration Project

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Siemens Smart Grid division and TIBCO Software Inc. will provide proven Smart Grid enterprise integration services to Consolidated Edison (Con Edison) for a Smart Grid demonstration project. The project is a result of Con Edison Company of New York (CECONY) receiving funding for the Smart Grid demonstration project from the Department of Energy through the [...]

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Greenpeace Activists Erect Banner in front of Duke Energy Headquarters, Charlotte NC

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“Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes. Be a good neighbor.” CHARLOTTE, NC— This week, six North Carolinians built and ascended two 20-ft tall tripods in front of Duke Energy’s headquarters with a banner between them that read “Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes” wearing t-shirts that said, “Be a good neighbor.” “Duke Energy has gone [...]

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The Mount Signal Solar Project. 200 Megawatts of Clean Energy

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8minutenergy Renewables, LLC, signed a 25-year contract to sell 200 megawatts (200MWac) of clean, renewable solar energy from the Mount Signal Solar project in Imperial Valley, Calif., to San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). The transaction was conducted with 82LV 8ME, LLC, a subsidiary of 8minutenergy Renewables, a leading independent solar PV developer based in [...]

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India Saw Record $10.3bn Clean Energy Investment in 2011

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According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Investment in India out-paces the rest of the world, thanks to the improving cost-competitiveness of wind and solar Clean energy investments in India reached $10.3bn in 2011, some 52% higher than the $6.8bn invested in 2010. This was the highest growth figure of any significant economy in the world. [...]

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President’s 2013 Energy Budget Makes Critical Investments in Innovation, Clean Energy, and National Security

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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu recently detailed President Barack Obama’s $27.2 billion Fiscal Year 2013 budget request for the Department of Energy, emphasizing the President’s commitment to an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes critical investments in innovation, in the job-creating clean energy technologies, and in our national security strategy. The budget request [...]

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California Consumers Demanding Access to Renewable Energy

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that its 2011 solicitation for new supplies of renewable energy brought in more than 300 offers, a new record for the utility. PG&E’s energy procurement staff are reviewing them closely to determine the most viable and cost-effective projects to meet customers’ long-term clean-energy needs. “The highly competitive [...]

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India Saw Record $10.3bn Clean Energy Investment in 2011

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Investment in India out-paces the rest of the world, thanks to the improving cost-competitiveness of wind and solar Clean energy investments in India reached $10.3bn in 2011, some 52% higher than the $6.8bn invested in 2010. This was the highest growth figure of any significant economy in the world. There is plenty of room for [...]

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Greenpeace Airship Promotes Clean Energy in Ohio

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Greenpeace Airship Flies Over Cincinnati: “Dump Duke Energy, Cleaner is Cheaper” Cincinnati – This Greenpeace flew an airship with banners reading “Dump Duke Energy” and “Cleaner is Cheaper” over Cincinnati to highlight the opportunity to switch to a cheaper, renewable energy provider. The Cincinnati City Council is currently considering what criteria to use when choosing [...]

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Second Round of America’s Next Top Energy Innovator

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on the one year anniversary of the Obama Administration’s Startup America Initiative, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) is kicking off a second year of “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator,” a program that allows startup companies to license groundbreaking technologies developed by DOE’s 17 national [...]

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2012: UN Year of Sustainable Energy for All

His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations at the WFES 2011. (Photo: Business Wire)

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 15 January, 2012: I am pleased to be with you for this Assembly at the beginning of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Abu Dhabi, home to IRENA and host of the [...]

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Solar Sister Girl Empowerment Program

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The Center for Applied Innovation, a Chicago based 501(C)3 non-profit organization, announced today a collaboration with Solar Sister, a social enterprise that provides women with training and support to create solar micro-enterprise businesses, providing much needed household income for women, and much needed light for their respective communities. This collaboration has resulted in the creation [...]

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Secret Audio Recording Expose American Petroleum Institute’s Plans to Influence 2012 Elections

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Audio recorded during an American Petroleum Institute (API) commercial shoot reveals how the oil industry plans to stage citizen support for its agenda to influence the 2012 elections. The ads, which API officials said will launch in January and air during CNN’s election coverage, aim to demonstrate authentic citizen support for the oil industry’s agenda. [...]

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