Is BP planning to Sell Alternative Energy Business to pay for Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup and Economic Fallout?

The bill for the clean up from the explosion of the deepwater horizon and the months of oil gushing onto the gulf is mounting every day. Even with the oil leak capped and the gushing stopped the claims against BP just keep flowing. In order to meet its moral and economic obligations BP will have [...]

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Solar Energy Webinar: State Solar Policy & Market Trends

Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 11:00am – 12:15pm The past year has seen continued growth in solar installations, although the growth has been very different in different sectors of the solar market. The Federal government has enacted new incentives -many related to the economic stimulus package – but state policies continue to be an important driver [...]

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Funding announced to Support Advanced Clean Energy Research

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New ARPA-E projects in 18 states will accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies, increase America’s competitiveness and create jobs The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy. Funded with $92 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the [...]

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Dry Cooling Project for Genesis Solar, Solar Thermal Energy Plant in California

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Genesis Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the leading generator of solar and wind power in North America, today announced plans to dry cool its proposed 250-megawatt (MW) solar thermal plant in California’s Sonoran Desert.In evidentiary hearings that begin today before the California Energy Commission (CEC), Genesis Solar plans to formally accept [...]

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West African Center for Renewable & Energy Efficiency Opens: Plans to Capitilize on the Continent’s Vast Solar Resources

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A new regional centre to help develop the renewable energy potential for West Africa opened today in Cape Verde, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), which is supporting the facility, said. The Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), a specialized agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is based [...]

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Why is the U.S. Charging Rent for Solar Energy Companies to Use Public Lands?

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a rental schedule for solar energy right-of-way authorizations on U.S. public lands. The amount of the rental is charged by megawatt produced and the facilties rated capacity. If we are truely interested in bringing clean energy in the U.S. to parity with coal or natural gas then one [...]

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South Carolina’s Solar Academy will train a Solar Thermal and PV Work Force

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Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. (SNRY 0.14, +0.02, +21.62%) , with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, received $704,110 in grant funding to be used for a solar rooftop array on its showcase facility in South Carolina. “Our expansion in the state of South Carolina continues with the addition of a $1.5 million [...]

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The Power of the Ocean is Ours

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