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Google's huge offshore wind transmission line edges forward
Posted by ErkSat 6 days ago in Energy
Planned $5 billion interconnector connecting wind farms off the East Coast to the mainland U.S. clears latest regulatory hurdle and could start transmitting electricity by 2017. ... [Read More]
 
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US corporations heat up solar market
Posted by ErkSat 67 days ago in Energy
The U.S. solar industry saw record installations in 2011, more than doubling the newly installed capacity from the previous year, according to a new report. Who's buying? U.S. businesses and utili... [Read More]
 
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BP Predicts Renewables Growth Will Outpace Fossil Fuels
Posted by ErkSat 122 days ago in Energy
But BP warns world is still on track to see carbon emissions rise by about 28 percent by 2030.... [Read More]
 
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SolarCity Army Project Marches On Minus Fed Backing
Posted by ErkSat 173 days ago in Energy
Although a planned project to put solar on 160,000 military houses was nearly derailed by Solyndra's collapse, SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch announced today they will continue with a sca... [Read More]
 
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New Leaf, SC Johnson Make the Business Case for Green Power
Posted by ErkSat 186 days ago in Energy
The two firms were among several companies at the Renewable Energy Markets Conference to discuss the ways in which they're aligning their renewable energy and business goals.... [Read More]
 
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Solyndra Backlash Blamed for SolarCity Financing Woes
Posted by ErkSat 238 days ago in Energy
SolarCity said Friday that the Department of Energy won't be able to close a $275 million loan guarantee by its Sept. 30 deadline. The guarantee was to back a massive project that would bring solar ... [Read More]
 
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SolarCity Lands Another Big Deal as Walmart Steps Up Solar Plans
Posted by ErkSat 242 days ago in Energy
SolarCity will install solar energy systems on the rooftops of another 60 Walmart stores in California, bringing the total to roughly 130, about 75 percent of its locations in the state.... [Read More]