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Peace Corps to Tackle Grassroots Energy Issues
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document.write('Wed, 1 Sep 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write('The Peace Corps announced late last month that the U.S. Department of State will provide $1 million to fund the program in support of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). The money will help Peace Corps efforts that increase rural access to energy, mitigate the effects of climate change, and support the use of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies in Central and South American communities.');
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Biofuel Co-Production: Will it Scale Quickly?
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document.write('Wed, 1 Sep 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' We\'ve heard many promises about large-scale facilities for cellulosic ethanol and diesel, but so far we haven\'t seen many promising results. This week, Honeywell and Rentech said they\'ll be working together to build a co-production facility that will produce high amounts of fuel and electricity by 2012.');
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Innovation for Biogas in France
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document.write('Wed, 1 Sep 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' Whilst its European neighbours are forging ahead, France is today beginning to realise the potential of this highly versatile and renewable energy form. With its vast and well structured agriculture and agro-alimentary sector, France in reality has an outstanding potential to become a leading European player in biogas.');
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Grid Energy Storage a $35B Market by 2020
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document.write('Tue, 31 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write('Coming on the heels of yesterday\'s announcement that California is moving closer to setting grid energy storage mandates for utilities in the state, today Pike Research released a new report that says the grid energy storage market could reach as much as $35 billion by 2020.');
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Green Tech Businesses Face Tough Realities in Sales and Marketing
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The Best Peak Oil Investments: Why Invest for Peak Oil?
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document.write('Tue, 31 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' The purpose of this series on peak oil investments has been to highlight companies outside the oil sector that are likely to benefit from increasing oil prices. This article explains why we should expect oil prices to rise. (Note: scroll to the end of this article to find a link to all the articles in this series.)');
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Renewable Portfolio Standards Work, But at What Cost?
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document.write('Tue, 31 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' As policymakers consider energy and environmental goals, renewable portfolio standards (RPS) are one popular tool to encourage the development of renewable power resources. These regulations, also called renewable electricity standards, typically require utilities to source a specified percentage of their power from qualified renewable sources. States adopt RPS programs to incentivize the development of new capacity, reduce their carbon footprints and mitigate volatility in fossil fuel prices. While such regulations do have cost impacts to ratepayers, proponents argue that their benefits exceed their costs.');
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Chapter Excerpt: Gas Lines and Gasohol
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document.write('Thu, 26 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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Big Oil Still Likes Cellulosic Ethanol
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document.write('Thu, 26 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' This week saw two major partnerships between large energy companies and smaller cellulosic biofuel producers.');
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U.S. Energy Use Declines, Renewables Increase
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document.write('Thu, 26 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' A new government study shows that Americans are using less energy overall and making more use of renewable energy resources.');
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Filling The Gap Vermont Yankee Could Leave
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document.write('Thu, 26 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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More green energy for the globe
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document.write('Wed, 25 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' On 30th August begins the new TREE (Transfer Renewable Energy & Efficiency) series of seminars for employees of ministries and multipliers from 57 countries at the Renewables Academy, Berlin. The goal is to train relevant stakeholders on technical, economic and legal aspects of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, so as to provide an effective framework for market growth in the countries of origin. As part of the scholarship program there will be 11 seminars in different technology priorities, online courses and brochures provided with legal questions. Participants will learn which technology is suitable for which sites, how best the political environment can be shaped more efficiently, what funding mechanisms can be used, as well as aspects of project management. Seven more seminars will be held in South Africa, Mexico, Malaysia, the UAE and India on Solar Thermal Power Plants and Project Finance for Renewable Energies.');
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Power Transmission -- Yes, the Problem is Real
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document.write('Tue, 24 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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Jatropha Gene Sequence: Will it Help the Industry?
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document.write('Tue, 24 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write('There were once high hopes for Jatropha as a feedstock for biofuels. But as concerns over the environmental impact of the crop grew, those hopes faded into the background.');
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Estimating Forward REC Price Curves
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document.write('Tue, 24 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' Almost all of today\'s renewable energy projects rely on regulatory financial incentives in order to make investment returns sufficiently attractive. Some incentives, such as rebates and tax credits, have known monetary value and are therefore rather easily incorporated in financial pro formas. Other incentives, namely renewable energy certificates (commonly known as \"RECs\") used for compliance with renewable portfolio standards (RPS), are inherently variable and therefore require exogenous methods to determine their value. Because RECs can be unbundled from the underlying renewable power and sold to utilities with renewable energy obligations, they are commodities subject to a variety of market forces that impact their value.');
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Biomass Heat is Not Coal
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document.write('Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write('Recent rules for proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reduce emissions from boilers could have the unfortunate effect of killing the sustainable and rapidly growing industry of biomass heat.');
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What\'s Your Game Plan?
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document.write('Mon, 23 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' When it comes to federal financial incentives, proper planning is essential for renewable energy project owners and developers who seek to maximize available incentives, avoid pitfalls and realize a quicker return on investment.');
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Israel and U.S. Cooperate on Renewables
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document.write('Fri, 20 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write('We may be getting close to negotiations between the U.S., Israel and the Palestinians. While we wait for those talks to begin, we can at least partner on other, less politically volatile things, right?');
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Biomass in Microturbines
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document.write('Fri, 20 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' As concerns about global climate change increase, many of the world\'s governments are mandating increasing utilization of biomass in their energy portfolio. Many utilities are following suit, constructing biomass power plants or co-firing biomass with coal to reduce their carbon footprint.');
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Our Dust Bowl Moment?
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document.write('Thu, 19 Aug 2010 0:00:00 EDT
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document.write(' Our cover notes the 100th anniversary of PennWell Corp., which publishes this magazine plus dozens of other business-to-business magazines across a range of industries.');
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