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POET to outline cellulosic ethanol plans at London conference
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document.write(' POET Senior Vice President of Science and Technology Mark Stowers will outline POET\'s process for commercialization of cellulosic ethanol and a vision for the future of ethanol this week at the F.O. Licht\'s 3rd Annual Developing and Commercialising Next Generation Biofuels conference in London.');
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Final Construction Contracts Awarded for London Array Offshore Windfarm
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document.write('Tue, 9 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('UK-based MPI and A2SEA, a Danish company, have been selected to supply construction vessels for the first phase of the London Array wind farm being built by a consortium of E.ON, DONG Energy and Masdar.');
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Petra Solar Secures $40M in Financing
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document.write('Tue, 9 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('Petra Solar has raised $40 million in funding for expansion. Two new investors, Craton Equity Partners and Espírito Santo Ventures, led the latest round with 100% participation from existing investors, Element Partners, Blue Run Ventures, OnPoint Technologies (U.S. Army\'s Venture Fund) and Kuwait\'s National Technology Enterprises Company (NTEC).');
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Nexamp Secures US $6.5M in VC Funding
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document.write('Fresh off news that it will be the beneficiary of US $20 million in contracts from the state of Massachusetts, Nexamp announced that it has secured $6.5 million in Series A venture financing from Good Energies, Point Judith Capital and RCG Ventures along with individual investors. As part of the financing, Nexamp also announced the addition of a new CEO, Stuart R. Patterson, to succeed Henri-Claude Bailly of RCG Ventures, who remains Chairman of the Board.');
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BC Hydro To Purchase Stake in Waneta Dam Hydro Project
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document.write('Tue, 9 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('The British Columbia Utilities Commission has given the green light for BC Hydro to purchase one third of Teck Resources Limited\'s Waneta Dam and generating facility.');
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The Future of Energy heads to London as business thrives
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document.write('Tue, 9 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('Abu Dhabi, UAE, 21 January 2009: The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, spoke at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi on Monday to highlight the UK\'s leading role in meeting the global challenge of combating climate change with renewable energy.');
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AltaTerra Research Web Conference Presents Status Update and Outlook for Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariffs in North American and Worldwide
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write(' Once \"unthinkable\" in North America, renewable energy feed-in tariffs are gaining momentum in the U.S. and elsewhere. On March 4th, author, advocate, and renewable energy industry analyst, Paul Gipe will present the latest developments in the feed-in tariff debate.');
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SolarCraft is Awarded Green Business of the Year
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document.write(' SolarCraft has been selected by the Novato Chamber of Commerce (NCOC) as the inaugural recipient of its Green Business of the Year Award. In business since 1984, SolarCraft celebrates its 26th year providing renewable energy services to the North Bay. They offer full-service solar electric, solar pool heating and solar hot water, including consulting, design, sales, installation, monitoring and maintenance.');
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25% US Renewable Electricity Standard Will Create 274,000 Jobs
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write(' A new study released by Navigant Consulting finads that a 25% by 2025 national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) would support hundreds of thousands of new American jobs and prevent a near-term collapse in some industries. Job growth in the wind, solar, biomass, waste-to-energy and hydropower industries would particularly benefit the Southeastern U.S. and manufacturing states whose Congressional delegations have had a history of voting against incentives and other measures designed to support the renewable energy sector.');
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Massachusetts Awards 4-MW of Solar Contracts
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Friday, announced the award of federal stimulus-funded contracts to install 4.1 megawatts (MW) of solar energy at 12 public water and wastewater treatment facilities throughout the Commonwealth. The 12 contracts represent the state\'s largest-ever award for solar installation at public facilities.');
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Abengoa & JCI Installing Solar Thermal System at Colorado Prison
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('Abengoa Solar Inc., under contract to Johnson Controls Inc. (JCI), is installing a turnkey solar hot water heating system at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) located in Englewood, Colorado. The solar system consists of 160 parabolic PT-1 collector modules comprising 22,720 square-feet of collector area situated on 1.7 acres of land area.');
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POET: Ethanol plants can be biorefineries
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write(' New ethanol co-products can help ethanol plants become true biorefineries, unlocking the additional potential of each kernel of corn.');
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Denham Capital Invests US $108M in Geothermal Developer Vulcan Power Company
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('Geothermal developer Vulcan Power Company and Denham Capital announced that an affiliate of Denham Capital has invested US $108 million in preferred and common stock of Vulcan. This is the second equity investment in Vulcan by such Denham Capital affiliate and brings its total investment in Vulcan to $166 million. Other shareholders include a principal investing division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.');
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Amplio Connects 2 MW of Solar to Italian Grid
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('The Amplio Group has completed and connected two 1-megawatt (MW) solar plants to the Italian grid. The company also said that it plan to connect four additional 1-MW projects to the grid by the end of the month.');
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Solarfun Introduces Eclipse With Reduced LID
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write('Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. announced the introduction of Eclipse, a new line of PV cells and modules with reduced light induced degradation (LID). The largest percentage of degradation of PV modules occurs during the first day of sun exposure.');
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Hanwha Commissions Spire\'s 30MW Solar Cell Manufacturing Line
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write(' BEDFORD, MA – February 1, 2010 – Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, announced its 30MW per year turnkey solar cell line has been accepted by Hanwha Chemical Corporation Ltd. of South Korea (Hanwha). The line exceeded both its efficiency and throughput specifications producing 15.8% efficient multi-crystalline silicon solar cells at the rate of more than 34MW per year.');
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US Government Budget Proposals Increase Clean Energy Funding
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write(' President Barack Obama unveiled on February 1 a $28.4 billion budget request for DOE for fiscal year (FY) 2011, including $2.36 billion for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The proposed budget aims to reduce unnecessary energy use, boost renewable energy sources, and strengthen clean energy research as the United States moves toward a clean energy economy.');
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Renewable Energy Developers Ask If Not Here, Where?
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document.write('Mon, 8 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write(' While millions of families became lost in the visual effects of the blockbuster movie Avatar, to me it also offers an ironic similarity to the quest for renewable energy here in the United States. In the movie, humanity is seeking to harvest a highly precious mineral on a far-off moon to solve their energy crisis back on earth. They do so despite increasing resistance from the native species of humanoids. The conflict is made worse when the humans grossly underestimate the native\'s ability to mobilize and fight, with inferior weapons and resources.');
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Scholarships available for PV courses for Tucson Electric Power Company subscribers
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document.write('Fri, 5 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write(' Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) provides scholarships to TEP subscribers interested in Solar Energy International\'s photovoltaics training.');
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Sify and Solar Living Institute launch Interactive Online Training Course on Solar Renewable energy
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document.write('Fri, 5 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST
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document.write(' Sify Technologies Limited, (NASDAQ National market: SIFY), a leader in enterprise data services and consumer Internet with global delivery capabilities; and Solar Living Institute (SLI), a US-based, non-profit organization that promotes renewable energy and sustainable living through quality education and training programs, announced today the launch of their first online training course titled \'PV Design and Installation Training\'. The course, developed for the US market and currently in English, shall soon be translated and localized for markets across the globe including India, China, and Latin America.');
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