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Energy Boost
Washington Post – United States
Solar energy is still more expensive than more conventional sources, such as coal or natural gas, and is likely to remain so for a few years. …
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Solar energy fans see cloud-free future in Massachusetts
Providence Eyewitness News – RI,USA
AP – April 13, 2008 2:54 PM ET That’s the word from environmentalists and state officials who say solar energy is key to the state’s energy independence. …
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High Oil Prices to Spur the Chinese Market for Solar Cells and Modules
Earthtimes – London,UK
What is more, high oil prices will help solar energy and other renewable energies take the place of traditional energy, so solar cells will be the energy of …
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Solar on the march
Las Vegas Sun – Las Vegas,NV,USA
Another company has chosen our region as the site for a solar energy complex, which means we are moving toward a reputation well within our grasp — that of …
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The solar energy option
Daily Sun – Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
By Sun News Publishing The bid by the Federal Government to explore the solar energy option in addressing the nation’s intractable power supply problem is a …
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LMC not to install expensive solar streetlights
Lucknow Newsline – Lucknow,India
Lucknow, April 13 Though the solar energy has written success stories in a few villages and a couple of cities in the state, the Lucknow Municipal …
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Solar balloons to power remote areas?
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
Giant solar energy balloons floating high in the air may be a cheap way to provide electricity to areas lacking the land and infrastructure needed for …
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Solar energy fans see cloud-free future in Massachusetts
WBZ – Boston,MA,USA
That’s the word from environmentalists, business leaders and state officials who say solar energy is key not only to the state’s energy independence, …
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The difficulties in collecting green energy
The Herald – Glasgow,Scotland,UK
In renewable energy, we have to delay that re-radiation long enough to use. The technical problem is that in its immediately available form, solar energy is …
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Could county follow lead of utility’s solar project?
San Diego Union Tribune – United States
And then SDG&E will buy energy from a number of sources. Its primary solar energy supplier in Imperial County is planning to use solar dishes, a technology …
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Google News Alert for: Wind Power

Big oil to big wind: Texas veteran sets up $10bn clean energy project
Guardian – UK
The fact that Pickens, a tycoon who made his fortune in oil, has turned his attention to wind power is an indication of how the tectonic plates are moving. …
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What are the alternatives?
Shetland News – Vidlin,Scotland,UK
If the beauty of Kergord is to be compromised then surely other sites should be found, or if wind power is out of the question then we should concentrate …
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Wind power blows out of projection
The New Nation – Bangladesh
Global wind power capacity reached 94100 megawatts by the end of 2007, up 27 percent from the previous year, and then topped 100000 megawatts by April 2008. …
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Growth not the only culprit to higher energy needs
The Coloradoan – Fort Collins,CO,USA
Last year, wind power generated 1 per-cent of PRPA’s total energy, Moeck said. PRPA has a request for proposals out to build 50 megawatts of additional wind …
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Solar Power and Wind Energy Battle for Supremacy
RedOrbit – Dallas,TX,USA
The solar-power industry already lags far behind wind in Texas, which recently leapfrogged over California to become the largest wind-power-generating state …
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Solar and wind duking it out in high-powered battle
Fort Worth Star Telegram – Fort Worth,TX,USA
And finally there’s the question of power lines themselves. With wind power, ratepayers get stuck with the enormous price tag. This cost is avoided with …
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Utility surveying area to develop wind farm
Toledo Blade – Toledo,OH,USA
Mr. Endes said the most popular turbine in the United States for utility-scale wind power generates about 1.5 megawatts of electricity. At that power level, …
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A TEMPEST IN THE WIND
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com – Newark,NJ,USA
Offshore wind power could sup ply more than 900000 megawatts of electricity — roughly the amount of power produced by all the coal- and gas-fired plants, …
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Wind Turbines Barred On State-Owned Land
Washington Post – United States
“I definitely think this will be empowering to opponents,” said Frank Maisano, a spokesman for the mid-Atlantic wind power industry, including US Wind Force …
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Shoreline generates interest in power
MLive.com – MI,USA
And then there is Consumers Energy’s move into alternative energy, especially wind power. West Michigan offers the public utility with plenty of options to …
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Google News Alert for: Solar Energy

Connecticut Clean Energy Fund Approves $1.3 Million Grant to …
RenewableEnergyWorld.com – Peterborough,NH,USA
Lise Dondy, president of CCEF, said, “The partnership of Thule and Nautilus Solar Energy reflects a growing trend linking environmental stewardship with …
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Indian solar firm bags US award for clean energy
Thaindian.com – Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
The city-based Orb manufactures a wide range of solar energy solutions for the Indian market, with a view to making solar energy affordable, accessible and …
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Solar Energy Comes To Suburbia
Mother Earth News – Topeka,KS,USA
Second: The smart thing for a housing developer to do would be to build a tract of reasonably priced solar-heated homes . . . homes that’d be too energy …
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Solar energy company plans to double size of Mass. facility
Eyewitness News – East Providence,RI,USA
AP – April 7, 2008 9:14 AM ET BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts company that makes products for the solar power industry plans to double the size of a …
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Solar Power Plays Look to Grow with Clean Energy Act, Spanish …
Seeking Alpha – New York,NY,USA
Extend the energy efficient new homes credit through 2010. Extend the solar energy and fuel cell investment tax credit through 2016. …
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Renewable Energy Comes to Israel’s Valley of the Sun
RenewableEnergyAccess.com – Peterborough,NH,USA
Development of solar energy farms in Israel is inevitable for several reasons, Abramowitz said. “Israel will have decent tariffs because by 2013 it …
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Rural people in Bangladesh have access to solar energy
Xinhua – China
DHAKA, April 7 (Xinhua) — Some Non-Governmental Organizations in Bangladesh are developing solar energy in some rural areas which have no access to …
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Orb Energy receives prestigious award from the Asia-Pacific …
India PRwire (Press Release) – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Today Orb Energy (‘Orb’), a leading provider of solar energy systems in India, announced that it had received a prestigious award for $1 million dollars …
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Democratic Convention sparks solar-power opportunities
MLive.com – MI,USA
The fast-growing solar energy industry wants to turn the Democratic National Convention into its own day in the sun — with new installations on the …
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Teen’s pitch for energy efficiency at the new school gains momentum
The Union Leader – Manchester,NH,USA
… gained steam when middle school students researched turbine and solar energy options for their FIRST Lego League competition last year. …
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Google News Alert for: Wind Power

Nacel Energy on Track to Achieve 80-Megawatts of New Energy With …
CNNMoney.com – USA
In total, Texas wind farms now generate more than 4356-megwatts of wind power — enough energy to serve 1.5 million homes. (AWEA, “American Wind Energy …
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UPDATE 1-REpower plans capacity expansion, confirms outlook
Reuters UK – UK
REpower, which competes with the world’s leading wind turbine maker Vestas (VWS.CO: Quote, Profile, Research), units of global power generation giants …
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Gansu province to be “wind power” corridor
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
By the approval of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the project to establish a 10 million-kilowatt wind power base in Jiuquan, …
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China Resources Power Net Rises 36% as Demand Gains (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
18 it started commercial operation at a 23-megawatt wind power plant in southern China’s Guangdong province. Electricity generated from the plant will be …
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Denmark to Acquire Electric Cars, “Virtual Oil Field” of Wind Power
Technocrat.net – Boston,MA,USA
Denmark will become the second nation after Israel to enjoy mass deployments of electric cars that will be primarily charged with wind power. …
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Springs’ energy future relies more on wind
Colorado Springs Gazette – Colorado Springs,CO,USA
By PAM ZUBECK Colorado Springs Utilities will seek proposals in April for up to 100 times the amount of wind power it now buys, ramping up its presence in …
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Power shift
Athens Messenger – Athens,OH,USA
Two of the six solar and wind companies in Ohio are in Athens, including Dovetail Solar & Wind and Third Sun Solar & Wind Power. Both estimate that about …
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RM of Elton banks on windpower
Winnipeg Free Press – Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
The math for Elton Energy Co-op goes something like this: wind power plus people powerequals community benefits. The group hopes to build a single wind …
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City draws up plans for wind power
Daily Echo – Southampton,England,UK
By Peter Law PLANS are being drawn up to build multiple giant wind turbines across Southampton and a shortlist of potential sites has already been selected, …
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City considers first wind turbine law
MLive.com – MI,USA
Steinman said alternatives like wind turbines or solar energy are important to explore. “We don’t have to build another coal-fired power plant in our …
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