US Department of Energy offers loan guarantee for Footwatio solar project

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9 June 2011 DEAL NEWS US Department of Energy offers loan guarantee for Footwatio solar project Industrifonden, Sustainable Technologies invest in wind power provider Triventus Xodus secures £10m from Sunrise Energy and Simmons Parallel Energy Fund New contracts see Natural Power manage quarter of UK wind farms Indeematec, Solaria sign …

Renewable Energy Ideas Too Good to be True

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Renewable Energy Ideas Too Good to be True Free energy, perpetual motion machines, and solar cells that work in moonlight. Bjorn Lomborg: The Sustainability Critic He’s the economist environmentalists love to hate. CPV Ascendant? Cogentrix Gets $90M Loan Guarantee for 30MW Project Amonix to provide the CPV hardware. ECD’s Bloody …

Goldwind: Will Wind Be China’s Next Big Export to the US?

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Goldwind: Will Wind Be China’s Next Big Export to the US? The U.S. CEO of the Chinese giant says he’s building jobs here, too. Mixed Greens: Google Puts $100M into Wind Farm; Obama Goes to Reno; Li-On’s Supercar The search engine strikes again. DOE Gives $2.1 Billion Guarantee to Solar …

Agriculture 2.0: Harvest Power Profits From Biomass

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Agriculture 2.0: Harvest Power Profits From Biomass Did you know that Germany has a feed-in tariff for biomass-generated power? Networked Grid 2011: The FAQ on HAN You’re talking to the HAN. Mixed Greens: Nissan’s R&D Center Mountain View, Chromasun Goes Live, and Natural Gas as a Battery Plus, how FERC …

EnerNOC Wins SCE Contract for Energy Efficiency

kristyTrendspotting, Earth Systems Science

EnerNOC Wins SCE Contract for Energy Efficiency Forget about demand response, EnerNOC wants a bite of the energy efficiency pie. The Humanitarian Side of Solar and Renewables We take a break from pure capitalism to honor the human, animal, and environmental-minded side of the renewable business. Suniva Update: “Suspending” Pursuit …

VantagePoint, GE lead $28.4m investment in solar company 1366 Technologies

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DEAL NEWS VantagePoint, GE lead $28.4m investment in solar company 1366 Technologies Vestas to supply turbines for PNE’s offshore project Google Ventures leads $42m investment in WeatherBill Ascent Solar factory closer to securing DOE loan guarantee Belectric, Solar Frontier enter solar module distribution deal Electra Private Equity acquires heating efficiency …