September 2011
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American Superconductor profits down; Sinovel... →
Electrical systems company American SuperconductorCorporation announced that their revenues and profits for the first quarter of this year and the whole of fiscal year 2010 were hurt following cancelled supply deals with its largest customer.
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‘All-natural’ material created to capture carbon →
Chemists from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois created a carbon capture and storage material which is made of sugars, salt and a little bit of alcohol - organic compounds that produce less emissions.
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D.O.E. finalizes loan guarantees amid Solyndra... →
The United States Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office recently finalized three renewable energy loan guarantees for three separate low-carbon energy projects.
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Saint-Gobain to open first solar thermal mirror... →
France’s Saint-Gobain is now manufacturing mirrors for solar thermal power stations on its new factory in Goodyear, Arizona, its first in the United States.
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Ormat offered $310 million loan to expand Kenya... →
The United States’ Overseas Private Investment Corporation offered Ormat Technologies, Inc. a loan worth up to $310 million to expand Ormat’s 48-megawatt Olkaria III geothermal power plant in Naivasha, Kenya.
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Vestas China producing 49-meter blades for 2-MW... →
Vestas China said it has produced the first batch of 49-meter long wind turbine blades in their manufacturing complex in Tianjin, northern China.
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Global carbon emissions reached 33 billion tons... →
Despite emission reduction efforts in industrialized countries, global emissions of carbon dioxide increased by 45 percent from 1990 and 2010 and reached an all-time high of 33 billion metric tons in 2010.
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China’s roads to see 4 million green cars by 2020... →
Asia-focused marketing strategy firm Solidiance forecasts up to 4 million “green” cars cruising China’s roads by 2020, given proper support from the Chinese government.
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D.O.E. gives $17 million to boost university-led... →
The United States Department of Energy, through its Nuclear Energy University Programs, will be awarding over $17 million to 23 universities in a bid to promote nuclear energy research and development as part of the Obama administration’s broad approach to create clean energy jobs and cut back on carbon dioxide emissions.
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FirstFuel raises $2.4 million in funds →
Start-up FirstFuel Software has raised $2.4 million from venture capital companies Nth Power and Battery Ventures to commercialize a software system that can evaluate and measure the energy efficiency of commercial buildings.
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White House to veto bill delaying E.P.A. anti-air... →
The White House threatened to veto a House of Representatives-initiated bill to delay the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s cross-state air pollution rules and utility boiler maximum achievable control technology rules by a year.
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Arkansas scientists growing nanocrystals, quantum... →
Researchers at the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas State University are aiming for a 40 percent increase in solar cell efficiency through the use of semiconductor materials other than silicon.
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House finds anomalies in Solyndra loan guarantee...
Investigation into the $535-million loan guarantee approval of the United States Department of Energy to now-bankrupt Fremont, California-based Solyndra LLC revealed that the timetable to issue the grant to the start-up was accelerated, leaving the House of Representatives energy and commerce committee anxious about the department’s administrative decisions and calling for the halt of loan...
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Obama asks E.P.A. to halt Clean Air Act... →
Amid criticisms of succumbing to business groups’ demands, United States President Barack Obama asked the Environmental Protection Agency to postpone changes to the Clean Air Act that seek to include the regulation of mercury-emitting power plants and the first-ever carbon pollution standards for cars and trucks in the four-decade-old law.
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New inexpensive gadget detects carbon dioxide →
Researchers from Kyoto University discovered a new inexpensive device using polymer material that can detect carbon dioxide.
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Dong sells close to half of Gunfleet Sands... →
Denmark’s Dong Energy sold almost half of its Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm to Marubeni Corp. , making the conglomerate the first Japanese company to invest in an offshore wind project.
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First Solar receives $500 million loan guarantee... →
First Solar, Inc. , the world’s largest maker of thin-film solar modules, received $455.7 million worth in loan guarantees from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for two solar power projects in Ontario.
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China investing in Ecuador’s hydropower sector →
Sinohydro Corp Ltd. has put in a bid for a $200 million hydropower station to be built in Ecuador, China Dailyreported.
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Solar component prices to continue to drop in... →
Falling solar power component prices recorded last August could continue this month, confirming some solar companies’ fears that product demand will recover slower than expected despite improving conditions in key European markets.
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First Solar gets ‘Made in Europe’ tag for... →
Italian owners of thin-film solar panels produced by First Solar, Inc.’s manufacturing lines in Germany could now receive more money for every kilowatt-hour the panels produce, after the company’s Frankfurt factory earned a “Made in Europe” certification.
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Iron ‘veins’ key to new hydrogen storage material... →
Scientists from National Institute of Standards and Technology discovered a new way to safely store hydrogenin future fuel-cell-powered cars using molecular scale “veins” of iron permeating grains of magnesium.
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High demand in biomass could lead to land grabs –... →
The International Institute for Environment and Development released a report that warned the increase inbiomass demand could deprive locals of land and livelihood.
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China needs emission caps for future carbon... →
An absolute emissions cap on carbon dioxide is needed if China intends to set up a carbon market of its own in the next five years.
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U.S. to provide $145 million more for SunShot... →
United States Department of Energy has continued to fund a solar technologies commercialization programwith a recent $145 million investment.
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Renewable Energy and You: Prepare for a Green Job... →
Renewable energy is expanding, and with it, the need for professionals who understand the financial, economic, and policy aspects of the industry. But how do you get to be a part of it?
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Exclusive: Greenergy pins hopes on Philippine... →
Greenergy Holdings Inc., seeing prospects in the Philippines’much-awaited feed-in tariff rules, will form a joint venture with a Chinese company that will invest at least $1.3 billion to develop wind power projects in the country.
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Siemens finishes MidAmerican Energy wind turbine... →
Siemens A.G. subsidiary Siemens Energy Inc. completed the expansion of Iowa energy company MidAmerican Energy’s wind turbine project in the state.
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Nanowires used for low-cost, efficient solar... →
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of United States Department of Energy developed new low-cost yet efficient solar cells made of nanowires.
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