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Recovery Act Funds to Support Renewable Manufacturing Initiatives, Create Green Jobs

REI1 Recovery Act Funds to Support Renewable Manufacturing Initiatives, Create Green JobsEnergy Secretary Steven Chu announces a new loan guarantee solicitation for renewable energy manufacturing projects. The Commercial Technology Manufacturing Systems and Components solicitation is supported by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will support the deployment of renewable energy technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase green manufacturing sector employment, which is part of a plan to create new green energy jobs.

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Scotland Moves toward Tidal Power

scotland 150x150 Scotland Moves toward Tidal PowerBackers of Scottish independence from the United Kingdom may be calling for the country’s fair share of profits from North Sea gas and oil revenues, but others are banking on its alternative energy future.  Already home to Europe’s biggest onshore wind farm—the 322-megawatt Whitelee facility—the wind-swept, surf-pounded nation is hoping to use its water-drenched geography to ramp up renewable energy production.

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Portugal – Green Energy Powerhouse

portugal 150x150 Portugal   Green Energy PowerhousePortugal is doing more than its part to move away from traditional energy sources and cut greenhouse gases. Lead by the likes of EDP-Energias de Portugal SA (PINK:EDPFY), the world’s fourth-largest wind power company—with clean-energy operations stretching from Europe to North America—Portugal has become an example for many countries to follow.

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Global Businesses Trial GHG Emissions Standards

blog carbon reduction Global Businesses Trial GHG Emissions StandardsIt appears the business community is closer to having standards set up for reporting greenhouse gas emissions, as more than 60 global firms have finished testing new a new technique for reporting emissions. 62 businesses from 17 countries, including 3M, IKEA, and PepsiCo. tested standards developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

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Japan Post Service Using Zerosports Electric Vehicles

Japan EV 150x150 Japan Post Service Using Zerosports Electric Vehicles The Japan Post Service will soon be delivering mail in converted electric vehicles. Japan Post Service Co. has secured an order to purchase 1,030 electric vehicles from Japan-based Zerosports Co., Ltd. for its mail delivery and collection service. The Zero EVs are actually converted from gas-driven Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. commercial vehicles.

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Innovative Solar Air Collector Reduces Heating Costs

solar air collector 150x150 Innovative Solar Air Collector Reduces Heating Costs One of the biggest obstacles with heating a building in the winter time is that the fresh air drawn in through the ventilation system is cold and must be warmed to make it comfortable. Thirteen percent of American energy is used to heat residential and commercial buildings.

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Mergers & Acquisitions Point to Renewable Energy Growth

MA 150x150 Mergers & Acquisitions Point to Renewable Energy GrowthAlthough Vestas’ big second-quarter losses might point to the contrary, investor confidence in the cleantech sector is bullish. A report, compiled by IMAP, a global network of merger and acquisition advisory firms, shows that the number of mergers and acquisitions in the alternative energy sectors rose 54% last year.  IMAP’s research shows that mergers and acquisitions in renewable energy’s three major sectors — solar power, wind energy, and biofuels — was worth US$20.4 billion last year.

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Improving New York’s Electric Grid

grid2 150x150 Improving New Yorks Electric GridBeacon Power Corporation has finalized a $43 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy for an innovative flywheel energy storage project in Stephentown, NY.  The 20 megawatt Flywheel Plant is the latest step by New York State toward improve its electric grid management, and is the first of its kind in the world.

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Green Power Islands: A Solution for Renewable Energy Storage Problems?

Green Power Islands 150x150 Green Power Islands: A Solution for Renewable Energy Storage Problems?A Danish architectural firm is taking a well-known method of energy storage and applying it to renewable energy, turning unused land surrounded by water into Green Power Islands.  The firm, Gottlieb Paludan, is setting up solar and wind farms on these islands then using the surrounding water as energy storage via pumped hydro.

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Wave Energy Project Coming to Oregon

wave energy Wave Energy Project Coming to OregonThe country’s first utility-scale wave power project is moving forward in construction. The 1.5 megawatt wave energy park will generate enough energy to power 375 or more  homes. The park will likely be located 2.5 miles off the Oregon coast near Reedsport, and use ten electricity-generating buoys. PB150 PowerBuoys will be used to generate power, and the first one has been constructed at Oregon IronWorks. Oregon’s governor approves of the project, and has said, “The manufacture of the first buoy has already created dozens of green-energy jobs in Oregon and when the 10-buoy wave power project is built, a whole new industry will be created to benefit our coastal communities.”

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