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3 hrs ago | Marin Independent Journal

National lab studies building better wind turbines

The head of wind technology research at Sandia National Laboratories views the wind as fuel.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Wind Power

Sat Jul 11, 2009

Charleston Daily Mail

Conference to focus on Indiana wind energy growth

The Indiana Office of Energy Development will host a statewide conference on wind farming July 21-22 at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis.

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Related Topix: Indiana, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Purdue University, Tippecanoe County, IN, West Lafayette, IN

RedOrbit

Unleashing The Power In Your Beer

Wolfgang Bengel, the technical director at German biomass company BMP Biomass Project, saw a business opportunity in solving the breweries' grain waste headache.

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Related Topix: Energy, Biomass, Travel, Thailand, Laos Travel, Laos Travel

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Omaha utility OKs deal for wind-farm electricity

Associated Press - July 10, 2009 1:05 PM ET OMAHA, Neb. - The utility that provides electricity to Omaha and other eastern Nebraska communities has agreed to buy 60 megawatts from a wind farm planned in the southeastern corner of the state.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE Metro, Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy

Reno Gazette-Journal

Barbara Boxer faces 'challenge of a lifetime' on climate change bill

WASHINGTON - If the Senate doesn't pass a bill to cut global warming, Democratic Sen.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Agriculture, Science, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, US News

Canada.com

Maritimes could satisfy U.S. thirst for wind power: study

Growing demand for green energy in the U.S. has created the potential for significant wind-energy exports from the Maritime provinces to the heavily populated American northeast, says a study released Thursday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Fri Jul 10, 2009

Power Online

Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial...

Stirling Energy Systems and Tessera Solar recently unveiled four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratories' National Solar Thermal Test Facility .

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Technical Services, Electric Vehicle

PhysOrg Weblog

Nanopillars Promise Cheap, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have demonstrated a way to fabricate efficient solar cells from low-cost and flexible materials.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, UC Berkeley

Automotive

U.S. Postal Service to Receive Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Below is an auto news article from July 09, 2009 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Indie, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Irvine, CA, Automakers

1450 WILM NEWSRADIO

Delmarva Power And Dover City Officials Are Considering An Agreement...

On Thursday, utility officials said that the Dover Sun Park would supply clean power to more than 1,700 homes and create over 100 jobs during construction.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: How to develop solar energy?

As the climate heats up, the world is grappling with how to produce cheap energy from renewable sources.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Environmental, Video

KOMO News

Wash. to host world's largest solar plant

A private developer has announced plans to build the world's largest solar power plant of its kind in Washington state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Maria Cantwell, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Cle Elum, WA

Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Huffington Post

The Progress Report: The Future For Farmers

More than any other sector of our economy, farmers are hit hard by the extreme weather exacerbated by global warming -- floods, droughts, heat waves, and storms threaten their livelihood and our food supply.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Global Warming, Weather, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Fast Company

T. Boone Pickens Scrapped the World's Biggest Wind Farm. Now What Happens to U.S. Wind Power?

Wind power in the U.S. appears to have taken a turn for the worse this week with T. Boone Pickens' announcement that he is scrapping plans to build the world's biggest wind farm in Texas.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Business News

WBT-AM Charlotte

Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming

Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, walks with U.S. President Barack Obama during the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy on Thursday, July 9, 2009.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Global Warming, Stephen Harper, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Italy, Energy

Asheville Citizen-Times

Turbine compromise at hand

A state Senate committee on Tuesday sidestepped proposed mountain ridge protection rules that wind power advocates said would have crippled a promising new industry.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, North Carolina Government, North Carolina

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Lawsuit Filed Over Green Upgrade

Call it a solar powered struggle. One man's plan to upgrade his house to clean energy has turned into a big legal battle.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Environmental, Video

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Finance and Commerce

Wisconsin Power to launch 400MW wind farm in Freeborn County

In 2007, construction workers poured concrete for the base of a Vestas V82 wind tower for Alliant Energya TMs 68-megawatt Cedar Ridge Wind Farm in Fond du Lac County, Wis.

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Related Topix: Freeborn County, MN, Alliant Energy, Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power

Newkerala.com

How plants use nitrogen to invade and take over native plants

Washington, July 7 : A research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln , US, gives important new information on how plants can change 'nitrogen cycling' to gain nitrogen and how this allows plant species to invade and take over native plants.

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Related Topix: University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, Energy, Biomass

South China Morning Post

ADB to aid mainland's wind farm

ADB to aid mainlanda s wind farm The Asian Development Bank is helping to finance a pioneering private-sector wind farm in Inner Mongolia, officials said on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Wind Power

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