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1 hr ago | The Business Journal of Milwaukee

Wisconsin approves Xcel biomass project

The Business Journal of Milwaukee - by Chris Newmarker Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal Xcel Energy Inc.

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Related Topix: Xcel Energy, Energy, Alternative Energy, Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Metro, Minneapolis Metro

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Cw56.com

Mass. rethinking emphasis on wood burning plants

The Patrick administration is rethinking its support of wood-burning power plants, a key element of its long-term strategy to wean Massachusetts off fossil fuels.

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

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Bizjournals

SMUD signs purchase agreement with biomass power plant

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has approved a 20-year power purchase agreement with Buena Vista Biomass Power LLC to buy energy from the company's power plant, which generates electricity from woody biomass.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy

Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

Hawaii renewable energy race sees a few projects drop out

Green energy entrepreneurs want to build more wind farms like this one near Upolu Point on the Big Island.

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

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Daily Times

VIEW: Seize the energy opportunity -Anders Eldrup

VIEW: Seize the energy opportunity -Anders Eldrup In buildings and industry there are opportunities in changing the way energy is used.

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

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Newsday

Renewable energy needs Incenti ...

In a TTMA article titled, 'Renewable Energy Development and the Manufacturing Sector' published during September 2009 in Newsday's Business Day, we expressed the view that given the non-renewability of fossil fuels, that conditions need to be created in Trinidad and Tobago to spur the growth of renewable energy industries over the medium to long ...

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, World News, Jamaica, Geothermal Power

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Food Manufacturing

Top 10 Epa GHG Reporting Facts

Last month I attended a webinar on the EPA's mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases rule, hosted by U.S. Energy and Wenck.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Global Warming, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Alternative Energy, Energy

The Wilson County News

Capitol Hill lawmakers in fog over greenhouse-gas debate

Comment on this article When the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, also known as 'cap-and-trade,' in June, that wasn't the last Americans would hear about greenhouse gases.

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

Oshkosh Northwestern

Wis. PSC approves utility's biomass plan

A northern Wisconsin utility's latest plan to replace coal with logging waste and dead trees as its primary fuel to generate electricity has been approved by the state Public Service Commission.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Minneapolis Metro, Xcel Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy)

Reuters

Mass-market U.N. carbon scheme finds favor in India

A new type of U.N. scheme is spreading clean energy technology to millions of people in India, promising to cut carbon emissions and help investors earn valuable carbon credits.

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

Mon Nov 02, 2009

R & D

Researchers create first synthetic cellulosome in yeast

A team of researchers led by Univ. of California, Riverside Professor of Chemical Engineering, Wilfred Chen, has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast, which is much more ethanol-tolerant than the bacteria in which these structures are normally found.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy

Inter Press Service

CANADA: Ontario Aggressively Woos Green Power Investors

A "feed-in tariff" offering guaranteed premium prices for electricity from wind, solar, biomass and other green sources promises to attract large-scale international investors and developers, especially those aiming to erect wind turbines, to Canada's most populous province.

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

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Wilson County News

The new energy

Comment on this article Largely known for its plentiful fossil fuel supply, the Lone Star State is also rich in renewable energy potential with abundant solar, wind, and biomass resources.

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

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Toronto Star

Deal could undercut Ontario's green energy plan

Both are great ideas. But a deal being made on the sidelines could undo much of what Smitherman and the Liberal government are trying to accomplish.

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

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Prague Daily Monitor

EZ produces 234 GWh of electricity from biomass in Jan-Sept

Czech power producer CEZ produced more than 234 GWh of electricity from biomass in the first three quarters of this year, approximately the same amount as in Jan-Sept a year ago, CEZ said in a press release on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy

Green Car Congress

UC Riverside Researchers Create First Synthetic Cellulosome in Yeast; ...

A team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast which is much more ethanol-tolerant than the bacteria in which these structures are normally found.

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Related Topix: UC Riverside, Alternative Energy, Energy

Science, Industry and Business

Sandia, Others Funded to Sequence Microbial Genes for Potential Biofuels Use

Sandia researchers and others at the University of New Mexico , the Joint BioEnergy Institute , Novozymes and North Carolina State University's Center for Integrated Fungal Research have received a DNA sequencing award from the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute to study microbial genes in arid grasslands.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, University of New Mexico, North Carolina State University, Department of Energy, Science, Ecology, Alternative Energy, Energy

Thu Oct 29, 2009

R & D

Nontoxic adhesives could make biofuels more...

An adhesive used in products like laminate countertops may also help cement a place for economically viable biofuels, according to a Kansas State Univ.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Biofuel, Renewable Energy (Green Energy)

WBUR-AM Boston

Senate Hearing On Climate Bill Heats Up

The Senate's Environment and Public Works committee has begun hearings on climate legislation, and the heat in the hearing room is spiraling upward.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Alternative Energy, Energy

Wed Oct 28, 2009

BBC

Climate change glossary: C-D

How does adaptation differ from mitigation? And what is REDD? The jargon of climate change can be hard to grasp.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Alternative Energy, Energy

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