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Solar power firms in Mojave desert feel glare of tribes and environmentalists
Presence of horned toads and desert tortoises are holding up production at multimillion-dollar sites in California A massive solar power site in California, where Native American tribes have filed six lawsuits against companies. Photograph: Proehl Studios/Corbis Of the many projects … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Environment, Investments, Solar Energy, USA
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Support for wind energy remains strong
Any suggestion that investment in UK wind energy is ‘grinding to a halt’ does not chime with reality Wind turbines in a field of corn. Photograph: Graeme Robertson In a series of articles this week, you reported on some of … Continue reading
Apple Adds Solar, Fuel Cells in Quest for Biggest Everything
Apple Inc. plans for a $1 billion dollar data center in Maiden, North Carolina. Courtesy Catawba County, North Carolina Apple is the world’s biggest company by market size, the biggest buyer of semi-conductors, the biggest maker of smartphones, and, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, FaceBook, Fuel Cells, Google, Investments, Solar Energy
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Eden Project installs UK’s first employee-owned solar plant
New solar array in Cornwall hopes to make the case that renewable energy is not just for well-off householders Matt Hastings, the Eden Project’s energy manager, in front of the UK’s first employee-owned renewable energy project. Photograph: apexnewspix.com/Apex A new … Continue reading
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Tagged Investments, Solar Power, Solar PV, UK, UK Feed-in Tariffs
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Renewables must benefit coastal communities says Aldous
Waveney MP Peter Aldous said it is a pivotal time for the renewable energy industry in the east Energy Minister Charles Hendry has said the eastern region is well placed to take advantage of the growing demand for new and … Continue reading
United Arab Emirates Promotes Alternative Energy
Masdar, a renewable energy company based in Abu Dhabi, plans to spend millions of dirhams in clean energy projects in Scotland after signing an agreement with the Scottish government. Research will be coordinated through the Energy Technology Partnership, an alliance … Continue reading
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Tagged Investments, Scotland, Solar Energy, UAE, Wave Technology, Wind Power
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Scottish renewable energy set to get £7.6bn to connect to grid
Energy regulator Ofgem signalled it was likely to approve up to £7.6bn of infrastructure investment to connect new Scottish wind farms and other renewable power generators to the UK grid. The proposed spending would ‘replace ageing infrastructure’ and also ‘greatly … Continue reading
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Tagged Employment, Infrastructure, Investments, Scotland, Wind Farms
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Re-Evaluating Germany’s Blind Faith in the Sun
The costs of subsidizing solar electricity have exceeded the 100-billion-euro mark in Germany, but poor results are jeopardizing the country’s transition to renewable energy. The government is struggling to come up with a new concept to promote the inefficient technology … Continue reading
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Tagged Germany, Investments, Politics, Solar Power, Tax subsidies
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Green energy investment soars to $260bn
New data shows worldwide funding of green energy projects rose by 5% last year A Solyndra solar panel factory in California. The fallout from the company’s failure does not seem to have affected investment in green energy in the US. … Continue reading
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Tagged Biomass, Brazil, China, Geothermal, Green Energy, India, Investments, Solar Energy, USA, Wind Energy
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Germany’s Wind Power Revolution in the Doldrums
The construction of offshore wind parks in the North Sea has hit a snag with a vital link to the onshore power grid hopelessly behind schedule. The delays have some reconsidering the ability of wind power to propel Germany into … Continue reading
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Tagged Germany, Infrastructure, Investments, Nuclear Power, Onshore Wind Farms, Wind Power
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