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| A solar farm's slow going - Philadelphia Daily News It could be a much bigger thing, said the president of Keares Electrical Contractors Inc., of Downingtown, which moved into the solar-production business five years ago. I see our future. I see clean energy. Since announcing his intentions ... |
| Solar energy subsidies: sticky wicket for Tea Party recipient? - The Christian Science Monitor Solar energy companies owned by a tea party Republican running for an open U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin who is strongly opposed to the 2009 federal stimulus package have received $500,000 in grants under the program. The U.S. Treasury ... |
| Billions being spent on unworkable energy projects - Duluth News Tribune renewable-energy stool — with its three legs of biofuels, solar, and wind — has now tipped over; all three legs are crumbling. The final push came from the recent closing of Range Fuel Corporation’s cellulosic ethanol plant in Soperton ... |
| Cloudy outlook for solar rebates - The Age BUYERS of solar panels and hot-water systems are being warned they face at least a 12-month wait if they want the full rebate to which they're entitled under the government's renewable energy scheme. Industry experts say the government registry through ... |
| Huge Green Energy Breakthroughs from MIT? - DAILY KOS The big problem with generating clean energy is how to store it, because you don't get to decide when the sun is shining. A breakthrough on that: In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into ... |
| Solar Cheaper Than Diesel Making India’s Mittal Believer: Energy - Businessweek Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- India is producing power from solar cells more cheaply than by burning diesel for the first time, spurring billionaire Sunil Mittal and Coca-Cola Co.’s mango supplier to jettison the fuel in favor of photovoltaic panels. |
| Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain - Zawya.com Abu Dhabi, 18 January 2012 - Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar - Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company and SENER - the Spanish engineering and construction firm, announced today at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi that the Valle 1 ... |
| Mena region targets three-fold increase in renewable energy capacity by 2020, says MEED Insight - Zawya.com Dubai, 25th Sept. 2011 (WAM) -- Despite having considerable solar and wind potential, renewable energy makes a minimal contribution to power generation across most of the MENA region, and in particular in the GCC where traditionally low cost oil and gas ... |
| Solar panels or green roofs? Why pick one when you can use both - Economic Times Realistically, very few of us can boast of expansive gardens, lush lawns, or even free land to devote to renewable energy-generation units, such as windmills or solar panels. To counter this, experts literally approached the solution from the ... |
| State says clean energy firms thrive in Massachusetts - MetroWest Daily News Despite a handful of high-profile setbacks last year, Massachusetts’ clean energy industry is alive and thriving, according to Gov. Deval Patrick’s top environmental official. The bankruptcy of state-subsidized Evergreen Solar in Marlborough was ... |