Topic - renewable energy

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General news, Cleantech

What to Expect of Obama on Clean Tech

U.S. President Barack Obama has laid out an ambitious plan for clean energy, but what progress should realistically be expected in his first year in office?
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General news, Cleantech

Obama Calls for Doubling Clean Energy

The President-elect renews his goal of getting more energy from renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass.
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General news, Cleantech

First Solar Completes Thin-Film Photovoltaic Plant

Highlights growth of thin-film technology relative to conventional, silicon-based solar panels.
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General news, Cleantech

Oil Giant Texas to Swagger Over Solar?

Texas business leaders and politicians want the Lone Star state to resume its role as the “energy capital of the world.”
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General news, Cleantech, Finance

GreenSmith Debuts Battery System

Startup says technology will allow utilities to avoid building new power plants and that it also expects to close $20 million in venture funding next year.
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General news, Cleantech

U.K. Adopts Stiff Emissions Law

The island nation commits to massive emissions-cutting goals; other policies like a feed-in tariff should spur clean technology adoption. But utility bills likely to rise.
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General news, Cleantech

California Clean Tech Props Defeated

Prop 7 and 10 go down, but advocates of clean tech applaud.
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General news, Cleantech, Finance

Trina Solar Earnings Double; Stock Dims

The Chinese solar power company misses Wall Street expectations, sending shares trading lower.
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General news, Cleantech, Finance

Tioga Energy VP Preston Roper's Presidential Pick

Renewable energy startup is an Obama supporter and predicts a victory.
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General news, Cleantech

GM Jumps Into Biofuels

The carmaker will partner with a little-known startup to accelerate the rollout of next-generation biofuels.
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General news, Cleantech, Finance

Wind Power Gets Gust of $16M

Sequoia Energy hopes to spread its wind energy throughout western Canada and the American Midwest.
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Cleantech

Finavera Renewables’ Wind and Water Plan

Cleantech startup sees lucrative opportunity in electricity generated from wind and ocean waves.
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Cleantech

Ambitious and Binding

The EU sets new targets requiring 20% renewable energy by 2020.
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Cleantech

Cleantech Rises on Dem House

Industry CEOs are ‘disappointed’ that Proposition 87 failed, but encouraged by Democrat wins.
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Cleantech

Solar's Next Level

In South Korea, an Israeli firm tries to scale up PVT technology.
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Cleantech

Solar Firm Orb Gets Funding

Singapore’s Orb Energy ventures into India’s solar energy market.