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Solar Income Is Key to Fiscal Responsibility

December 27, 2010 by Andy Mannle

With all the talk in Washington about being fiscally conservative, it’s time to remember that true fiscal responsibility begins with solar income. Everything we do depends on energy — markets, communication, industry, agriculture — all of it. Aside from nuclear power, the only energy we get is from the sun. ... Read more »

Ze-Gen Gasification Facility to Power Industrial Park

September 27, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Ze-gen plans to build a $15-million gasification facility at the Attleboro Corporate Campus that will supply energy to the businesses in that industrial park, after three years of testing its waste-to-energy technology in New Bedford, Mass., reports The New England Business Bulletin. Ze-gen says the “Attleboro Clean Energy Project” could ... Read more »

Europe Cuts Energy Subsidies, Calls for Tougher Emission Reductions

July 30, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

Europe is in the midst of cutting both budgets and low-carbon energy subsidies, while governments are looking for tougher emission reductions, reports The New York Times. Spain, Germany, France, Italy and the Czech Republic have all announced subsidy cuts. As an example cited in the article, Spain, which has had ... Read more »

Majority of Small Biz Owners in ME, MA and NH Support Climate Legislation

July 19, 2010 by Gina Roos

A poll of 319 small business owners in the states of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire show strong support for clean energy and climate legislation, according to the Main Street Alliance and Small Business Majority. The survey also indicates that small business owner support for the bill in all three ... Read more »

Wal-Mart Challenges Higher Electricity Costs From Cape Wind

June 18, 2010June 18, 2010 by Gina Roos

In a challenge filed with the state, Wal-Mart said the high prices set by a contract between Cape Wind and National Grid will result in higher electricity costs for the retailer, which is currently paying more than $2 million a year to power 28 Massachusetts stores served by National Grid, reports Boston.com. Bill ... Read more »

‘Green’ Energy is Critical for a Secure Energy Supply

June 10, 2010 by Gina Roos

Green energy systems are essential in securing energy supply and protecting the environment, according to a new report from Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight and UK think tank Chatham House. The report finds that the reliance on fossil fuels combined with rising demand from developing economies is pushing the search for ... Read more »

Military on Track to Meet Clean Energy Goals

April 22, 2010 by Gina Roos

The Department of Defense has established ambitious environmental goals, increased its use of renewable energy and is testing and deploying new technologies and alternative fuels to reduce the military’s dependence on fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report from the Pew Project on National Security, Energy ... Read more »

Chu: ‘Tomorrow is Today’ for Clean Energy

April 6, 2010April 5, 2010 by Paul Nastu

During a speech at Stanford University, Energy Secretary Steven Chu discusses the prospects for clean energy in combating climate change. Chu was professor emeritus at Stanford.

DOE Budget Targets Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Advances

February 2, 2010February 2, 2010 by Gina Roos

President Barack Obama’s $28.4 billion fiscal year 2011 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) targets the Administration’s commitment to create jobs with the development of a clean energy economy, investment in advanced science, research and innovation, as well as improvements in energy efficiency to help meet the President’s ... Read more »

Florida Governor Proposes $2.1B for Clean Energy, Water

January 25, 2010January 25, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Florida Governor Charlie Crist has proposed that the Sunshine State put $2.1 billion into efforts to promote clean energy and protect the state’s resources. The budget elements would also address water supply and some conservation efforts, including Everglades restoration, reports the Gov Monitor. “As we continue restoring America’s Everglades and ... Read more »

At $750M, Foreign Firms Get 33% of U.S. Clean Energy Stimulus

January 12, 2010January 12, 2010 by Paul Nastu

Foreign firms and their subsidiaries will receive about $750 million of the $2.3 billion in tax credits for clean energy manufacturing projects announced recently by the Obama Administration. That represents nearly 33 percent of the total awards, which are intended to spur U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technologies. A detailed ... Read more »

Clean Energy Patents Continue Growth Spike

January 8, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The third quarter of 2009 saw the most-ever clean energy patent applications, according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index. The big leader is in the fuel cell field, which saw nearly 160 patents applied for in the third quarter. Patents for solar energy, specifically, have been up and down, ... Read more »

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