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NV Energy Seeks Offers for Renewable Energy Credits
PR Newswire (press release)
NV Energy currently has more than 1200 megawatts of geothermal, solar, biomass, waste-heat recovery and wind energy under contract or in the project ...
Nevada Regulators Approve Transmission Line PlanKOLO
Utilities commission approves plan for transmission lineistockAnalyst.com (press release)

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New York Times (blog)

Advocates press Congress on renewable energy standard
MiamiHerald.com
... Mark Udall of Colorado and Tom Udall of New Mexico spearheaded the effort. Denise Bode, the chief executive of the American Wind Energy Association, ...
Senate Inaction Cedes US Energy Race to China: Eric PooleyBloomberg
Brownback's MountainNational Review Online
A Push for Action on RenewablesNew York Times (blog)
Platts -Bradenton Herald
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Greentech Media (blog)

Nevada, Sicily to find staying power in molten salt
CNET (blog)
SolarReserve's subsidiary Tonopah Solar Energy has signed a 25-year power of purchase agreement with the utility Nevada Energy to provide energy from the ...
CORRECTING and REPLACING SolarReserve Gets Green Light on Nevada Solar Thermal ...MarketWatch (press release)
SolarReserve can move forward on utility-scale Nevada projectCooler Planet
SolarReserve PPA Approved As Part Of NV Energy Integrated Resource PlanSolar Industry
Greentech Media (blog)
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State Regulators Approve TEP's New Bright Tucson Community Solar Program
MarketWatch (press release)
By the end of this year, participants in TEP's Bright Tucson Community Solar Program will be able to purchase shares of solar energy for as little as $3 per ...

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RTT News

First Solar Quarterly Profit Drops as Own Project Development Increases
Bloomberg
Sales in the US are climbing as utilities seek to comply with renewable energy requirements in California, New Jersey and Texas. New factories in Malaysia, ...
First Solar Q2 Profit Declines 12%, Yet Tops Estimate; Lifts FY10 Earnings OutlookRTT News

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APS Announces First Group of Qualified Solar Installers
MarketWatch (press release)
Customers also can find a QSI by calling the APS Energy Answer Line at (602) 371-3668. APS, Arizona's largest and longest-serving electricity utility, ...
Arizona utility kicks off solar-installer qualification programCooler Planet
APS releases list of qualified solar installersAZ Central.com

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APS Signs PPA with NextEra for Power from Perrin Ranch Wind Energy Center
EnergyOnline
In 2006, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) adopted rules setting Arizona's Renewable Energy Standard (RES) to 15 percent by 2025, with 30 percent of ...

Rye Patch Gold Leases Wilco Geothermal Rights
MarketWatch (press release)
In concert with Wilco Energy LLC, the Company will have the ability to use the information generated by the geothermal exploration program to augment and ...

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Pickens, Home Depot Beat Wind-Turbine Makers in Energy Measure
Bloomberg
“The US wind industry is in distress,” Denise Bode, chief executive officer of the Washington-based American Wind Energy Association, said in a statement. ...

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BCO Hydrocarbon Successfully Completes Sauer Energy Acquisition; Dieter Sauer ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Nevada City, California-based SEI is a developmental stage company that designs and produces small, cost-effective wind turbine systems designed to be sold ...

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Wind transmission lines in the Hill Country
Austin American-Statesman (blog)
On the other hand are environmental groups and wind farm developers that are pressing for more renewable energy. The Legislature has already endorsed their ...
LCRA plans $367M in new transmission linesAustin Business Journal
LCRA discloses preferred route for Hill Country transmission linesSan Angelo Standard Times
Hill Country divided by LCRA proposalSan Antonio Express
Mason County News
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MSN News UK

St. Lucia: Volcanic island seeks geothermal power
The Associated Press
Stephen Baker, CEO of the renewable energy development company based in Nevada, said the area of underground cauldrons has proven reserves of 30 megawatts ...
St. Lucia A Hotbed for Geothermal EnergyRenewableEnergyWorld.com
Island looks to volcano for powerThe Press Association
Qualibou Energy to Develop St. Lucia Geothermal Project in the CaribbeanAZoCleantech
Recharge
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Sunpluggers.com

Solar Makes a Splash at Business Competition for Entrepreneurs
Sunpluggers.com
Solar energy figured prominently in San Jose, Calif., at the first national conference of Cleantech Open, a nonprofit organization supporting ...
The Next Big Thing? Probably at San Jose Cleantech ConferenceSunpluggers.com

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Reuters

Reid touts third clean-energy summit
Las Vegas Review - Journal
A renewable energy portfolio standard would require utilities to increase their use of solar, wind and other renewable energy sources, much like Nevada and ...
Industry disputes lack of RES support in US energy billRisk.net
Senators Press Reid for Renewable Electricity StandardCalFinder (blog)
Coal an Alternative Fuel? Yes, According to Reid's New Energy BillHeritage.org (blog)
Human Events (blog) -GetSolar.com (blog)
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Feds balk at home energy-efficiency loan program
Pioneer Press
The group represents solar contractors, installers and manufacturers. In past years, demand for solar power projects largely depended on energy rebates and ...

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Grant for Texas Tech may boost wind industry locally
Abilene Reporter-News
In the big picture of wind energy, $8.4 million amounts to “four or five wind turbines,” said Greg Wortham, executive director of the ...

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An Engineer's Dream Job
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Phoenix is also the hottest city the United States and possesses the second highest solar insolation rates (a barometer of how much energy can be produced ...

Pacific Blue fast-tracks solar energy project in Arizona
Cooler Planet
Pacific Blue Energy Corp. plans to build a 150-megawatt solar power system in Gila Bend, Arizona, and the project is moving ahead much faster than a normal ...
Pacific Blue Energy Corp. Begins Permitting Process for Solar Project in Gila BendPR Newswire (press release)
Pacific Blue Energy Corp. (PBEC.OB) Launches Permit Process for 150MW Solar FarmInternational Business Times

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Increasing wind farm profitability by reducing gearbox maintenance costs
Reliable Plant Magazine
GE Energy's Condition-Based Maintenance Solution, including GE Energy's Bently Nevada ADAPT.wind Software, reduces gearbox maintenance costs and provides ...

Neighbors share energy innovations at Biennial
Denver Post
Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post (THE DENVER POST | ) Despite all the praise showered on Colorado's clean-energy sector, panelists at the Biennial of the ...

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Treehugger

Terra-Gen Power Breaks Ground On Alta Wind Energy Center
North American Windpower
Terra-Gen's project will ultimately utilize nearly 600 wind power turbines. Vestas-American Wind Technology will use its facilities in Colorado, ...
Construction begins on world's largest wind projectBrighterEnergy.org

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SunPower Systems Powering Nine Pardee Homes Solar Communities in Southern ...
PR Newswire (press release)
"Energy prices have risen dramatically over the years. Pardee Homes recognizes that combining energy-efficient features with high efficiency solar power ...

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CNET (blog)

2010 RANKINGS: AZ, IA, MI Top List of Alternative Energy Industry Leaders
Business Facilities
Arizona, the established solar energy king, easily took the top ranking. As detailed in Business Facilities' April cover story, Arizona's robust solar panel ...
NextEra brings in PPA for Arizona projectWindpower Monthly (subscription)
Dems focus on renewable-energy goalsArizona Daily Star
Residents Learn About Home Wind Turbines For Personal UseWJAC Johnstown
VillageSoup Belfast
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Globe and Mail

Rutgers' Chinese Connection Signals Solar Panels Coming to Roof Near You
Bloomberg
China is slashing prices and moving to dominate solar energy in the way Japanese manufacturers ruled consumer electronics decades ago. ...
Energy tales from the home front: More homeowners get solar panelsSeattle Post Global
Luke Air Force Base may become a solar forceArizona Republic
Solar Trade Groups Issue Call for Broad Adoption of Feed-in Tariffs in the U.S.Sunpluggers.com
Cooler Planet
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CNET

Solar contract rooted in renewable energy law
Pueblo Chieftain
Black Hills Energy, which serves the Pueblo area, is like other Colorado power companies — state law requires it to provide an increasing share of its ...
Companies, schools are seeing the light and going solar for energyNorthJersey.com
Solar Groups Call for Widespread Adoption of Feed-In TariffsGetSolar.com (blog)
ANALYSIS - Solar thermal seeks U.S. breakthroughSify

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Today's Energy Solutions

Terra-Gen Raises $1.2 Billion for Wind Farm
New York Times (blog)
Terra-Gen Power, a developer of wind, solar and geothermal energy projects in the United States, is $1.2 billion closer to building the country's largest ...
Colo. Vestas plants to see work from large projectSan Jose Mercury News
Vestas Climbs After Winning Largest Wind Turbine OrderBloomberg
California's 2nd Chance – Giant 3 GW Wind Farm Gets $1.2 BillionCleanTechnica
Denver Post -Treehugger -Pueblo Chieftain
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Sundrop Fuels: Dancin' with the Blazing Sun for Biomass Gas
Triple Pundit
In June of that year it acquired Copernican Energy Inc., a technology transfer spinoff firm from the University of Colorado involved in solar-driven, ...

Wisconsin city seeks OK for huge solar farm
Minneapolis Star Tribune
States such as Nevada, California and Arizona have some of the best environments for producing electricity from solar farms but communities and power ...

Ormat Names John Hancock Exclusive Debt Provider Under DOE Loan Guarantee ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The three projects are the McGinness Hills, Jersey Valley and Tuscarora geothermal projects, all located in Nevada. Each of the projects has a 20-year power ...
Ormat Names John Hancock Exclusive Debt Provider Under DOE Loan Guarantee ...MarketWatch (press release)

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As Congress loses nerve, military leads on energy, climate
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
It has launched 255 solar projects at installations worldwide. At Arizona's Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix, a 14-megwatt solar farm will be among the ...

Fight Gears Up on Biomass
New York Times (blog)
“Biomass energy should be supported.” The arguments on both sides lost a bit of vigor when the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, ...

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In commitment to solar energy, Pennsylvania sees neighbors pull ahead
Philadelphia Inquirer
They want the legislature to embrace the idea of a stand-alone bill that would hike the state's solar-energy requirements only. ...

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DailyTech

Science US Navy Pours $100M USD Into Clean Solar Energy
DailyTech
... renewable energy a step further by spending $100 million on five contracts that will apply solar arrays to facilities in Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, ...
US Navy Soars into Solar Energy Future to the Tune of $100 MillionCleanTechnica
U.S. Navy contracts for solar powerUPI.com
AECOM-SPP Team Awarded IDIQ Contract by US NavyAZoCleantech
AZoBuild
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The Low Carbon Economy (blog)

Small Nevada town installs solar panels
MyNews4
Mary Simmons, vice president of external affairs for NV Energy, said that "The Solar Generations program is the result of a strong commitment by the Nevada ...
Solar NV to Bestow 2010 Energy AwardSunpluggers.com
Pacific Blue Energy Corp. Acquires Land for Second Solar Farm ProjectPR Newswire (press release)
Pacific Blue Energy (OTC: PBEC) is Eying More Land; Solar ProjectsCollege Stock (blog)
Progressive States Network (blog) -Green Street Journal (press release) (blog)
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House passes bill that will restore geothermal money
Lahontan Valley News
“Nevada counties that develop geothermal energy will see their revenues restored, rural Nevadans will continue to have access to affordable home financing ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Colorado Wind Turbine Manufacturer To Benefit From Huge Wind Power Project
techrockies.com
A huge, wind power project being build in Southern California is expected to benefit Colorado jobs and employment, according to developer Terra-Gen Power. ...
Terra-Gen Power Breaks Ground on World's Largest Wind ProjectBusiness Wire (press release)
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/1500-jobs-could-be-created-by-massive-wind ...Care2.com

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Sandia and SunPower Researching Utility-Scale Solar Energy Integration
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
New Mexico -- Sandia National Laboratories and SunPower Corp. announced that they formalized a research agreement in which they will focus on integrating ...
SunPower completes Yolo County solar projectEcoSeed (blog)

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ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

APS Reaches Agreement for New Arizona-Based Wind Project
MarketWatch (press release)
When completed, the 99-megawatt Perrin Ranch Wind Energy Center will be the largest wind project in Arizona. "Perrin Ranch is ideally suited for our first ...
New wind farm shows power of innovative policymakingArizona Daily Sun
APS plans new wind farm in N. ArizonaABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
Wind energy farm to be built in ArizonaPower-Gen Worldwide
Arizona Daily Star -AZ Central.com -KPHO Phoenix
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Enbridge Reports Second Quarter Results
MarketWatch (press release)
In early July 2010, Enbridge announced its investment in the 250 megawatt Cedar Point Wind Energy Project for approximately US$500 million, a significant ...

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CBS News

Obama Shines On Solar, ETFs Will Benefit
Forbes (blog)
Abound Solar is privately funded, and according to their web site they've raised $150 million from multiple firms including the Department of Energy, Solar ...
Obama Announces $2B in Grants for Clean Energy JobsFOXNews
Obama announces $400M boost for Colo. solar firmChicago Tribune
Obama Awards $2 Billion to Solar CompaniesNew York Times (blog)
Boston Herald -BusinessWeek -The Guardian
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Court rejects geothermal request
Las Vegas Sun
A dispute arose between Geo-Energy Partners and its partner Magma. And it was trying to reach an agreement with a firm named Ormat, a Nevada geothermal ...

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RenewableEnergyWorld.com

The Only Way Is Up: CSP Builds Up Heat
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
One of the largest is the 1000 MW Blythe Power Project, owned jointly by Solar Millennium and Chevron Energy Solutions and consisting of four adjacent 250 ...

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AECOM team among firms awarded solar power contract for U.S. Navy worth up to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SPP develops, owns, and operates distributed solar energy facilities and sells solar-generated electricity through solar Power Purchase Agreements ...

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EDITORIAL: Leaving clean energy to twist in the wind
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
But Congress and the Obama administration should be steering the nation to new energy sources with policies that encourage development of wind and other ...
Carbon County, Wyoming, mulls new rules for wind farmsCasper Star-Tribune Online
Carbon County mulls wind regulationsKULR-TV

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Environmental Leader

Arizona regulators approve rules for energy efficiency
Arizona Republic
Arizona's regulated utilities must get 15 percent of their power from renewable sources like solar by 2025 and separately meet the new 22 percent efficiency ...
Arizona now toughest in the nation – on energy efficiencyTrue/Slant
General Mills goes solar at Massachusetts warehouseSmartPlanet.com (blog)

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Wind Farm moving forward near Williams
Williams Grand Canyon News
"All of the wind that is currently in APS' renewable energy portfolio is coming from New Mexico. That in and of itself is not a bad thing, but it's my view ...

IBTimes

Draft Los Angeles Report Examines Transition Toward Renewable Energy
Sunpluggers.com
Its summary report includes six possible options for developing various amounts of solar, wind and geothermal energy sources over the next 20 years. ...
Az SMART project aims at drawing solar and other renewable energy companies to ...EcoFriend News (blog)
First Solar Further Expands into Utility-Scale Power Market with NextLight ...TMCnet
US adoption of solar feed-in tariffs 'long overdue'BrighterEnergy.org
CleanTechnica -KOLO -PR Newswire (press release)
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Tang Energy Group to resume site search for North American windmill rotor plant
Dallas Morning News
After Schumer and other senators objected, McGarr said his Chinese partners would build a wind-turbine assembly plant in Nevada that would employ 1000 ...

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Public Comment Reopens on Colorado Power Lines That Would Carry Solar
Sunpluggers.com
ALL of Colorado has excellent solar. Generating energy at or near the point of use is more efficient and cost-effective." The San Luis Valley is a flat, ...
Transmission line comment period extendedValley Courier Online

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Cool Energy to Work with Xcel Energy on Stirling Engine Pilot and Field Test ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The SolarFlow System is a combined heat and power (CHP) generation system sized for residential and small commercial buildings that uses solar energy as its ...
Xcel Energy joins project testing solar-fuelled CHP systemBrighterEnergy.org
Cool Energy, Xcel partner on projectBoulder County Business Report

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