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Pickens's Pullback Could Signal Shift in the Wind
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July 8, 2009 - MSNBC
| | Boston -- Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens's step back from his plan to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas shows how a brutal recession could change the way the United States invests in renewable energy.
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White House Announces New Lighting Standards
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June 29, 2009 - MSNBC
| | According to President Obama, new national minimum energy efficiency requirements for light bulbs will result in substantial savings between 2012 and 2042, while saving consumers up to 4 billion annually, conserving enough energy to power every U.S. home for 10 months, reducing emissions equal to the amount produced by 166 cars a year and eliminating the need for as many as 14 coal-fired power plants.
| | | By Liz Sidoti © 2009 The Associated Press © 2009 Microsoft
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H.R. 2454 Would Save $3,900 Per Household By 2030
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June 9, 2009 - ACEEE
| | Washington, D.C. -- The federal energy efficiency provisions included in H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, could save approximately $750 per household by 2020 and $3,900 per household by 2030, according to a preliminary analysis by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Additionally, ACEEE estimates that approximately 250,000 jobs will be created by the energy efficiency provisions in H.R. 2454 by 2020, with a total of 650,000 jobs generated by 2030.
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Progress Plans Solar Incentives
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June 4, 2009 - The News & Observer
| | Raleigh, N.C. -- Beginning in the fall, Progress Energy plans to offer up to $20,000 in rebates for customers who install rooftop solar panels. When combined with federal and state incentives, the costs for solar panels could be reduced by about 75 percent.
| | | By John Murawski © 2009 The News & Observer Publishing Company
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Energy Sec. Announces $193M for Energy Research
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April 29, 2009 - MSNBC
| | Golden, Colo. -- The primary U.S. lab for renewable energy will receive $110 million in federal stimulus funds and another $83 million will go toward wind energy and other alternative power and efficiency projects.
| | | By Judith Kohler © 2009 The Associated Press © 2009 Microsoft
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China Says Planning More Dams on Troubled Yangtze
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April 21, 2009 - Yahoo! News
| | Beijing -- The Chinese government plans to build at least 20 more reservoirs or hydroelectric projects in the Yangtze river system by 2020 despite growing concerns over dam construction there.
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A Solar-Powered Solution to Florida Sprawl
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April 9, 2009 - TIME
| | A developer plans to create a self-contained community of 45,000 people that features the world's largest photovoltaic solar plant, a truly smart power grid, recharging stations for electric vehicles and a variety of other green innovations.
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Empire State Building Goes Green
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April 6, 2009 - BBC
| | A project is underway to reduce the amount of energy used by New York’s Empire State building. Once completed, the building is expected to use approximately 38% less energy per year, resulting in an annual savings of $4.4 million.
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Danish Port Aims to be 'Fossil-Fuel Free' City
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March 13, 2009 - MSN
| | Denmark's northern port of Frederikshavn is not waiting for the rest of the world. It has launched a green revolution to become, within seven years, the first city ever powered solely by renewable energy.
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Edison's Rooftop Solar Project Powers Up
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December 2, 2008 - Los Angeles Times
| | Southern California Edison unveiled its newest power plant: 33,700 solar panels atop a warehouse in Fontana that will feed green energy directly into the grid. The 600,000-square-foot warehouse rooftop is the first of 150 commercial buildings that Edison is looking to outfit with solar panels over the next five years. Collectively, solar panels on all those roofs would provide 250 megawatts of electricity, enough by Edison's reckoning to power more than 160,000 homes when the sun is shining.
| | | By Marla Dickerson © 2008 Los Angeles Times
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Soaking in the Sun
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November 5, 2008 - PV-tech.org
| | A team of researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have produced a new antireflective coating that increases the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels, while also allowing the panels to take in sun from almost every angle. A current untreated silicon solar cell absorbs about 67.4 percent of sunlight, but after the silicon surface is treated with their reflective coating, the panel absorbs 96.21 percent of the sunlight shone on it.
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Under Obama, Dark Days Seen Ahead For Fossil Fuels
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November 5, 2008 - CNN
| | Under President-elect Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., the fossil fuels industry may face "dark days ahead," while alternative energy sectors are likely to flourish.
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Oil Price Fall, Crisis May Delay US Climate, Energy Policy
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November 1, 2008 - Yahoo! News
| | Washington -- The financial crisis and falling oil prices risk setting back attempts by the next US president and Congress to promote renewable energy and the fight against climate change, analysts say. The price of oil has fallen from its high of 147 dollars a barrel earlier this year to around 65 dollars a barrel recently.
| | | By Jean-Louis Santini © 2008 Agence France Presse. © 2008 Yahoo!
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Texas Approves Major New Wind Power Project
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July 17, 2008 - CBS News
| | Austin, Texas -- In what experts say is the biggest investment in clean and renewable energy in U.S. history, Texas utility officials gave preliminary approval to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines to carry wind-generated electricity from gusty West Texas to urban areas like Dallas. Texas is already the national leader in wind power, generating about 5,000 megawatts, but the lack of transmission lines has kept a lot of that power from being put to use and has hindered the building of more turbines.
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Solar Water Heat Required in New Hawaii Homes
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June 27, 2008 - MSNBC
| | Honolulu -- With a heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels, Hawaii has become the first state to require solar water heaters in new homes. A traditionally powered water heater is the largest consumer of electricity inside a home, accounting for about 25 to 40 percent of the power used. A solar system costs about $5,000 more than an electric or gas water heater but it may save about $50 a month in utility costs.
| | | By James Song © 2008 The Associated Press © 2008 Microsoft
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Wind Farm To Be Built Off Delaware Shore
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June 23, 2008 - CNN
| | The nation's first offshore field of wind turbines will be built about a dozen miles from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The 150 wind turbines are expected to be operational in four years and supply enough power to light about 50,000 homes. Delmarva Power will get about 16 percent of its electricity from the wind turbines, which the utility believes will help stabilize consumer energy costs since their 25-year contract locks in the price Delmarva will pay per kilowatt-hour.
| | | By Paul Courson © 2008 Cable News Network
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