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		<title>Connecticut&#8217;s Voluntary Climate Policy Succeeds</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2010/06/connecticuts-experiment-in-voluntary-climate-policy-succeeds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can simple government programs effectively promote voluntary initiatives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions? This paper by Matthew J. Kotchen provides an evaluation of how the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities program affects household decisions to voluntarily purchase “green” electricity, which is electricity generated from renewable sources of energy. The results suggest that, within participating communities, subsidizing municipal solar panels as matching grants for reaching green-electricity enrollment targets increases the number of household purchases by 35 percent. The Clean Energy Communities program thus demonstrates how mostly symbolic incentives can mobilize voluntary initiatives within communities and promote demand for renewable energy.  The paper is available at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).]]></description>
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		<title>FERC Gives Green Light for Tidal Power Project in Maine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US Federal Regulatory Commission gave the green light on a proposed river tidal demonstration project in the state of Maine recently, declaring that the the facility does not require a license to operate since it will not be connecting with the grid. The order (DI10-1) allows the Maine Maritime Academy to proceed with testing underwater power devices at two river sites for short amounts of time. Instead of delivering the electricity to onshore locations, the academy’s Tidal Energy Demonstration and Evaluation Center would use the power for devices on a nearby docked ship in its fleet. A waiver also allows the maritime academy to implement its new hydrokinetic academic program and accelerate its testing of the devices and sharing of realtime performance data with the hydrokinetic industry. The maritime academy in 2007 obtained a FERC preliminary permit for two sites on the Bagaduce River (P-12777) in Castine. Although TEDEC originally sought to supply electricity to the grid, which would have required a license, the developer has shifted its focus to temporary experimental work, it said in an October 2009 petition. A preliminary permit serves as a placeholder for a developer to have priority if it later seeks a license for the site. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore Wind Power in Delaware Bay?</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2010/04/offshore-wind-power-in-delaware-bay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 00:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minerals Management Service (MMS) RFP is seeking submissions of interest in obtaining one or more commercial leases for the construction of a wind energy project on the incoming and outgoing shipping routes for Delaware Bay.]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Champion Cleantech Exports</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2010/04/democrats-champion-cleantech-exports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic lawmakers floated legislation that would promote U.S. exports of clean technology on Tuesday, according to Reuters.  The proposed legislation would create a $15 million fund administered by the Commerce Department to increase the competitiveness of the U.S. clean technology industry, boost exports and promote policies aimed at reducing production costs and encouraging innovation and investment in the industry. &#8220;The U.S. must be the leader in manufacturing and exporting clean technologies, not one that becomes dependent on foreign energy products,&#8221; said U.S. Representative Doris Matsui, a California Democrat, in a press release. Clean energy comes from renewable natural resources, such as sunlight, wind and geothermal heat. The U.S. Department of Energy has estimated U.S. exports of clean energy technology, also known as green technology, could reach $40 billion per year and help create more than 750,000 jobs by 2020, the lawmakers said. &#8220;Right now, the global market for environmental goods and services is estimated at $700 billion &#8230; At present, only six of the top 30 global companies that lead in this sector are American-owned. This must change,&#8221; said Representative Bobby Rush, an Illinois Democrat.  The effort appears as the United States examines an international agreement to galvanize international trade in environmental goods and services by eliminating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Power &#8211; Harnessing A World Wonder</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2010/04/dutch-power-harnessing-a-world-wonder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1953, the Netherlands was swamped.  The North Sea washed over half a million acres of land and killed over 1,800 people on the south-western coast.  The disaster prodded the Dutch government into embarking on one of the greatest engineering projects in history. Over the following decades, engineers constructed a vast network of dams, sluices, locks, dykes and storm-surge barriers collectively known as the Delta Works.  The Works shortened the Dutch coast line and turned sea estuaries into freshwater lakes. In 1994, the American Society of Engineers labelled it one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, along with structures such as the Channel Tunnel and the Panama Canal. Today, little over a decade after the Delta Works were finally finished, a group of Dutch civil servants want to punch a few holes in them.  Earlier this month, a committee comprised of representatives of all involved levels of government presented a report outlining the possible future of the south-western part of the Netherlands, a delta of estuaries, islands and peninsulas connecting several large rivers to the North Sea. Joost Schrijnen, a managing director with the committee, wants to create a delta that is cleaner, more pleasant and more natural. With all the focus on safety after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable Energy Certificates Market May Triple in Size by 2015</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) market is poised for continued growth in the coming years. REC sales in the compliance market alone will increase more than 50 percent by 2015, reaching 179 million megawatt hour (MWh), according to a new report from Pike Research.  In a forecast scenario that includes passage of a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), the report predicts that the REC market could nearly triple in size to 329 million MWh by 2015. The study, called &#8220;Renewable Energy Certificates,&#8221; assesses supply and demand dynamics for the REC market, regulatory and policy factors, key industry issues and challenges, and the key players who are shaping this fast-growing category. Based on extensive primary research and in-depth examination of market trends, the report includes comprehensive market data and forecasts for the growth of RECs as renewable energy is adopted on a larger scale in the coming years. RECs have become a significant financial and regulatory instrument to support the growth of renewable energy in the United States. The REC is the environmental attribute associated with the generation of 1 MWh of clean energy. Two distinct markets exist for RECs: the compliance market, mandated by state-level RPS and the voluntary market, which includes companies and institutions who purchase certificates to demonstrate environmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Low-Carbon Growth Barrels Ahead Despite Copenhagen</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2010/04/5272/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Climate Competitiveness Index, which tracks national progress to create green jobs and economic growth through low-carbon economic growth, shows that in spite of uncertainty surrounding international climate negotiations, countries have pushed ahead with low-carbon growth strategies during the first quarter of 2010. The annual Climate Competitiveness Index (CCI), produced by the independent non-profit institute AccountAbility in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), launched today at the Business for Environment summit in South Korea. The 2010 Index analyses 95 countries responsible for 97 percent of global economic activity and 96 percent of global carbon emissions. The CCI combines two sets of data to investigate “Climate Accountability” to validate if a country’s climate strategy is clear, ambitious and supported by stakeholders, and “Climate Performance” to consider each country’s capabilities and track record on delivering its strategy.  The CCI finds that despite gaps in performance and accountability, 46 per cent of countries assessed since the UNFCCC Copenhagen conference in December 2009 have demonstrated some improvement in climate accountability. Thirty-two countries have made significant improvements, with Germany, China and Republic of Korea being the outstanding examples. India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, the Philippines and Rwanda have also enhanced their climate accountability. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unlocking America&#8217;s Biomass Resources</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2010/04/5256/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington State is moving forward on plans to enter into long-term biomass supply agreements with biomass energy companies. The state recently enacted the Forest Biomass Supply Agreements Bill, which will enable companies to secure reliable and predictably priced biomass feedstock from state forest lands. Supporters claim the measure will boost the timber economy while helping maintain forest health.  The measure compliments HB 2165, which was enacted into law last year and authorize Washington&#8217;s DNR to implement forest biomass energy pilot projects in eastern and western Washington by removing forest biomass feedstock in ecologically sustainable ways to produce energy as liquid fuels or heat and electricity. In January, four pilot projects selected by DNR under the Forest Biomass Initiative were: Parametric in Bingen, which is developing a transportable system that uses fast pyrolysis technology to rapidly convert forest biomass to liquid fuels and bio-char; Borgford Bioenergy, Colville, will build a state of the art energy production facility with its main outputs being electricity (9.4 megawatts), bio-oil (2,000 gal/day), syngas (14,000 lbs./day), and bio-char; Atlas Pellets, Omak, which will begin to expand the volume of the pellets it manufactures from forest biomass; Nippon Paper, Port Angeles, which will replace an existing biomass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trends in Clean Technology Transfer</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2010/03/5226/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report on technology transfer, &#8220;Advancing technology transfer for climate change mitigation,&#8221; examines the international governance of technology transfer, the performance of different instruments in delivering new technologies and proposals aiming at increased technology transfer. The study also examines a number of critical conditions for technology oriented treaties that can effectively promote technology transfer – both within or outside the UNFCCC framework &#8211; in two technology spheres: carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and energy-efficiency applications within the building sector.]]></description>
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		<title>India Boosts Support for Solar Energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The national government of India has added new measures to funding support for solar energy. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will administer an enlarged national green energy fund, designed to support the National Solar Mission (NSM)—a series of feed-in tariffs designed to ensure 20 GW of solar capacity is installed on the network by 2020. The measures affect plants already in the planning process, with the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) agreeing to extend the subsidies to four new projects in Haryana state alone this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaiming the Mantle: America&#8217;s Energy Strategy 2.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America&#8217;s New Energy R&#38;D Strategy Statement by Dr. Robert Marlay U.S. Department of Energy With the recent administration change and economic downturn, the US priorities in energy, environment, science, and the economy have been altered or strengthened. The current baseline goal is to reduce GHG emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Within ten years, the US plans to increase its energy security by cutting oil consumption to reduce dramatically oil imports from the Middle East and Venezuela. In this process, the new administration expects to strengthen America’s role as the world leader in science and technology innovation. In the very near term, implementation of the economic recovery package aims to create new “green jobs” and jump start the processes needed to meet the stated goals. As stated by the new Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, there are multiple over-arching elements to the strategy the US will implement to reach energy efficiency and security goals. These elements include developing science and engineering talent through increased efforts to educate the next generation of scientists and engineers; focusing on transformational research; building research networks integrating national laboratories, universities and industries, both domestic and international; and hastening demonstration and deployment through loan guarantees, block [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Industry Still Blowing . . . Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The domestic wind-power industry in the United States shattered all previous records by adding nearly 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity last year, according to a recent report by the American Wind Energy Association. Wind power is now competing closely with natural gas as the leading source of new electricity generation for the country. Collectively, wind and natural gas accounted for a whopping 80 percent of new capacity in the U.S. in 2009. &#8220;U.S. wind turbine manufacturing &#8212; the canary in the mine &#8212; is down compared to last year&#8217;s levels, and needs long-term policy certainty and market pull in order to grow,&#8221; said AWEA CEO Denise Bode.  &#8220;We need to set hard targets, in the form of a national Renewable Electricity Standard, in order to provide the necessary stability for manufacturers to expand their U.S. operations and to seize the historic opportunity we have today to build up a thriving renewable energy industry.&#8221; Before the Recovery Act (ARRA), the industry anticipated that in 2009 wind power development might drop by as much as 50% from 2008 levels, with equivalent job losses. The clear commitment by the President to create clean energy jobs and the swift implementation of ARRA incentives by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Wind Power Penetration of Power Grid Is Possible, Study Finds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cleantech]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The findings of a two-and-a-half year technical study of future high-penetration wind scenarios were released today by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) .  The study assessed the economic, operational, and technical implications of shifting 20 percent or more of the Eastern Interconnection’s electrical load to wind energy by the year 2024. “To put the scale of this study in perspective, consider that just over 70 percent of the U.S. population gets its power from the Eastern Interconnect. Incorporating high amounts of wind power in the Eastern grid goes a long way towards clean power for the whole country,” aid David Corbus, NREL project manager for the study. “We can bring more wind power online, but if we don’t have the proper infrastructure to move that power around, it’s like buying a hybrid car and leaving it in the garage.” The study&#8217;s key findings included the following: Integration of 20 percent wind energy is technically feasible, but will require significant expansion of the transmission infrastructure and system operational changes in order for it to be realized; Without transmission enhancements, substantial curtailment of wind generation would be required for all 20 percent wind scenarios studied; Producing wind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard Paper Calculates Potential of Global Bioenergy Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bioenergy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Biofuels present both opportunity and costs. They offer the opportunity to reduce imported oil dependence and improve the environment.  On the other hand, the costs include high food prices, indirect carbon emissions and biodiversity loss. In many tropical developing countries, biofuels represent an opportunity to progress toward industrialization and export-led growth. Policies adopted by industrialized countries will largely determine whether or not this opportunity is realized. In “Certification Strategies, Industrial Development and the Making of a Global Market for Biofuels,” a discussion paper released by Harvard University’s Sustainability Science Program and the Belfer Center’s Environment and Natural Resources Program at the Harvard Kennedy School, Ricardo Hausmann and Rodrigo Wagner lay out five organizing principles for maximizing the development impact of a global biofuel market. Provide certainty for production in places that do not have it, but do so in a way that promotes competitiveness. Directly focus certification processes on impacts that can be observed by a third party as opposed to indirect impacts that cannot be clearly attached to biofuels production. Understand that societies have multiple goals: energy efficiency, reducing carbon emissions, rural development, food security and biodiversity. Policies to meet those goals should be targeted and specific. Do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia Creates REC-Trading Platform</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2009/12/west-virginia-creates-rec-trading-platform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, West Virginia Governor signed a bill relating to the state’s Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act (AREP), House Bill 408D.    The bill includes provisions for the establishment of a REC tracking system. The bill requires the Public Service Commission to establish a system of tradable credits to verify and monitor the generation and sale of electricity generated from alternative and renewable energy resource facilities.   The credits may be traded, sold or used to meet the portfolio standards.   While the AREP allows “alternative” fuels such as natural gas and clean coal to count toward compliance, it awards a credit multiplier for renewable energy credits.]]></description>
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		<title>ARPA-E Spending $100 Million on Batteries and Biofuels</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bioenergy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S Department of Energy&#8217;s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is offering a second round of grants for innovative energy research projects that accelerate innovation in biofuels, electric vehicle batteries and carbon-capture technologies. For biofuels, ARPA-E is seeking new ways to make liquid transportation fuels from carbon dioxide, without using petroleum or biomass. Instead, the intent is toemploy microorganisms to harness the chemical or electrical energy needed to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuels. The objective is to develop an entirely new paradigm for the production of liquid fuels that could overcome the challenges associated with current technologies, including a dependence on biomass supplies or waste streams. While there are also approaches to produce liquid transportation fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide using photosynthesis, these approaches suffer from low efficiencies. ARPA-E requests innovative proposals that can overcome these challenges through the use of metabolic engineering and synthetic biological approaches for the efficient conversion of carbon dioxide to liquid transportation fuels. Such approaches could be 10 times more efficient than current techniques that rely on photosynthetic biomass. ARPA-E is also looking to develop a new generation of low-cost batteries with ultra-high energy densities for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles (EVs). ARPA-E&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Policies Promise to Create Millions of New Jobs, Study Finds</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2009/12/climate-policies-promise-to-create-millions-of-new-jobs-study-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate-Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law & Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable-Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Institute for Public Policy Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[International pursuit of low carbon policies has the potential to create 20 million jobs between now and 2020 in low-carbon energy in eight of the world&#8217;s leading economies, according to a new study published today. &#8220;This report shows that the 93 heads of state meeting in Copenhagen don&#8217;t have to make a choice between jumpstarting lagging economies and promoting a clean energy policy,&#8221;said  John Podesta, Director of the Center for American Progress.  &#8220;By transforming the global economy beyond dirty carbon energy, the Global Climate Network has shown that leaders can easily make the prudent choice to create millions of jobs in a new green and clean economy.&#8221; The report &#8211; Low-Carbon Jobs in an Interconnected World &#8211; comes from the Global Climate Network (GCN), a unique alliance of influential think tanks coordinated by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) in London. As world leaders gather in Copenhagen for talks on cutting carbon emissions, there is a growing appreciation for the  potential benefits of action on climate change, which could lead to higher-skilled, more fully employed societies, could be lost if the debate continues to focus on the costs of action. The report argues that if governments take positive and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA Likely to Lift Ethanol Blend Limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bioenergy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleantech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fossil Fuels]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it plans to issue a final decision on the proposed increase to the allowable ethanol content in fuel by mid 2010, according to a letter sent today to Growth Energy, a biofuels trade group. In March 2009, Growth Energy requested a waiver to allow for the use of up to 15 percent ethanol in gasoline, an increase of five percent points. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA was required to respond to the waiver request by December 1, 2009. EPA has been evaluating the group’s request and has received a broad range of public comments as part of the administrative rulemaking process. EPA and the Department of Energy also undertook a number of studies to determine whether cars could handle higher ethanol blends. Testing has been proceeding as quickly as possible given the available testing facilities. The EPA said that while not all tests have been completed, the results of two tests indicate that engines in newer cars likely can handle an ethanol blend higher than the current 10-percent limit. The agency will decide whether to raise the blending limit when more testing data is available. EPA also announced that it has begun the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Energy Gets Tough</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cleantech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy R&D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ocean Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ocean is a potentially enormous source of electric power but only if the devices developed to capture it are capable of withstanding brutal storms and the relentless wear-and-tear of ocean water. Now, a team of aerospace engineers is applying the principles that keep airplanes aloft to create a new wave-energy system that is durable, extremely efficient, and can be placed anywhere in the ocean, regardless of depth. While still in early design stages, computer and scale-model tests of the system suggest higher efficiencies than wind turbines. The system is designed to effectively cancel incoming waves, capturing their energy while flattening them out, providing an added application as a storm-wave breaker. &#8220;Our group was working on very basic research on feedback flow control for years,&#8221; says lead researcher Stefan Siegel, referring to efforts to use sensors and adjustable parts to control how fluids flow around airfoils like wings. &#8220;For an airplane, when you control that flow, you better control flight&#8211;for example, enabling you to land a plane on a shorter runway.&#8221; A colleague had read an article on wave energy in a magazine and mentioned it to Siegel and the other team members, and they realized they could operate a wave energy device using the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factoid: Thin-Film Solar Expected to See Sharp Growth in Europe</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2009/11/factoid-thin-film-solar-expected-to-see-sharp-growth-in-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cleantech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photovoltaics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable-Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By 2020, thin-film solar energy technology is expected to represent about one third of the total solar-photovolatics market, according to a recent European PhotoVoltaic Industry Association analysis.]]></description>
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		<title>Largest East Coast &#8220;Community-Owned&#8221; Wind Farm Starts Spinning</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2009/11/largest-east-coast-community-owned-wind-farm-starts-spinning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cleantech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable-Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capturing the power of the Atlantic Ocean&#8217;s winds, three wind turbines supplied by General Electric are now generating power for the island residents of Vinalhaven and North Haven in Penobscot Bay in mid-coast Maine. The new wind farm features three GE 1.5-megawatt machines on site and was dedicated today as part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony held by the project developer, Fox Islands Wind, LLC. On average, the project is expected to generate an estimated 11,600 megawatt hours of electricity annually for the island communities.  Surplus power will be sold to end-users on the mainland.   &#8220;This project demonstrates wind energy&#8217;s reliability and cost-effectiveness,&#8221; said Victor Abate, vice president &#8211; renewables for GE Power &#38; Water. &#8220;The Fox Islands Wind Project should serve as an example of how safe, clean, renewable wind energy can power America and create jobs. GE is proud to be a part of this project and we&#8217;re confident that wind power will be a major source of clean, affordable energy for communities large and small.&#8221; GE&#8217;s 1.5-megawatt wind turbines are the most widely deployed wind turbines in the world, with more than 12,000 now installed. They have been the top-selling wind turbines in the United States for six straight years, according to the American Wind Energy Association.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. and China Issue Joint Statement on Emissions Targets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carbon Capture & Sequestration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S.-China Joint Statement November 17, 2009 Beijing, China At the invitation of President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China, President Barack Obama of the United States of America is paying a state visit to China from November 15–18, 2009.  The Presidents held in-depth, productive and candid discussions on U.S.-China relations and other issues of mutual interest.  They highlighted the substantial progress in U.S.-China relations over the past 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties, and they reached agreement to advance U.S.-China relations in the new era.  President Obama will have separate meetings with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People&#8217;s Congress and Premier Wen Jiabao. President Obama also spoke with and answered questions from Chinese youth. I.          The U.S.-China Relationship The United States and China agreed that regular exchanges between leaders of the two countries are essential to the long-term, sound, and steady growth of U.S.-China relations.  The two sides are of the view that the three meetings between the two presidents and other important bilateral exchanges this year have strengthened relations.  President Obama invited President Hu to make a visit to the United States next year, and President Hu accepted the invitation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Committee Could Kill Wind and Solar Industries</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2009/11/texas-committee-could-kill-wind-and-solar-industries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Public Utilities Commission of Texas has ruled that wind power does not qualify to be sold under long term contracts as a Qualifying Facility (QF) under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).  The problem: intermittency.   The precedent could inflict serious damage on the growth of wind and solar generation not only in the context of PURPA but in other policy and market contexts.  The Texas ruling has been challenged by six subsidiaries of John Deere Renewables. The  companies allege in a filing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that the Texas PUC ruling is violating PURPA and contrary to FERC&#8217;s regulations implementing PURPA. FERC is currently considering an enforcement action pre-empting the Texas decision or issuing a declaratory order finding that the state regulators&#8217; ruling is contrary to FERC&#8217;s regulations implementing PURPA.]]></description>
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		<title>Will Distributed Innovation Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment?</title>
		<link>http://cleantechlawandbusiness.com/cleanbeta/index.php/2009/11/will-distributed-innovation-accelerate-clean-energy-deployment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate-Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process of commercializing promising ideas in clean energy ideas is replete with gaps, frictions and other problems. It is largely uncoordinated, making efficient and smarter investment difficult. The current process significantly increases investor risk.  Enter: Distributed Innovation. Distributed innovation  refers to the process of linking together numerous people with disparate expertise working in different institutions and countries, but united together in a single effort focused on product development and deployment. The business literature defines DI as “the process of managing innovation both within and across networks of organizations that have come together to co-design, co-produce and co-service the needs of customers.” A more coordinated approach through DI, VC investors could work more upstream in the value chain, see earlier investment opportunities and help accelerate product development, thus reducing investment risk, according to Nancy Floyd. Distributed innovation uses creative approaches for reducing risks through targeted funding and finance strategies, and managing intellectual property rights in a manner that that enables collaboration and preserves the power of the market and competition. DI aims to accelerate the deployment of a specific technology by attacking the problem from multiple intervention points along the value chain, from upstream research to downstream deployment. It involves addressing the technical, market, financial, policy, regulatory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CleanTech Goes to Washington, VC Leader Testifies Before Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate-Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement of Stephan Dolezalek VantagePoint Venture Partners, CleanTech Group Leader Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Legislative Hearing on S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act October 29, 2009 Chairwoman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe and Members of the Committee, I am Stephan Dolezalek, Managing Director and CleanTech Group Leader at VantagePoint Venture Partners. Thank you for the opportunity to be here with you today to share my perspective on the need for action on this important topic. I have spent the past 25 years working exclusively with technology companies. I have first‐hand knowledge of the power of U.S. innovation that allowed our country to lead the electronics, biotechnology, and Internet revolutions of the past generation. I have been with VantagePoint for the last decade, leading our firm’s decision in 2002 to begin investing in those companies that will drive the next global innovation revolution – energy. Today, VantagePoint has the largest clean energy position in the venture capital industry with over $1 billion committed, and we are the largest stockholder in many of the leading companies in the solar, vehicle electrification, biofuels, LED lighting, power storage and smart grid industries. The issues we face in transforming the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARPA-E Awards 1366 Technologies Solar PV Crown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1366 Technologies, a photovoltaics start-up company based in Massachusetts, won four million dollars in federal funding from the the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The first ARPA-E solicitation was extremely competitive with over 3,600 applications from across the country.  Evaluations were based on the potential for high impact on ARPA-E&#8217;s goals and scientific and technical merit. 1366 Technologies was the only photovoltaics (PV) company selected to receive funding. In particular, 1366 Technologies was selected for their Direct Wafer technology that forms high-efficiency &#8216;monocrystalline-equivalent&#8217; silicon wafers directly from molten silicon, with the potential to slash the cost of PV installations by half. &#8220;For over 35 years, silicon PV has been hobbled by high costs and difficulties in scaling due to expensive wafering. Our Direct Wafer technology solves the wafering problem with a breakthrough manufacturing solution that is compatible with today&#8217;s supply chain,&#8221; said Frank van Mierlo, co-founder and president of 1366 Technologies. &#8220;This funding will allow us to accelerate the development and scaling of Direct Wafer, which will have strong implications for the competitiveness of the U.S. PV industry and provide a basis for future economic growth and jobs&#8221;. 1366 Technologies also recently unveiled the ground breaking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Cap and Trade Bill Would Allocate Free Allowances</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate released a revised version of a climate change bill late last Friday that largely tracks the free emission allowance allocations under legislation approved in late June by the House of Representatives.  The Senate will begin three straight days of hearings on the bill Tuesday and may begin voting on the measure as early as next week with a goal of passing a bill by the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) described the legislation as &#8220;another milestone as we move to a clean energy future, creating millions of jobs and protecting our children from dangerous pollution&#8221; in a statement released Friday night. The Senate bill would require the US to cut greenhouse gas emissions, or GHG emissions, 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, tougher than the House target of a 17% cut by 2020. Both measures call for an 83% cut in GHG below 2005 levels by 2050. The Senate Bill tracks the House language for the distribution of free emission allowances. The free allowances would begin to phase out starting in 2026 and end entirely after 2030, according to a draft of the bill released on Friday. The revised Senate bill would give away [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Energy News Snapshot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CEC Desert Renewable Energy Projects, Best Management and Guidance Manual The California Desert and Solar Working Group and the Large-Scale Solar Association have requested an extension of time in which to review and comment on the draft Best Management Practices and Guidance Manual, and the Renewable Energy Action Team has set a new date of November 20 for providing comments. Information at: http://www.energy.ca.gov/33by2020/documents/index.html#101309  3M Expanded Film Manufacturing 3M announced completion of expanded manufacturing capacity for 3M(TM) Scotchshield(TM) Film, a solar film used in the manufacturing of crystalline silicon PV modules. Press at: http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Renewable/Energy/  Skyline Solar Working with Car Parts Maker Skyline Solar has partnered with the Cosma International unit of global automotive supplier Magna International to start pilot commercial production of the racking and structural components of Skyline&#8217;s high gain solar system. Press at: Skyline Solar: http://www.skyline-solar.com/ Sharp 35.8% Triple-junction Compound Solar Cell Sharp Corporation has achieved a conversion efficiency of 35.8% using a triple-junction compound solar cell. Press from Sharp at: http://www.sharp-world.com/corporate/news/091022.html Signet Solar and BSC-Solar 1.8-MW Solar Farm, Czech Republic Signet Solar and BSC-Solar announced that they are jointly developing a solar power plant in the Czech Republic located in South Moravia. Signet Solar will supply single-junction silicon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy-Efficiency News Roundup</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EU to develop indicators for eco-efficient economy (EurActiv, 21 October 2009) EU Environment ministers have asked the European Commission to develop &#8220;robust, reliable and widely recognised indicators to measure progress towards an eco-efficient economy&#8221; to complement measures of GDP. They also agreed to monitor member state progress with the EU sustainable development strategy through a scoreboard. http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/eu-develop-indicators-eco-efficient-economy/article-186605 Federal Employees Asked to Suggest Green Ideas, Vote on Others (ENS, 19 October 2009) Following President Obama&#8217;s Executive Order on Federal Sustainability (EO 13514) requiring federal agencies to set GHG targets and reduce emissions, the White House is asking federal employees to submit ideas on what should be included in a sustainability strategy through a password protected website, and vote on the suggestions they like best. http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2009/2009-10-19-091.asp?utm_source=feedblitz&#38;utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&#38;utm_content=556211&#38;utm_campaign=0 Deadline looms for low carbon economies: WWF (19 October 2009) A new report prepared for WWF by Climate Risk outlines the &#8220;timetable&#8221; needed to transition to a low-carbon economy. It argues that this transition must begin by 2014 at the latest and clean energy industries grow by 24-29% annually to have a chance of limiting global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius. The report warns against over-reliance on carbon markets, arguing this encourages a step-by-step deployment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estimating Energy&#8217;s Hidden Costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much does energy “cost” in the United States?  The market price provides only a partial answer to this question, according to a new report by the National Research Council exploring the &#8220;hidden&#8221; costs of U.S. energy production and consumption.  The report estimates the dollar value of these “hidden” costs – like the health damages from air pollution associated with electricity generation and motor vehicle transportation damage – at $120 billion in the U.S. in 2005. Notably, this estimate does not include damages from climate change, harm to ecosystems, effects of some air pollutants such as mercury, and risks to national security, which the report examines but does not monetize. Requested by Congress, the report assesses what economists call external effects caused by various energy sources over their entire life cycle &#8212; for example, not only the pollution generated when gasoline is used to run a car but also the pollution created by extracting and refining oil and transporting fuel to gas stations. Because these effects are not reflected in energy prices, government, businesses and consumers may not realize the full impact of their choices. When such market failures occur, a case can be made for government interventions &#8212; such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Water?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing corn to make ethanol can require substantial quantities of water—from 7 to 321 gallons per gallon of ethanol produced—depending on where it is grown and how much irrigation water is used.  In addition, corn is a relatively resource-intensive crop, requiring higher rates of fertilizer and pesticide applications than many other crops; some experts believe that additional corn production for biofuels conversion will lead to an increase in fertilizer and sediment runoff and in the number of impaired streams and other water bodies. Some researchers and conservation officials believe that the impact of corn-based ethanol on water supply and water quality could be mitigated through research into developing additional drought-tolerant and more nutrient-efficient crop varieties, which would reduce the amount of water needed for irrigation and the amount of fertilizer that needs to be applied.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Department Funds Three Advanced Wind-Energy Centers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy has nominated three universities as leading candidates for funds delegated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the creation of wind-energy research facilities designed to develop the world&#8217;s most advanced and efficient wind turbines.  The wind-power centers will also pursue research for developing next-generation land-based and offshore wind generation systems. &#8220;Wind power has the potential to provide 20% of our electricity and create hundreds of thousands of jobs,&#8221; Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a press release yesterday. &#8220;We need to position the United States as the clear leader in this industry, or watch these high-paying jobs go overseas. The investment we&#8217;re making today will help ensure that America has both the talent and the technology we need to compete.&#8221; Three university-led consortia have been selected for up to $24 million to support university research and development programs to improve land-based and offshore wind turbine performance and reliability, as well as provide career educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in wind energy technologies. Over the next two years, the university consortia will acquire utility-scale and prototype wind turbines that will provide researchers and students with hands-on R&#38;D and educational opportunities on the most rapidly growing form of renewable energy in the country. Universities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe Ups the Stakes in Global Cleantech Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Europe plans to triple annual funding for energy research to $11.7 billion in an effort to compete with Japan and the United States, which have both invested vast sums for new energy and technology research, according to the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) by the European Commission reported by Reuters yesterday.  Ultimately, the EU will add more than 50 billion euros of new funding for research over the next 10 years to ensure a wide range of technology emerges to help the EU meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Solar energy research is set to receive 16 billion euros over the next decade while as many as 30 ultra energy-efficient &#8220;Smart Cities&#8220; are scheduled be built with a price tag of 11 billion euros.  Wind energy research should get 6 billion euros over the next decade, nuclear research should get 7 billion euros and energy from biomass and other waste 9 billion.  There should also be 13 billion euros for research on &#8220;carbon capture and storage&#8221; systems, which aim to sequester carbon dioxide from power stations in geological formations buried deep underground. &#8220;We can not sit back and wait for such potentially game changing breakthroughs to emerge from laboratories and make the often long and arduous journey to market,&#8221; the report says. The strategy is aimed at slashing output of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E.ON Completes Giant 458-MW Wind Farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Pentland</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[E.ON completed the hulking 457.5-MW Panther Creek wind farm in Big Spring, Texas recently.  The wind-farm, which became operational in the first quarter 2009, boasts 305-turbines and ranks among the largest wind farms in the U.S. The largest facility remains the 736-MW Horse Hollow wind farm, although other projects are expected to vie for top bragging rights in the coming months. Panther Creek can now generate enough power to supply 135,000 Texan homes, according to the company. E.ON plans to invest $11.5 billion in renewable generation and climate protection activities worldwide between 2007 and 2011. &#8220;E.ON Climate &#38; Renewables remains committed to the U.S. market, and completion of Panther Creek and other 2009 projects have positioned us as one of the most active builders in the U.S.,&#8221; said Patrick Woodson, chief development officer of EC&#38;R North America.]]></description>
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