Clean-energy programs find themselves squarely in the cross hairs of the GOP this election season. After pillorying the White House over Solyndra’s collapse, the House has been griping about everything from military spending on renewables to Obama’s failure to lower…
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Lessons form California’s daunting carbon challenge | Global CCS Institute
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Among US states, California is leading the race to explore and implement ways to lower its greenhouse gas output. Its goal: to cut emissions to one-fifth of 1990 levels by mid century. As such, other states and nations are closely…
Venture capital investment in cleantech shrank by 4.5% in 2011 | GreenBiz
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In cleantech, as in most realms of emerging technology, venture capital acts as a sort of incubator for the youngest, most promising technologies. That’s why it’s a cause for concern when venture capital investment slows or shrinks.That’s just what happened…
Clean Energy Makes Big Strides, but Just How Sustainable is the Growth? | GreenBiz
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Global investment in clean energy capacity expanded by 5 percent in 2011 to $260 billion. The growth comes despite the considerable drag from economic crisis in Europe and weak growth in the U.S. The new research, compiled by Bloomberg New Energy…
How SolarReserve Navigates Darkening Prospects for Big Solar in the US | GreenBiz
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On the sun-baked plains outside Tonopah, Nevada, a huge white pillar is inching upwards, as concrete piles up towards an ultimate height of some 60 stories. The slender structure is evidence of the tangible progress — and rising risks —…
Despite Boom in Renewables, Risks Could Hurt Further Growth | GreenBiz
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“Alternative” energy is officially not so alternative anymore. Last year, for the first time ever, spending on projects to generate electricity from renewable sources eclipsed the amount spent to build conventional fossil fuel plants. In 2010, renewable projects drew $187…
Method, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg Among Firms Betting on WindMade | GreenBiz
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Would knowing that more wind energy was used to manufacture a cell phone lure you to buy it instead of a similar model made with regular power? The wind industry hopes so. It’s making a high visibility bet that most…
Panel moderating – Clean Energy Connections: The Energy-Water Nexus | Solar1.org
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Energy-Water Nexus Clip #5 from Solar One on Vimeo.
Are We Entering Cleantech’s Dark Ages? | GreenBiz
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The budget brinksmanship that, amazingly, lasted all the way into the first days of August pushed me over the edge. Whether a willful choice, or some kind of subliminal denial, I opted for a partial mental vacation in recent weeks,…
Will Demand for Solar Homes Pick Up? | BusinessWeek
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Builders find the savings from cheap power is making solar homes more attractive As global financial markets melted down in October, Congress handed a gift to America’s green energy industry: It renewed and broadened a set of tax credits for…