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In Iowa, Most GOP Nominees Back Wind

by Steve Leone, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | August 15, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In most Republican circles, support for wind energy can be heard as little more than a faint echo in the call for energy independence. Full Article
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Geothermal Industry Continues To Struggle for Acceptance

by Marc Favreau, Contributor | August 16, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Last March, Renewable Energy World covered the 2011 version of the Annual U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development Report that was released by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). The tone was decidedly optimistic, wit... Full Article
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Evergreen Solar Files For Bankruptcy, Looks to Sell Core Technology

by Ucilia Wang, Contributor | August 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
Evergreen Solar has been like a patient with a chronic illness. But now, it's needing emergency care: the company said Monday it's filing for bankruptcy and looking to sell its core technology. Full Article
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Germany's Solon To Close U.S. Manufacturing

by Renewable Energy World Editors | August 16, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Solon announced Monday that it will shutter its Tucson, Ariz.-based photovoltaic module manufacturing facility by the end of October while shifting its focus to utility-scale project development. Full Article
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Small College Makes Big Leap Into Wind Power

by Steve Leone, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | August 12, 2011 | 3 Comments
A product of the 1970s, the building that houses Mount Wachusett Community College in Central Massachusetts was born during a national energy crisis. At that time, the desire to break from a dependence on foreign oil led the schoo... Full Article
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Samsung, Ontario Sign $3 Billion Wind, Solar Deal

by Power Engineering | August 12, 2011 | 3 Comments
South Korea-based Samsung C&T Corp. has signed a $3 billion (Canadian) contract to build wind and solar energy plants in Ontario. Full Article
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China Calls on A123 to Aid Wind Integration

by Robert Crowe, Contributor | August 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
China's third-largest wind turbine manufacturer is evaluating battery storage devices to help the country meet its goal of adding 170 GW of wind power by 2020. Full Article
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International Accounting Convergence Will Affect Renewable Companies

by Greg Pfahl, CPA | August 12, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Companies in emerging industries such as renewable energy probably believe they have enough to worry about without dealing with the convergence of U.S. and international accounting standards. However, as the financial system strug... Full Article
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Billion Ton Biomass Study: A 10-Minute Version

by Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest | August 11, 2011 | 1 Comment
A research team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory projected that the U.S. would have between 1.1 and 1.6 billion tons of available, sustainable biomass for industrial bioprocessing by 2030. The finding was a highlight of the "2... Full Article
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Defender of California Global Warming Law to Speak at American Renewable Energy Day
Made in Iowa: Candidates to sign huge wind turbine blade at straw poll
Tidal Energy Experts Outline Solutions to the Installation Challenges Facing the Industry
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US Panel Maker: Too Hard To Compete With China

by Steve Leone, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | August 17, 2011 | 12 Comments
Manufacturing near your market has inherent advantages. But this past week's news shows that other factors can easily trump location. Full Article
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Energy Storage Industry Grows To Integrate Wind, Solar

by Robert Crowe, Contributor | August 17, 2011 | 3 Comments
Grid-scale energy storage is gaining momentum as batteries, flywheels and compressed air systems begin proving they can regulate frequency and ancillary services with the same efficiency of "spinning reserves" from fossil fuel-fir... Full Article

500 MW of California Solar Shifts from CSP to PV

by Steve Leone, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | August 18, 2011 | 3 Comments
In an announcement that underscored the growing shift from concentrating solar power (CSP) technology to photovoltaics, especially in the United States, Solar Millennium announced that it would convert its 500-megawatt (MW) projec... Full Article

Price of Wind Lower Than Gas, Hydro in Brazil Auction

by Renewable Energy World Editors | August 18, 2011 | Post Your Comment
As renewables across leading global markets strive toward grid parity, wind may have just become the cheapest option in Brazil. Full Article

Could Renewable Energy be Haiti's Solution?

by Lindsay Morris | August 16, 2011 | 8 Comments
I just returned from a week in Haiti, working with a relief organization to build and paint schoolrooms and homes in the Port-au-Prince area. Devastatingly, Haiti was everything my husband and I expected it to be. Hundreds of te... Full Article
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US Government To Invest $510 Million in Advanced, Drop-in Biofuels

by Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest | August 16, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In Washington, President Obama today announced that the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Navy will invest up to $510 million during the next three years in partnership with the private sector to produce advanced drop-in... Full Article

Would Wind Farm 'Desecrate' Site of D-Day Invasion?

by Steve Leone | August 16, 2011 | 4 Comments
There’s an interesting battle brewing at the site of perhaps the most famous military landing in modern history. According to several published reports, the famed beaches at Normandy on the coast of France where Allied ... Full Article
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Sun Strikes It Hot: What's Happening in the Global Solar Thermal Markets?

by Jackie Jones, Consulting Editor | August 18, 2011 | 1 Comment
In Europe, almost 50 percent (48 percent in 2007, to be precise) of the total energy consumed is used to produce heat. Almost a third of that goes into high-temperature industrial processes, but over 40% goes into heating and prov... Full Article
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China's Wind Power Sector Struggles with Rare Earth Price Hikes

by Liu Yuanyuan, Contributor | August 17, 2011 | 2 Comments
While an increasing number of wind power equipment manufacturers in China have started to adopt direct-drive permanent magnet technology, rare earth minerals, some of the core raw materials used to produce wind turbines, are becom... Full Article

SN Power to Take Stake in Brazil, Zambia Renewable Energy Firms, Hydro Assets

by Renewable Energy World Network Editors | August 17, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Hydropower developer SN Power announced it will take a 40.65 percent stake in Brazilian renewable power company Desenvix. The Norway-based renewables firm also will take a stake in a Zambia-based hydropower company. Full Article
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China Tops 2011 Index Rankings for Renewable Energy

by Renewable Energy World Network Editors | August 23, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Influential commentators in Japan, Germany, Russia, the US, China, Spain, Italy, Thailand, Yemen and numerous other nations have all weighed in on the need to de-emphasise nuclear and focus on renewables in the wake of the Japanes... Full Article

In Race for Solar Integration, N.J. Company Takes Pole Position

by Steve Leone, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | August 22, 2011 | 6 Comments
The ubiquitous utility pole stands proudly as an example of a necessary, yet perhaps unsightly, addition to the modern world. When they were going up, there may have been some groans. But, really, do we even notice them anymore? Full Article
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Can CSP Settle in India?

by David Appleyard, Chief Editor, Renewable Energy World International | August 23, 2011 | Post Your Comment
India, possessing great potential and more than enough suitable land with sufficient solar resources, is well-placed to allow CSP to make a very major contribution to its national energy supply. A new IT Power report looks into th... Full Article

What are the Challenges and Innovations in Offshore Wind Design and Development?

by James Lawson, Contributor | August 22, 2011 | 5 Comments
Although still only a tiny fraction of the world's installed wind capacity, offshore wind is about to explode. BTM Consult predicts that more than 16 GW of new offshore will be installed by the end of 2014, with a global total of ... Full Article

DOE Offers Conditional $133.9 Million Loan Guarantee to Abengoa Bioenergy

by Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest | August 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
In Kansas, the US Department of Energy has offered Abengoa Bioenergy a conditional commitment for a $133.9 million federal loan guarantee for the construction of its "first of a kind" commercial scale biorefinery facility to produ... Full Article

Growth in Residential Segment Keeping Lights on for Ontario's PV Manufacturers

by Jon Worren, ClearSky Advisors | August 19, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In our recent study "Ontario PV Market Forecast 2011-2016," we predict a growth of 228% for the Ontario solar market from 2010 to 2011, a number that confirms Ontario's importance in the North American solar industry. However, whi... Full Article
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SoloPower to Expand U.S. Manufacturing Capacity to 400 MW

by Renewable Energy World Editors | August 19, 2011 | Post Your Comment
On the back end of a week in which U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing took a big hit, a California company announced plans Friday to significantly increase its thin-film capacity while expanding into Oregon. Full Article

Japan Poll: Switch to Renewables, But Take It Slow

by Renewable Energy World Editors | August 22, 2011 | 3 Comments
As Japan continues to consider its energy future, a new poll released by Japanese newspaper The Mainichi Daily News indicates that though nearly three in four Japanese citizens want to move away from nuclear power, only one in 10 ... Full Article

Beware of Solar Fred's 5 Horsemen of Solar Marketing!

by Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza | August 19, 2011 | 9 Comments
Do you hear their voices around the office? Can you see them? Lo! Beware the 5 Horsemen of Solar Marketing Hell! The First Horsemen: The Jackal of Low Priority. This animal puts everything else in the solar business in front of... Full Article

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