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2011 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards -- Projects of the Year

by RenewableEnergyWorld.com Editors | March 9, 2011 | Post Your Comment
The nominations have been reviewed; the editors votes are in and we are now pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards for Project of the Year. This year's Projects of the Year Award winners ... Full Article
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2011 Excellence in Renewable Energy Award Winners Unveiled

by RenewableEnergyWorld.com Editors | March 8, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Today, the Renewable Energy World Network of editors unveiled the winners of the 2011 Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. These awards recognize the leading people, projects and technologies in the North American clean energy i... Full Article
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Economic Thaw Releasing Some Capital for Stalled Geothermal Projects

by Robert Crowe, Contributor | March 8, 2011 | Post Your Comment
The United States' geothermal industry is cautiously celebrating the return of investors to hot projects that had cooled off with the recession. Full Article
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Small States Grapple With Big Canadian Hydropower

by Jennifer Runyon | March 7, 2011 | 7 Comments
Peterborough, NH, USA -- In New Hampshire a major transmission project that was announced last year is spurring discussion about what should qualify as renewable energy and what the goals of renewable portfolio standards ought to ... Full Article
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Upheavals in the Chinese Polysilicon Market May Lead to Further Solar PV Cost Reductions

by Nanjing Shanglong Communications | March 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
New standards for polysilicon manufacturers may cause shakeup in the market but ultimately drive down costs, analysts say. Full Article
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Finding PV's Next Big Cost Reductions

by Adam Browning, Executive Director, Vote Solar | March 4, 2011 | 3 Comments
Cost is one of the biggest barriers to bringing solar to scale. Tremendous strides have been made to date -- module prices have come down 50-70% in the past two years alone. Where are the next cost reductions going to come from? Full Article
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Deep in the Biomass Belt

by Robert Crowe, Contributor | March 4, 2011 | 2 Comments
In America's Deep South, where towering loblolly pines cast long shadows and block intermittent winds, one of the best renewable energy resources can still be found in the forest ? just take a close look at the trees. Full Article
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Choosing The Right Clean Energy Mutual Fund or ETF

by Tom Konrad, CFA | March 5, 2011 | Post Your Comment
If you want to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency with just one fund, this is what you need to know. Full Article
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A Pressing Need for Design and Engineering Standards

by Juan Suarez, Unirac | March 7, 2011 | Post Your Comment
The solar industry has historically applied its technical resources, research dollars and time to increasing the efficiency, driving down the cost and improving the reliability of modules and inverters. The infrastructure that sup... Full Article
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Building an Internet-Based Energy Structure

by Dana Blankenhorn | March 6, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Back in 2005, I remember Atlanta gas prices being even higher than they are now. The cause was Hurricane Katrina. It knocked out two pipelines running from Louisiana, which supplied Atlanta and other cities along it with gasoline... Full Article
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PV Manufacturing is Dead in America: A Popular Overreaction

by Lee Barats | March 6, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In this article, published today by Greentech Media, we’re reminded of Evergreen’s announcement in January that they will be closing a solar panel manufacturing plant in Massachusetts and relocating their man... Full Article
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Busting 4 Myths About Solar PV vs. Concentrating Solar Power

by John Farrell | March 3, 2011 | 50 Comments
Although both produce electricity from the sun, there are significant differences between solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar thermal electricity generation. This guide answers the most pressing questions about t... Full Article
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Nova Scotia Joins Surge on Tidal Power

by Alasdair Cameron, Contributor | March 15, 2011 | Post Your Comment
To date much of the focus on tidal power has been on the Eastern side of the Atlantic with demonstration projects in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Over on the Western side however, the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia looks set t... Full Article

The Brew Barons: Masters of Advanced Fermentation, Driving the Redefinition of Biofuels: Pt 1

by Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest | March 14, 2011 | Post Your Comment
The Regents of the University of Washington generally only admit under conditions of duress ? waterboarding is typically employed ? that I graduated from their institution. At issue? What they felt was an inappropriate level of fo... Full Article
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Energy Dominoes From Japan

by Joseph McCabe, PE | March 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
Energy amazes me; the ramifications from elementary school physics of converting potential energy into kinetic energy. It's happening everywhere around us, and can have far reaching ramifications. An example is the potential ener... Full Article

What's the Thinking Behind Tioga's 'Open Source' PPA?

by Dana Blankenhorn | March 15, 2011 | Post Your Comment
It's not exactly open source. But Tioga Energy's open source solar energy contract is an important step in a great direction, as I learned in interviewing CEO Paul Detering. The problem lies in the middle of the market. Utilitie... Full Article

Better Licensing Needed for Pumped Storage Hydro

by Russell Ray | March 14, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Every wind and solar project requires some form of reliable backup power. When the wind isn’t blowing and the skies are overcast, power providers must be able to turn to another source of energy quickly to meet demand. Conc... Full Article

Age Discrimination in the Clean Energy Workforce?

by Robert "Bob" Mitchell | March 13, 2011 | 14 Comments
If you were to ask hiring managers if they had discriminated against older workers, I’m sure most of them would tell you that they hadn’t. Nobody likes to thing of themselves as a bigot. But the fact is, older job see... Full Article

Top Ten California Solar Installers 2001-2006 (Where Are They Now?)

by Liz Merry | March 13, 2011 | 4 Comments
California has had two solar incentive programs since 1998. The first was the Emerging Renewables Program (ERP) 1998-2006, which was managed by the California Energy Commission. And the second is the California Solar Initiative... Full Article

The ABC's of Solar and Wind Project Finance

by dick talbert | March 12, 2011 | 1 Comment
Although financing comes in all shapes and sizes for wind, solar, and other renewable energy projects, there are basic ingredients that investors use for evaluation. The following items are generally required for due diligence a... Full Article

Leadership Roundtable: Getting from Here to There

by Stephen Lacey, Editor | March 13, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In 2010, the clean energy and carbon markets saw $243 billion in investment -- a 30 percent increase over 2009. Lead by stunning growth in the Chinese market and a substantial increase in solar PV investments, it appears the indus... Full Article
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Is the Bloom Box Cheaper Than Solar?

by John Farrell | March 14, 2011 | 11 Comments
Update 3/15/11: The text is correct, but the chart had a labeling error that implied the Bloom Box electricity was cheaper.  The chart has been corrected. The Bloom Box provides a plug-and-play approach to on-site electri... Full Article

Sun, Sun, Sun - Here It Comes

by Tal Bronfer and Hannah Mann | March 14, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Not even the chilly London weather managed to deter the tens of thousands who flocked to the ExCeL Exhibition and Conference Centre from attending the annual EcoBuild exhibition. Over 1,300 exhibitors were on hand to present the l... Full Article
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Seeking Wind Power Innovation: Europe's Largest Wind Turbine Test Facility Now Open

by Andrew Williams, Contributor | March 17, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Early last month, an innovative new wind turbine prototype testing and certification site, the largest of its kind anywhere in Europe, opened its doors for business. Full Article

The Brew Barons: Masters of Advanced Fermentation, Driving the Redefinition of Biofuels: Pt 2

by Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest | March 15, 2011 | Post Your Comment
They are the new Brew Barons. In an earlier age, they might have been content to make White Lightning, or craft brews. Today their targets are jet fuel, renewable gasoline, renewable diesel, ethanol, a boatload of renewable chemic... Full Article
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Japan's Quake to Shake the Solar Market?

by Ucilia Wang, Contributor | March 16, 2011 | Post Your Comment
As Japan grapples with the likelihood of a nuclear power disaster as a result of the huge earthquake and tsunami, investors are betting on solar as a more benign form of alternative energy. While solar stocks are going up and up, ... Full Article

Spanish Wind Power Manufacturer Expanding into India

by John Blau, Contributor | March 17, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Gamesa is looking beyond Europe to India as the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer seeks to offset weak business in Europe and the United States. Full Article

Keys to Financing Solar Projects

by Lindsay Morris | March 17, 2011 | 3 Comments
Financing is the foundational concern in any solar project. In the Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo session “Financing Utility-Scale Projects” on March 10, renewable energy leaders discussed policies and pr... Full Article

Wind Super Modelling

by Kevin P Corbley, Corbley Communications | March 17, 2011 | Post Your Comment
Selecting the best geographic locations to build wind farms that will produce the maximum energy with the least intermittence in power generation is the perfect problem for a supercomputer to solve. And a new business model may no... Full Article
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3 Things You Don't Know About New Jersey Solar RECs

by Natacha Kiler | March 16, 2011 | 2 Comments
Lots of people know that New Jersey is the 2nd largest solar market in the U.S. and that the market’s strength is largely credited to a robust solar renewable energy credit (“SREC”) market (SRECs traded on the sp... Full Article

Company Showcase: AETI

March 17, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In this company showcase video, AETI's John Skibinski shows off the company's new 900 kW to 3 MW scaleable wind converter.Watch Video
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Idaho's Clean Energy Push

March 17, 2011 | Post Your Comment
In this showcase video, Michael Rotchford of the Idaho Department of Commerce describes why Idaho is a good place for clean energy companies to invest.Watch Video
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Project Profile: Windy Flats Wind Farm

March 16, 2011 | Post Your Comment
The 400-MW Windy Flats Wind Farm, developed by Cannon Power Group with turbines from Siemens, took only 18 months to build. But there were many technical and financial challenges along the way. This video profiles one of the bigge... Watch Video
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