Archive for the ‘Renewable Energy’ Category

Apollo Global Management Completes Acquisition of EP Energy

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EP Energy has a diverse asset base, a significant reserve base, and large positions in four key development programs. The company's operations include programs in the Eagle Ford shale, an Altamont multipay oil program in the Uintah basin in Utah, …
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Oil, mine sectors' need to treat water set to surge

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Water-related technology is also seen as a potentially high-growth area, especially now that returns on renewable energy investments have seen better days, investors said at an environmental investment forum in London on Friday. "Renewable energy is …
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President speaks on energy policy, tax incentives at TPI in Newton

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Stanford Announces Certificate Program in Renewable Energy

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STANFORD, Calif., May 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — As the race to meet the world's escalating energy needs heats up, Stanford University is responding by offering a new professional certificate program in renewable energy. The online program, Energy …
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25 x '25: Creating a new renewable energy standard for Michigan

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By Zoe Clark The Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs coalition wants to increase the state's renewable energy standard to 25 percent by 2025. That would mean that a quarter of all the energy used in Michigan would come from renewable sources like the wind …
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Valley firms divided on solar tariff for China

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MN Farmers Union announces 00 FFA energy essay contest

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By Anonymous Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) announces the 2012 FFA Renewable Energy Essay Contest, with a scholarship award of $ 1000 to the winning chapter. The essay must address the current and future state of renewable energy and its impact on the …
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Rural electric MN customers pay the price for renewable energy mandate

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By Tom Steward | MN State News ST. PAUL — Taxpayers already pay a high price to subsidize wind energy through billions in federal grants, loan guarantees and tax credits that prop up the “windustry”. Now the bill for state renewable energy mandates is …
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Who uses renewable power, in one map

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Local news in brief, May 1, 2012

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The proposal is part of the 2013-14 renewable energy procurement plan PNM filed with the Public Regulation Commission on Monday afternoon. New Mexico requires public and investor-owned utilities to meet standards for renewable energy every year.
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Renewable Energy Tax Credits News Briefs

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Rick Scott on April 14 approved HB 7117, an energy policy bill that reinstates expired renewable energy tax credit programs and expands the state's renewable fuel standard. The bill would resurrect the state's renewable energy technologies investment …
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New Jobs "Bloom" in Delaware

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Bloom Energy broke ground Monday on its new plant in Newark. The new plant is being built on the 272-acre site of the former Chrysler automobile plant . The company says the plant should bring between 600 to 900 jobs to the area.
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MOSCOWFormer radar site looked atfor green power

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CEO Peter Vigue says he's all about producing green power — renewable energy. The purchase of the former US government radar site in Moscow with two other investors will not mean importing out-of-state waste to produce electricity or any other …
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Clean Energy At Airports Could Find Space Around Runways, Study Says

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A new report by the US Department of Agriculture shows that bustling airports could serve a vital new function, doubling as alternative energy factories. The study findings, recently published in an Environmental Management article titled “Airports …
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Energy “Partisan Divide” Is A Myth

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Walmart Expands Solar Commitment to Colorado

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We are proud to work with SolarCity® and the state of Colorado on this project that creates local jobs, and ultimately helps Walmart reduce its energy costs, so that we can continue to pass on savings to our customers." The installations, totaling two …
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Colorado's Elegant Solution for Fracking

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Higher profitability, less contentious drilling and more renewable energy jobs is the hope. In all of North American, Colorado is "ground zero" for the best conditions for producing huge benefits from solar thermal. It's the sunshine, cold ground water …
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Big government is holding up American energy production

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