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• Distributed Renewable Energy Finance and Policy Toolkit

  
  RFF Library Blog — Authority: 142
  Clean Energy States Alliance / by Charles Kubert and Mark Sinclair http://tinyurl.com/ya5lbzg [From executive summary] Over the past decade, states have played an increasingly important role in providing financial support to renewable energy projects, with funding often derived from state-established public benefit ...
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• Studies, Studies and Mo Studies with Nuclear

  
  NEI Nuclear Notes — Authority: 425
  Actually, there are only just three recent studies/reports Id like to bring to your attention. The first comes from Ted Rockwell (pdf) at Learning About Energy . Colleagues: Attached is a list of purported facts about the use of nuclear energy for generating electricity, and purported facts about the principal, ...
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• Pakistan Leads South Asia in Use of Clean Energy

  
  Haq's Musings — Authority: 420
  As the Copenhagen climate change summit gets underway, India is facing the reality of being a major polluter in the world mainly because of extensive use of coal as source of energy for its economy. Pakistan, on other hand, relies more heavily on natural gas for energy and uses very little coal, in spite of having ...
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• Links for December 11th through December 17th

  
  Elemental — Authority: 112
  These are my links for December 11th through December 17th: Is global warming unstoppable? – Another nutty theory or not?: "Garrett says his studys key finding "is that accumulated economic production over the course of history has been tied to the rate of energy consumption at a global level through a constant ...
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• An X-Prize for Algae Biodiesel Producers

  
  Energy Business Daily — Authority: 127
  Lee Stein, the founder of venture capital investment firm Prize Capital, announced in October of 2009 that his firm is offering a prize of $10 million to the first person or group that invents the process of producing commercially fuel from algae in such a way that the process does not compete with the production [...]
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• If Most of What I Know Comes from Google, Why Do I Know More Than Eric Schmidt?

  
  The Nuclear Green Revolution — Authority: 127
  Eric Schmidt gets nuclear costs wrong I am looking at a presentation that says Eric Schmidt is wrong about the relative costs of nuclear and renewable s. Way, way, way wrong. This is not one of those phonied up, propaganda extravaganzas by Mark Cooper , or Amory Lovins . No this is an honest to God ...
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• Renewables and Efficiency Deployment Initiative. “… new initiative to promote clean energy technologies in developing countries.”

  
  Biotech — Authority: 127
  On December 14, at the Copenhagen climate conference, on behalf of President Barack Obama; U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu ‘… announced the launch of a new initiative to promote clean energy technologies in developing countries. Secretary Chu also welcomed progress under the Major Economies Forum on Energy and ...
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• White House Backs $5 Billion Clean Energy Tax Credit

  
  CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com — Authority: 504
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed a $5 billion expansion of a clean energy tax credit as the White House unveiled the latest part of its push to tackle double-digit U.S. unemployment. Senior Obama administration officials said they were confident of getting quick congressional ...
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• Investigative Journalists Take Issue with IER Analysis of Recent Energy Report

  
  Institute for Energy Research — Authority: 485
  Investigative journalists from Grist , the self-proclaimed “ nation’s favorite independent source of green news and views,” recently  tweeted some criticism about IER’s overview of the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) 2010 Annual Energy Outlook. One criticism was that we focused too heavily ...
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• Another Texas Wind Project Up and Running

  
  TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas — Authority: 548
  Congratulations to San Angelo, Texas, where a new 150 MW wind farm is up, spinning, and on with commercial operations.  According to North American Wind Power, The project’s 100 General Electric 1.5 MW turbine generators are expected to generate more than 525,000 MWh of wind energy per year, which will be sold ...
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• UK May Reach Renewable Goals with Ground Pumps

  
  Electric.co.uk News — Authority: 138
  It now seems that some researchers suggest that ground pumps could help the UK meet its renewable energy targets by 2020. The Environment Agency says that renewable technology that uses energy stored in the ground to heat buildings and provide hot water could be installed in hundreds of thousands of homes all across ...
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• World Bank funds solar projects in North Africa

  
  Sustainable development and much more — Authority: 124
  The World Bank via its Clean Technology Fund is investing $750 million (522 million euros) in eleven concentrating solar plants in the Middle East and North Africa region. This is due to spur additional investments worth $4.85 billion. These projects are due to add nearly a gigawatt of capacity to local grids ...
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• So who flew to Copenhagen this week?

  
  Future Savvy: Turning Foresight Into Value — Authority: 103
  I have a fond little memory from one of the early multi-candidate debates in the last US election campaign. It was on prime-time TV: there were still about a dozen or so candidates in the running, including Obama and Hillary Clinton, each was standing behind a podium, and as the topic of climate change came up they ...
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• Cap and trade not the solution, climate scientist says

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 162
  Fighting climate change is a huge investment opportunity but not through emissions trading and investors should instead put their money into renewables which will power our economy in the future, says a leading environmental scientist and cap and trade expert.
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• Cap and trade not the solution, climate scientist says

  
  Environment — Authority: 552
  Fighting climate change is a huge investment opportunity but not through emissions trading and investors should instead put their money into renewables which will power the economy in the future, says a leading environmental scientist and cap and trade expert. As yesterday’s walkout by African nations showed, ...
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• Ephemeral Ruminations: Copenhagen Update: European Countries Agree to Construct Offshore Wind Supergrid | Sustainability | Fast Company

  
  Seven Generational Ruminations — Authority: 441
  Article Reference:  http://delicious.com/reikiman Copenhagen Update: European Countries Agree to Construct Offshore Wind Supergrid | Sustainability | Fast Company Copenhagen Wont Be Enough ...
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• U.S. Energy Secretary Announces $350M for Clean Energy Tech in Developing World

  
  Seven Generational Ruminations — Authority: 441
  U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced an international agreement that will see developed nations give $350 million to developing nations. The Renewables and Efficiency Deployment Initiative (REDI), plan will fund technology in the developing world, including solar lanterns, standards and labels for energy ...
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• U.S. Pledges $350 Million to Promote “Green” Tech in Developing World

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 708
  Washington, D.C. (AHN) – The United States will pledge $350 million over five years to bring “clean technology” to developing nations. The announcement comes from Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who is attending the global climate conference in Copenhagen. The Renewables and Efficiency Deployment Initiative ...
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• Dept. of Energy unveils plans to jumpstart clean energy in the developing world

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryBy far, the most controversial issue at the U.N.’s climate talks in Copenhagen is how the developed world will help industrializing nations reduce greenhouse gas emissions while not sacrificing growth. Most believe this can’t be done, causing countries like China and India to balk at a ...
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• China Secures Oil and Gas Resources; U.S. Prefers to Wait for Green Energy

  
  Institute for Energy Research — Authority: 485
  Around the world, China is investing in oil and gas resources to fuel its booming manufacturing industries and transportation sector to continue its sky-rocketing economic growth. China is not endowed with very much oil and gas resources of its own. Thus, it needs to partner with countries around the world to ensure ...
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