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Feb 08th

Converting Coal Plants to Biomass

Converting coal plants to burn wood chips and other biomass is a cost competitive way to reduce reliance on coal, a new study suggests.

Coal-powered generating stations retrofitted to run on a mixtur...

Solar Brokering Firm Assesses First Year

It’s been more than a year now since the debut of the oddly named San Francisco startup One Block Off the Grid — a company that brings together groups of homeowners with solar aspirations and deli...

China’s Smart Grid Investments Growing

A research firm has totaled up investments in smart grid technology. China is investing the most.

China’s overall federal stimulus investments in smart grid projects will surpass the United States...

Greentech IPO Filings Start to Pile Up, More to Come

The IPO freeze is thawing with solar and greentech helping light the way.

2009 was a bleak year for IPOs. 2010 looks to be the beginning of a recovery.

Solyndra, the VC-funded thin film solar filed...

China on Path to Become Second-Largest Economy

BEIJING — China said on Thursday that its economy rose by 10.7 percent in fourth quarter compared with a year ago, as the country continued to surge forward even as many other nations are still try...

Solar Power Advocates Hopeful for 2010

Interstate Renewable Energy Council California is expected to continue its lead in solar power development in the coming year, according to an industry analysts, but other states are expanding, too.

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Fossil Fuel Use in 2034? Not Much Different.

Bloomberg News A mix of coal, natural gas and other fossil fuels will still supply 68 percent of the nation’s energy needs in 2034, according to one projection.

A quarter century from now the United S...

China’s Growth Picks Up Speed but Raises Concerns

BEIJING — The Chinese economy, already one of the fastest-growing in the world, picked up more speed during the third quarter, adding fuel to a debate over whether, and when, the Chinese authorities...

U.K. Economic Contraction Is Longest on Record

PARIS — Initial data on third-quarter growth in Britain showed the economy there remained mired in recession, while releases from the euro area Friday presented a picture of steadily improving activ...

Rising Debt a Threat to Japanese Economy

TOKYO — How much debt can an industrialized country carry before the nation’s economy and its currency bow, then break?

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White House Unveils Plan to Double U.S. Exports

WASHINGTON — The administration on Thursday unveiled its new strategy to make good on President Obama ’s promise to double American exports in the...

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Energy

A Boom in ‘Distributed’ Solar Projects

Recurrent Energy An artist’s rendering of a ground-level distributed solar installation from Recurrent Energy. Such smaller-scale projects are on th...

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Global Infrastructure

Investors Fear Europe’s Woes May Extend Global Slump

Just as America’s recession begins to ebb, trouble is brewing in Europe that may prolong a downtur...

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The Transmission System – Suggested Solutions

By Paul Brooks

In my previous blog “ The Transmission System – Understanding its problems ” I outlined the problems associated with the current Tran...

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