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In addition to factory employment, US authorities and proponents of renewable energy say, there will also be scores of maintenance and installation jobs

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MC) Wednesday said its fourth quarter 2009 net profit more than doubled on the consolidation of its US unit Energy East, and rising renewable energy output.

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Feb
21

Clean Energy Shows Spark

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Natural gas could sap near-term enthusiasm for renewable energy and there’s concern that government incentives could have only short-term effects.

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Feb
21

The Long Road to an Alternative-Energy Future

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THE TECHNOLOGY: Wind power is one of the fastest-growing alternative energy sources in the world—a low-carbon, renewable source of electricity that can

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(SPWRA, SPWRB) said Thursday it agreed to acquire European solar-plant developer SunRay Renewable Energy Ltd. for about $277 million, beefing up the US

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(SPWRA, SPWRB) said it has agreed to acquire European solar-plant developer SunRay Renewable Energy Ltd. for about $277 million. SunPower will pay SunRay

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Feb
05

Energy Shortage

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Iincreased renewable energy power production is an option but it alone can not make up the shortfall and some renewable energy power production is not

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Feb
02

Obama Retreats From Goal of Cap-Trade Bill

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Answering a participant in a town-hall meeting in Nashua who asked about green jobs—those connected to renewable energy—and so-called cap-and-trade

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XE) and ABB Ltd. (ABB) expect demand for renewable energy to rise fast over the next few years, even as the global economy is facing its severest crisis in

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Jan
27

Cheap Hot Water? Just Add Sunshine

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By GWENDOLYN BOUNDS Bill Banack doesn’t fancy himself an environmental “fanatic,” but his showers, dishwasher and washing machine all use renewable energy

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of Abu Dhabi’s Masdar renewable energy initiative, which was launched in April 2006 to establish the emirate as a hub for alternative energy resources

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Jan
07

Clean Energy Sources: Sun, Wind and Subsidies

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Government subsidies are turning renewable energy into big business. Although fossil fuels remain by far the dominant energy source and generate big profits

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Jan
07

Clean Energy Sources: Sun, Wind and Subsidies

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Government subsidies are turning renewable energy into big business. Although fossil fuels remain by far the dominant energy source and generate big profits

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A big chunk of the UK’s renewable energy capacity is in Scotland, which has some of the country’s best sites for on- and offshore wind and wave and tidal

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Dec
27

China Pushes Use of Clean Energy

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By SHAI OSTER BEIJING — China announced new regulations to increase the use of renewable energy such as wind and hydropower by forcing electricity grid

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