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United States: Study of Peach Genome May Help Improve Plant Biomass Yield for Biofuels
Published at Mar 25, 2013
source: Azo Cleantech
Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate “biofuel crops” from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can... -
United States: Solar technology for farming and urban gardening
Published at Mar 22, 2013
source: Treehugger
Alternative energy has a long history on farms and ranches, beginning with windmills for water pumping and wind generators for electricity for remote locations. More... -
United States: Clean energy under attack from ALEC-backed fake freemarketeers
Published at Mar 22, 2013
source: Treehugger
Led by the usual false cries for a "level playing field", and under the pretense of saving rate payers money, corporate-backed political movers are chipping... -
Canada: Biomass Thermal Energy Plant at the University of Victoria
Published at Mar 21, 2013
source: Canadian Biomass
To heat its buildings, the University of Victoria in British Columbia is thinking about the investment in a biomass thermal energy plant. Even though the... -
United States: Maryland offshore wind farm could be boost for minority businesses, black colleges
Published at Mar 20, 2013
source: Washington Business Journal
A wind farm located off the Maryland coast could be a boon for small- and minority-owned businesses and Maryland’s historically black state universities, theBaltimore Business... -
United States: Operations, Maintenance, and Solar Sheep
Published at Mar 20, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
As gigawatts of commercial- and utility-scale PV power plants spring up around the world on a monthly basis, one critical industry sector that's growing in... -
United States: Clean Energy Trends: The Future Is all About Deployment
Published at Mar 20, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
2012 proved to be an unsettling and difficult year for clean energy. High-profile bankruptcies and layoffs plagued many clean-tech companies, overall venture investments retreated in... -
United States: Loans of $2 Billion Weighed by U.S. for Clean Energy Projects
Published at Mar 19, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
The U.S. Energy Department is reviewing nine applications from companies seeking $4.8 billion in energy-related loan guarantees, the first since the collapse of Solyndra unleashed... -
United States: Wind Now 10% of Electricity in Nine States, Over 20% in Iowa, South Dakota
Published at Mar 19, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
Impressive numbers from the wind industry's record-breaking 2012 continued to come out this week with the news that American wind power generation shot up 17... -
United States: Connecticut revamping renewable energy strategy
Published at Mar 19, 2013
source: New Haven Register
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is proposing broad changes for the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard.

































































