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United States: Minnesota pushes solar power; mines, mills off the hook
Published at May 13, 2013
source: Duluth News Tribune
The solar energy mandate will mean cleaner energy, less coal burned and probably higher utility bills for many Minnesotans who get their electricity from large... -
United States: Colorado Renewable Energy Bill gets Call for Veto from GOP Lawmakers
Published at May 10, 2013
source: Denver Post
About a dozen Republican legislators met on the steps of the state Capitol on Thursday to call for a veto on the rural renewable energy... -
United States: Beyond the PTC – Wind Energy's Future
Published at May 9, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
To reach the 8,000 MW, AWEA plans to develop an advocacy campaign. “More than 70 percent of Americans want more wind,” Alonso said. We need... -
United States: Army Steamrolls $7 Billion In Renewable Energy Projects, Sequester Or No Sequester
Published at May 9, 2013
source: Clean Technica
The U.S. Army has just launched the first in a series of renewable energy contracts that will eventually total $7 billion by the end of... -
United States: Generating solar power on unusable industrial park land
Published at May 8, 2013
source: OakRidger
Tennessee solar energy developer Vis Solis Inc. and the German Energy Agency , recently dedicated its first U.S. solar project with Christoph Sander, consul general... -
United States: New AWEA Leadership Urges Strategy, Unity for US Wind Industry
Published at May 7, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
Kicking off the AWEA Windpower 2013 event in Chicago, the new leadership of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) took to the stage and underscored... -
United States: Minnesota solar power gets new boost from lawmakers
Published at May 6, 2013
source: Minnesota Public Radio News
Minnesota utilities already are replacing coal-fired power plants with windmills, prompted by the state's landmark 2007 Next Generation Energy Act. Partly as a result,... -
United States: Renewable energy mandates are safest, least expensive strategy
Published at May 6, 2013
source: Coloradoan
Brad Gaskill wrote in a prior Soapbox that Poudre Valley REA customers will be forced to pay more for their electricity if Senate Bill 252... -
United States: Midwest looks to New England for biomass roadmap
Published at May 3, 2013
source: Midwest Energy News
A biomass advocacy group called Heating the Midwestthinks the region could and should significantly boost the share of heat it gets from wood-burning stoves... -
Canada: Canada: Need for New Desalination Technologies
Published at May 3, 2013
source: The Star
Considering the great amounts of fresh water Canada holds, it is amazing how the country is behind desalination technologies.

































































