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USA: USDA Guarantees Loan to Florida Biofuels Facility Capable of Creating Energy and Hundreds of Jobs from Citrus and Yard Waste
Published at Aug 31, 2011
source: United States Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development recently issued a $75 million loan guarantee to support construction of... -
USA: Batteries for Energy Storage: New Developments Promise Grid Flexibility and Stability
Published at Aug 31, 2011
source: RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Integrating variable output renewable generation into the grid means balancing supply and demand. Tildy Bayar looks at developments in large-scale battery energy storage solutions. -
USA: Florida solar rebate program to re-open August 30, 8.30am
Published at Aug 30, 2011
source: Brighter Energy
Customers of Florida Power & Light Company can apply for rebates to support solar power installations, with applications accepted from 8.30am tomorrow morning (August 30). The... -
USA: 14 States to Benefit from Smart Grid, Transmission System Funding from USDA
Published at Aug 30, 2011
source: SmartGrid
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has unveiled a loan program that will grant $900 million in funding to rural electric cooperative utilities to go toward smart... -
USA: Combining Carbon Capture and Sequestration With Geothermal Energy
Published at Aug 30, 2011
source: ThomasNet News
So news of two previously separate green processes – both of which have been criticized as being too expensive – being combined to mutually benefit... -
Biden: America needs to lead in developing clean energy sources
Published at Aug 30, 2011
source: Las Vegas Review - Journal
On August 30th, US Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at a clean energy summit in Las Vegas, warned that the United States must become a... -
Biden Calls For New Clean Energy Policy For US
Published at Aug 30, 2011
source: The Associated Press
The United States can't lead the world in the 21st century with its current energy policy, Vice President Joe Biden told alternative technology supporters Tuesday... -
Renewables Investment Breaks Records
Published at Aug 29, 2011
source: Renewable Energy World
Global investment in renewable power and fuels set a new record in 2010, according to a new analysis commissioned by UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry... -
USA: U.S. Posted a Trade Surplus in Solar Technologies, Study Finds
Published at Aug 29, 2011
source: The New York Times
A study sponsored by the solar power industry has concluded that the United States ran a trade surplus of $1.88... -
Smart Grid Concerns: A European View
Published at Aug 26, 2011
source: Greentech Media
Although Californians may have the reputation as the most anti-smart grid consumers worldwide, Europeans have their own objections to smart grid technology. In America the...

































































