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-- Nobel Laureate, Vice President Al Gore


 
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April 2008
  • 04.30.08 Dumb as We Wanna Be About Energy Thomas Friedman - NY Times
  • 04.30.08 Superconductor cable gets energized on Long Island
  • 04.30.08 First Solar aiming at $1 billion in revenue this year
  • 04.30.08 Can OptiSolar Make Thin-Film Dreams Real?
  • 04.30.08 Exelon Signs PPA For 1 MW Epuron Solar Project In Pennsylvania
  • 04.30.08 Creating Bioheat: A Look Inside New England Wood Pellet
  • 04.30.08 How hot is too hot? First Solar's star status gets another boost
  • 04.30.08 Update on LDK Solar, Applied Materials Thin Film Deal
  • 04.30.08 Is Desert Solar Power the Solution to Europe's Energy Crisis?
  • 04.30.08 Conergy Picks Clean Power Finance as Preferred Partner
  • 04.30.08 Clear Skies Solar Declares Success In XTRAX Field Tests
  • 04.29.08 New Ohio Law Expected to Spawn 5,000-7,000 MW Wind Market
  • 04.29.08 Oklahoma Bioenergy To Plant Switchgrass
  • 04.29.08 Gamesa Solar & Ener3 Acquired by First Reserve
  • 04.29.08 McGinty Applauds PA's Latest Solar Energy Project
  • 04.29.08 Akeena Solar looks for new COO
  • 04.29.08 SUNRGI Promises Solar for US $0.05/kWh
  • 04.29.08 Questions About Energy and Cities Dot Earth
  • 04.29.08 Monsanto & Mendel Announce Cellulose Collaboration
  • 04.28.08 Smart grids could cut US electricity use by a tenth
  • 04.28.08 Spire to Build Solar Manufacturing Line in India
  • 04.28.08 Benton County (Indiana) Wind Farm Producing for Duke Energy
  • 04.28.08 Want a plug-in hybrid? Get in line for a battery
  • 04.28.08 Here come the solar tech financiers
  • 04.28.08 Think to Launch Electric Cars in U.S.
  • 04.28.08 Coalition calls for 'solar continent' in Australia
  • 04.28.08 An audacious plan for electric cars
  • 04.27.08 Major Corporate Shift to Solar Energy and LEDs
  • 04.27.08 Report: California governor backs controversial power line project
  • 04.26.08 Iron Exposed as High-Temperature Superconductor
  • 04.25.08 What Are They (Congress) Thinking?
  • 04.25.08 Walnut Creek family saves thousands with solar panels
  • 04.25.08 Solar bill reaches desk of Colorado governor
  • 04.25.08 Kyocera Solar and East L.A. College ''Flip the Switch'' on 1.2 MW Solar Electric System
  • 04.25.08 New tools emerge to help homeowners go solar
  • 04.25.08 Ohio Senate Passes RPS Legislation
  • 04.25.08 US Researchers Hope to Tap Ocean Flows for Electricity 
  • 04.25.08 EDF Signs 99-MW Wind Power Deal
  • 04.25.08 Shear Wind Signs 60-MW PPA
  • 04.25.08 PSE Picks Schools for Solar Power Grants
  • 04.24.08 Nanosolar to set sights on residential market
  • 04.24.08 Hundreds of EPA scientists cite political interference
  • 04.24.08 CCEF Commits $1.25 Million to Four Commercial Solar Installations
  • 04.24.08 IPL Announces Hoosier Wind Project
  • 04.24.08 Third Turbine To Support Ford Plant
  • 04.24.08 Riding the power of undersea waves
  • 04.24.08 Bioheat Gaining Support in the Northeast United States
  • 04.24.08 Sungevity Launches Sunshine Online
  • 04.24.08 Nexans To Install Submarine Cable for Offshore Wind
  • 04.24.08 U.S. wind industry ranks its leaders
  • 04.24.08 BigBelly Solar compactor now squeezes recycling
  • 04.23.08 Nevada No. 2 in solar power development 
  • 04.23.08 LIPA Seeks 50 Megawatts of Photovoltaic Systems
  • 04.23.08 SkyPower & SunEdison Build 19-MW Solar Farm
  • 04.23.08 Carbon Heat EnergyBizInsider.com
  • 04.23.08 Metering America Proves LA Times Wrong SmartGrid News
  • 04.23.08 Time for an International Renewable Energy Agency?
  • 04.23.08 Akeena Solar to Construct PV System for Star Quality Concrete
  • 04.23.08 Conergy Names New Financing Partner
  • 04.23.08 Sanyo to move up thin-film solar output by two years
  • 04.22.08 Plug Power launches new residential and motive fuel cell units
  • 04.22.08 Pleasanton Unified School District Goes Solar
  • 04.22.08 FedEx Adds More Solar-Powered Operations To Facilities in California
  • 04.22.08 Launching of a Major Study on Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  • 04.22.08 The best fuel cell company you've never seen
  • 04.22.08 Dominion & BP To Develop Wind Power
  • 04.22.08 Plug-in hybrid study to be launched in Quebec
  • 04.22.08 Green companies to watch: Renewable energy
  • 04.22.08 Siemens to Install 1MW PV System at Light Rail Manufacturing Facility
  • 04.22.08 Solar Power Will Be Transformational in the Next Decade
  • 04.22.08 MIT, The Chesonis Family Foundation Launch The Solar Revolution Project
  • 04.21.08 Safeway Celebrates Earth Day with Two New California Solar-Powered Stores
  • 04.21.08 Macy's Hails Earth Day with SunPower Solar Dedication in San Jose
  • 04.21.08 Groundbreaking on North America's Largest Photovoltaic Project
  • 04.21.08 Solar Stocks: Nine That Will Shine in a Bull Market
  • 04.21.08 GE CEO urges power generation diversity; study:over $1 trillion in investment needed
  • 04.21.08 Photos: Green homes on the cheap
  • 04.21.08 Annual Solar Energy Report Shows Record Growth of U.S. Market 
  • 04.21.08 Windlife Plans 200-MW Wind Farm in Murmansk
  • 04.21.08 Merrill Lynch and “carbon farming” MarcGunther.com
  • 04.21.08 Developer, SDG&E Offer Incentives to Convert to Solar Power
  • 04.21.08 Clipper Windpower: Setting Up To Become a Global Player
  • 04.21.08 SolarPower From Africa: The Best Investment the EU Can Make
  • 04.21.08 Researchers Boost Silicon Cell Efficiency
  • 04.20.08 Superconductor breakthroughs abound: some like it hot
  • 04.20.08 Undersea power planned for Sri Lanka
  • 04.19.08 Duke Energy looks at a way to make solar energy affordable for many
  • 04.19.08 With utilities bills soaring, some Seattleites turning to solar power
  • 04.19.08 General Motors plans first hybrid car sales in China
  • 04.18.08 SMUD Awards "SolarShares" 1 Megawatt PV System Contract
  • 04.18.08 SunPower's shining quarter overshadowed by market worries
  • 04.18.08 $100 million investment to help Stirling solar energy plan 
  • 04.18.08 The Dell of solar energy
  • 04.18.08 Of Greenland, Instant Niagaras and Climate Wars
  • 04.18.08 Renewable Energy Holds Promising Future in India
  • 04.18.08 Looking Forward, an Energy Scramble or a Blueprint? Dot Earth
  • 04.18.08RES Starts Construction on Sweden's Largest Wind Farm
  • 04.17.08 Deserts could provide world's energy using Concentrated Solar Power
  • 04.17.08 Credit Crunch Hits Renewable Investment
  • 04.16.08 San Diego University Plans New Solar Energy System
  • 04.16.08 Municipal Solar Power Plants 
  • 04.16.08 Schools hope new rate will solve solar snag
  • 04.16.08 Bush plans target to stop greenhouse gas emission growth
  • 04.16.08 Ultracapacitors: the future of electric cars or the 'cold fusion' of autovation?
  • 04.16.08 World facing huge new challenge on food front
  • 04.16.08 PG&E holds off on wave power on Mendocino Coast
  • 04.16.08 Wind Power Gets Boost in Maine
  • 04.16.08 High Court Pressure for Clean Air Laws EnergyBizInsider.com
  • 04.16.08 KPMG Announces Initiative To Reduce Carbon Emissions
  • 04.15.08 Outlook for Houston solar power: Cloudy 
  • 04.15.08 New Ways to Store Solar Energy for Nighttime and Cloudy Days
  • 04.15.08 Solar energy array proposed for tainted landfill site in NJ
  • 04.15.08 Technology Smooths the Way for Home Wind-Power Turbines
  • 04.15.08 The Race Between Two Forms of Sunlight
  • 04.15.08 Rock Port, Missouri To Be Fully Wind Powered
  • 04.15.08 SSE Sets Geothermal Goal
  • 04.15.08 WMU Researchers Create Biofuels from Waste Oil & Algae
  • 04.15.08 Talent Shortage Threatens Renewables Growth
  • 04.15.08 NY MTA Moves Forward with Sustainability Initiatives
  • 04.14.08 Solar Millennium To Operate Solar Thermal Around the Clock
  • 04.14.08 Colorado Governor Announces 22 Residential Solar Program Partners
  • 04.14.08 Testing PV in Israel's Arava Valley
  • 04.14.08 President Appears to Seek a Warming Legacy
  • 04.14.08 Matsushita to launch home-use fuel cells next year
  • 04.14.08 Swept Up by Wind Power
  • 04.14.08 More smart-grid money: Silver Spring Networks fills coffers
  • 04.14.08 4 Experts on Why World Teeters on Brink of Energy Crisis - #1
  • 04.13.08 Sizing Up the Utilities, if Carbon Caps Take Hold
  • 04.13.08 PowerGrid’s undersea line to link India, Sri Lanka
  • 04.13.08 Could county follow lead of utility's solar project? 
  • 04.11.08 Texas Study: Benefits of Wind Transmission Outweigh Costs
  • 04.11.08 Norway's REC Makes Investment in Mainstream Energy Corporation
  • 04.11.08 Wind Power Growth Surpasses Projections
  • 04.11.08 Nanoclusters Break Superconductivity Record
  • 04.11.08 Thin is in for Tucson solar energy firm
  • 04.11.08 Dominion Plans 300-MW Wind Project in Illinois
  • 04.11.08 Akeena touts the ready-to-install solar panel
  • 04.10.08 US Senate Votes For Solar, Wind Tax Credits; Faces Hurdles
  • 04.10.08 Saudi oil minister slams biofuels, favors solar energy
  • 04.10.08 Green Gasoline Could Power Future Cars and Jets
  • 04.10.08Maryland Legislature Passes Energy-Efficiency Bills
  • 04.10.08 A Textbook Case of Downplaying Global Warming?
  • 04.10.08 Clear Wind & Chermac Energy Sign 320-MW Wind Deal
  • 04.10.08 Geysers Geothermal Plant Capacity Increased to 35 MW
  • 04.10.08 Iowa sees promise in algae-to-biodiesel project
  • 04.09.08 Solar Solutions
  • 04.09.08 New York City's 2MW Solar Plan Is No Done Deal
  • 04.09.08 Sixteen State Regulators Join NARUC-FERC Smart Grid Collaborative
  • 04.09.08 Solar Sonoma Co. aims to increase solar energy by 25 megawatts
  • 04.09.08 The Return of "Green" Direct Current: Was Edison Right?
  • 04.09.08 Focus on European Smart Grids
  • 04.09.08 Auburn Honda Goes Solar
  • 04.09.08 Carbon Dioxide Emissions Accelerating Rapidly
  • 04.09.08 Bob Metcalfe's EnerNet embraces 'global warming bubble'
  • 04.09.08 The Solar and Clean Energy Act Engenders Much Debate
  • 04.09.08 PSE&G Receives Green Light to Launch Solar Investment Program
  • 04.09.08 Iberdrola Leads in Wind with 7,000 MW
  • 04.09.08 Futurists Warn of Dry Century
  • 04.09.08 Integrated Wind Turbines Installed at Bahrain World Trade Center
  • 04.09.08 Clear Skies Signs Solar Deal in India
  • 04.09.08 FERC Oversight Attacked
  • 04.08.08 GM, Daimler, Honda Betting on Hydrogen Fuel Cells
  • 04.09.08 AET Signs Geothermal Deal
  • 04.08.08 New York to Issue Solar Request for Proposal
  • 04.08.08 Smart grid investment heats up
  • 04.08.08 Pravda: Construction of Bering Strait Tunnel to Start in Near Future
  • 04.08.08 Mainstreaming Solar Electricity: Strategies for States to Build Local Markets
  • 04.08.08 Smart money flocks towards smart grid start ups
  • 04.08.08 Ambient takes $10.7M from Duke Energy for smart grid tech
  • 04.08.08 Renewable Energy Jobs Soar in Germany
  • 04.08.08 Nova Scotia Power Signs 55-MW Wind Deal
  • 04.08.08 Bloomberg Turns Attention to Solar Power
  • 04.07.08 Breath of a Nation — Animated CO2 Map  Dot Earth - NYTimes.com
  • 04.07.08 WHO: Climate Change Threatens Millions
  • 04.07.08 Evergreen Solar to double plant's size, add 350 jobs
  • 04.07.08Scotland's First Tidal Energy Project Proposed
  • 04.07.08 Renewable Energy Comes to Israel's Valley of the Sun
  • 04.07.08 Trees Block Solar Panels, and a Feud Ends in Court
  • 04.07.08 Vestas Receives 128-MW Wind Order
  • 04.07.08 SolarCity Offers New Financing Program
  • 04.06.08 How to Spark an Energy Quest  Dot Earth - NYTimes.com
  • 04.06.08 Radical low carbon technologies should be deployed now say economists, scientists
  • 04.06.08 A Shift in the Debate Over Global Warming
  • 04.06.08 Solar field could run FGCU’s campus
  • 04.05.08 More offices aim for the sun
  • 04.05.08 King Mohamed VI Launches Thermo-Solar Energy Plant in Morocco
  • 04.04.08 U.S. Senate Introduces Bipartisan Renewable Energy Tax Credit Legislation
  • 04.04.08 Desert Power: A Solar Renaissance Geotimes.com
  • 04.04.08 Firms look to data to unlock grid
  • 04.04.08 HVDC Technology Gives Offshore Wind Farms New Capabilities
  • 04.04.08 SMUD and Woodside Homes Agree to Build 1,500 Solar Homes
  • 04.04.08 Siemens Announces 325-MW Wind Deal
  • 04.04.08 Wind Can Provide Huge Benefits To Europe
  • 04.04.08 Creating Renewable Energy from Living Organisms
  • 04.04.08 New Idea for Hydrogen Storage
  • 04.03.08 Shedding Light on Thin-film Solar Cell Efficiency Research
  • 04.03.08 Greenfield Studies Ethanol in Belarus
  • 04.03.08 The outlook for hydrogen fuel-cell cars in California
  • 04.03.08 Energy-efficient smart grids on the cheap?
  • 04.03.08 Zenn outlines global ambitions for 80mph electric car
  • 04.03.08 GM, Honda Say Fuel-Cell Plans Vexed by Station Delays
  • 04.03.08 Boeing Flies Fuel Cell-Powered Plane
  • 04.03.08 New report out on future energy scenarios in the GCC
  • 04.03.08 The Beginning of the End for Coal
  • 04.02.08States Suing EPA Over Global Warming
  • 04.02.08 PG&E Signs Solar Contracts with BrightSource Energy
  • 04.02.08 Battle for Home Solar Financing Begins
  • 04.02.08 New solar CIGS cells creep up on silicon
  • 04.02.08 Solar Home Deal Announced
  • 04.02.08 Wind Power That Floats MIT Technology Review.com
  • 04.02.08 Asian Energy Issues EnergyBizInsider.com
  • 04.02.08 Report: Hydrogen-based Vehicle Research Initiative is Making Progress
  • 04.02.08 95.4-MW Wind Farm Being Built in Sweden
  • 04.02.08 Brookfield Acquires 18-MW Hydro Plant
  • 04.02.08SeaGen Tidal Unit Installed
  • 04.02.08 Clean Energy Stocks Fall in Q1
  • 04.01.08 Companies give folks solar help to go green
  • 04.01.08 Utilities jump on board to plan for plug-in cars
  • 04.01.08 Governors Unite: Landmark Global Warming Conference to take place at Yale
  • 04.01.08 The Northwest Clean Energy Horizon
  • 04.01.08 Congress Has Big Questions for Big Oil
  • 04.01.08 Wisconsin Solar Reaches 1 MW
  • 04.01.08 MMA Renewable Ventures Finances 14 Macy's Stores PV Systems
  • 04.01.08 Xantrex Receives $5.5M Spanish Inverter Order
  • 04.01.08 Conergy Sells First Wind Turbine Units
  • 04.01.08 Iberdrola Plans Six Offshore Wind Projects
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