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Focus on the States: Colorado (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 09:00:42
| In 1997, Colorado state legislator Mark Udall (D) introduced several bills designed to advance renewable energy, including net metering, fuel source disclosure and a "clean energy choice" pilot program -- unquestionably a modest bill when compared to much of the renewables legislation drafted today. Udall's bills were unceremoniously tossed out of committee, never reaching the full House. |
European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition:'Powering change towards a new energy future' (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 09:00:42
| Arriving from all corners of Europe, wind energy actors will meet this May at the European Wind Energy Conference (EWEC) organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)to identify the actions required to re-shape the European energy mix and discuss what role
wind energy can play. |
European Market for Wind Turbines Grows 23% in 2006 (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 09:00:42
| The market for European wind power capacity broke new records in 2006, according to the annual statistics issued by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today.7,588 MW of wind power capacity, worth some Euro9 billion, was installed last year in the EU, an increase
of 23% compared to 2005. |
Feed Law Powers Germany to New Renewable Energy Record (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 09:00:42
| German farmers, homeowners and industrialists set a world record for the development of renewable energy in 2006. Using the country's pioneering electricity feed law, Germans invested more than U.S.$10 billion in new sources of renewable energy last year, including wind turbines, solar panels and biogas power plants. |
BP Selects Strategic Partners for Energy Biosciences Institute (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:48
| BP today announced it has selected the University of California Berkeley and its partners the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to join in a $500 million research program that will explore how bioscience can be used to increase energy production and reduce the impact of energy consumption on the environment. |
Sharp Expands Solar Module Production Capacity to 220 MW in Europe (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:48
| Sharp Corporation will double its production capacity for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules during the coming year at Sharp Manufacturing Company of U.K. (SUKM), its production base at Wrexham, North Wales. Capacity will be increased from the current 110 megawatts (MW) (as of February 2007) to 220 MW annually. |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Releases Report (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:48
| The U.S. joined 112 other nations in finalizing and approving a landmark climate-change science report, released February 2, 2007, in Paris, France, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). |
FY 2008 Budget Recommendations for U.S. DOE EERE Programs (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:48
| The Administration will be presenting its FY'08 budget recommendations for all federal programs, including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today. |
BP to Establish $500 M Energy Biosciences Institute (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:48
| A new partnership through which BP will be investing $500 million over the next ten years to establish an Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) is designed to perform ground-breaking research aimed at the production of new and cleaner energy, initially focusing on biofuels for road transport. |
BPA Reduces Credit Available to Idaho Customers (View Original Story)
Source: Posted: 02-05-2007 at 12:00:48
| The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is taking public comment on an application by PacifiCorp, which does business as Rocky Mountain Power in eastern Idaho, to reduce the size of a credit received by residential and small-farm customers. |
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