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Xcel Energy Cuts Solar Incentives, House Rebuts with HB 1228
On February 17, 2011 Xcel Energy, Inc. (NYSE: XEL), Colorado’s largest investor-owned utility, announced that it was suspending the solar energy incentive application process and cutting the associated...
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DOE Creates $5 Million Fund To Support EV Infrastructure And Charging Stations
large In an effort to support the budding electric vehicle (EV) market, the United States Department of Energy has announced the creation of a US$5 million fund to spur much needed EV infrastructure...
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Electric Vehicles: Hitting the (Frozen) Ground Running
Image courtesy Kent Colby, Raytheon Polar ServicesIn a test designed to prove that electric vehicles (EVs) are not only flexible but durable, even in intense cold, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)...
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Recovery Act Success? Over 1,800 Electric Vehicle Chargers Installed to Date...
Secretary Steven Chu noted that over 1,800 Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations have been installed under the Recovery Act to date -- a statistic designed to address growing concerns over rising...
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NREL Wins Three Solar Research Awards
Silicon inkThe National Renewable Energy Laboratory, or NREL, one of more than a dozen national laboratories vested in renewable energy research under the auspices of the U.S.read more
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DOE Continues to Fund Renewable Energy Projects that Can Reduce Costs Fast
The United States Department of Energy has awarded six companies funding to support projects that seek to advance next-generation designs for wind turbine drive trains.read more
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Portland General Electric Installs Emission Controls at 630 MW Coal Power Plant
Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) released a statement updating the progress being made on its emissions plan for the Boardman Power Plant. The company implemented its 2020 plan last year...
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ECOtality Inc. Closes a Big Week
large ECOtality Inc.(NASDAQ:ECTY), was trading up nearly 4% Friday afternoon, closing a week where the self-proclaimed leader in electric transportation and storage technologies made two big...
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Alta Devices Inc. Hits “Sweet Spot” in Thin-Film Efficiency Ratings
Image courtesy Renewables Energy BlogResearch at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has demonstrated a completely counter-intuitive result for thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) efficiencies,...
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NREL Finds Current Renewable Technologies Could Meet 80% of America's...
Investigating the extent to which renewable energy can meet electricity demands in the United States over the next several decades, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has come to some...
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