Category Archives: Energy & Climate Change

Global Solar Companies Guide

global solar companies guide

The solar industry is one of the fastest growing segments in the Greentech industry and it is a true global industry with major solar companies from North America, Europe and Asia.

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Japan Shifting to LED Lighting

Source: 2nd Green Revolution

Coca-cola and train networks. Two seemingly disparate items, one a U.S. invention and the other a technology whose management has been perfected by the Japanese, have at least one thing now in common: LEDs. The energy savings are huge.

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Inside the 2013 Department of Energy Budget

As part of the massive $3.8 trillion dollar federal budget proposed recently by President Barack Obama, $27.2 billion was geared toward the Department of Energy (DOE).

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San Diego Gas & Electric Adds 300MWs of Renewable Power to its Green Portfolio

San Diego Gas & Electric has signed long-term contracts to purchase 300 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy from wind and solar sources. The regulated utility company provides electricity and natural gas service to 3.6 million consumers in San Diego and southern Orange counties.

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Heartland Institute’s Deniergate: A New Definition for Irony

Source: The Green Market

The past few days haven’t been very pleasant for the faux think tank Heartland Institute. On Tuesday a source going by the name of “Heartland Insider” leaked several strategy documents and Heartland’s 2012 budget to the DeSmogBlog.

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UK Government Investments in Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Source: The Green Market

The UK government is making massive investments in the green economy. Firms in the UK cleantech sector are benefiting tremendously from the government’s investments in areas like efficiency and renewable energy.

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World’s Largest Molten Salt Solar Tower Power Plant Will Provide Continuous Energy from the Sun

The world’s largest molten salt solar power plant reached a major milestone this week when the tower was completed by SolarReserve, the U.S. developer of the large-scale solar power project.

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Expanding Energy Access through Decentralized and Local Generation of Renewables

Wind power can be tied to large centralized grid systems or to municipal micro-grids (Source: Reuters)

In 2010, for the first time ever, countries that did not industrialize first have invested more money in renewable energy than those countries that were first to industrialize, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

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