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Over-exposed To Coal: Colorado Could Maim Its Economy

Anne Butterfield | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Xcel Energy, Tom Sanzillo, Coal Mining, Alternative Energy, Coal, Solar Power, Comanche 3, Denver News
Anne Butterfield

Of Colorado's power generation, 70 percent comes from one fuel type: coal, which the United States Geological Survey has estimated will stop being cheap in as little as two decades.

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Why New Renewable Energy Records Don't Mean a Thing, Unless We Also Reduce Overall Demand

treehugger.com | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green Technology, Green News

Without actually reducing overall energy demand, just adding more renewable energy (and touting absurdist records like the top energy source for a thr...

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Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant -- New Report on Competitiveness in Clean Tech

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, South Korea, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, United States, Clean Technology, Clean Energy, Japan, Green Energy, Energy Policy, China, Solar Power, Green News
Jesse Jenkins

A major new report released today is the first to comprehensively benchmark the competitiveness positions of the United States and key Asian challengers in the global clean energy race.

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Creating Jobs, Investment and Economic Opportunity in the Outer Boroughs

John Petro | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Berkeley-California, Los Angeles, Energy Efficiency, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Solar Power, New York City, New York News
John Petro

What New Yorkers need, especially those in outer boroughs suffering from the housing crash, is a way to channel investment to make green improvements to their homes and businesses.

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New Energy Economy -- Next Steps for Colorado and the Nation

Leslie Weise | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Governor Ritter, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Fossil Fuels, Xcel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Bill Ritter, Green Energy Economy, Solar Power, Denver News
Leslie Weise

There are many obstacles to transition our dependency on traditional fossil fuels to cleaner energy solutions, and Ritter has demonstrated the courage to confront those obstacles.

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Space Solar Power: Japan Eyes Solar Station In Space

Yahoo! News | Karyn Poupee | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Solar Station Space, Japan Space Solar Power, Solar Power Space, Solar Energy, Japan Eyes Solar Station in Space, Japan Solar Station, Solar Station in Space, Solar Station, Solar Power, Space Solar Power, Technology News

TOKYO (AFP) -- It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap i...

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Do Green Jobs Create Greener Americans?

nytimes.com | Liz Galst | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Sustainability, Green Energy, Green Jobs, Solar Power, Economy, Green Technology, Green News

Most "green job" training programs aim to teach low-income workers the job skills necessary to join the nascent clean-tech economy: energy-efficiency ...

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SEIA President Proposes a Solar Bill of Rights

Paul Peete | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Power, Solar Power International 09, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rhone Resch, Seia, Green News
Paul Peete

On opening day of the Solar Power International '09 exposition in Anaheim, CA., Rhone Resch, President and CEO of The Solar Energy Industries Association, proposed a Solar Bill of Rights.

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San Luis Valley Solar Project Pits New Energy Economy Against Entrenched Land Interests

Denver Business Journal | Cathy Proctor | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Louis Bacon, Solar Power, San Luis Valley, Forbes, Bill Ritter, Moore Capital, Alternative Energy, Denver News

A big fight is brewing over a proposal to run a new, $180 million power line through Colorado's San Luis Valley -- and many see it as a referendum on ...

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Solar Is Coming to Town -- Price Shifts, Market Changes And Policy Opportunities to Grow the Midwest's Green Economy

Howard Learner | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Chicago, Green, Environment, Clean Energy, Green Economy, Energy Policy, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News
Howard Learner

Everyone is in search of which clean energy option will be the US's savior from fossil fuels. While wind looks promising, a perfect storm of opportunities might make solar the best game in town.

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Growing Green Jobs

Paul McRandle | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, Smart Grid, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, Solar Power, Green News
Paul McRandle

With hopes pinned on green jobs being among the first sparks to help kindle a rise in the economy, it's worth taking a look at actual green jobs in U.S. cities.

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Colorado Solar Plant To Create 300 Denver Jobs

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: SMA Solar Technology, Solar Invertors, Solar Power, Colorado, John Hickenlooper, Bill Ritter, Alternative Energy, Sma Jobs Denver, Sma Solar, New Technology, Sma Manufacturing Denver, Sma Solar Technology Denver, Denver News

DENVER — A Germany-based solar company plans to open its first North American manufacturing site in Denver. Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor J...

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Solar Chargers to Buy, Chargers to Hack, And Concept Chargers to Wait For

Battery Chargers | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Energy, Solar Battery Chargers, Batteries, Solar Chargers, Solar Power, Green News

Here are some great options for getting off grid power for your rechargables - including chargers you can hack yourself from stuff around the house - ...

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German Solar Rides Power Surge to a Win

A. Siegel | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Finanical Policy, Energy, Feed-in Tariff, Industrial Policy, Germany, Solar Decathlon, 2009 Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Green News
A. Siegel

Starting in 2010, there will be a gradual reduction in the FIT rate for new solar installations every year (with uncertainty about exact impacts of the new government).

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Here Comes the Sun...When?

Dane L. Parker | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Solar Energy, Dell, Solar Decathlon, Sustainability, Green Living, Solar Power, Green News
Dane L. Parker

As the Solar Decathlon teams compete in Washington D.C. this week to create the greenest structure possible, I find myself taking measure of my industry. We have a ways to go.

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Schwarzenegger, Solar Power, and Midland School

Ming Holden | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Education, Eco Living, Sustainable Food, Solar Energy Projects, Eco-Friendly, Sustainability, College Prep, Sustainable Agriculture, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Independent Schools, Midland School, Solar Power, California, Santa Barbara County, Green News
Ming Holden

Midland just won California's highest environmental honor, and out of 2009's fifteen recipients it was the only school to have done so.

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Menendez Lays Down a Solar Challenge

A. Siegel | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Senator Robert Menendez, Solar Energy, Solar, 2009 Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Green News
A. Siegel

If there is a New Jersey Decathlon entry in 2011, it seems clear that Menendez will lead the way among Senators laying down some bets in the competition.

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Solar Decathlon: The Competition For The Best Solar-Powered House (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Energy Efficiency, Eco-House, Green Technology, Solar Panels, Slidepoll, National Mall, Green Building, Washington DC, Sustainability, Department of Energy, Sustainable Building, Green Energy, 2009 Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Green News

University teams from around the world are busy constructing sustainable houses at this year's U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition...

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Colorado Solar Power Outshining State's Gas Industry

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: Colorado Gas Industry, Colorado Solar Power, Solar Power, Colorado, Denver News

DURANGO, Colo. — The sun had just crested the distant ridge of the Rocky Mountains, but already it was producing enough power for the electric m...

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Israelis Bring Green Power To West Bank Village

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Solar Panels, Wind Power, Solar Energy, West Bank, Wind Energy, Israel-Palestine, Green Energy, Wind Turbines, Solar Power, Green News

SUSYA, West Bank — Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors – a g...

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Vertical Village Brings Energy-Efficient Gaudiness to Dubai

Fast Company | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Panels, Tourism, Sustainable Development, Green Design, Green Architecture, Solar Power, Dubai, Green News

The Vertical Village, which contains residential, hotel, and entertainment facilities, features a massive solar array on its southern side that automa...

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Racing for the Sun: Energy COOL Solar Decathlon Back on The National Mall

A. Siegel | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Design, 2009-Solar-Decathlon, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Solar Decathlon, Solar Power, Inside DC, Green News
A. Siegel

The Solar Decathlon is a biennial, ever-cool event, pitting colleges and universities across the nation in ten contests that "center on the ways we use energy in our daily lives."

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Misleading "Energy Sprawl" Study Pollutes Climate Debate

Matt Wasson | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Sprawl, Wind Power, hr2454, Climate, Mining, Mountaintop Removal, Nuclear, Coal, Solar Power, Green Energy, Impact, Green News
Matt Wasson

The concept of "energy sprawl," now associated with such a distorted picture of the impacts of wind, solar, coal and nuclear technologies, adds nothing but confusion and false impressions to the climate debate.

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Smart Solar Marketing

Mark Sinclair | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Marketing, Consumers, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Green News
Mark Sinclair

To overcome misperceptions and create a robust marketplace, the solar industry must begin to market solar energy like Coca-Cola sells soda or McDonald's sells hamburgers.

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Smart Solar Marketing

Mark Sinclair | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Solar, Green Energy, Solar Power, Green News
Mark Sinclair

To overcome the many misperceptions and create a robust marketplace, the solar energy industry must begin to market solar power like Coca-Cola sells soda or McDonald's sells hamburgers.

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