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Growth in renewable energy outpaces nuclear, fossil fuels 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
China launches differentiated wind energy tariffs 0
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
China has instituted a new system of differentiated wind energy tariffs based on four wind energy zones.
Power hungry? Eat here!

The top 10 sources for energy 1
Posted 3 months ago
When you take global warming, air pollution, vehicle power, and other factors into account, which energy sources come out on top? Hint: Not oil or coal.
Trope-a-dope

Replace the “Saudi Arabia of wind/solar/etc power” trope 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
How many times have you heard that Place X is the "Saudi Arabia of solar power" or "Saudi Arabia of wind power" or "Saudi Arabia of geothermal"? Kate Galbraith of The New York Times' Green Inc. blog has heard it one too many times, so she's launched a contest for a new phrase to describe renewable energy potential.
Wow, check out these liner notes

New soundtrack/website rocks the coalfield justice movement 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
This just might be the most powerful soundtrack and organizing tool for the coalfield justice and climate change movements today.
State of plug-and-play

Hot new clean-tech startups are plug-and-play 4
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
You gotta be crazy to start a clean-tech company these days, right? But green start-ups competed fiercely to make their elevator pitches in front of a panel of VCs in Silicon Valley recently, and the common thread was plug-and-play.
This blows

Renewables industry protests weak RES proposals in Congress 6
Posted 5 months, 2 weeks ago
The clean-energy industry says the renewable electricity standards being considered by Congress are way too weak. If the proposals aren't strengthened, the U.S. will lose jobs and economic opportunities to competitors abroad, people in the industry warn.