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The Future of California Utilities: AEE Convenes Stakeholders - Renewable Energy World


... What will be the 2050 business model for utilities in California that are being forced by the state to adopt massive renewable energy capacity? That was the basic question asked at a one-day conference held in Sacramento on Aug. 20 by Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), the national umbrella association for renewable energy organizations. Utility spokespeople roundly supported the concept of ...

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Aviation and Greenhouse Gas Reductions: A Role for Renewable Jet Fuels - Renewable Energy World


PHG Energy Preparing Environmental Permit Application for TN Biomass Gasification Plant - Renewable Energy World


Rwanda leases 22 small hydroelectric plants to private consortium - Renewable Energy World



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Obama Alaska trip aims for 'punctuation mark' on climate legacy | Reuters
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... deal later this year that could cement his legacy on the issue. The White House has said Obama will announce new policies to help communities adapt to climate change and deploy renewable energy. But the main purpose of his trip is to use the media attention on his tour - amplified by an aggressive social media campaign - to convince Americans to take action. "It's a really important ...

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UGE International and Alpha Energy to Collaborate on Microgrid Projects - MarketWatch
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... BELLINGHAM, Wash., Aug 30, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- UGE International(UG) UGEIF, +7.30% a global leader in distributed renewable energy solutions for businesses, and Alpha Energy, an engineering procurement and construction firm, have entered into an agreement to work jointly on the development, installation, maintenance and financing of distributed generation projects. The collaboration will ...

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Brazilian Government Approved 11.26 GW Of Projects To Compete At Solar Auction | CleanTechnica

... Brazilian Government Approved 11.26 GW Of Projects To Compete At Solar Auction August 30th, 2015 by James Ayre Originally published on Solar Love . The current renewable energy auction (First Energy Reserve Auction), which took place yesterday, August 28, 2015, was a crowded one. It included the competition of more than 11.26 gigawatts (GW) of potential capacity, via 341 different ...

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California Achieves New Utility-Scale Solar Energy Generation Peak Of 6.391 GW | CleanTechnica

... respectively, as well as numerous new records set over the last month and a half. These new records follow a fairly rapid solar energy buildout in recent days, as part of the state's renewable energy growth goals. Note that these records just keep being set, and we reported on the August 2014 4.813 GW and October 2014 4.903 GW solar records. You can see how fast solar is growing in California! ...

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Exelon mulls closure of unprofitable Quad Cities nuke plant - Chicago Tribune
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... and hydroelectric dams. Exelon, which has said the three plants could be shuttered without the surcharge, stands to receive most of the money. The company says that's fair because renewable energy is receiving subsidies. "We are fully supportive of free market, but right now it's not really a free market," Hanley said. The company says it would promise to keep the plants open while the ...

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Ming Yang Co-Founded Guangdong Renewable Energy Industry Fund

... Nuclear Power Group (HK:1816) and Shenzhen Energy Group Co. Ltd. ("Shenzhen Energy") (SZ:000027), to jointly invest in a fund management company, namely Guangdong Oriental Millennium Renewable Energy Industry Fund Management Co., Ltd. ("Oriental Millennium"). Ming Yang expects to make a limited partner capital commitment of up to RMB1 billion to the Guangdong Renewable Energy Industry Fund (the " ...

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Obama heads north to Alaska, where drilling decision looms large | Reuters
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... W. Bush was president - and said his administration set "the highest standards possible" for the drilling. The U.S. economy needs oil and gas until it makes the "transition" to renewable energy and should count on domestic fossil fuels rather than imports, he said. In Alaska, Obama will address an international arctic conference in Anchorage on Monday and meet with Alaska Governor Bill ...

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10 GW Solar Power Policy Launched In Gujarat | CleanTechnica

... at the end of the billing cycle shall be purchased by the concerned distribution company and this will benefit the distribution companies in that it will help them to fulfill their Renewable Energy Purchase Obligations (RPOs). Currently, Gujarat stands second, after Rajasthan, in terms of solar projects installation, with more than 1 GW of grid-connected solar projects. Don't own or lease ...

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Toyota Invests In Future Engineers and Business Leaders by Providing First-Ever $75,000 Jesse... -- CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

... He has a current 3.97 GPA. Jared also conducted independent research at Princeton University . He has a natural love for science and wants to focus on sustainable infrastructure or renewable energy upon graduation. Kerrington Munson , a native of Orlando, Florida , is currently a business finance major at Morehouse College and wants to pursue a career in the field of wealth and asset ...

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FPL continues to monitor for potential customer impacts that may arise... -- JUNO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

... Most Admired Companies." NextEra Energy is also the parent company of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. For more information, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com , www.FPL.com , www.NextEraEnergyResources.com . Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120301/FL6273 ...

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Union Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal confident of doubling power generation in 7 years - The Economic Times
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... from one trillion units to two trillion units," he said yesterday. "This will resolve the problem... that stranded plants (do face) and will help in consuming the large amount of renewable energy out of 17,500 megawatts we are setting up." He felt that the cost of generation and production should be cut down. "My concern is that the cost of generation and transmission must come down by ...

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DOE Selects Two Biofuel Development Projects for Funding - Renewable Energy World



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RPT-Hedge funds that crowded into same names likely to nurse losses | Reuters
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... who have seen their overweight positions in companies such as social media site Facebook, pharmaceutical company Valeant, internet retailer Netflix, carmaker Tesla Motors and renewable energy company SunEdison get pummeled in the last days. As a result, people who have money with David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital, Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors, Chase Coleman's Tiger Global, Philippe ...

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As the need for power surges, are small - or big - dams the answer? | Reuters
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... rights to use the water." At present, about 160 countries worldwide use hydropower technology for power generation, according to Adnan Amin, director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency. The power produced amounts to just under 16 percent of the world's total electricity generation, he said. In more than 50 countries, hydropower plants provide at least 50 percent of the ...

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New IEA boss faces world energy landscape in flux | Reuters
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... and over-emphasised the continued role of fossil fuel. "He is a very smart person. He knows the issue very well. But he is also very conservative," said Sven Teske, a senior renewable energy expert at Greenpeace, who was on the advisory board for the IEA's flagship publication, the World Energy Outlook. Birol's credentials as a long-term IEA staffer, who has won the loyalty of his ...

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RWE Innogy near 1.3 billion-pound UK Galloper wind park deal | Reuters

... look for growth in other markets, calling the Middle East an option. RWE has been in talks with the United Arab Emirates green energy firm Masdar for months about potential joint renewable energy projects, a source told Reuters in June, but Buenting poured cold water on speculation that any investor would be taking a stake in Innogy. "At the moment, we are only inviting partners on a ...

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ORPC Ireland receives funding for marine hydrokinetic feasibility study - Renewable Energy World

... project is not immediately known, but a 2014 report released by the Ireland Wave Energy Association estimates Ireland has US$29 million in the 2013 to 2016 budget for its Ocean Renewable Energy Development Plan. Based in Maine, ORPC is an in-river, tidal and deep-water ocean current power generation systems and projects developer. In May 2015, ORPC established its Ireland division in ...

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UK proposes end to small-scale renewable support next year | Reuters
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... a year by the 2020/21 tax year compared with a proposed budget of 7.6 billion. The so-called Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) scheme was introduced in 2010 to encourage the deployment of renewable energy. Under the scheme, households or businesses which install low-carbon energy sources such as solar panels or small wind turbines are paid for the electricity they generate and unused energy can be ...

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UPDATE 1-UK proposes end to small-scale renewable support next year | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters

... * Government launches consultation on feed-in-tariffs * Tariffs for new installations could end in Jan 2016 (Adds comment from renewable energy association in paragraphs 10 and 11; adds bullet points) By Nina Chestney LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The British government on Thursday proposed ending feed-in tariffs for new small-scale renewables installations next year, or cutting the ...

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UPDATE 1-UK proposes end to small-scale renewable support next year | Reuters

... * Government launches consultation on feed-in-tariffs * Tariffs for new installations could end in Jan 2016 (Adds comment from renewable energy association in paragraphs 10 and 11; adds bullet points) By Nina Chestney LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The British government on Thursday proposed ending feed-in tariffs for new small-scale renewables installations next year, or cutting the ...

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European Factors to Watch-Futures rise as Sept. U.S. rate rise seen less likely | Reuters

... hike delay supports > METALS-Copper gains as China stocks rally injects confidence > Brent climbs by over $1 on crude stock draw, U.S. economic data COMPANY NEWS: ABENGOA : The renewable energy firm is negotiating the entry of an Arab fund as a way of propping up its capital, Expansion reported. Separately El Economista reported that Citi and Merrill Lynch want the company to divest, ...

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Top 10 Clean Energy Trends Driving the Global Clean Energy Revolution - Renewable Energy World



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E.ON targets United States in solar push | Reuters
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... 95 percent of which is in wind power. Earlier this week, the United States announced fresh financial incentives for solar power development and use, expanding its push for greater renewable energy adoption in what is seen as a key initiative ahead of global climate talks in Paris in December. "If we want to achieve global climate targets then the U.S. has to take a key role and Obama is ...

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Hillary Clinton: More investments in rural U.S. will boost economy | Reuters
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... for the type of comprehensive immigration reform that would affect agricultural workers, according to a campaign fact sheet. Clinton would also promote the creation and use of renewable energy by assisting farms and ranches that conserve natural resources and launching a "clean energy challenge" for states and localities to meet her goal of having more than a half a billion solar panels ...

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Germany's E.ON banks on U.S. in renewables expansion | Reuters

... BERLIN Germany's E.ON plans to expand its solar and wind business in the United States, an executive said, as the utility strives to bolster its renewable energy operations ahead of a planned spin-off of its ailing fossil-fuel power plants. E.ON took markets by surprise last year when it announced it would split in two, spinning off its fossil-fuel-based power plants, energy trading unit and ...

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Washington D.C. regulators reject Exelon-Pepco power merger | Reuters

... "The proposed acquisition would have been a substantial step backwards in the District's efforts to move toward more sustainable electricity generation and greater reliance on local, renewable energy," said Power DC, a coalition of environmentalists and public advocacy groups. Pepco serves about 2 million customers in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. Exelon has ...

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Agrivert Gets $150 Million to Finish U.K. Waste-to-Power Plants - Renewable Energy World



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Washington D.C. regulators reject Exelon-Pepco power merger | Reuters
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... "The proposed acquisition would have been a substantial step backwards in the District's efforts to move toward more sustainable electricity generation and greater reliance on local, renewable energy," said Power DC, a coalition of environmentalists and public advocacy groups. Pepco serves about 2 million customers in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. Exelon has ...

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Obama aims to boost homeowner renewable energy use | Reuters
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... LAS VEGAS President Barack Obama on Monday expanded his push for greater renewable energy adoption, announcing fresh financial incentives for solar power development and use. The steps include an additional $1 billion in loan guarantees for new research projects and near-term savings for homeowners using renewable energy. Speaking at the National Clean Energy Summit in Las Vegas, Obama ...

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Obama calls out fossil fuel interests for fighting solar - Yahoo Finance
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... in the future." The president also questioned the ideological consistency of those who champion free-market solutions except when the free market is pointing to the wisdom of renewable energy. He singled out billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, who are major donors to Republican political candidates. "It's one thing if you're consistent in being free market," Obama said. "It's ...

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UPDATE 3-Obama aims to boost homeowner renewable energy use | Energy & Oil | Reuters

... (Adds details from speech) By Julia Edwards LAS VEGAS Aug 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday expanded his push for greater renewable energy adoption, announcing fresh financial incentives for solar power development and use. The steps include an additional $1 billion in loan guarantees for new research projects and near-term savings for homeowners using renewable energy. ...

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