SD House axes wind energy tax revenue sharing plan (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
March 12, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine
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The South Dakota House defeated a bill to give townships a slice of the wind energy tax that now goes to counties for wind farms located within their borders.
Solar power could provide 10% of US energy: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
March 11, 2010 by Story Submiter
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The United States could source 10 percent of its electricity from solar power by 2030, a report said Tuesday, winning support from a US lawmaker who wants to boost the number of US solar panels.
Letter of the day: Clean wind energy should be one of Michigan’s priorities (Detroit Free Press)
March 10, 2010 by Story Submiter
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Michigan has nearly 1,000 miles of shoreline where clean wind energy is available. Why is it taking us so long to take advantage of this?
AWSL’s Atlantic Solar Inc. Receives Letters of Intent From Green Energy Funds to Negotiate Major Financing Agreements (Marketwire)
March 9, 2010 by Story Submiter
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TORONTO–(Marketwire – March 8, 2010) – Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : AWSL ) is pleased to report that negotiations with several Green Energy funding companies are advancing toward finalizing a financing that would fund AWSL’s current activities, including numerous JV Ontario rooftop solar projects, production ramp up of the Company’s outstanding Inverters/Converters, continued …
Energy investor to erect wind turbines near factories (Daily Telegraph)
March 8, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine
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The man who oversaw the sale of British Energy to France’s EDF has launched a new venture to build small wind farms near to heavy industrial users of electricity.
Business : European Union to Support Construction of Solar Energy Farms in Saudi Arabia (Khaleej Times)
March 7, 2010 by Story Submiter
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JEDDAH — The European Union is likely to help establish solar energy farms in different parts of Saudi Arabia, according to local media reports.
LGC Skyrota Wind Energy Corp. Extends Closing Date of Non-Brokered Private Placement (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
March 6, 2010 by Story Submiter
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LGC Skyrota Wind Energy Corp. today announced that the original March 1, 2010, closing date of its previously announced non-brokered private placement has been extended
Wind energy research to be conducted at UMore, DCTC in Rosemount (Apple Valley – Rosemount Sun-Current)
March 5, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine
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Rosemount will be home to three wind turbines thanks to an $8 million federal stimulus grant. The University of Minnesota was one of three institutions recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to lead a wind energy research project.
Solar energy with jewel-like curtains on windows (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
March 5, 2010 by Story Submiter
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Cityscapes of glass-clad buildings gleaming in the sun make Anna Dyson think about wasted energy. Dyson heads the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, or CASE, a research consortium that wants to turn office windows into multifaceted solar power generators.
Lowell embraces wind energy project (The Burlington Free Press)
March 3, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine
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Voters said ‘yes’ to wind power — and its big tax payments to the town — by an overwhelming margin Tuesday. More on the proposed wind energy project