A new report from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory shows that electric vehicles could aid in expanding renewable energy sources like wind in the Pacific Northwest. This region of the United States is increasingly lookin…
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Sep 07
Green Blog: Wind Industry Lobbies for Tax-Credit Extension
The so-called production tax credit is due to expire at the end of 2012; the last time it lapsed, at the end of 2003, development of new wind projects tapered off significantly.
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Volkswagen Investing One Billion Euros in Wind Energy
In an attempt to hedge against future rising energy prices, Volkswagen announced last week that it will invest up to one billion Euros (US$1.45 billion) in renewable energy. The announcement follows the company’s decisions earlier this year to inves…
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Green Blog: A Republican Shout-Out for Wind Energy
Candidates carved out time to autograph a wind turbine during Iowa’s straw poll last weekend. Yet their positions on tax credits for the wind industry vary.
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Bats and Birds Face Serious Threats From Growth of Wind Energy
Spinning blades and fluttering wings are clashing more frequently as greater numbers of wind turbines are installed throughou…
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Green: A Battery That Squeezes More Miles Out of Gasoline
Ioxus is testing a hybrid battery that marries an ultracapacitor with a conventional battery to provide a quick charge for a hybrid car when the light turns green.
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Green: Israeli-Palestinian Wind-Power Partners
An Israeli and a Palestinian have joined forces on wind turbine installations, making it easier to forge business relationships in both Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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Hawaii Doubles Down on ‘Big Wind,’ Seeking Long-Term Energy Solution
While experts agree Hawaii has tremendous wind-power potential, tapping that resource has become mired in controversy, …
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Green: Offshore Wind Backbone Begins to Take Shape
A backbone that was originally supposed to run from Virginia to northern New Jersey now has an option to extend into Manhattan or Brooklyn.
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Green: On Our Radar: Wind and Solar Stocks Surge on Nuclear Fears
“The nuclear catastrophe in Japan has changed the value of nuclear for good,” one analyst asserts.
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