geothermal
4 June 2010
Energy policies in the US are in disarray, according to John Hofmeister,formerly president of Shell Oil's US operations and now CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy.
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3 June 2010
Ontario's recently adopted feed-in tariff (FIT) systems have learnt from other subsidisation regimes and will not be vulnerable to the issues plaguing the Spanish market, according to an industry expert.
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3 June 2010
As a Republican Senator readies to introduce an alternative climate change bill to the US Senate, President Barack Obama has said he intends to find all votes needed for legislation to be enacted.
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2 June 2010
German private equity firm Ventizz Capital Partners, which has a portfolio encompassing clean technology, has expanded its team of partners with the promotion of Björn Söndgerath as a fourth member.
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2 June 2010
Nevada-based geothermal company Ram Power has entered into a preliminary agreement to acquire Sierra Geothermal Power.
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1 June 2010
The feed-in tariffs introduced this year in the Canadian province of Ontario will broaden the range of stakeholders involved in pushing forward the deployment of renewable energy technologies, according to an industry expert.
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28 May 2010
The US state of Oklahoma has signed a law to expand the use of clean energy and establish a renewable energy standard that targets 15 per cent of electricity to be generated from renewables by 2015.
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28 May 2010
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said it will maintain its forecast for renewable energy generation to constitute 60 per cent of all electricity produced by 2030, according to reports.
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28 May 2010
Renewable energy company US Geothermal said the Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the Neal Hot Springs project.
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28 May 2010
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has created a $2.1m funding opportunity designed to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies being researched in university laboratories.
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26 May 2010
New Zealand power company Contact Energy has completed the construction of its NZ$100m ($66.9m) geothermal power station Tauhara One under budget and ahead of schedule.
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25 May 2010
US-based geothermal energy project developer Vulcan Power Company has strengthened its executive team with two new key appointments, including naming Richard Atkinson its new CFO and Joseph Lessard as its new senior vice president of development.
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24 May 2010
The UK will miss its future carbon budget target unless the new coalition government introduces firm policies to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency not covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a new forecast shows.
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24 May 2010
The government of Taiwan has said it will invest TWD45bn ($1.4bn) in alternative energy over the next five years with the aim of cutting carbon emissions 45 per cent by 2020, according to local media.
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24 May 2010
Though Africa accounts for just under two per cent of the 2,060-plus registered clean development mechanism (CDM) projects in 63 countries worldwide, the continent has seen a strong growth trend in the past few years, according to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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24 May 2010
Green Products Innovation Institute (GPII), a nonprofit organisation founded on the Cradle-to-Cradle (C2C) programme that certifies global manufacturers with an environmental stamp, has launched in San Francisco, California.
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21 May 2010
GeoGlobal Energy (GGE), a privately-held geothermal investment and development company, has invested $90m in the construction of the $400m Hudson Ranch project in California's Imperial Valley, one of the world's hottest and largest geothermal resources.
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21 May 2010
Geothermal power is growing rapidly across the globe with a 52 per cent increase in the number of countries actively pursuing geothermal power projects and increasing cooperation between countries, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) found in a recent study.
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20 May 2010
Oil capital Saudi Arabia is targeting between seven and ten per cent of its electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020, according to state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco.
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20 May 2010
Former US Governor of New York State, George Pataki, who implemented the country's first green building tax credit whilst in power, has been appointed to the advisory board of clean technology venture capital firm EnerTech Capital.
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