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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
Reservoir Capital, a southeast Europe-focused project generator investing in renewable energy, said it will walk away from a deal with Ahmet Caliskan and Burcin Tunca for a 75 per cent interest in their portfolio of small-scale hydroelectric projects as it will not generate enough return for shareholders.
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28 May 2010
Tucson Electric Power (TEP), which provides electricity in the south of the US state of Arizona, has agreed to purchase the output of ten new solar power systems, a landfill gas project and a wind farm that will together generate nearly 160MW of renewable energy.
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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
UK-based tidal power provider Pulse Tidal said it is planning what it believes to be the world's first commercially-viable tidal energy array at Kyle Rhea, in the straits between the Isle of Skye and the Scottish Mainland.
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26 May 2010
The Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, is the latest Far East region to explore hydroelectricity as a form of energy generation, according to local media.
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25 May 2010
Next week will see the launch of a £1m community hydro share investment scheme that offers individual investors and businesses a chance to invest in hydro-electric power plants serving local communities in the UK, by project developer, a social enterprise community interest company called H2oPE. Further details of the offer have not yet been disclosed.
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25 May 2010
Clean technology-focused Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures has hired former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair as a senior adviser.
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24 May 2010
UK investor MTI Partners has invested £250,000 in UK water treatment developer Arvia Technology as the first part of an investment round expected to reach £750,000.
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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
Assam Power Project Development, Assam state-owned energy company, has formed agreements with Brahmaputra Infrapower and Agnipa Energo to develop two hydro power projects in the northeastern state of India, Assam, according to local reports.
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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
Clean technology company ENER-G said it aims to increase its footprint in Hungary having recently designed and built a €2.6m renewable energy centre at the Budapest wastewater treatment plant in Csepel.
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20 May 2010
The Bank of America Tower in New York has become the world's first commercial skyscraper to receive LEED platinum status.
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20 May 2010
A consortium led by Harrison Western (HW) Process Technologies has secured a $22m contract from Spanish mining company Cobre Las Cruces (CLC) to develop a water treatment plant in Spain.
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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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