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Solar Companies Forced To Borrow To Finance Growth

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Solar companies raised $12.2 billion…

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When will the FOMC Announce QE3?

When will the FOMC Announce QE3?

Jul 30, 2012 at 17:16 | Editorial Dept

There is a chance that the FOMC will announce QE3 this week although some analysts expect QE3 in September and others after the election in November.As an example,…

Report Shows the US has Nearly 200,000 GW of Solar Potential

Report Shows the US has Nearly 200,000 GW of Solar Potential

Jul 30, 2012 at 17:15 | Joao Peixe

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a report titled US Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS-Based Analysis. As the title suggests, the report provides an in depth…

Using a Virtual Power Plant to Help Connect Renewable Energy Sources to the Grid

Using a Virtual Power Plant to Help Connect Renewable Energy Sources to the Grid

Jul 30, 2012 at 17:14 | Charles Kennedy

Renewable energy sources provide a headache for electricity grid operators due to the difficulty of predicting the constantly changing levels of power that renewable sources such as wind and solar…

The Top 10 Best Executive Pay Packages

The Top 10 Best Executive Pay Packages

Jul 30, 2012 at 17:13 | Charles Kennedy

Last year the top ten Houston-area business executives received compensation packages worth a combined $215 million.According to Longnecker & Associates the top 100 best paid executives received packages…

Shell Forced to Reduce the Scale of their Arctic Exploration Plans

Shell Forced to Reduce the Scale of their Arctic Exploration Plans

Jul 27, 2012 at 16:55 | Joao Peixe

Shell’s plans to drill up to five wells in the Arctic Waters off Northern Alaska have been hit by delays due to late thawing sea ice along the coast, and…

US Opens Public Land for Utility Scale Solar Projects

US Opens Public Land for Utility Scale Solar Projects

Jul 27, 2012 at 16:54 | Joao Peixe

The Whitehouse has released plans to increase access to public land for solar installations with the hope of encouraging more capacity. 285,000 acres in parts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,…

Will Europe Follow the US with High Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels?

Will Europe Follow the US with High Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels?

Jul 27, 2012 at 16:53 | Charles Kennedy

Following the success of their American campaign against Chinese solar panel manufacturers, which has seen the introduction of tariffs of as much as 35% being levied against imported products, SolarWorld…

Abu Dhabi's IPIC Reports a 96% Drop in Net Profit in 2011

Abu Dhabi's IPIC Reports a 96% Drop in Net Profit in 2011

Jul 27, 2012 at 16:52 | Charles Kennedy

In 2010 Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) made a net profit of $1.3 billion. IPIC has recently reported that in 2011 their net profit was $44.7 million; a…

London 2012: The Greenest Olympic Games Ever

London 2012: The Greenest Olympic Games Ever

Jul 27, 2012 at 16:50 | James Burgess

The UK government is not only claiming to be the greenest government ever, but it is also determined to oversee the greenest games ever at this year’s Olympic Games, due…

Iran Launches its First Ever Domestically Produced Aframax Oil Tanker

Iran Launches its First Ever Domestically Produced Aframax Oil Tanker

Jul 26, 2012 at 16:56 | Joao Peixe

In an effort to reduce the effectiveness of EU sanctions Iran has launched its first ever home produced aframax oil tanker, capable of carrying 700,000 barrels of oil.Mehdi…

Why Exxon's 49% Increase in Quarterly Profits Remains Less than Predicted

Why Exxon's 49% Increase in Quarterly Profits Remains Less than Predicted

Jul 26, 2012 at 16:55 | Joao Peixe

Despite the fact that ExxonMobil’s second quarter profits have been declared as $15.9 billion, a 49% increase from the year before, its quarterly earnings have been lower than predicted.

New EPA Rules Could See the West's Largest Coal Power Plant Shut Down by 2017

New EPA Rules Could See the West's Largest Coal Power Plant Shut Down by 2017

Jul 26, 2012 at 16:53 | Charles Kennedy

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new plan to clean the air in the national parks of Arizona; a move that could force the largest coal-fired power plant in…

The Problem with Burying Power Lines

The Problem with Burying Power Lines

Jul 26, 2012 at 16:51 | James Burgess

Severe storms can often knock out power lines, leaving millions without electricity for anywhere between a few hours, to several days or more. Burying the cables would avoid the risk…

AC//DC Plays at Full Blast as Another Virus Attacks Iran's Nuclear Facilities

AC//DC Plays at Full Blast as Another Virus Attacks Iran's Nuclear Facilities

Jul 25, 2012 at 15:50 | James Burgess

A scientist at Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation sent an email to the internet security site F-Secure Security Labs to inform them that once again the country’s nuclear industry has been…

Japan to Judge Viability of OTEC Technology with Pilot Plant

Japan to Judge Viability of OTEC Technology with Pilot Plant

Jul 25, 2012 at 15:49 | Charles Kennedy

Three Japanese engineering companies IHI Plant Construction Corporation, Xenesys Incorporated, and Yokogawa Electric Corporation, will work together to build a trial Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant in the waters…

Tanzania Look to the UAE for Investment in their Natural Gas Fields

Tanzania Look to the UAE for Investment in their Natural Gas Fields

Jul 25, 2012 at 15:48 | Joao Peixe

Back in February Statoil of Norway announced that it had found natural gas deposits off the coast of Tanzania, and in May British Gas and Ophir Energy discovered more gas…

Scottish Parliament Make ROC Decision, Pressuring Westminster to Follow Suit

Scottish Parliament Make ROC Decision, Pressuring Westminster to Follow Suit

Jul 25, 2012 at 15:47 | Joao Peixe

Last week the British Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was meant to publish its decision about plans to reduce the Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROC) band for onshore wind…

British Treasury Bias Against the Green Sector Continues

British Treasury Bias Against the Green Sector Continues

Jul 24, 2012 at 17:51 | Charles Kennedy

David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, has already been asked to intervene in a continuing row between the Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne,…

CNOOC Become First Ever Chinese Firm to Invest in Canadian Oil Sand Production

CNOOC Become First Ever Chinese Firm to Invest in Canadian Oil Sand Production

Jul 24, 2012 at 17:50 | James Burgess

In move that offers more proof of Canada’s shift from the US towards China as its number one oil and natural gas partner, CNOOC Ltd. have made a deal to…

What does the Future Hold for Cleantech as Venture Capital Investment Falls?

What does the Future Hold for Cleantech as Venture Capital Investment Falls?

Jul 24, 2012 at 17:49 | Joao Peixe

A recent report on venture capital investment in clean technology was released by Cleantech Group, and on the surface suggests that the clean tech industry may be in trouble.

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