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Solar energy supporters take their pitch to Capitol – DesMoinesRegister.com

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Solar energy supporters take their pitch to Capitol
DesMoinesRegister.com
That may sound like a lot of energy, but it's only 8 percent of the 3675 megawatts that wind power already produces in Iowa. Iowa needs a solar energy goal, said David Osterberg of the Iowa Policy Project. The Iowa City think tank was a co-sponsor of …
Shining Bright: Growing Solar Jobs in IowaBlog for Iowa (blog)
Report: Solar energy would mean jobs for IowaSioux City Journal

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NextEra seeks new wind, solar plants, profit dips – Reuters Africa

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NextEra seeks new wind, solar plants, profit dips
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NextEra, formerly called FPL Group, said it had added 754 megawatts of wind capacity last year and was on the hunt to buy more wind and solar power plants. …
Juno Beach-based Next Era Energy posts record 2010 profit of $1.8 billionPalm Beach Post

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More power from VRA…wind, solar in the offing – Myjoyonline.com

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More power from VRA…wind, solar in the offing
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THE Volta River Authority (VRA) has initiated moves to generate 100 megawatts of wind and solar power by the end of this year at the cost of $40 million. …
VRA to diversify power portfolio to wind and solarGhana News Agency

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Loss Of Renewable Energy Grants Could Threaten Smaller Projects – Wall Street Journal (blog)

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Loss Of Renewable Energy Grants Could Threaten Smaller Projects
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Without the extension, the US would likely see 800 new megawatts of solar energy and about 5500 MW of wind installed in 2011, according to heads of solar …
Senate Dems give boost to renewable energy in tax planSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Renewable energy advocates fear a time bomb in the tax billReuters Blogs (blog)
Proposed Tax Extenders Bill Includes TGP, Other Renewable Energy ProvisionsRenewableEnergyWorld.com
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Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back? – Working Knowledge

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Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
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A: Wind and solar have developed with extraordinary speed. Turbine sizes in the past six years have grown from 0.75 megawatts to 7.0 megawatts; solar costs …
Residential vertical wind turbines and solar panels designs for the home …Healthy Financial Habits
Nigeria: We Need Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure (1)AllAfrica.com
Most new 2009 EU powerplant was wind oops, gasRegister
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Texas Weighs Efficiency, Solar Mandates – New York Times (blog)

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Texas Weighs Efficiency, Solar Mandates
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Texas leads the nation in wind development, but under the proposal, 50 megawatts of nonwind renewables in 2014 would have to come from solar projects. …
House committee questions ‘green jobs’Dallas Blog (blog)

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Don’t Blow It – TX Energy With Non-Wind Renewables – CBS 11

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Don't Blow It – TX Energy With Non-Wind Renewables
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… a "strawman" proposal for promoting non-wind alternative power that would require 50 megawatts (one-tenth of the 2014 amount) to come from solar power. …
A new plan will identify places for wind and solar development.Press-Enterprise
Solar in Schools Adds Energy to California Solar RushGetSolar.com (blog)
Joint programme for renewable energy in CaliforniaRenewable Energy Focus
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Solar Thermal Collectors Have Larger Capacity than Wind Power – SustainableBusiness.com

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Solar Thermal Collectors Have Larger Capacity than Wind Power
SustainableBusiness.com
By 2009 there were 147000 megawatts (MW) of wind power, 174000 MW of solar thermal collectors. By comparison there was only about 1000 MW of CSP and about …

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