Tag: Featured Business
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Court Victories and Contracts Bring First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Closer to Development
It’s been a decade-long journey for Cape Wind, the developer of what could be the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., and this week the project took major steps toward becoming a reality. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton issued a ruling upholding the federal Department of Interior’s (DOI) approval of Cape Wind,…
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Company Lets You Solarize Battery-Powered Devices With This Kit
We’ve seen solar picnic tables, solar lights and even rumblings that Apple might solarize its devices, but how about incorporating renewable energy into one of our favorite handheld gadgets? Even if you can manage to live without a remote, there’s a good chance that one of your family members or friends can’t. New Jersey-based Sparkle…
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First Pan-African Renewable Energy Fund Receives $100 Million to Power Sub-Saharan Region
The African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) this week reached the halfway point to its goal of $200 million in capital funding to support renewable energy projects in the sub-Saharan region of the continent. In conjunction with its launch, AREF announced that it has closed its first round of capital fundraising, receiving $100 million to support…
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Obama’s 2015 Budget Proposes Billions in Clean Energy Funding
President Barack Obama’s $3.9 trillion budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year contains billions in potential renewable energy investments. The funding would vary from research to deployment efforts on federal lands and waters. In all, the president is requesting about $27.9 billion for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). [caption id="attachment_324720" align="alignnone" width="500"] President Barack Obama…
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10 States That Led Solar Energy to a Monumental Year
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) this week illuminated just how far renewable energy has come in the U.S. Photovoltaic installations in the U.S. last year were about 15 times greater than they were in 2008, according to SEIA’s Solar Market Insight Report 2013 Year in Review. “Today, solar is the fastest-growing source of renewable energy in America, generating…