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Investorideas.com New Mining Newswire and Water Newswire Move up to top ten content pages

November 16th, 2009

Investorideas.com Expands IR and Investor Tools for Mining Stocks, Renewable Energy Stocks and Water Stocks with Newswires in Each Sector
Investorideas.com New Mining Newswire and Water Newswire Move up to top ten content pages
DELTA, BC ? November 15, 2009, www.InvestorIdeas.com has expanded its tools and services for investors, public companies and entrepreneurs with recently created newswires [...]

UK wind energy sector receives £1.4bn injection

November 11th, 2009

Andrew Donoghue, BusinessGreen
Wind energy projects in the UK can now apply for £1.4bn funding from a combination of the European Investment Bank and commercial sources.
The EIB has made around £700m available with the remainder matched by RBS, Lloyds Banking Group and BNP Paribas Fortis.
The loans will be available to eligible onshore wind projects with a [...]

‘Green’ energy rules weighed

September 11th, 2009

Lawmakers stuck on details of bills that would up renewable requirement to 33 percent.
SACRAMENTO — In one of their final acts of this session, state lawmakers today will consider increasing the requirements for California’s use of renewable energy — a move that could have a direct impact on the “green” efforts in the Coachella Valley.
Two [...]

Hydro Green Energy Wins Prestigious Waterpower Industry Award

May 13th, 2009

Nation’s First Hydrokinetic Power Project is the Focus of Award
HOUSTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ — At a ceremony today in Washington, DC, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, a renewable energy company operating in the waterpower sector, was presented with the President’s Award by the National Hydropower Association (NHA). This prestigious award is given to an NHA member [...]

Energy Expert Promotes Green Energy Development

May 4th, 2009

(ABC 6 NEWS) — This morning the Minnesota Office of Energy Director Bill Glahn spoke about Southeast Minnesota’s need to utilize its green energy resources.
Jeff Cook-Coyle says the future of energy is in the combined use of different forms.
“Renewable energy resources compliment one another because of the time of day they generate electricity,” said Cook-Coyle, [...]

Congress tackles green energy

April 29th, 2009

After 25 years of denial and debate, Congress finally is drafting a climate change bill, responding to the largest outpouring of grass-roots activism since the civil rights movement. The American Clean Energy and Security Act aspires to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent of 2005 levels by 2020, 6 percent more than President [...]

Ausenco looks to green energy for growth

April 28th, 2009

Engineering services group Ausenco Ltd is looking to grow in 2009 by taking advantage of green energy and building investments, despite challenging conditions.
Ausenco chief Zimi Meka said while shareholder return in 2008 was affected by a general market downturn, the coming year should see the company grow.
“We are increasing our footprint in the key growth [...]

New searchable map of the green energy world

April 28th, 2009

A searchable global map forms the new heart of www.reegle.info, the specialist search engine for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Users can click on a specific location and get the latest events, news, and a sampling of green energy development projects in that area. There is also a catalogue of stakeholders and an energy-oriented profile [...]

‘Green jobs’ lose their luster in Lexington

April 28th, 2009

A layoff in Lexington appears to contradict President Obama’s initiative to generate employment through increased green energy production.
Officials blame bad timing for the decision to cut jobs at PPG Industries, a Pittsburgh-based specialty products manufacturer that supplies to the wind energy industry. The company announced Friday that 110 of the 420 employees at its Lexington [...]

Virent Energy to turn sugar into green gasoline

March 21st, 2009

NEW YORK–Virent Energy Systems later this year will open a demonstration plant that will convert sugar water into the chemical equivalent of gasoline.
The company is now in the process of raising a C round of funding to build the facility in Madison, Wis., which is scheduled to be open by the third quarter of this [...]