General Renewable Energy News

5/16/05 GE sees wind revenue above $2 billion BusinessWeek
10/4/02 Renewable energy bill signed into law by California governor U-WIRE
9/28/02 Is Renewable Energy A Smart Business Idea Just Yet? Financial Times
9/23/02 Renewable Energy Alliance Formed by the California Energy Commission; Fifty Organizations Unite to Increase Awareness of Renewable Energy California Energy Commission
9/18/02 Power to the people Rooftop power plants, growing in popularity in the U.S., may mean an end to brownouts, fluctuating prices and many large-scale power generators National Post
9/8/02 Generating Electric Power in the Pacific Northwest: Implications of Alternative Technologies Rand
9/7/02 Oil producers ready for battle "At the Johannesburg summit, failure was the fate of Brazil's proposal to set a target of 10 percent renewable sources for all energy consumed worldwide by 2010." Asia Times
9/7/02 Earth Summit: Passion Sparked by Renewable Energy Plan Turns Ice-Cold Common Dreams
9/7/02 Wind of change Stay in funds and still show you care "Merrill Lynch's New Energy Technology Fund, which was launched with much optimism one and a half years ago, now stands at one-fifth of its offer price. The timing of this launch was unfortunate but a fall of this magnitude seems very over-done." The Guardian
9/6/02 Germany pushes for renewable energy conference "to focus international pressure for binding targets...We want to send the message that there are numerous countries that have more ambitious goals than those agreed at Johannesburg" ENN
9/6/02 Guest columnist: Northwest gaining steam in developing cleaner energy Seattle Times
9/4/02 No more summits, let's see some action, says EU Mail & Guardian
9/4/02 Niagara Mohawk Kicks Off Renewable Energy Choice
8/30/02 Germany's Stoiber Seeks Nuclear-Power Comeback, Companies Don't renewables in Germany Bloomberg
8/28/02 Renewable-Energy Bill Passed by Assembly "requires utilities to increase the share of electricity they sell that comes from renewable sources to at least 20% by 2017... [SoCal] gets 15% of its electricity from renewable sources, and [PG&E's] portfolio of power supplies is 12% renewable. Both utilities support the measure, SB 1078. San Diego Gas & Electric, which gets 1% of its power from renewable sources, first opposed the bill then took a neutral stance. " LA Times (free registration required)
8/28/02 Leaders Discuss Energy Technology Johannesburg AP
8/27/02 New Power Source To Help Cut Global Warming "If Stirling Power Systems replaced steam condensers at all U.S. power plants, increasing their fuel efficiency by 10 percent, the power industry could meet demand growth without adding generation capacity " EEN
8/26/02 Summit: OECD Energy Agency Urges Radical Changes Johannesburg ENS
8/21/02 Project to map solar, wind energy resources The Daily Star Bangladesh
8/20/02 Economic Interests Keep Drive for Renewable Energy Stuck in Neutral NY Times
8/20/02 Government urged to use renewable energy sources Malta
8/14/02 Wanted: Loads of Clean Energy Germany de-world.de
8/8/02 Restructuring Taxes To Protect the Environment Earth Policy Institute (a bit extreme on some points, but general idea is right on. H2FC Ed.)
8/6/02 Sun Power Electric and Shaw's Supermarkets to Host "Green Power Challenge" To Kick Off Renewable Energy Campaign
8/3/02 Western Morning News: Target set for green driving UK
8/2/02 Congress debates renewable portfolio standards, credits Pacific Business News
7/31/02 National energy bill sparks debate Daily Illini
7/29/02 Power deal for 20 operators "plant operators to sell electricity produced from renewable energy (RE) resources to Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) . . . This is in line with the government’s aim for renewable energy to constitute 600MW to 700MW , or 5%, of the country’s power-generating capacity by the year 2005" The Star (Malaysia)
7/27/02 Group touts benefit of renewable energy Public Citizen Houston Chronicle
7/27/02 Canada giving tax breaks to boost renewable energy Reuters via Forbes
7/26/02 Number of people without electricity 'unacceptable' Financial times
7/25/02 California Retailer's Association Signs Energy Deal With TruePricing "real-time metering and energy use monitoring, active energy conservation systems, and localized generation, including high-tech turbines and solar electric systems"
7/25/02 Nevada gaining green power "will be the country's third-largest producer of green power by 2012" Las Vegas SUN
7/23/02 CDU Would Cut Spending on Renewable Energy Companies, FTD Says German politics Bloomberg
7/19/02 New National Renewable Energy Council Launched: ACRE Conducts Organizing Conference in Washington
7/17/02 Power boom as homes switch to green energy Sydney Morning Herald
7/12/02 RWE's Harpen takes 100 pct control of Spain's renewable energy co AERSA
7/10/02 Germany to Raise State Subsidies for Renewable Energy Companies Bloomberg
7/10/02 XENERGY, INC. Announces Major Contract Award from California Energy Commission's Renewable Energy Program
7/5/02 Unprecedented Level of Interest from Financial Firms In Meeting of New Renewable Energy Council
7/5/02 Brazil to Lead LatAm Renewable Energy Initiative Hydroelectric Business News Americas via Power Report
7/2/02 Leadership Award Winners Declare a Different Kind of Energy Crisis for Post-9/11 America: Does New Pressure on the Environment Make Us Safer Or Undermine Long-Term Security? AScribe Newswire via Power Report
7/2/02 Senate-passed Energy Bill Draws Mixed Reactions "A renewable fuels standard in the legislation would require use of 2.3 billion gallons of ethanol by 2004 and 5 billion gallons by 2012. Last year, the US consumed about 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol" Chemical Market Reporter via Power Report


Wind Energy News

6/4/03 Stanford Study Reveals New Wind Economics " In the first study to clock winds at the hub height of newer turbines (262 feet versus 164 feet for older turbines), Stanford researchers found that 24 percent of U.S. wind monitoring sites experience gusts fast enough to generate power as cheaply as coal or natural gas plants"
12/2/02 Plans To Harvest Wind Power Face Tax, Market Obstacles Albuquerque Journal
10/28/02 Magnetek Receives Initial Development Contract for Wind Turbine Power Conditioners
10/24/02 Virginia Power Company Applies to Build Wind Farm near Charleston, W. Va. "up to 40 1.5-megawatt wind turbines" The Charleston Gazette
10/24/02 Many Utilities Embrace Wind Energy Scientech
10/4/02 Wind Farm to Come to Fairmont, Minn. Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn
9/27/02 NEG Micon Climbs on DK300 Mln Windmill Order From Pacific Hydro Bloomberg
9/26/02 Planned Installation of 200-foot Wind Energy Tower is Halted by Judge As Cape Cod Fishermen, Taxpayers and Citizens Fight Proposed Wind Project In Nantucket Sound Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
9/26/02 Group appeals wind energy rules "Opponents of the location of a proposed wind farm will challenge the Kittitas County ordinance allowing the siting of large wind-powered generators in rural areas" Kittitas County (WA) Daily Record
9/25/02 Repower Advances After Supervisory Board Member Buys Shares Bloomberg
9/23/02 European Wind-Energy Shares Surge on German Elections Bloomberg
9/23/02 ‘Wind rush’ draws Texas prospectors Oil patch turns to turbines as ranchers sell wind rights Wall Street Journal via MSNBC.com
9/17/02 Major wind energy project announced for Highmore area "80-megawatt wind energy project, with 40-megawatts in each of the Dakotas"
9/17/02 Energy-generating changes are in the wind for Maryland Plans for huge towers, turbines in east, west Baltimore Sun
9/6/02 European Business Briefs: wind power and environmental clean-up technology edie.net
9/5/02 Mass Megawatts (MMGW) Reports a Decline in Quarterly Net Loss Compared to Same Quarter a Year Ago / 4th Prototype Site Being Finalized
9/4/02 Park County Commission votes to allow wind turbine proposal Billings Gazette
9/4/02 City Council passed a wind turbine ordinance Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
9/4/02 REpower Systems AG (RPW GR) rated new "buy'' by analyst Marc Ziegner at Hamburgische LB. The target price is 30.00 euros
8/31/02 Wind farms to spin in California today Turbines can generate electricity for more than 55,000 homes spokesmanreview.com
8/31/02 Agency approves windmill farm Pa. company to build 166 turbines in two counties AP
8/30/02 Repower Posts 1st-Half Loss vs Profit, Reiterates 2002 Outlook
8/30/02 Wind farms rescue BP Hydraulics
8/30/02 New England Alliance Files Suit Against Wind Tower Data Rig Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
8/29/02 Nordex 2002-2004 EPS Estimates Changed at Consors Capital maintained "buy'' by analyst Joerg Vonnemann at Consors Capital Bank. The target price has been reduced from 9.30 euros per share to 5.40 euros
8/29/02 Nordex AG rose 5 cents, or 1.4 percent, to 3.68 euros after the maker of windmills received two orders worth 21.5 million euros to build windmill parks in France.
8/29/02 Nordex France continuing its successful course Orders received for 16 turbines in France worth a total of EUR 21.5 million
8/28/02
8/28/02 Windmills on Their Minds "The newest manifestation of Nimby, or not in my backyard, requires a different acronym: not in my viewshed. Wind-farm opponents contend that, like a watershed, a viewshed, or public view, is the common property of those who share it, and must not be degraded unilaterally by any one property owner." NY Times
8/28/02 TVIG Completes Construction on Nebraska's First Commercial-Scale Wind Farm; Kimball Power Project to Provide Green Energy to 4000 MEAN Customers "will generate 10.5 MWs of power, using 1.5 MW wind turbines"
8/27/02 Summit Could Bolster Use Of Wind as Energy Source Wall Street Journal
8/27/02 Is Wind Power Feasible for Developing Countries? National Center for Policy Analysis
8/27/02 Downturn may force Vestas to delay building Portland plant katu.com
8/27/02 European Windmill Makers Rise on Optimism for Support at Summit Bloomberg
8/27/02 Wind farm officials working on power purchase pacts "If all goes well, the Top of Iowa Wind Farm's second phase could be up and running by next autumn." The Northwood Anchor
8/26/02 Nordex's Schulz: Fiscal Third-Quarter Profit, Expansion Running time 10:40 Bloomberg
8/26/02 Nordex Shares Rise After Company Reaffirms Outlook Bloomberg
8/25/02 Vestas profit shock threatens McConnell's green energy target sundayherald.com
8/24/02 Huntington firm plans to build wind turbines Specialized Power Systems Inc. Charleston Daily Mail, W.Virginia
8/23/02 Company ["at least temporarily"] halts plan for wind turbines Bay Windpower owner says decision is best for residents, officials of Eveline Township Traverse City Record Eagle
8/23/02 New target will lead to a glut of windfarms Scotland
8/22/02 Troubled turbines hit Vestas profits and share Reuters
8/21/02 Long Island utility considers wind farms in ocean "LIPA...will later this autumn seek formal proposals from wind energy developers to build enough wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of Long Island to generate about 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity" CNN
8/21/02 Congress joins windmill foes Nantucket Sound Business Today
8/21/02 New electric option in Alexandria is a breeze Alexandria, MN
8/21/02 Plans for wind generator causes turbulance Wyoming Billings Gazette
8/20/02 N.Y, gives $17 mln to develop five wind farms Reuters
8/20/02 Wind farm site doubt news.com.au
8/20/02 Windmills on the Water Create Storm on Cape Cod Concerns About Environment, Tourism Fuel Mass. Debate Washington Post
8/20/02 Cape detects ill wind: Corps OK may bring energy mills to waters Boston Herald
8/20/02 Gamesa Drops After Merrill Says It Needs to Sell Parks Faster Bloomberg
8/19/02 Corps of Engineers approve test tower for Nantucket Sound AP
8/19/02 Protest over wind farm plan BBC
8/19/02 The Sound Of Power Politics The Hartford Courant
8/18/02 EDITORIAL: In peril offshore Boston Globe
8/9/02 Nordex, NEG Micon seen likely takeover candidates "as industrial giants are lured by their low share prices and the prospect of rapid growth" Reuters
8/10/02 Danish turbine manufacturer to supply major offshore wind farm "60 MW project with 30 turbines, at a total value of DKK650 million" edie.net
8/16/02 Huge wind farm slated for Darlington "proposed 200-megawatt wind farm" Milwaukee Business Journal
8/16/02 Wind lines could cost $100 million in state expanded transmission lines Milwaukee Business Journal
8/16/02 Texas gains on California as wind power leader Bloomberg via Houston Chronicle
8/16/02 Wind-diesel power grid set for Leyte Manila Bulletin
8/15/02 Turbines scheme blown off course BBC
8/14/02 Wind power generates income USA Today
8/14/02 Boost for 1km-high solar tower project "Surrounding the tower will be a skirt of solar collector panels with a radius of 3.5 kilometres. They will gather hot air to funnel through 32 wind turbines in the tower, creating 200 megawatts of electricity" Sydney Morning Herald
8/14/02 Wind energy could be challenging but profitable in Kansas AP
8/13/02 ROW: Villagers set to lose wind turbine battle UK
8/11/02 Virginia senator [John Warner] opposes Cape Cod wind farm AP
8/8/02 EDITORIAL: Tilting at Windmills Renewable energy? Not on my beachfront, say environmentalists Wall Street Journal
8/7/02 NYSEG solicits wind customers The Daily Star
8/5/02 North Sea wind farm canceled by Belgian government, citing environmental concerns AP
8/5/02 Mackinaw wind turbines to keep spinning "much to the chagrin of nearby residents" Cheboygan Tribune
8/2/02 Cielo, ERCOT are blowing ahead with wind projects Austin (TX) Business Journal
8/4/02 Chill reception for wind plan "the farm would be a blot on Fremantle's seafront skyline" Australia
8/4/02 Tax measures, incentives needed for B.C. wind farm production:report canoe
8/3/02 Editorial: FAVORABLE WIND "The development of wind power is too important to freeze the Cape Wind and Winergy plans until better regulation is on the books, but Congress should act soon." Boston Globe
8/2/02 Wind power company to build fewer, larger turbines Navitas Energy Mendota Reporter
8/2/02 Wind Energy Council Elects Officers
8/2/02 Windmill provides little opportunity for research The News & Advance
8/2/02 Cape power project - is it wired or weird? South Africa
8/2/02 Catching a breeze: firm unveils alternative power sources AZ
8/2/02 Change is in the wind for landfill site Scotland
8/2/02 WIND FARM IS DEALT ANOTHER BLOW UK
8/2/02 Letter: Disaster on horizon "We are writing to protest against the possible horrible disruption to the gorgeous coastline of Northern Ireland by the creation of a wind farm. The North Coast is our favourite holiday spot and in the event of wind turbines being allowed the tourist trade will be destroyed. To have turbines 150 metres high and the biggest wind farm in Europe would be a travesty. We hope and pray that will not be the case." Belfast Telegraph
8/1/02 Go-ahead for windfarm and 'tourist attraction' 25-turbine development costing £15m - Wales
8/1/02 Go-ahead for largest offshore windfarm "five miles off the North Wales coast...up to 30 wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 90 megawatts "
8/1/02 Problems With Wind Power National Center for Policy Analysis
8/1/02 Wind turbine permit OK'd Hutchinson, MN
8/1/02 Gamesa First-Half Profit Rises 25% on Wind Turbine Sales Bloomberg
8/1/02 Letter to the Editor: Wind power on land and offshore The Times of London
7/31/02 County denies wind moratorium WA
7/31/02 Vestas Wins DK650 Mln Order to Supply U.K. Wind Farm Bloomberg
7/31/02 UK's biggest sea wind farm approved contractors not named BBC
7/31/02 Britain's biggest offshore wind farm approved 30 wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 90 megawatts is expected to be completed in Autumn 2003 Annova
7/31/02 WESTERN WIND ENERGY CORP. - East Meets West; Eastern Subsidiary Formed
7/31/02 Mass Megawatts Reports Results For Year Ending April 30, 2002
7/30/02 Atlantic City tilting toward use of windmills AP
7/30/02 NorthWest: Plea over wind farm protest "urged residents of Portstewart to cancel a protest against a proposed £200m wind farm off the north coast until more information on the plan becomes available" BELFAST TELEGRAPH
7/30/02 N.E. eyed as natural locale for wind power Boston Globe
7/30/02 Turbine dispute spurs supervisor, clerk recall Petitions claim officials do not represent citizens of Eveline Township Traverse City Record-Eagle
7/29/02 Drexel University to Utilize Wind Energy for Nearly 10 Percent of Its Electricity -- the Nation's Best in Higher Ed
7/28/02 Wind farm operators to see BPA tariff break "The Bonneville Power Administration wants to eliminate transmission penalties it levies against wind farms because the amount of power they generate can't be predicted precisely." tri-cityherald.com
7/26/02 Coastal wind farms 'could provide 25% of power needs' "Forty wind farms off the East Anglia coastline could provide a quarter of Britain's electricity needs by 2020. " Ananova
7/26/02 Activists launch campaign over wind farm BBC
7/26/02 Wind power vision launched East Anglian Daily Times
7/25/02 2d firm proposes Nantucket wind farm Boston Globe
7/25/02 Second company proposes wind turbines off Cape Cod "250 wind turbines 400 feet high, which the company said could provide power to as many as 250,000 homes. Winergy has applied for four sites which range from 7 to 11 miles east and north of Nantucket" AP via Boston Herald
7/25/02 Board puts wind back in farmer's sails Windmill plan OK'd with conditions Boston Globe
7/24/02 TXU Energy & Cielo Wind Power Announce Wind Project; Noelke Hill Wind Ranch™ One of America's Largest 240 megawatts
7/24/02 GE converting Pensacola plant to wind turbines AP
7/24/02 County will study harnessing the wind "Buffalo could be the site of the nation's first urban shoreline wind farm" Buffalo News
7/24/02 W.Va. receives funds to promote wind energy "$30,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy" The Dominion Post
7/24/02 RUSSIA'S LARGEST WIND POWER STATION COMPLETED IN KALININGRAD REGION 5.1 megawatts Pravda
7/24/02 Wind's golden opportunity is dulled by state's obstacles "South Dakota could be the wind mecca of the world, but at this point that goal is hopelessly mired in excessive taxes and restrictions" The Miller Press
7/23/02 Opinion: Thousands of acres despoiled by wind farms The Scotsman
7/19/02 Grant awarded for proposed Lee Co. wind farm "$2.5 million renewable energy grant to Navitas Energy Inc" - Illinois Mendota Reporter
7/19/02 Wind farm group shelves £330m scheme "EnergieKontor blamed rows with the Ministry of Defence as one reason why it has become the first of 18 new licence holders to hand back its permit. " The Guardian
7/19/02 Air Force Kills Windfarm on Nevada Test Site ens-news.com
7/19/02 Wind farm group shelves £330m scheme "EnergieKontor blamed rows with the Ministry of Defence as one reason why it has become the first of 18 new licence holders to hand back its permit. " The Guardian
7/16/02 Pared down turbine plan ripped in CV "A scaled-down proposal for building windmills drew mostly negative comments Tuesday evening from an audience of about 80 at the Cherry Valley [NY] town Planning Board meeting"
7/14/02 Reaping power from the wind Plan to replace a fading dairy industry with a wind farm to milk electricity from nature sparks heated controversy Albany Times Union
7/14/02 Wind turbines loom over land like alien sentries Each tower soars more than 200 feet and has three 108-foot blades Albany Times Union
7/13/02 Windfarm spreads its wings in Argyll "46 wind turbines will generate 30 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 25,000 homes" UK edie.net
7/23/02 Shell WindEnergy adds 61.5 MW to its US portfolio with latest Californian acquisition Whitewater Hill Wind Partners, LLC
7/22/02 Is It a Breeze? European countries are increasingly turning to wind power as an alternative source of energy, but questions remain about its cost and sustainability Time Magazine
7/13/02 Danish wind-power expert proposes test run at Premnay Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK) via Hoover's
7/17/02 Teesside gets world's biggest wind farm "Plans for the world's biggest "brownfield" wind farm...Northumberland-based Amec Wind and Corus will build 18 giant turbines on the site of a former steel works, to generate power for 30,000 homes by 2004" BBC
7/16/02 Evening Times: Windfarm gets (pounds) 7m go-ahead "deal to build a windfarm on the Mull of Kintyre was announced today by Scottish and Southern Energy. The 13-megawatt facility at Tangy, near Campbeltown, which will include 15 turbines, is expected to be completed by the end of the year "
7/15/02 Mayflower's £70m windfarm contract "The deal suggests that e3’s gamble of commissioning a turbine installation ship before winning any installation work has paid off. The ship, currently under construction in China, promises to revolutionise the construction of offshore windfarms. The vessel rests on six telescopic legs that lift the ship out of the water and hold it steady while the wind turbines are installed in the seabed. " London Times
7/15/02 Air Force's concerns dash wind farm plan radar interfernce Las Vegas Sun
7/17/02 Blue Wind Energy Positive Energy Partner "Pacific Hydro is delighted to announce that the The Body Shop will be powering its corporate headquarters with Blue Wind Energy"
7/17/02 Wind Energy: Whipping Up Support ScienTech
7/15/02 Mayflower Wins 70 Mln-Pound Wind Turbine Contract, Times Says "Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Denmark, the world's No. 1 windmill maker, will be Mayflower's partner in the project to build 30 turbines off the coast of Anglesey" Bloomberg
7/13/02 Editorial: Our energy future is in the wind Boston Globe
7/12/02 Wind energy reaches testing phase "Once it gets past the test phase, they can start paying farmers" Pike Press (Illinois)
7/12/02 DISMAY AFTER WINDFARM TESTING MAST IS APPROVED The Courier (UK)
7/11/02 Construction begins on Ontario's first wind farm Reuters
7/11/02 Images offer views of wind turbines Opponents seek six-month moratorium Daily Record (Washington)
7/11/02 Environmentalists clash over wind farm plan Boston Globe
7/11/02 Shanghai Launches First Wind Power Generation Project
7/11/02 Germany 'top in wind power' "One-third of the wind power generated worldwide last year was produced in Germany" Financial times
7/10/02 Coalition of International and Local Environmental and Wildlife Groups Calls on State and Federal Officials for Serious Environmental Review of Cape Wind Project
7/9/02 Vestas Wind Systems, NEG Micon German market share lower in H1
7/9/02 Wind Energy Replaces Coal Using New Stronger Than Steel Technology; Giant PYRAmatrix Composite Turbine Towers Cuts Electricity Costs
7/9/02 NEG Micon A/S (NEG DC) fell 8 kroner, or 3.4 percent, to 230; Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS DC) declined 6 kroner, or 2.8 percent, to 208.5 Bloomberg
7/8/02 'Windiest' farm goes live Scotland - 30 megawatts BBC
7/5/02 Nordex Shares Raised to Buy' at ABN Amro
7/4/02 Nordex Shares Jump After Company Wins Wind Turbine Contracts Bloomberg
7/4/02 Two mid-west wind-farm projects refused planning permission "because of the visual impact" Ireland on line
7/2/02 Umatilla delays wind zone decision Oregon tri-cityherald.com
7/2/02 ARE WIND FARMS BAD FOR TOURISM? North-West Evening Mail
7/1/02 Anti-windfarm posters destroyed BBC


Solar Energy News

5/12/03 Kyocera Introduces its New High-Efficiency “d.Blue�EPhotovoltaic Module Kyocera Solar, Inc.
11/27/02 BP Solar Drops Thin-Film Products to Focus on Crystalline Silicon
10/1/02 Evergreen Solar, Inc. Awarded $3 Million Contract by National Renewable Energy Laboratory Awarded three-year, $3.0 million cost-shared contract
10/1/02 Department of Energy Awards $1.5 Million for Solar Roof Grants DOE
9/25/02 AstroPower Solar Cell Named One of the Most Technologically Significant New Products of the Year Company's Eight-Inch APex Solar Cell Receives Celebrated Award from R&D Magazine
9/17/02 PowerLight Corp. and Think Energy partner with Toyota to install 501-kW solar rooftop electric system "the largest commercial solar rooftop electric system in North America at Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. headquarters in Torrance, Calif"
9/9/02 Govt urged to make solar power commitment Australia
9/4/02 BP Solar cells energise rival TXU "largest solar electricity scheme of its type in Europe" 200 kW The Guardian
8/30/02 Spire Corporation Elects Michael J. Magliochetti, Ph.D. to Its Board of Directors
8/31/02 Give Solar Energy $50-Billion Boost, Gorbachev Group Says commondreams.org
8/28/02 AstroPower Awarded Contract by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and the California Energy Commission $2.3 Million Project Aims to Optimize Residential Solar Electric Power Systems for the California Market
8/27/02 California Deploys Largest State-Owned Solar Electric Rooftop California Franchise Tax Board Headquarters Deploys Clean, Reliable, and Cost-Effective Solar Electric Generation with 470kW System
8/21/02 AstroPower Inc Financials yahoo
8/19/02 Real power from nothing but hot air Australia plans 1km-high convection tower to supply 200,000 houses The Guardian
8/15/02 Solicore Inks Joint Development Pact With ICP Global
8/15/02 Evergreen Solar Inc Financials yahoo
8/14/02 ASTROPOWER INC - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q)
8/14/02 SPIRE CORP - Quarterly Report (SEC form 10QSB)
8/14/02 Spire Reports Second Quarter 2002 Results
8/8/02 Atersa Selected to Power Rural Villages in Senegal AstroPower Company to Supply Solar Electric Power Systems For Villages Located Off the Utility Grid
8/14/02 Boost for 1km-high solar tower project "Surrounding the tower will be a skirt of solar collector panels with a radius of 3.5 kilometres. They will gather hot air to funnel through 32 wind turbines in the tower, creating 200 megawatts of electricity" Sydney Morning Herald
8/9/02 Sanyo Denki to Launch High-Efficiency Solar Cell Module "an energy conversion rate of 18.5%, the highest rate for any such mass-produced cell " Japan Corporate News Network
8/9/02 Solar Power to Challenge Dominance of Fossil Fuels Reuters
8/9/02 Nanoparticles Used In Solar Energy Conversion Science Daily
8/9/02 Solar-cell products becoming familiar sight in Japan Japan Today
8/8/02 Adams Hill & Harkness 22nd Annual Summer Seminar: Presentations:
- - AstroPower, Inc. CFO
8/7/02 INTERVIEW-Sharp to charge up solar battery business in U.S. Reuters
8/6/02 Op/Ed Even 'clean' wind power revs up resistance from locals USA TODAY
8/6/02 Shell Solar Launches New Website
8/6/02 Home Depot Begins East Coast Sales of AstroPower Solar Products Bloomberg
8/6/02 AstroPower and The Home Depot® Expand Solar Power Program
8/3/02 Here's how Florida can be a solar leader Orlando Sentinel
8/3/02 AstroPower stock drops as earnings fall stock plummeted 47 percent Friday delawareonline.com
8/2/02 Solar Energy Lights up Roof of the World Tibet
8/1/02 Solar power for new school UK
8/2/02 SEPA Awards Funding to Two Solar Projects US$75,000 each
8/2/02 AstroPower Inc. Cut to Near-Term 'Reduce/Sell' at Merrill
8/2/02 AstroPower Drops After It Says 2nd-Qtr Net Fell 78% Bloomberg
8/2/02 AstroPower downgraded by First Albany, RBC Capital Mkts, Stephens Inc, Wachovia Sec and Wedbush Morgan
8/1/02 AstroPower, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results
8/1/02 AstroPower posts lower Q2 profit, but sales up 27 pct Reuters
8/1/02 InPlay: AstroPower misses by nine cents; guides lower Briefing.com
7/30/02 Interest in solar energy rises, cost of equipment lower Kyodo via Japan Today
7/30/02 Evergreen Solar, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2002 Results
7/29/02 Sharp starts new solar cell manufacturing line "The plant will be fully operational in July 2002, with an annual capacity of 148 MW, the world's largest." Financial Times via Hoovers
7/29/02 Satellite Plane: Communication Platform Or Pie In Sky? informationweek.com
7/29/02 The Coming Payoff in Solar Electricity "If mankind could harness all the sunlight that the Earth receives in a single day, it would supply our current energy needs for 30 years." Robert Stempel
7/25/02 World’s Tallest Solar Chimney Going Up Down Under "world’s largest commercial solar thermal power station" - 200 megawatts - Mildura, Australia DW-WORLD
7/24/02 We have lift-off! The solar broadband airplane The Register
7/23/02 AstroPower to Power Urban Renewal Project in Cleveland; Environmentally Sustainable Community to Improve Quality of Life Through Solar Electric Power
7/23/02 Exide Technologies' GNB Industrial Power Group Supplying Batteries To Light 'Earth From Above' for Spire solar power system
7/21/02 Mister Lean A high school dropout's inventions help tech firms make DVDs and solar cells more efficiently Time
7/17/02 Green Mountain Energy Company and Nuon Unveil One of Houston's Largest Solar Facilities
7/17/02 Government of Canada investment boosts development of environmentally friendly solar power technology
7/17/02 ATS announces plans to commercialize breakthrough, low-cost, flexible solar energy technology "The Government of Canada, through Technology Partnerships Canada, also announced today it has entered into a $29.5 million Research and Development investment agreement with ATS." TSX:ATA
7/16/02 TATA Zambia will now be selling Tata BP Solar products in Zambia following the commencement of a joint venture with the US headquarted company. allafrica.com
7/17/02 Canadian firm says set to slash solar-power costs Reuters
7/16/02 Evergreen Solar Schedules Second Quarter 2002 Earnings Date
7/16/02 Eldorado shines as nation's solar-home capital CNN
7/5/02 Solara Energy's Thin, Flexible Solar Panels Honored With Innovation Award By National Marine Manufacturers Association
7/3/02 Solar-cell Products Becoming Familiar Sight in Japan Kyodo News
7/2/02 Chinese Solar Firm Moving to Kampala allafrica.com
7/1/02 Intersolar defies flotation gloom Ananova


Geothermal Energy News

7/4/03 Interest in geothermal generation gathers steam Austin American Statesman
9/7/02 EWETC eyes another contract with PNOC Geothermal power in the Philippines Manila Bulletin
8/12/02 Energy Company Hopes to Build Geothermal Plant on California's Salton Sea
7/31/02 DOI Encourages Geothermal Energy Development "land in eight Nevada Known Geothermal Resource Areas will be competitively sold in September" EarthVision
7/29/02 JAKARTA: Karaha Bodas rejects allegations "by Indonesian auditors that it misrepresented the cost of building geothermal power plants in Java, which are at the centre of a protracted legal battle between itself and state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina"
7/16/02 Lakeview hopes to utilize geothermal Oregon
7/25/02 Norton promotes geothermal energy production; no tax breaks yet AP
7/25/02 Nevada tests its geothermal potential Reno Gazette-Journal
7/23/02 Unocal Reaches Agreement With PLN and Pertamina On Indonesia Geothermal Contracts
7/4/02 Medicine Lake geothermal plant debate heats up Mt Shasta News


Biomass, Other Clean Energy News

9/21/02 Public role key to green-energy foothold Use of biomass pellets seen as way to make most of forestry resources The Japan times
8/15/02 DOE, USDA Research Manure-Powered Turbine ENN
8/8/02 California Air Resources Board Precertifies Catalytica Energy Systems Xonon Cool Combustion System On a Kawasaki Gas Turbine Engine
8/7/02 California Company Calls for Grass Roots Letter Campaign To Support the Biodiesel Industry Green Star Products Inc.
8/4/02 News Out of California Good for Iowa Corn Growers "Phillips, which uses ethanol to replace MTBE, will also make the MTBE-free fuel available to its unbranded independent marketers in the state" Wallaces Farmer
8/4/02 Water from dams helps cut pollution Bangkok Post via Hoovers
8/2/02 USDA Report Supports NCGA Claims that Ethanol is Efficient to Produce National Corn Growers Association
7/31/02 RENEWABLE FUELS DEBATE IN DECATUR "Legislation to provide incentives for the expanded use of corn-based renewable fuels in Illinois was debated "
7/31/02 Husker Harvest Days promotion to push ethanol
7/3/02 Oil palm biomass-based pulp mill being set up Malaysia
7/1/02 Segway scooter inventor has Stirling transportation idea AP via cleveland.com

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