Saturday, July 31, 2010

Energy

IFV VOX! Blog: The New Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm

The New Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm is the first wind farm built in New Jersey and the first coastal wind farm built in the U.S. The wind farm produces approximately 19 million kilowatt-hours of emission-free electricity per year, the equivalent of powering over 2,000 homes. Read more »

CalTech Awarded $122 Million to Create Fuel From Sunlight

The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it will award up to $122 million to create a Fuels form Sunlight Energy Innovation Hub led by the California Institute of Technology. Read more »

Terra-Gen Power Closes $1.2B in Financing to Build Nation’s Largest Wind Farm

Terra-Gen Power announced closing $1.2 billion in construction financing and wind turbine orders. The company will build four wind power projects for the Alta Wind Energy Center in Kern County, California, for which Vestas-American Wind Technology will provide 190 turbines with a capacity of 570 megawatts. Read more »

CleanTech Venture Investments Total $2 Billion In Q2, Exits Reach More Than $8 Billion

Clean technology remains one of the hottest areas of venture funding. In the second quarter, cleantech venture investments worldwide totaled $2.02 billion across 140 companies, according to market research firm Cleantech Group and Deloitte. The numbers are in line with last quarter’s $2.04 billion, but 43% higher than one year ago. Read more »

OPower to Expand to West Coast, Names iLike Founder Hadi Partovi to Advisory Board

OPOWER Energy efficiency tracking company OPOWER added Hadi Partovi to its Technology Advisory Board and will open new offices in San Francisco next month. The Arlington, VA based company’s 10,000 square foot office in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood will have room for between 75 and 100 employees, a large part of which will be engineers. Read more »

Top Story 2010-04-01

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Offshore Atlantic drilling divides

By STEVE SZKOTAK Associated Press Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Environmentalists called President Barack Obama's decision to open portions of the East Coast to oil and gas exploration a "wholesale...

Top Story 2010-03-31

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Obama opens up coastal oil drilling, angers environmentalists

President Barack Obama Wednesday backed new drilling for oil and natural gas off parts of the US coastline as a short-term, but necessary, solution to the country's massive energy needs....

Top Green Story 2010-02-06

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Obama may drop cap and trade to squeeze climate bill through congress

But horse trading to keep carbon trading goes on