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Auto Industry May be Key to Renewables | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.comAuto Industry May be Key to Renewables Published on December 31st, 2009 by Bob MacDonald In October 2009, Skyline Solar announced that the company will employ an auto-manufacturing supplier , Cosma International , to manufacture and assemble large portions of its High Gain Solar (HGS) ...
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China Unveils the World’s Fastest High Speed Train | InhabitatChina is speeding towards the future of public transportation with the launch of the fastest high-speed train on the planet! Averaging 217 mph (350 km/h), the new train is faster than a speeding bullet train, and will link Wuhan in central China to Guangzhou in the south, covering a total ...
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IEEE Spectrum: Biofuels Aren't Really GreenBoth the biofuel and solar scenarios are carbon neutral by definition—solar for obvious reasons, biomass because carbon emitted in combustion is reabsorbed when plants regrow. (Admittedly, biofuels are carbon neutral only if crops are planted in existing tilled fields and the emissions connected ...
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Germany, Mexico, US top smart energy listTwo vintage beetle Volkswagen taxies pass by a new "Metrobus" in Mexico City. Germany, Mexico and the United States have crafted some of the world's smartest policies for improving energy use, according to a study released on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here. Germany, Mexico and the ...
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BMU - English - Ecological Industrial Policy - LatestAfrica / Solar Thermal Power Plants Gabriel welcomes business initiative on solar thermal power plants Federal Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel has welcomed the business initiative for the construction of solar thermal power plants in desert regions. Gabriel said, "Renewable energy ...
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Where Are All the Green Jobs? | Culture Buffet | Fast CompanyDuring the 2008 campaign season, voters heard a lot about green jobs that were going to help reverse slipping employment numbers while reducing American dependence on foreign oil. America, it was said, would lead the world in creating a green economy that would triply silence threats to our ...
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Green jobs news from around the world | MNN - Mother Nature NetworkSolar jobs in Germany, smart meters in the UK, and clean energy job growth in Europe have made headlines recently. The green jobs mantra isn’t just chanted here in the United States. Companies around the world are seeing the importance of creating green jobs to help solve the international ...
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The next 'moon landing?' Norway plans deep-sea CO2 storage. - Yahoo! NewsCan the North Sea basin hold all of the carbon dioxide in Europe? Norway certainly hopes so. At a high-level conference in Bergen last month, the oil-rich Nordic nation announced that it will work with Britain to study how the base of the North Sea could be used for carbon dioxide storage for ...
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Environmental Economics: Former President Clinton on green jobs in SpainFormer President Clinton on green jobs in Spain From his speech transcript (ellipses in the original): Lot of controversy in Spain now. You’ve become, you know, one of the three leading countries in the world in virtually every clean energy category, second behind Germany in the production ...
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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehiclesJust hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles, in flies this. German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric ...
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