
Ted Turner to launch venture with NJ solar company (Reuters via Yahoo! News: Wed, 10 Jan) Ted Turner, the cable television billionaire and owner of vast tracts of land in the U.S. West, is forming a venture with a solar energy company targeting California markets.
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Fresno Builder Offers Solar Energy as 'Standard' Feature (KFSN-TV Fresno: Thu, 11 Jan) One Central Valley home builder is leading the way in environmentally friendly living. Robert Wood, CEO of Generation Homes says, "We will be offering solar on every single home that we build as a standard."
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EU Official Pushes Renewable Energy Use (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Wed, 10 Jan) The European Union should massively increase the amount of renewable energy it uses, the EU's energy chief said Wednesday, suggesting a binding target for 20 percent of all its energy to come from low-carbon, home-grown sources such as wind and solar energy.
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District cuts deal for solar power (Contra Costa Times: Wed, 10 Jan) A company will place solar panels at seven Pleasanton schools and then sell the energy back to the school district, as part of an agreement both sides see as an emerging trend.
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Marine bacteria can create environmentally friendly energy source (PhysOrg: Wed, 10 Jan) Bacteria in the world`s oceans can efficiently exploit solar energy to grow, thanks to a unique light-capturing pigment. This discovery was made by researchers at University of Kalmar in Sweden, in collaboration with researchers in Gothenburg, Sweden, and Spain. The findings are described in journal Nature.
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