Nevada: Solar Energy Advances Discussed (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Fri, 23 Mar) Nevada is making steady progress toward becoming a national leader in solar and geothermal energy, state lawmakers were told Thursday.
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Plugging into solar power (Tucson Citizen: Sat, 24 Mar) Calls for Arizona to become "the Middle East of solar energy" sound good to environmentally conscious consumers who want to cut reliance on fossil fuels.
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Solar Power leader in clean energy (Valley Independent: Thu, 22 Mar) As the growing demand for clean energy is fueling a surge in investment and new technology development to improve the performance of solar-generated electricity, a local firm appears to be leading the way.
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Idaho energy plant to use geothermal resource (AG Weekly: Sun, 25 Mar) MALTA, Idaho - In the past two years, residents have probably heard a lot about Idaho's potential for wind power. Same with hydroelectricity, solar technologies and now ethanol.
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Bills would lift cap on renewable-energy credit (Providence Business News: Sat, 24 Mar) A pair of bills now before the General Assembly would lift the caps on state personal income tax credits given to Rhode Island residents who install renewable-energy systems in their homes, whether they involve solar power, wind power or [..]
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Ritter promotes energy initiatives (Denver Post: Sun, 25 Mar) Gov. Bill Ritter on Saturday outlined a set of renewable energy initiatives - including using $10 million in gaming fees to promote alternative energy.
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Green Energy (KOLO 8 Reno: Fri, 23 Mar) Representatives of geothermal and solar power companies say Nevada could become a national leader in renewable energy. They briefed state lawmakers on recently completed and upcoming projects in Nevada, including Nevada Solar One, a solar energy plant in Boulder City that begins operation at the end of April.
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Berkeley Lab Detectors Gather Data on Earth's Auroras, Radiation Belts, and the Solar Wind (SpaceRef: Sat, 24 Mar) BERKELEY, CA - Instruments known as solid-state telescopes (SSTs), built with detectors fabricated at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and carried aboard the recently launched THEMIS mission, have delivered their first data on how charged particles in the solar wind interact with Earth's magnetic field to shape the planet's magnetosphere.
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