Crist Energy Plan: Clean Or Costly? (The Tampa Tribune: Tue, 04 Dec) Gov. Charlie Crist has a grand vision for Florida's energy future. It includes solar panels dotting the rooftops of homes and businesses, wind turbines whipping the sky and new nuclear reactors sending clouds of steam into the air.
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Smart Growth Resource Library: Solar America Cities 2008 (Smart Growth Online: Mon, 03 Dec) Through the Solar America Cities 2008 Funding Opportunity Announcement, the U.S. Deparment of Energy (DOE) will provide funding as well as tailored Technical Assistance to the recipient cities to support their efforts in developing a comprehensive, systemic, city-wide approach to solar technology that facilitates mainstream adoption and provides a model for other cities. Under this Solar America ...
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Solar energy companies ramping up to meet increased demand (BizJournals: Mon, 03 Dec) Solar businesses are preparing for an expected boom in the market for solar water-heating systems despite uncertainty about when the state will start offering $250 million in incentives authorized by a new state law.
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MP2 enters the solar finance boom (North Bay Business Journal: Mon, 03 Dec) SAN RAFAEL – MP2 Capital, a startup renewable-energy financing company based in San Rafael, is quickly building a portfolio of solar-electric systems for businesses.
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Poweo plans solar-powered electric plant in southern France (Sharewatch: Mon, 03 Dec) PARIS (Thomson Financial) - France's Poweo, an independent energy company, said it plans to build a solar-powered electric plant in southern France. Poweo's plans call for the plant to be build in Torreilles, near the city of Perpignan in the Pyrenees-Orientales department.
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HP invests in wind and solar technology (Budapest Business Journal: Mon, 03 Dec) In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint globally, Hewlett-Packard is investing in wind and solar energy in the US and Ireland.
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First Solar Buys Turner Renewable Energy (AP via Yahoo! Finance: Fri, 30 Nov) First Solar Inc., which makes solar-electric power modules, said Friday it acquired Turner Renewable Energy LLC for $34.3 million in cash and stock.
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