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Tuesday 12 May 2009

Startup raises $2 million for small-scale wind turbines - Reuters


New Energy Focus
Startup raises $2 million for small-scale wind turbines
Reuters
Green Energy Technologies, an Akron, Ohio-based startup, is trying to prevent such a dangerous incident from happening again. The startup company contends it has developed a smaller and safer wind turbine it aims to install on commercial rooftops. ...
Feds: Mass. to get $25M for wind blade test center The Associated Press
Proven Energy recognized as small wind industry leader Building Design & Construction
Proven Energy Becomes Small Turbine Wind Leader Domestic Fuel
United Press International - International Business Times
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Biodiesel plant announces proposed consolidation - Emporia Gazette


Biodiesel plant announces proposed consolidation
Emporia Gazette, KS
Western Iowa Energy of Wall Lake, Iowa; Central Iowa Energy of Newton, Iowa; and Blackhawk Biofuels of Danville, Ill., are the companies involved in the proposal. The three biofuel facilities will allow REG to position itself to meet anticipated demand ...
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Calendar Of Junk Debt: Gibson Energy $545 Million Senior 5-Year Notes - CNNMoney.com


Calendar Of Junk Debt: Gibson Energy $545 Million Senior 5-Year Notes
CNNMoney.com
Pricing expected: N/A. North American Energy Alliance - $325 million in senior notes. Via Barclays Capital. Pricing expected: Second quarter of 2009. (END) Dow Jones Newswires 05-12-09 1805ET Copyright (c) 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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GE to Build New York Battery Plant, Create 350 Jobs - Bloomberg


New York Times
GE to Build New York Battery Plant, Create 350 Jobs
Bloomberg
GE spent $150 million developing the sodium-based chemical technology in the batteries and will apply for stimulus funds from the US Department of Energy. The project complements lithium batteries for plug-in hybrid vehicles made by closely held A123 ...
ge's Immelt to unveil new green energy technology Reuters
GE Aims to Provide Energy Storage for Trains, Power Grid Seeking Alpha
GE to build $100 million battery plant near Albany Wall Street Journal
The Associated Press - WTEN
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Coffee's impact on the environment: Ecologist speaks at UW - Seattle Times


Seattle Times
Coffee's impact on the environment: Ecologist speaks at UW
Seattle Times, United States
Philpott, assistant professor of environmental sciences at the University of Toledo (Ohio), has studied the ecology of coffee "agroecosystems" -- whataword -- in Mexico, Central America and Indonesia for the past 12 years. Check out her web site with ...
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EPA responds to vocal ethanol rating critic - Agriculture Online


EPA responds to vocal ethanol rating critic
Agriculture Online
Grassley was among a dozen senators from both parties who wrote EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson in March, urging her not to use the so-called indirect land use test when estimating how much greenhouse gas is put out when biofuels are made and burned. ...
House subcommittee grills EPA on indirect land use Ethanol Producer Magazine
EPA's global warming ruling: Flawed but worth debating Kansas City Star
Goodlatte wants increased ethanol blend proposal rejected Brownfield
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Does biofuel harm the environment? - Mother Nature Network


Does biofuel harm the environment?
Mother Nature Network, GA
By PlentyMag.com A COMMON PROBLEM: The ecological and CO2 savings of biofuels have been getting a second look. If you're looking to power your car with biofuels ??? be it ethanol or biodiesel ??? the future has never looked more promising. ...
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Carter pushes energy reform plan to Congress - CNN


Boston Globe
Carter pushes energy reform plan to Congress
CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former President Carter warned members of Congress on Tuesday that America's failure to achieve energy independence is threatening the country's national security, undermining its long-term potential for economic growth and ...
Video: Carter: Energy Problems Will Again Test America The Associated Press
Carter: Energy problems will again test America The Associated Press
Former president set to testify on Capitol Hill CNN Political Ticker
The Associated Press
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Kaine/O'Malley plan to save the Chesapeake upstaged by panel chat ... - Examiner.com


Examiner.com
Kaine/O'Malley plan to save the Chesapeake upstaged by panel chat ...
Examiner.com
???The ignorance [among the public] is pervasive when it comes to issues surrounding ecology,??? Gilchrest said. ???The next generation must be more knowledgeable than this generation on these issues.??? ???There are many obstacles standing in the way of ...
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Consumers Energy wins a much smaller rate hike - Detroit Free Press


Consumers Energy wins a much smaller rate hike
Detroit Free Press, United States
BY KATHLEEN GRAY ??? FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER ??? May 12, 2009 The Michigan Public Service Commission ruled today that Consumers Energy could implement an electric rate hike, but not nearly as big as the utility wanted. Without discussion, the three-member ...
NV ENERGY RATE CASE: Talk focuses on where burden of higher rates ... Las Vegas Review - Journal
Michigan regulators allow electric rate increase Chicago Tribune
State regulators say Consumers Energy can not raise rates as much ... The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
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Biofuels Fell Off a Cliff, Now Where Are the Opportunities? - Earth2Tech


Biofuels Fell Off a Cliff, Now Where Are the Opportunities?
Earth2Tech, CA
It takes an optimist to see bright spots in today's biofuels industry. As Lux Research puts it bluntly in a new report on the future of biofuels, the industry ???has plunged over a cliff amidst rancorous debate over its near-negligible carbon mitigation, ...
Biofuels Need Downstream Strategies Now Earthtimes (press release)
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Great Plains Energy will offer $400M in equity, common stock - Bizjournals.com


Great Plains Energy will offer $400M in equity, common stock
Bizjournals.com, NC
Kansas City-based Great Plains Energy (NYSE: GXP) said in a late Monday release that it will offer 5 million equity units at $50 a unit and 10 million common shares for about $150 million. The company said it will grant underwriters the option to buy ...
Great Plains Energy Incorporated F1Q09 Earnings Call Transcript Seeking Alpha
Great Plains Energy Incorporated reports public offering of ... Trading Markets (press release)
Great Plains Energy reveals $400 mln Public Offering of Equity ... RTT News
MarketWatch (press release) - Bizjournals.com
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Oil off highs after push above $60 - CNNMoney.com


Voice of America
Oil off highs after push above $60
CNNMoney.com
By Ben Rooney, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Oil prices held their gains Tuesday, after climbing to a six-month high, as investors weighed signs of economic stabilization against weak energy demand and record-high crude ...
Investors Pump Oil to Hit $60 Wall Street Journal
NYMEX-Crude ends at 6-mo high on dip buying, dollar Reuters
Oil Prices Surge on Demand From China Voice of America
BusinessWeek - Wall Street Journal
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Waxman Confident 'Cap and Trade' Will Pass Energy Committee by ... - FOXNews


Opposing Views
Waxman Confident 'Cap and Trade' Will Pass Energy Committee by ...
FOXNews
House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman says he's working out differences to end resistance to a controversial energy bill that would force down carbon dioxide emissions. By Mosheh Oinounou The top House Democrat charged with navigating ...
House Dems edge closer to consensus on climate and energy bill New York Times
Waxman May Scale Back Emission-Reduction Target in Climate Bill Wall Street Journal
Duke Energy quits National Association of Manufacturers over ... Bizjournals.com
Dallas Morning News - Think Progress
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EDF 1Q Sales +15% To EUR21.11B; Confirms Guidance - Wall Street Journal


BBC News
EDF 1Q Sales +15% To EUR21.11B; Confirms Guidance
Wall Street Journal
FR) Tuesday posted a better-than-forecast 15% rise in first-quarter revenue, helped by higher regulated power tariffs in France and its acquisition of British Energy, and confirmed its full-year guidance. The company, which went on a buying spree last ...
EDF posts 15.1 pct Q1 sales rise, confirms targets Reuters
EDF considering further British Energy stake sell-off Power Engineering Magazine
Centrica to buy 20% stake in British Energy for $3.5 billion MarketWatch
Project Finance Magazine (subscription) - Wall Street Journal
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NASA bags algae, wastewater in bid for aviation fuel - New York Times


NASA bags algae, wastewater in bid for aviation fuel
New York Times, United States
The space agency is growing algae for biofuel in plastic bags of sewage floating in the ocean. Jonathan Trent, the lead researcher on the project at NASA's Ames Research Center in California, said the effort has three goals: Produce biofuels with few ...
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AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK HOLDS RURAL COMMUNITY FORUM IN ... - USDA.gov (press release)


AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK HOLDS RURAL COMMUNITY FORUM IN ...
USDA.gov (press release), DC
PORTAGEVILLE, MO, May 12, 2009 ??? US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today visited Southeast Missouri and held a rural community forum to listen to comments and concerns of local residents. Vilsack also shared information with local residents about ...
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Ecology has new report on Port Gardner Bay - Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce (subscription)


Ecology has new report on Port Gardner Bay
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce (subscription), WA
OLYMPIA ??? The Washington State Department of Ecology says a recent study of Port Gardner Bay sediments show efforts to clean up contaminated sites in and around the bay are on target. The study will help guide future cleanup work. Ecology is working on ...
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Caterpillar gene expression reacts to diet - United Press International


Caterpillar gene expression reacts to diet
United Press International
The scientists, led by Dalial Freitak at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, determined the caterpillars (Trichoplusia ni) alter their genes associated with metabolism, homeostasis and immunity. And as well as tailoring gene expression ...
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Poland's KSC eyes biofuels and bioenergy production - guardian.co.uk


Poland's KSC eyes biofuels and bioenergy production
guardian.co.uk, UK
WARSAW, May 12 (Reuters) - Poland's biggest sugar producer Krajowa Spolka Cukrowa (KSC) plans to turn two of its closed sugar factories into plants producing biofuels and bioenergy by end-2011, its CEO said on Tuesday. KSC's partner in the project is ...
PGE aims to be top-10 EU energy firm after restructuring Warsaw Business Journal
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UT algae collection proves useful for biofuel research - UT The Daily Texan


UT algae collection proves useful for biofuel research
UT The Daily Texan, TX
The search for biofuels in algae is not rare, and researchers and scientists consort and utilize UT's culture collection of algae, UTEX. UTEX is one of the world's largest collections of algae and is home to more than 3000 strains, which supply ...
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Stress-Testing Biofuels: How the Game Was Rigged - TIME


Chemical & Engineering News
Stress-Testing Biofuels: How the Game Was Rigged
TIME
An outgrowth of the 2007 energy bill, the tests were supposed to document whether corn ethanol and other biofuels designed to replace fossil fuels would accelerate or alleviate global warming overall. But like the much-criticized bank checkups, ...
Supporting Biofuels Chemical & Engineering News
EDITORIAL: Ethanol subsidies Hutchinson Leader
Brasher: Pace lags for new biofuels DesMoinesRegister.com
Biofuels International - Globe and Mail
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Ethanol bankruptcy filing a blow to biofuels industry - Houston Chronicle


Ethanol bankruptcy filing a blow to biofuels industry
Houston Chronicle, United States
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires greater usage of ethanol and other biofuels in coming years, growing to 36 billion gallons in 2022 ??? or about 25 percent of the 140 billion gallons of gasoline US drivers now consume annually. ...
Largest ethanol producer in Texas files for Chapter 11 Brownfield
Business Bankruptcies Minneapolis Star Tribune
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