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- Energy Storage Company Raises $29.5 M
Xtreme Power, a provider of Dynamic Power Resources (DPRs) for utility-scale power management and energy storage systems, announced the close of a $29.5 million financing round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, The Dow Chemical Company through its Venture Capital group and existing investor SAIL Venture Partners.
- Lost in the Political Flood
- No RES in Senate Energy Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released details of a newly drafted energy bill yesterday. The bill is more notable for what's not in it, than what is in it.
- 360+ Organizations Release Statement on Senate Inaction on Energy Bill
Clean Energy Works, a diverse coalition of more than 80 grassroots organizations representing more than 12 million Americans emailed a statement signed by more than 360 groups bemoaning the Senate's failure to address a clean energy and climate policy. It follows.
- Rough Year for Wind
U.S. wind installations dropped 71% in the second quarter of this year compared to 2009, according to new figures released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The numbers point to a trend that has been increasingly apparent: With a poor economy and an unstable policy environment, many wind developers and manufacturers are struggling.
- COMMENT:VISIONS LAUNCHES ONLINE COMMUNITY
Comment:Visions recently revealed a new and improved 'Contributor Community', allowing policy-makers, industry-leaders and experts in energy and environment to interact and network with each other online.
- Time To Ditch The Resume? Strategies For Landing A Green Job In A Tough Market
- Big Guns Join Aquamarine Power
BAE Systems has joined forces with wave energy developer Aquamarine Power as part of a project worth almost £1 million to produce and develop energy from ocean waves.
- Aussies Could Race Around in Teslas Soon
Electric car maker Tesla Motors (TSLA) announced that its Tesla Roadster is now approved for Australian roadways and available for purchase.
- 3TIER Brings Advanced Solar Products to India
3TIER,® the global leader in renewable energy information services, today announced that its complete suite of solar prospecting and assessment products is now available throughout India. The products are based on 3TIER's proprietary solar dataset, which is the most advanced and accurate solar dataset that exists for India. The products enable project developers to quantify the long-term availability and variability of solar resources with or without observational data.
- RMT Selected by First Wind for Hawaii Wind Farm
RMT Inc. has been selected by First Wind for engineering and construction of its Kahuku Wind energy facility located on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Construction has commenced on the 30-megawatt (MW) project and is expected to be complete by the end of this year.
- S.A.G. Solarstrom Plans 48-MW PV Project
S.A.G. Solarstrom AG said that it is planning one of the largest connected ground-mounted projects in northern Italy in the region of Veneto. Construction will start before the end of 2010.
- Is the U.S. Ready To Enact a FIT?
U.S. state and local efforts to create feed-in tariff (FIT) programs will not work as well as those in Europe unless regulators adopt the key principles that have made FIT programs so successful on the Continent, analysts say.