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- Mariah Power Taps into iPhone App Cachet to Promote Wind Energy
- Mariah Power, the small wind turbine maker, has tapped into the promotional prowess of Apple's iPhone with plans to release a software application than can measure wind speed in your own backyard. by Kirsten Korosec
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- On Earth Day, Obama Touts Wind Energy, Limbaugh Celebrates Plastic Bags
- It's Earth Day -Â the perfect time to reflect on what's in store this year for the energy industry. Â And what better way to illustrate the challenges the industry -- that's everything from oil and coal to solar and wind energy -- is facing this year then to take a look...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- T. Boone Pickens Courts American Indians
- In his never-ending pursuit of U.S. energy independence, Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens took his message Wednesday to American Indians. His plea? Support the construction of wind turbines and solar panels on tribal land. Pickens spoke to American Indians at the annual Sovereignty Symposium in Oklahoma about...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
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- Stimulus Energy Fund Tracker: 1.2% Spent, $36.2B To Go
- The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- aka stimulus money -- put aside nearly $37 billion big ones for the Department of Energy to spend (that includes $4 billion under the loan guarantee program) back when the bill was signed Feb. 17 into law. So far, $9.5 billion has been awarded....
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- GE Energy Unit Bright Spot in 2Q Earnings Report With 13% Boost in Profits
- General Electric's second-quarter earnings fell 47 percent to $2.9 billion, dragged down by virtually all of its divisions, except one.  In the end, only GE's energy business turned a profit in the second quarter. Sales in GE Energy fell 1 percent to $9.57 billion in the second quarter as a drop in...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Energy Roundup: Chu Backs FutureGen, World's Largest Laser, and More
- FutureGen might just have a future -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu met with FutureGen Alliance officials today and said the project has merit, a move that suggests the troubled near-zero emission coal-fueled plant might have a new life under the Obama administration. FutureGen, a project aimed at generating electricity while permanently storing carbon dioxide...
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Energy Roundup: China Solar Subsidy, Vestas Workers Revolt, Halliburton CEO's Recovery Doubts and More
- China boosts solar sector with massive subsidy plan -- China will subsidize 50 percent of the investment for solar power projects, an unprecedented plan that could spur more than $10 billion in private funding and make the country a leading market for solar equipment. The subsidies also will be extended to power...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Energy Roundup: Pickens' Wind Farm Falters, Oil Speculator Crackdown and More
- Pickens scales down plans for world's largest wind farm -- The lack of a transmission line has disrupted T. Boone Pickens' plan to build a 1,000-megawatt wind farm -- the world's largest -- in Pampa, Texas. Pickens' company Mesa Power ordered 687 turbines from GE for about $2 billion...
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Energy Roundup: Anadarko's Triple Play, Salazar Quashes Leases, and More
- Anadarko strikes oil twice, reports tripled profits -- Anadarko Petroleum, one of the nation's largest independent oil and gas producers, hit pay dirt twice this week when it announced back-to-back deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil discoveries. The news came on the heels of its fourth-quarter earnings, where the Houston-based company reported...
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- Energy Roundup: CFTC Eyes Trading Limits, BP Profit Slumps, Hedge Fund Launches Oil Venture, and More
- Federal regulators mull limits on energy trading -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission kicked off its study of speculation in commodity markets with hearings Tuesday, which may lead to new limits on how many futures contracts investors can hold in oil and energy commodities. Opponents to regulation blame wild swings in oil on...
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Researchers: Renewable Energy Jobs Are Safer
- The push for renewable energies has one more feather to put in its cap: improved health for its workforce and the potential of evading death, at least while on the job. As more workers shift from fossil fuel-related jobs to those in renewable energy, their health should improve, according...
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- Energy Roundup: Green Mobile Technology, Antarctica's Carbon-Free Base, and More
- Green technology star of cell phone industry show-- Solar panel cell phones, eco-friendly packaging and energy efficient chargers will be among the latest green technology applications featured this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. A number of products have been unveiled at the industry show, which kicked off...
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- Energy Roundup: Aquamarine's Big Catch, Power Grab For Grid, and More
- Aquamarine lands massive ocean power deal -- Aquamarine Power will develop 1,000 megawatts of wave and tidal power by 2020 in a joint deal with Airtricity, the renewable energy development division of Scottish and Southern Energy. Edinburgh, Scotland-based Aquamarine's plan to build two different prototypes -- one using tidal and...
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Energy Roundup: Rocky Iraq Oil Auction, BG Jumps Into U.S. Shale, Top 10 Green Cities, and More
- BP, CNPC scores only contract in Iraq oil auction -- Foreign companies bidding on Iraq oil contracts have shied away from the narrow terms and low price the government is willing to pay for their services. Only one of the eight contracts has been secured. BP and China's CNPC beat out...
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Energy Roundup: Hydrogen-Powered Tractors, EPA's Big Plans, and More
- New Holland puts hydrogen fuel cells to work in new tractors -- New Holland is developing a tractor that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell instead of gasoline and hopes to have a production model ready by 2013. The NH2, which has no gears and would...
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- Energy Roundup: Obama's Green Week, Takeovers and Bidding Wars, and More
- Massive offshore drilling proposal delayed for further review -- The Obama Administration this week continued its effort to undo some of President Bush's last-minute drilling and environmental decisions. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday stalled a five-year drilling plan that would affect some 300 million offshore acres. Salazar hasn't scrapped...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Green Shoots Hint at Recovery of Renewable Energy Investment
- Investment in the global renewable energy industry slowed considerably in 2008 and went into a freefall in the first quarter of 2009. But a recent study by New Energy Finance reveals a few green shoots of recovery have begun to appear. The 2009 Global Trends in Sustainable...
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Energy Roundup: UTS Scoffs at Bid, OPEC Stalls Drilling, and More
- UTS gives Total bid cold shoulder -- The board of Canadian oil-sands explorer UTS Energy called the unsolicited $506 million bid from energy giant Total "inadequate," "opportunistic" and recommended its shareholders reject it. Total, the world's sixth-largest energy company, has said it plans to invest $10 billion to $15 billion to develop oil sands in...
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Virent Energy, Shell Poised for Second-Gen Biofuels Race
- Now that the dust kicked up over the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules for the biofuels industry has settled just a little bit, it's worth taking a look at Virent Energy Systems and Royal Dutch Shell, companies well-positioned in the advanced biofuels race. The EPA released this week its draft regulations requiring biofuels to...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Energy Roundup: Hara Lands Coke Deal, Climate Bill Hurdles, Shell Slashes Senior Execs, and More
- Carbon tracker start-up Hara lands Coke deal -- Hara, the energy software management company formed by SAP and Oracle alumni, has struck a deal with Coke. Hara's software, which Coke is expected to use throughout its operations, helps companies track and manage their energy and water consumption. The start-up's early success and $6...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
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