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		<title><![CDATA[CIC buys 20% stake in solar operator]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ China Investment Corp said on Thursday it has bought a 20 per cent stake in GCL-Poly Energy, a Hong Kong-listed solar power plant operator, for HK$5.5bn (US$705m) as the sovereign wealth fund takes a bet on new energy.As part of the investment, CIC and GCL-Poly plan to set up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:33:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Japan Boosts Prospects of Solar Power From Space]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget putting solar panels in sunny places like the desert. Japan is ready to skip the entire atmosphere and launch a massive solar installation into space, with a new deal between its aerospace agency and three big companies. by Chris Morrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:02:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solar power's prospects rise in the east]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Arab world may be rich in oil and gas by international standards but even its hydrocarbon resources are finite. In some states, such as Bahrain, Jordan, Dubai and Oman, energy shortfalls are either evident or are looming.Moreover, the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council, because of a history...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MEMC snaps up SunEdison for USD200m]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Missouri-based wafer maker MEMC Electronic Materials is paying USD200m to acquire solar farm developer SunEdison. The value of the deal, which comprises 70% in cash and 30% in MEMC shares, could increase by USD89m if SunEdison meets certain performance targets next year. MEMC will fork out USD17m in cash...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:02:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Rooftops, A Newly Attractive Form of Solar Power]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may not be attractive to your pocketbook, but at least it'll look slick: Dow Chemical has unveiled a new solar rooftop shingle that converts the sun's rays to electricity. The shingles work just like solar panels, but without the bulky and ugly mounting systems used to attach panels to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:50:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investors favour nuclear power utilities]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The pro-business credentials of Germany's incoming coalition government gave a modest boost to the country's equity markets yesterday, with investors quick to judge that some of Europe's biggest power generation companies would be among the corporate winners from Sunday's general election.Shares in Eon and RWE, the utility companies, led...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week in Renewables: Neglected Nuclear, Falling Winds, Solar Redemption]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should, or should not nuclear energy be considered a renewable?    That's more of a long-running question than a news item from this week, but Department of Energy head Steven Chu did take the opportunity last Friday to again throw his weight behind nukes, saying that the government...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:37:49 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The $100 Million Club]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ How rare is it to land a $100 million round of venture funding? Well, Twitter just became the first U.S. based digital media company in at least two years to do it, according to the National Venture Capital Association. That&#8217;s not to say that no other companies have raised...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:59:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Duke's CEO Says Solar Power is More Important Than Wind]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002110/duke-energy-ceo-solar-power-is-more-important-than-wind/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Utilities have a tough job in picking which expensive, relatively unproven renewable energy technology to place their chips on. Solar and wind power get about equal face-time in the news, trailed by smaller contenders like geothermal, but which gets the most press isn't necessarily a good indicator of which will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:08 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: Sahara Solar Plan, U.S-China Climate Talks, Nabucco Gas Pipe Accord Signed, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Backers of Sahara solar power plant project sign initiative -- A dozen major companies including Siemens, German insurer Munich Re andÂ utilities RWE and Eon signed a renewable energyÂ initiative Monday aimed at developing electricity via solar power plants and wind farms in the Sahara desert. The Desertec Industrial Initiative is the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:15:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solar Development to Speed Up Next Year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States government has finally decided to help lift some of the bureaucratic hassles involved with renewable energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced yesterday. The Bureau of Land Management, historically a somewhat obscure regulator, will work to expedite approval for over a dozen major solar projects on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:34:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: Europe's Solar Play, Offshore Wind Flies, Climate Vote Approaching and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Europe plans massive solar power project -- If $555 billion can be raised for construction, Europe could someday have a massive electrical network sending solar power from Northern African deserts to the chilly states of the EU. The Desertec consortium of 20 companies, with support from national governments, will hold...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:57:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Schools Line Up to Install Solar Panels]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10001410/schools-line-up-to-install-solar-panels/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Schools in our society seem to be perennially cash-strapped, unable to spend extra on frills even if they might make the educational experience better. So it's somewhat surprising that more and more schools are lining up for solar power, some in multi-million dollar deals.    The most recent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:10:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In China, the Price is Right For Solar]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10001370/in-china-the-price-is-right-for-solar/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Proponents of solar power in the United States may soon have reason to be green with envy over their Chinese peers. Shi Lishan, a spokesman from China's National Energy Administration, says that the country will soon pass a 1.09 yuan per kilowatt hour feed-in tariff for solar power, equal to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:53:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[National Semi acquires Act Solar]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2448-14061_23-280574.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ California-based National Semiconductor is paying an undisclosed sum to acquire Act Solar, a developer of power optimisation technology to increase the efficiency of commercial and utility-scale solar energy installations. National Semi, which develops energy efficient analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, says the acquisition will increase its portfolio of optimisation and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:49:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: Mr. Ethanol Goes to Washington, Carbon Dioxide-Sucking Rocks, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[    Ethanol producers hit Capitol in bid toÂ increase blend -- U.S. ethanol producersÂ pressed the Obama administration to raise the limit on ethanol in fuel to 15 percent, a move they saidÂ would createÂ as many as 136,000 new jobsÂ and reduce imports. Growth Energy, an ethanol trade group, submitted a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:18:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solar Tax Credit Hooks Another Major Utility]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/1000675/solar-tax-credit-hooks-another-major-utility/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The solar investment tax credit is turning out to be the bait the industry needs to keep money flowing in an economy running short on investors willing to fund renewable energy projects.    When the federal tax incentives package was passed last October, which included the solar investment...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:31:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Abandoned Airport Looks to Solar Energy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/travel/1000913/abandoned-airport-looks-to-solar-energy/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend sent me a note this morning with a story that Palmdale Airport is looking to turn itself into a massive solar energy farm.  I guess if you have nothing better to do with an airport that gets 300+ days of a sun a year, this is a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:22:24 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: Crude's Rollercoaster Ride, Cheap Solar Power, and More]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/1000625/energy-roundup-crudes-rollercoaster-ride-cheap-solar-power-and-more/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Recession fears, inventoriesÂ spur oil's wild ride this week -- Crude oil was trading below $35 a barrel earlier this week as concerns of a global recession deepened. Prices suddenly rose 14 percent after a U.S. government report showed a drop in supplies for the first time this year, as imports...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:51:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: SunEdison Buys Real Estate, ZeaChem Gets $34M, and More]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/1000453/energy-roundup-sunedison-buys-real-estate-zeachem-gets-34m-and-more/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cellulosic ethanol startup ZeaChem raised $34 million; Cleveland-based Developers Diversified Realty will generate $2.5 million in revenue this year from a plan with SunEdison; Property manager Cushman & Wakefield has come to an agreement with the EPA to drastically cut emissions and more. by Christopher Wink]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:41:58 -0800</pubDate>
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