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Despite all the buzz these days about social networks, it's easy to forget that they're just part of the world's largest business -- energy -- and that the Googles, Apples and Facebooks of the world are just starting to exploit the green potential of the energy network.
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A recent conference worked to reframe the national conversation about energy, to move away from how to make dirty fuels more expensive, and instead talk about ways to make clean energy cheaper, largely by driving innovation.
by Marc Gunther
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Blaming "Washington" for America's failing clean-energy leadership is easy, but the fact is much of the nation’s energy policy happens at the state level. Two new reports shine a light on how the states are doing.
by Joel Makower
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The Post-Carbon Reader, a thoughtful new book published by Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch, aims to point the way to to a more resilient and sustainable world.
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Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, who has worked wonders at advancing a clean energy future for Colorado, talks about energy security, leadership and what’s next.
by Anna Clark
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Businesses can play a key role in driving government policy action on climate change. It's clear that carbon is increasingly becoming a strategic management priority, and governments across the globe now need to support industry in realizing these carbon-related economic opportunities.
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As always in the energy business, there are predictions aplenty about what will fuel the future, but two recent examples offer widely different takes on just what a role King Coal will play come 2030 or 2050.
by Marc Gunther
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Starting next month, the droppings from thousands of chickens will add their might to a biogas power station serving this Cotsworld market town.
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At the Solar Power International conference and trade show, tens of thousands of people and some of the world's biggest companies, are showing why the future is -- finally -- bright for U.S. solar power.
by Marc Gunther
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The ultimate nightmare for Congress is an angry mob with money. Yet, the renewable energy industry has so far failed to use its economic might, and its anger over failed U.S. energy policy, to convince policymakers that renewable energy is the economic pillar of future U.S. success. We don’t need more “constructive engagement” with our representatives in D.C. We need blunt force trauma. We need a million suits on the Mall.
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A research project funded by Google's philanthropic arm predicts geothermal power could provide the coal state with all the energy it needs.
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Fireman's Fund is extending its commercial green insurance coverage to solar, wind and other alternative energy equipment in an offering targeted at firms that lease or work with companies hosting renewable energy systems.
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Pursuit of a renewable energy bonanza has sparked a fervor akin to Gold Rush fever, and in some unlikely places a Wild West atmosphere prevails.<br />
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In the newest campaign against the social network's new data center in Oregon, Greenpeace has created a short animation mocking the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
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Contemporary energy security demands a mixed basket of energy sources. A move from the current carbon energy usage, to a more balanced energy portfolio, delivers this as well as opening up almost unlimited business opportunities and a pathway to creating thousands of green jobs.
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The Recovery Act has kept the country on track to halve the cost of solar power and has helped lay the foundation to double renewable energy generation and renewable equipment manufacturing in the U.S., according to a White House report.
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The software maker also shrank its carbon footprint by improving the energy efficiency of its buildings and data centers, but an uptick in business growth means SAP is keeping a wary eye on its business travel.
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An annual study of the country's renewable energy sourcing finds that wind power is leading the surge as it generates an increasing share of U.K. electricity.
by David Gibbs
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What do you do when it seems that nearly all the low-hanging fruit of energy savings has been harvested? You stretch and look for more. That's what the EDF Climate Corps fellow at eBay has done this summer in her assignment at one of the greener companies in Silicon Valley.
by Megan Rast
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The devastating flooding in Tennessee last spring wreaked havoc on the energy infrastructure of Opryland, Gaylord Entertainment's flagship resort and convention center. The neccessity of replacing these systems, however, provided a strong business case for exploring more efficient systems, such as combined heat and power.
by Rob Powell
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The 4,000 cows at the Ukrainian Milk Company Ltd. near Kiev are doing more than producing dairy products. Their dung is being used to produce energy at the country's first biogas cogeneration plant.
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In 1969, the Nixon White House asked a young assistant professor of engineering whether solar energy made sense for America. Absolutely, he replied. Four decades later, Fred Morse is still trying to persuade the government to put its muscle behind solar. Last week, he scored a big victory.
by Marc Gunther
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The Renewable Energy Finance Forum in New York City offered a stark look at the technological, logistical and political challenges to shifting away from fossil fuels to greener energy sources.
by Sid Singh
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Two solar companies -- one building a giant solar power plant in Arizona and the other constructing state-of-the-art factories to make thin-film panels -- have been offered conditional commitments for $1.85 billion in loan guarantees backed by Recovery Act funds, President Barack Obama said.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Exelon are the nation's fifth and 35th largest power producers yet they boast the lowest carbon dioxide emissions rates of the top 100 electric utilities in the U.S., a new report shows. On the other end of the spectrum is Big Rivers Electric, the Kentucky-based cooperative that is the nation's 79th largest power producer but holds the highest CO2 emissions ranking.