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Obama In $450 Billion Push For Growth

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Barack Obama sought to resuscitate his flagging presidency and the US economy with a larger-than-expected $450bn jobs plan that emphasises tax cuts in a bid to win over Republican opposition.

In a sign of the White House’s own bleak assessment of the recovery, the proposal, which was presented in an address by the US president to Congress, is more than half the size of the stimulus package enacted by Mr Obama shortly after he took office in the depths of the financial crisis of 2009.

“It will provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled, and give companies confidence that if they invest and hire, there will be customers for their products and services,” Mr Obama said. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 9, 2011 at 10:00 AM

Finance Advice From A Renewables Guru

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Despite three recent bankruptcies, the US solar manufacturing industry is doing just fine, according to Mark Riedy, founder and general counsel to American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and a partner at the Mintz Levin law firm.

“I’m not worried about it and I’ve been in the renewables space since 1975, year in and year out,” Riedy said. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 2:30 PM

News: SolarCity Unveils Plan to Double the Total Number of Residential Solar Installations in the U.S. Through Insta… http://ow.ly/1eAOSL

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News: SolarCity Unveils Plan to Double the Total Number of Residential Solar Installations in the U.S. Through Insta… http://ow.ly/1eAOSL @solarcity

 /  Published September 8, 2011 at 11:30 AM

An Ohio state legislator introduces a ban on natural gas fracking until EPA releases a health hazard study http://t.co/fkaLfP0

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An Ohio state legislator introduces a ban on natural gas fracking until EPA releases a health hazard study http://t.co/fkaLfP0 @energynownews

 /  Published September 7, 2011 at 12:25 PM

Romney Talks Tough On China

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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney had some harsh words for China in his 59-point jobs plan Tuesday.

Calling the country a “cheater,” Romney promised to impose a variety of trade restrictions if China doesn’t comply with intellectual property laws and allow its currency to float freely in foreign exchange markets. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM

Envisioning A US-Canada Energy Partnership

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Canada doesn’t cheer when the US economy fails, Alberta’s Energy Minister Ron Liepert told a small gathering a the Canadian consulate in New York City on Tuesday.

The Canadian economy is largely dependent on the success of the American one, he said, and this is particularly true when it comes to energy. As heated debate continues to surround the recently-State-Department-approved TransCanada XL Pipeline, Liepert emphasized that for Alberta, the long-winded American regulatory process was holding up a much needed boost to the province’s economy. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 7, 2011 at 6:00 AM

What’s In This Fracking Water?

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News flash: Halliburton exec becomes (presumably) world’s first fracking-fluid imbiber.

Don’t Do This at Home, Boys and Girls Keep reading →

 /  Published September 6, 2011 at 9:15 AM

The Makings Of A Solar Panel

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While it may seem like a simple process to churn out solar cells, this video outlines every step in the complex process.

Of note is the various steps Suntech Power takes to reduce reflectivity of the panels and keep solar power from bouncing off the cells. Texturing disturbs the smoothness of the cells and a silicon-nitrite anti-reflective coating further reduces reflectivity. Together, these processes reduces overall surface reflectivity to less than 1%, according to the video. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 6, 2011 at 6:00 AM

Federally Funded Innovation

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The fed’s piggy bank has been the subject of much debate this summer as Democrats and Republicans clashed over the deficit and budget planning.

No less controversial is federal financing of renewable energy projects, part of a strategy to both reduce national dependence on foreign oil and limit greenhouse gas emissions as part of addressing the threat of global climate change. But with federally-backed companies like solar manufacturer Solyndra recently filing for bankruptcy, some are saying that the government is making bad bets and investing in the wrong places. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 6, 2011 at 6:00 AM

AOL Energy Week In Review

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The US East Coast was still reeling from Hurricane Irene this week as power was gradually restored to millions who were disconnected during the storm.

According to Con Edison, the hurricane caused more power outages in its service area than any other storm in history. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 2, 2011 at 2:20 PM
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