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Wind power: Foreign entrant perks up price views
Sunday, 8 Apr, 2007 – 15:10 | No Comment

By Laura Mandaro, MarketWatch
Acquirer enthusiasm for wind power, a niche but vibrant corner of the energy market, just got turned up to gale force.
In the week since Portuguese electric utility Energias de Portugal SA won …

Federal tax credits for installation of small wind systems proposed
Sunday, 8 Apr, 2007 – 15:00 | No Comment

By Hank Zevallos
Small wind turbine systems for residential and small business installations are getting their first federal support since 1985 with the introduction of federal investment tax credit bills in both houses of Congress.
Bill H.R.1772 …

Irish National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012; IBEC says Government action to date has been narrow and unbalanced
Sunday, 8 Apr, 2007 – 14:58 | No Comment

By Finfacts Team
Dick Roche, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, today  launched the Government’s  National Climate Change Strategy for the period 2007-2012.
Emphasising the importance of the Strategy to meeting Ireland’s Kyoto Commitments, …

Western oil companies diversify with investment in renewable power resources
Thursday, 5 Apr, 2007 – 14:30 | No Comment

From Reuters
London – The following are details of the main investments of the largest, fully publicly traded oil companies in the world by market capitalisation, in wind power, solar, hydrogen, geothermal energy and biofuels:

Top VCs plug into renewable energy
Thursday, 5 Apr, 2007 – 14:26 | No Comment

By Mary Kathleen Flynn
All hail the guinea pigs. Venture capital investors in “clean” energy are effectively experimenting with a set of technologies on the cusp.
But of what? A “revolutionary” shift away from fossil fuels, an …

What’s 5 million barrels between friends?
Thursday, 5 Apr, 2007 – 0:00 | No Comment

US gasoline inventories dropped by 5,000,000 barrels for the week ending March 30.

What’s 5 million barrels between friends?
Wednesday, 4 Apr, 2007 – 23:00 | No Comment

US gasoline inventories dropped by 5,000,000 barrels for the week ending March 30.

Race for a green car – Multi-million-dollar X Prize set for automotive innovation.
Tuesday, 3 Apr, 2007 – 7:22 | No Comment

The X Prize Foundation has announced a competition to build an environmentally friendly car.
The winning vehicle will have to achieve at least 43 kilometres per litre (100 miles per US gallon), regardless of the type …

EPA Gets the Power
Tuesday, 3 Apr, 2007 – 0:00 | No Comment

So the Supreme Court has ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases and that it can’t sidestep that authority without providing a scientific basis for doing so.

EPA Gets the Power
Monday, 2 Apr, 2007 – 23:00 | No Comment

So the Supreme Court has ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases and that it can’t sidestep that authority without providing a scientific basis for doing so.