Treasurer wants to suspend solar tax break program KTVU 2 San Francisco Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:44 PM PDT State Treasurer Bill Lockyer says he will request suspension of an alternative energy program that provided a $25 million tax break to the troubled solar energy company Solyndra. | Solar Dwellings on Parade New York Times Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:40 PM PDT Landscape is playing a growing role in how designers think about the role of renewable energy in architectural design. | Santa Rosa-based Ygrene leads $650 million green-retrofit effort North Bay Business Journal Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:39 PM PDT SANTA ROSA -- Five years ago, co-founders of Santa Rosa-based Ygrene Energy Fund were trying to drum up local support for an innovative large-scale financing program to encourage real estate owners to embark upon energy-saving retrofit and renewable-power projects. And today Ygrene is leading a nationwide commercial property retrofit endeavor backed by a billionaire, a large investment bank, a ... | Esty, Who Intervened In CL&P Case, Was Paid $205,000 By Its Corporate Parent Hartford Courant Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:39 PM PDT State energy and environment Commissioner Daniel C. Esty â" who sparked some official concern in recent weeks by halting state regulators' deliberations in a multimillion-dollar application by Connecticut Light & Power Co. â" was paid $205,000 as a consultant from 1997 to 2005 by CL&P's parent company, Northeast Utilities. | Local firm inks ocean power deal Lancaster Online Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:39 PM PDT A Lancaster company has landed a contract to design the world's first two commercial plants that would generate electricity from the temperature differences of ocean water. Ocean Thermal Energy Corp. (OTE) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bahamas Electricity Corp., which serves 85 perce... | On Our Radar: Solar Venture Misses Loan Deadline New York Times Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:39 PM PDT First Solar says it is in advanced talks to build and sell its Topaz plant project and will try to secure financing that does not rely on the Energy Department. | Whose Subsidies Trump Whose? New York Times Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:39 PM PDT Comparisons are difficult, but a new report calculates that nuclear, oil and gas subsidies in those industries' early years exceed the subsidies that have gone to renewable energy. | SolarCity Loses US Loan Guarantee After Solyndra Flap CNBC Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:33 PM PDT Solar panel installer SolarCity said it was informed by the U.S. Department of Energy that it will not be able to finalize the company's offer of a $275 million loan guarantee by a Sept. 30 deadline. | | |
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