Teryn Norris: The Rise of China’s Green Mercantilism

China is rising to dominate the clean energy industry primarily due to direct government subsidies, according to a new investigative report by the New York…
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Iran leads nuclear drive in the Middle East

Egypt’s plan to build four nuclear powerplants by 2025 underscores the emerging interest in atomic energy across the Middle East, where even oil-rich nations such as Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are eyeing fossil fuel alternatives to satisfy growing demand.
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UK firm lands $500m biofuel contract

TMO Renewables wins contract with US firm Fiberight using its ‘turbo-charged’ GM bacteria that convert rubbish into biofuels A British company that uses a genetically modified compost-heap bug to produce biofuel from rubbish has signed a 0m (£319m) contract with a US firm. TMO …
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Clean Energy Trust Receives $1.05 Million U.S. Department of Energy Grant; Organization Looks to Create Clean Energy …

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Clean Energy Trust has received a .05 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help transfer research from Illinois’ world-class universities and science labs into clean energy
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India’s largest tier IV datacenter in Mumbai

CtrlS is setting up India’s largest tier IV class datacenter spread over 2,10,000 sq ft area with a capacity of 7000 server racks in Mumbai. Services from this data center will be available from January 2011
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Green Duluth Energy Canvass Begins

Members of Duluth organizations and the community joined Senator Yvonne Prettner Solon Friday to kick off the Green Duluth Energy Canvass, with a bit of help from the Duluth Energy Efficiency Program, or D.E.E.P.
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Santa Clara University to Harness the Academic Power of Renewable Energy

Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering is now offering a Renewable Energy Certificate for engineering graduate students. The certificate helps engineers in the semiconductor field prepare for one of the fastest growing sectors in world – alternative energy. The certificate helps refresh the skill set of experienced engineers/professionals looking to …
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GridKa Boosts Data Center Performance with Brocade SAN Switches and HBAs

Brocade today announced that the Grid Computing Center Karlsruhe (GridKa), the German hub of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG), has installed Brocade 825 dual-port 8 Gbps host bus adapters (HBAs) and Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM®) to deliver a secure, high-performance flow of data between its data center and the thousands of scientists …
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BPA Looks beyond Federal Hydro System to Help Integrate Wind Power

Calpine Corporation has entered into an agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration for a pilot project to provide up to 75 megawatts of generation flexibility from its cleaner burning, natural gas-fired Hermiston Power Project.
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