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Global solar technology manufacturing company and developer SunEdison has announced that it will benefit from a $175 million solar energy development fund, funded by a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and TerraForm Power. According to the press release, JPM Capital Corporation will invest up to $75 million into the solar energy development fund, while TerraForm Power will invest $100

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Rather than giving gifts of stuff this holiday season, why not give the gift of a cleaner climate? Oroeco is a California-based startup that allows users to track and share their carbon footprint, and they have partnered with Impact Carbon to help you give meaningful gifts for the holiday, relieve climate pressure AND help those in need. In communities throughout

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In every endeavor, there has to be a first: The first person in space, the first man on the moon, the first to stand atop the highest mountain in the world. For Germany’s offshore wind industry, it was the pioneering Alpha Ventus installation off the coast of Borkum that waded first into the water. Now, nearly five years after the

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China has no time to waste in mitigating air and water pollution, nor doing its part to cut global warming emissions. To help address these issues, China came up with a significant plan to adopt 5 million electric cars. The issue now is how to supply enough charging stations to fuel the cars. China’s current electric vehicle (EV) owners are

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Striking another blow to the oil and gas industries, an American solar company has developed technology that can produce super-efficient solar power that’s cheaper than fossil fuels. Rayton Solar’s new solar panel manufacturing technology uses 50 to 100 times less silicon than other technologies, cutting out large amounts of the most costly component of solar panels. The company says its

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Chinese carpenter Liu Fulong spent four months this year building a fully operational, all-electric car out of wood! The car is armored, it features several missiles mounted to the sides and roof, and it’s road-worthy, too. The 48-year-old carpenter shelled out 20,000 yuan (around $3,200 USD) to build his wooden creation. Fulong lives in Shengyang, in northeast China’s Liaoning province,

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The Berkeley Lab team was led by Richard Saykally, a chemist with Berkeley Labs Chemical Sciences Division, David Prendergast, a theorist with Berkeley Labs Molecular Foundry, and Steven Harris, a chemist with the Labs Materials Sciences Division. A crucial process in lithium ion batteries is the transport of lithium ions between the electrodes, explained Saykally. Commercial lithium-ion batteries contain a

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Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) $5 billion Gigafactory is being built in Reno, and it will provide a huge boost to the economy of the area. Moreover, officials in Reno believe that the area is capable of handling the growth driven by the construction of the factory, but note it will require more investment and it is not clear who will

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Emerging economies in the Middle East and Africa will have installed almost 3 GW of wind power by the end of 2014, with more than 58% of that being installed in the last two years. This is according to new analysis from MAKE, which follows on from recent and numerous additions to its wind power analyses, including an analysis of

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Yingli Green Energy Holding, the world’s largest photovoltaic modules manufacturer, has recently announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Yingli Green Energy Singapore Company Pte. Limited (Yingli Singapore) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huawei, Solventina Solar Energy, and Kasikornbank to provide turnkey solar power solutions for power plants and distributed generation projects throughout Thailand. According to Ms. Angie

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