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Solyndra, Satcon Form Partnership

Companies will market systems combining solar panels and inverters.

U.S. Company To Build Queen-Sized Wind Turbines

Aeronautica Windpower of Massachusetts has an exclusive license to produce sub-megawatt wind turbines in the U.S.

CPower Collects $10M for Demand Response

Energy management firm concludes Series B funding to expand North American business.

By Bart King There’s no denying the economic crisis has dominated President Obama’s first 100 days in office. The young administration has been forced to define its domestic and international agendas in terms of economic recovery, and thus far it has provided the vision needed to find opportunity at the center of this challenge. History will judge the effectiveness of the $787 billion stimulus package and the course set by an enormous budget that proposes to overhaul health care, education and energy. The legislative battles that will be fought over these issues will demonstrate whether or not Obama can skillfully employ the Presidential bully pulpit, a task for which he certainly has the charisma and the attention of the public. However, he has already proven himself to be a decisive chief of the executive branch, the area in which his experience and ability were questioned during the election campaign. The environment has been one of the greatest beneficiaries of this authority, as the administration has set a feverish pace in righting the wrongs of its predecessors. Environmentalists have been thrilled—giddy even—to have a President who views nature as a limited resource to be protected rather than plundered. The Bush administration […]

Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: April 29, 2009

President Obama Touts Clean Energy on Earth Day DOE: $300M in ARRA for Clean Cities Program Interior Department Sets Offshore Renewable Energy Project Rules DOE Launches Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy DOE to Invest $777M in 46 New Energy Frontier Research Centers California Adopts Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Two Major Greenhouse Gases Continued to Rise in 2008 President Obama Touts Clean Energy on Earth Day On Earth Day, President Obama marked the occasion by delivering an in-depth speech on clean energy jobs and technologies and the response to climate change. The speech focused primarily on renewable energy and energy efficiency, and the president noted the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the growth of those technologies in the U.S. Obama announced the publication of a rule for leasing areas on the Outer Continental Shelf for offshore wind power facilities (see the separate article below). He delivered the speech at Trinity Structural Towers, a company that manufactures steel towers for wind turbines. The company’s manufacturing plant in Newton, Iowa, revitalized a former Maytag plant and created new "green jobs" in Newton, serving as a symbol of what the president called "a new era of energy exploration in America." "Now, the […]