CleanTechies News (beta):

Washington D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that a partial loan guarantee for a $1.3 billion loan has been finalized to support the world’s largest wind farm.

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Problems at the Willamette Education Service District run much deeper than those found in a series of audits last year. A 16-month Statesman Journal investigation into the regional educational service provider has turned up no-bid contracts, questionable property deals and supposedly self-supporting ventures that failed, lost money or drew formal complaints and lawsuits.

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ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, introduced BelaSigna R261. This complete system-on-chip (SoC) solution for portable consumer electronics incorporates a highly optimized digital signal processor (DSP) with an advanced dual-microphone noise reduction algorithm to improve speech intelligibility in noisy environments, while …

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Executive says conglomerate looks beyond $6 billion in projects

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BATS Global Markets, a global stock market operator, reports the BATS 1000℠ Index advanced 0.5% for the week ending Dec. 17. The S&P 500 Index was up 0.3% for the week.

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A pilot project for the creation of an “energy park” with a full-cycle environmentally friendly electricity generation facility will be launched in the village of Lypivka in Ivano-Frankivsk region.

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Acting with uncommon speed, Congress sent President Barack Obama sweeping, bipartisan legislation late Thursday night to avoid a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes for millions and renew jobless benefits for victims of the worst recession in 80 years.

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* NDRC: Some areas may see fuel supply tightness in winter

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City Auditor discovers that the public works agency only collected 11 percent of the fines it levied for illegal trash dumping in 2006 through 2009.

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On December 15, 2010, the Senate passed the Reid tax compromise with a vote of 81-19. See roll call

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