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Solar Millennium AG has big plans ahead of them. Bloomberg reported that the German company will build the world’s biggest solar-thermal power plant after the California Energy Commission voted to license the project on Wednesday. As a result, its stock rose 15% from 2.16 euros to 19.11 euros. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said in a statement, “Projects like this need our immediate attention as …

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Texas-based KiOR, a company with plans to produce a crude oil substitute from wood chips and other biomass, will locate its first three facilities in Mississippi.

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After three years, Hoffman Estates Democrat Fred Crespo finally has something to show for his efforts on behalf of schools seeking to tap into renewable energy.

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Illinois sold $300 million of Build America Bonds at a yield premium over Treasuries about 40 percent higher than two months ago after lawmakers failed to close a $13 billion budget deficit for the year starting July 1.

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RIYADH: Oil giant Saudi Arabia on Saturday gave its strongest signal yet that it wants to develop atomic power by announcing a new centre for nuclear and alternative energy technologies.

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The Ohio Turnpike plans to build a pair of “greener” service plazas powered by renewable energy, with electricity for truckers to heat or cool their rigs without keeping their engines running.

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Iosil Energy Corporation , an innovator in the production of high-purity solar grade polysilicon for the photovoltaic industry, announced today that it has secured $13.5 million in equity financing in an oversubscribed round. Â New investors BankInvest New Energy Solutions, SiC Processing, Bekaert, Epic Ventures, and Gideon Hixon joined existing investors EnerTech Capital, Cycad Group, and …

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The plant will employ 300 within two to three years with a potential of up to 500 thereafter.

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