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>Firm seeks more time for OK on wind turbines off coast

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Firm seeks more time for OK on wind turbines off coast Fishermen’s Energy, the company likely closest to placing wind turbines off the coast of New Jersey, is seeking more time to file an amended application with state regulators after harsh criticism of its initial proposal by [...]

>Hybrid owners unlikely to buy another one, study shows

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Hybrid owners unlikely to buy another one, study showsBy Paul A. Eisenstein, The Detroit Bureau Hybrid sales have been surging as fuel prices take their latest run towards record levels.  But the news might not be nearly as good as it would seem if a new study by R.L. Polk is any [...]

>Savings come slowly for hybrid, electric car owners

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Savings come slowly for hybrid, electric car ownersNashville Business Journal by Nevin Batiwalla, Staff ReporterDate: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 12:09pm CDT Buyers of hybrid or electric-vehicles, such as Nissan’s Leaf, hoping to save money have to wait years —or even decades in some cases— for the [...]

>NV Energy windmill program generates rebates, little electricity

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NV Energy windmill program generates rebates, little electricityBy Anjeanette Damon (contact)Friday, March 30, 2012 | 2 a.m. A year ago, a Reno clean energy businessman warned the Public Utilities Commission that if it didn’t set a few standards for NV Energy’s wind rebate program, its customers [...]

>Despite Gas Prices, Hybrid Sales Stall

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Despite Gas Prices, Hybrid Sales StallApr 03, 2012, 11:26 AMBy AnnaMaria Andriotis Car sales are up again, but despite rising gas prices, few consumers are buying hybrids. Instead, they’re choosing less fuel-efficient – and less costly — subcompacts and mid-size vehicles. March sales rose 22% [...]

>New Jersey, maybe not so green after all

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New Jersey, maybe not so green after all Clean energy advocates and lawmakers like to tout the success of New Jersey in developing the nation’s second biggest solar market, a distinction they say has created thousands of jobs in an economy that otherwise has been shedding jobs like paper. [...]

>Secretary Chu’s $10 Million Fiasco

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Secretary Chu’s $10 Million FiascoDiane Katz March 21, 2012 at 4:38 pm During a hearing last week of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Wyoming Senator John Barrasso (R) asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu a seemingly simple question: “(D)o you think a $50 light bulb is affordable for [...]

>Ridgewood High School graduate Mike Graifman a solar pioneer

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Ridgewood High School graduate Mike Graifman a solar pioneer Ridgewood High School graduate uses energy to help in Haiti FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012BY JOSEPH CRAMERSTAFF WRITERTHE RIDGEWOOD NEWS In 2007, Mike Graifman, a Ridgewood High School senior at the time, made a presentation to the Board of [...]

>Energy efficiency bill would encourage vendors to bid on projects

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Energy efficiency bill would encourage vendors to bid on projects Lawmakers are trying craft fixes to a program to help local and state governments save taxpayer money by reducing how much energy they use. But whether the changes go far enough is a matter of dispute—even among the proposal’s [...]

>"Voice of the People" : WHERE ARE WE NOW NEIGHBOR?

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“Voice of the People” 3/20/12 Sue T   6:16 PM WHERE ARE WE NOW NEIGHBOR? News is breaking daily in every direction these days, with gas prices rising, food prices going up regularly and our budgets shrinking into a decline but, at the same time, the government is telling us that ” The economy is [...]

>State Office of Clean Energy aims to stabilize solar sector

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State Office of Clean Energy  aims to stabilize solar sector The state wants to extend utility-run solar programs, a measure long advocated by industry lobbyists as a way of averting a crash in the fast-growing sector. In a straw proposal developed by the state Office of Clean Energy with input [...]

>The tough task of making offshore wind pay

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The tough task of making offshore wind pay The state’s offshore wind development law is working as intended — even though two consultants panned the first proposed wind farm, concluding that the benefits of the project are outweighed by its cost to ratepayers, according to Christie [...]

>Another setback for offshore wind farm near Atlantic City

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Another setback for offshore wind farm near Atlantic City For the second time this month, a consultant retained by the state has determined that an offshore wind farm proposed three miles off the coast of Atlantic City has failed to justify the economic benefits of moving forward. The findings [...]

>Is the clean energy fund suffering from a surplus of cash?

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Is the clean energy fund suffering from a surplus of cash? When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton famously replied because that is where the money is. Perhaps that same rationale applies to New Jersey’s clean energy program, an apparently golden pot of money that legislators and governors [...]

>Solar growth spurt: Good news – at least for now

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Solar growth spurt: Good news – at least for now Speculation about an imminent collapse in the solar sector in New Jersey seems to be off the mark, at least for now. Last month, the state set an all-time record for the number of solar systems installed, with approximately 84 megawatts of new [...]

>Garden State company converts biomass into ‘green gasoline’

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Garden State company converts biomass into ‘green gasoline’ It may only amount to a drop in the bucket for a nation as thirsty for oil as the United States, but a Hillsborough company is betting it can convert wood pellets and other biomass into a renewable gasoline. Primus Green Energy, an [...]

>Energy Conversion Devices files for bankruptcy as solar energy lags

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Energy Conversion Devices files for bankruptcy as solar energy lags12:45 PM, February 14, 2012 In the latest setback for the solar energy industry, Auburn Hills-based Energy Conversion Devices said today that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and intends to sell its assets, including its main [...]
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