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DOE to Offer $25 Billion in Loans for Advanced Vehicles
DOE issued an Interim Final Rule for the Advanced
Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, which will
distribute up to $25 billion in direct loans to automakers and
component manufacturers.
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Corn Ethanol Producer VeraSun Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Ethanol producers that locked in high purchases prices for corn are now being squeezed by falling ethanol prices. Credit: Chris Standlee
VeraSun Energy Corporation, one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers, filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on October 31. Corn ethanol producers have struggled this year to produce profits while […]
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Researchers Seek to Reduce Bat Deaths from Wind Turbines
The Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative (BWEC) announced in mid-October that it has begun testing a procedure to stop wind turbines during low-wind conditions to avoid killing bats. Bat deaths from wind turbines are a relatively recently discovered phenomenon, and although they are not fully understood, recent studies have suggested that most bat deaths occur […]
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Utilities in Colorado and Hawaii Pursue Clean Energy
The largest utilities in Colorado and Hawaii are now seriously pursuing clean energy. In late September, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved a long-term energy resource plan for Xcel Energy that calls for demand-side management programs to reduce electricity use by 1,744 gigawatt-hours by 2015, while cutting peak electricity demand by 421 megawatts (MW), […]
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Ausra Opens its First Solar Power Plant in California
The Ausra technology employs flat mirrors that direct sunlight onto an overhead tube, in which water is boiled into steam.
Credit: Ausra, Inc.
Ausra, Inc. launched its first commercial solar power plant last week. The 5-megawatt (MW) Kimberlina Solar Thermal Energy Plant in Bakersfield, California, is the first to use Ausra’s innovative technology that replaces trough-shaped solar […]
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