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Formalizing the plan that CEO Eric Schmidt discussed in September , Google has officially unveiled a very detailed proposal to help the U.S. kick its fossil fuel habit by 2030. Dubbed ‘Clean Energy 2030,’ the proposal calls for almost all of U.S. electricity to come from renewables by 2030 and almost all of new [...]

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There are 1,700 operating landfills in the U.S., and according to the the EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program , they contain enough natural gas to produce 2,643 megawatts of electricity. As part of its previously announced goal of developing 60 landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) projects by 2012, Waste Management, one of the largest landfill operators [...]

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We were pretty sure that the news that solar thermal startup Ausra had raised $25 million back in August, wasn’t the full story — Ausra Executive VP Robert Morgan had said that the company was looking to raise a round closer to $50 million for its Series C. Well, this afternoon Ausra says that [...]

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Aptera is doing some last-minute design tweaks to its space age-looking three-wheeled electric vehicle before the company starts production in the coming months. In a newsletter the Carlsbad, Calif.-based company sent out this morning, Aptera says it has been making refinements to the vehicle that will deliver “the most efficient and safest [version] yet.” [...]

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The saga of the renewable energy tax credits may have a last-minute happy ending. The Senate is set to vote on a new iteration of the $700 billion financial bailout package, which now includes extensions for the renewable energy tax credits. The Senate has scheduled a vote on the newly revised bailout for 7:30 [...]

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