March 18, 2010
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Energy & Renewables Newsletter March 18, 2010 |
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Ted Turner unveils plan for 30MW solar ranch
The US solar energy industry welcomed a major new player this week with news that a company backed by billionaire media mogul and vocal environmental campaigner Ted Turner has announced plans for its first solar farm. Turner, who founded CNN and is America`s largest individual land owner, with control of ranches totalling around two million acres, announced earlier this year that his green investment firm Turner Renewable Energy had teamed up with Atlanta-based energy giant Southern Company to form a joint venture to work on renewable energy projects. Now, less than two months since the ... |
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Labour to make energy co-operatives plan a key manifesto pledge
The Labour Party is poised to include proposals for new energy co-operatives that could help households reduce energy bills and install green technologies as part of its election manifesto. According to reports in the Guardian, energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband, who also has a central role in drawing up the party`s manifesto, is keen to see the UK emulate energy co-operative schemes in the US and Europe that have seen neighbourhoods join forces to negotiate cheaper energy bills and discounts on the installation of insulation and renewable energy technologies such as solar panels. `The ... |
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