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The Day's Top News About Clean Energy Economic Development Curated by the Editors of InsideClimate News

March 14, 2013


Minnesota Sales of Electric, Gas Cars Collide
Minneapolis Star Tribune

UK Green Deal Program Draws 1,800 Assessments in First Month
Guardian

Visions of a Sustainable Future: Q&A with Jamais Cascio
Midwest Energy News

March 13, 2013


Merkel May Create Energy Ministry as Clean-Energy Switch Becomes Vital
Bloomberg

Surge in Renewable Energy Installs as Solar Panel Prices Plummet: Report
Guardian

China's Suntech to Close Its Only U.S. Solar Panel Plant
Reuters

China Bailout Eyed As Sun Goes Down on Former Solar Tech Star
Reuters

GM’s Chevy Volt Outsold Nissan Leaf Last Year, BNEF Says
Bloomberg

Five Companies Vie to Build Wind Farms Off N.C. Coast
McClatchy Newspapers

Mass Scale of Renewables Shift Is Evident in Blueprint for New York State
Yale Environment 360

In Maine, LePage Measure Would Expand RPS to Include Hydro
Bangor Daily News

San Diego Solar Plant Surpasses 1 Million Panels
U-T San Diego

Brazilian-Made Plastic Solar Panels, a Clean Energy Breakthrough
Inter Press Service

Silver Springs Network IPO Expected on Wednesday
GigaOm

EPA Announces Cities With Most Energy-Efficient Buildings
Examiner.com

Walgreens to Build 'Zero-Energy' Retail Store
Albuquerque Business First

March 12, 2013


EU Commission Wants Carbon Cuts, More Renewables in 2030 Goals
Reuters

Obama to Meet Lawmakers With Energy on Agenda
The Hill

Energy Efficiency Push Losing Power in Congress
The Hill

Tesla Delays Model X One Year
CNET

Nissan Shakes Up Leaf Division With New Electric-Vehicle Chief
Los Angeles Times

Is Japan Squandering Opportunity for Renewables after Fukushima Crisis?
Bloomberg

China Windpower Teams Up With China Development Bank for Solar
Bloomberg

Analysis: Solar Trade War Promises Order Bonanza for Taiwan
Reuters

Mass. Officials Throw Support Behind Offshore Wind Energy Terminal
WBUR

NREL Readies Launch Of World’s Most Energy-Efficient High-Performance Data Center
CleanTechnica

Israeli, U.S. Universities Team Up for Energy Research
The Jerusalem Post

Next Bright Ideas in Energy to be Showcased in Chicago
Midwest Energy News

The Flywheel: A New Spin on Renewable Energy Storage
ReWire

Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Trialled in London
Gizmag

March 11, 2013


Obama Boosts Energy Focus With White House Meeting, Upcoming Lab Visit
The Hill

Nuclear Industry Withers in U.S. as Wind Power Pummels Prices
Bloomberg

Md. Offshore Wind Bill Ready for Gov. O'Malley's Signature
Capital News Service

Exxon At Least 25 Years Away from Making Fuel from Algae
Bloomberg

Analysis: Renewables Turn Utilities Into Dinosaurs of the Energy World
Reuters

Study: Batteries Causing Renewable Energy Bottleneck
Wired

Solar Cells May Supplement Smartphone Batteries
New York Times

Cheap LED Light May Light Up Market
Scientific American

March 8, 2013


Sally Jewell's Energy Strategy: Interior Secretary Nominee Pledges Balanced Approach
AP

China Drives Record Solar Growth Becoming Biggest Market
Bloomberg

Tesla Arranges to Repay U.S. Loans Five Years Early
Bloomberg

Solar Batteries Could be Utilities' Next Headache
Reuters

Md. Senate Gives Offshore Wind Bill a Preliminary OK
Baltimore Sun

Is South Dakota ‘Open for Business’ for Wind Developers?
Midwest Energy News

Podcast: Green Building Market Still Strong in a Weak Economy
Greentech Media

Newer Homes More Energy Efficient Than Older Ones
Philadelphia Inquirer

Kitzhaber OKs Electric Vehicle Push in Oregon
Sustainable Business Oregon

More Texans Buying Hybrids, Electric Cars
San Antonio Express-News

Hope Springs Eternal: Electric Vehicles In China
Forbes

U.S. Ethanol Makers Eye Pros and Cons of Corn Alternatives
Reuters

March 7, 2013


Clean Energy, Transportation Poised to Create 110,000 Jobs
SustainableBusiness

Two Big Electric Car Charging Firms Join
USA Today

BP Bows Out Of Solar, But Industry Outlook Still Sunny
Environment : NPR

Japan’s Wind Industry Headed for Boom After Solar Surge
Bloomberg

Morocco Seeks Energy Salvation in Sunshine, Wind
Reuters

Saudis Rev Up Plans for Renewable Energy
UPI

Mexico’s Solar-Power Capacity May Triple This Year
Bloomberg

Suntech Falls 3.3% As Uncertainty Clouds Future Of Former Solar Industry Icon
Forbes

Wind Energy Lessons From Illinois: Q&A With AWEA’s Rob Gramlich
Midwest Energy News

Off-Grid Energy Spells Profit for Wisconsin Businesses
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Lancaster, Calif., Requires All New Homes to Have Solar Power
Mother Nature Network

Mayor Announces Doubling of Retrofit Chicago Energy-Saving Program
DNAinfo

GM Targets Lower Car Weight, Long-Range EVs
Reuters

Battery Breakthrough Sought for Electric Vehicles
Detroit Free Press

Analysis: On the Road, Propane Stakes Claim as Cheap, Clean Fuel
Reuters

March 6, 2013


U.S. Held $1.63-Billion Trade Surplus With China in Clean Energy
Los Angeles Times

Treasury Grant for Renewable Energy Reduced 8.7% by Budget Cuts
Bloomberg

What the Sequester Means for the Clean Energy Workforce
Renewable Energy World

Advocates Want Tougher Renewable-Energy Standard in Minn.
Minnesota Public Radio

Better Energy Efficiency in Connecticut Saved $58.3M, Report Finds
New Haven Register

Wal-Mart, SolarCity Helping to Boost Ohio Solar Energy
CleanTechnica

India Announces Its First Solar City to Protect the Taj Mahal
CleanTechnica

Green Column: Solar Panels Rare Amid the Steeples
New York Times

Rio Launches Electric Taxi Program With Nissan Leaf
Green Car Congress

Coca-Cola, Dell, Facebook, Hertz Will Offer E.V. Charging At Work
SustainableBusiness

Australian Biofuels Could Help Power U.S. Navy
Australia ABC News

eBay Shows the World How to Measure MPG for Data Centers
GigaOm

March 5, 2013


China to Sharply Boost Renewables in 2013
Global Post

Cellulosic Biofuels to Boom in 2015, Beta Renewables Says
Reuters

Little Unity over California's Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program
Reuters

EU to Register Chinese Solar Panels, Highlighting Tariff Threat
Bloomberg

Electric Cars Under Extra Pressure from Europe’s Slump
Wall Street Journal

Croatian Micro-Car Hopes to Electrify Mass Market
Scientific American

LED Lighting to Grow 40% in 2013, Philips Executive Says
Bloomberg

Can the Grid Handle Distributed Renewable Energy?
Midwest Energy News

India Sets Target of Producing 15,000MW of Wind Power by 2017
Economic Times

Minnesota Utility Files Clean Energy 'Road Map'
Duluth News Tribune

NY Sandy Victims Rebuild With an Eye on Energy Efficiency
Staten Island Advance

Solar Powered Airplane to Fly from California to NY this Spring
AOL Energy

March 4, 2013


China Carbon Tax May Spur U.S. Climate Debate, CMIA Says
Bloomberg

'Sustainable' Global Solar Market in 2014, Deutsche Bank Predicts
CleanTechnica

Gov. Brown Works to Spread California's Green Doctrine
Los Angeles Times

Clean Energy Growth Helps Wal-Mart Hit a Sustainability Goal Early
Bloomberg

Ontario to Add Renewable Energy, Shut Coal-Fired Power Plants
Reuters

Green Investors Take Fright at German Bid to Cap Power Prices
Reuters

India's Only Electric Car Revamped to Woo Drivers
New York Times

Scientists Want Nebraska to Use More Renewable Energy
AP

Nevada Leads Nation in Geothermal Energy, But Problems Loom
Northern Nevada Business Weekly

Five Potentially Disruptive, But "Out There," Energy Innovations
GigaOm

March 1, 2013


Green-Jobs Survey Dies as U.S. Readies Sequestration Cuts
Bloomberg