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Fdic Bank Closings
May 19 2013 10:55 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in May State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- AZ . . . Central Arizona Bank GA . . . Sunrise Bank NC . . . Pisgah Community Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010...
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U.s. Military Prove's Solar Reliable
May 19 2013 02:35 AM | eds in Solar Power
DOD’s annual $20 billion energy budget makes it the . . . biggest single energy consumer in the world and . . . it intends to keep building toward, . . . 3 gigawatts of solar capacity by 2025. By shifting Afghan remote bases to solar, . . . the m...
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Big Banks Betting On Solar Power
May 19 2013 02:05 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Goldman Sachs investing in a $500 million fund from SolarCity. This is the latest in a growing trend of . . . big banks betting on solar power Source: Goldman Sachs
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U.s. Energy Independence Part 1
May 17 2013 11:30 PM | eds in Green Energy
4-part series on the ideas that could usher in . . . a new era of true energy independence for the United States. Source: Part-1
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V3Solar Popular Science
May 17 2013 02:45 AM | eds in Solar Power
Solar energy isn’t quite cost-competitive yet. . . . Bridging the final gap requires breakthroughs, . . . that increase efficiency while cutting costs. V3Solar can use cheaper, less heat-tolerant material, . . . than other light-concentrating systems....
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Distributed Energy's Real Value
May 16 2013 11:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
E+C-Co+Be+Ext.. . . In layman’s terms, this means . . . (E) = adding the savings from offsetting wholesale energy purchases . . . © = to the savings from avoided capacity investments, . . . (Co) = subtracting the range of costs listed above, and...
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Us Senate Approves Ernest Moniz
May 16 2013 08:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Ernest Moniz, a former MIT physicist, is the new secretary of energy. . . . The Senate voted to confirm Moniz this afternoon by a vote of 97 to 0. Source: DOE
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Fighting Blackouts Pv + Storage
May 16 2013 01:05 AM | eds in Solar Power
After the devastation of the Tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Mach 2011, . . . Japan became painfully aware of the importance of both safety and . . . maintaining a steady supply of electricity. The combination of a PV system and battery storage . . . g...
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Scotland's Renewable Energy
May 15 2013 10:10 PM | eds in Green Energy
Farming Wind and Water for electricity
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Kuwait: The End Of Oil
May 15 2013 02:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Some countries have been outspoken about their shift to renewable energy . . . to shore up for when oil supplies start to wane, like . . . . . . United Arab Emirates, . . . . . . Qatar and . . . . . . Saudi Arabia. But Kuwait has the best solar irradi...
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