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Matt Raker's Blog – April 2010 Archive (6)

PV Manufacturing Initiative Financial Opportunity

US DOE has release a grant program to provide up to $125 million over 5 years to support the creation of a robust U.S. solar PV manufacturing base and supply chain. Proposals are due June 3, 2010. Find full details here: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=53920&mode=VIEW

Added by Matt Raker on April 27, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

How to sell renewables and efficiency

Chris Williams at RenewableEnergyWorld.com has posted a great article on how to (and how not to) talk about the "return" on renewables and efficiency projects. Read the full post here.

Thanks to Rob Moody, OrganicThink for passing this… Continue

Added by Matt Raker on April 21, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Clemson aims to be leader in clean energy

"The Clemson University campus... will become a net-zero carbon emissions university and a model for sustainability, Clemson President James Barker announced Friday. From biomass research to a recently announced $45 million federal energy grant to build a wind turbine drive train testing facility that will anchor a proposed International Center for Wind Energy Systems, Clemson has all of the pieces in place to tackle an issue that is “one of the great challenges of the 21st century,” Barker… Continue

Added by Matt Raker on April 19, 2010 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

The South Could Save Billions With Energy Efficiency

"Energy-efficiency measures in the southern United States could save
consumers $41 billion on their energy bills, open 380,000 new jobs, and
save 8.6 billion gallons of water over the next 10 years, finds research
from Duke University and the Georgia Institute of Technology released
today."
Ready the full story...

Added by Matt Raker on April 13, 2010 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Reuse Alliance is announcing a CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for ReuseConex

Reuse Alliance is looking for speakers, panel discussion topics, and round-table ideas in the categories listed below. To be considered for a presenter spot, please submit a brief summary (less than 300 words) describing

your success stories, tools and/or case studies by April 30, 2010.

Approximately 15-30 minutes are provided for each presentation, depending on

format (e.g.…

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Added by Matt Raker on April 5, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

Silicon Valley investors place bets on sustainable ag

"Welcome to Agriculture 2.0.That was the name of the conference and represents a growing effort to scale up sustainable agriculture from a hodge-podge of hippies and back-to-the-land types into a viable big business by bringing together venture capitalists and startups doing everything from rooftop farming to high-tech soil mapping to identifying the best areas for growing crops."

Read all about it in Grist Magazine:… Continue

Added by Matt Raker on April 5, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

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