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Industrial material prices fall sharply on concerns about Chinese slowdown – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Expectations for increased demand for industrial materials were further dampened by the failure of the National People’s Congress in March to come up with a major real estate stimulus package. per cent on the year. China’s crude steel production minus steel consumption in January-March was about 27.14

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US Geothermal Power Could Top 10 Gigawatts, New Industry Report Says

Green Car Congress

While the report shows generally good news, it also shows a decline in projects currently listed as under construction. According to the GEA this was due to 4 new geothermal power projects moving to completion, but also reflects difficulty obtaining final permits and difficulty obtaining financing.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Other than the good news on oil consumption, very little was said in regards to transportation fuels. by Bill Cooke.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

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Of course any upward momentum is to be welcomed and Congress has now approved a further $2billion as an emergency top-up for the programme (see article ). Though the scheme proved so popular that the initial $1billion set aside for it ran out last month, auto sales only rose by 2.4 So is this scheme green at all?

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

This is a well written story in the Pasadena Star News about how the utilities are gearing up for the coming plug-in vehicles. The economic stimulus package currently before Congress could include incentives for both buyers of electric vehicles and electric vehicle battery manufacturers.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Unfortunately, there is very little specific funding for wireless transmission in the stimulus bill that was just signed by the USA President. Of course building a new alternative energy infrastructure would put millions of now unemployed people to work, but why rebuild when your not done wrecking everything. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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