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SOFC-maker Bloom Energy announces initial strategy for hydrogen market entry; partnership with SK

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Bloom’s existing partnership with SK E&C has already sold 120 megawatts (MW) of fuel cells in South Korea, generating more than $1 billion in equipment and future services revenue for Bloom. Since 2002, Bloom has been awarded 19 patents for its solid oxide electrolyzer technology. —Jason Ahn, CEO of SK E&C. —Jason Ahn.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

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Alison Diaz (with scissors) along with ECHS staff and supporters about to cut the ribbon in front of Environmental Charter High School's new solar-powered greenhouse. Plants in black tubes behind the ECHS Science teacher are being fed by aquaponic system in the new solar-powered greenhouse. photo by Glenn Marzano).

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Stanford GCEP awards $6.6M to 7 projects; focus on combining energy conversion with carbon-neutral fuel production

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The 7 awards bring the total number of GCEP-supported research programs to 104, with total funding of approximately $125 million since the project’s launch in 2002. The work represented by these GCEP awards is critical for the future. High-efficiency thin-film solar cells.

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Toyota to launch its fuel cell vehicle in Japan before April 2015, priced around $68,700; reveals exterior

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Toyota believes hydrogen will be a leading energy source in the future, Kato said. Toyota’s stance is that hydrogen is a particularly promising alternative fuel since it can be produced using a wide variety of primary energy sources, including solar and wind power. In 2002, Toyota began limited sales of the FCHV in the US and Japan.

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Shell Becomes Founding Member of MIT Energy Initiative with $25M Investment

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The agreement establishes Shell as a Founding Member of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), an extension of the collaborative projects Shell has been conducting with MIT in a variety of basic and applied research areas since 2002.

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Your AB 920 Greenius Update & A Call For Three Times The Sun!

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One of the groups I support and learn from is Environment California who have been great advocates of AB 811 and AB 920, the one-two punch for solar we absolutely need to drive solar sales at the rate demanded by today’s CO2 levels. But setting a standard ain’t the same thing as keeping a standard. Dan Jacobson.

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Met Office Climate Scientist: “Apocalyptic Predictions” Of Climate Change Can Impede Understanding Of Long-Term Warming Trends

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Pope pointed out as an example that while 1998 was one of the hottest years on record, as long-term anthropogenic warming combined with a naturally occurring strong El Niño, temperatures from 1990 to 1998 alone cannot accurately be extrapolated to project future warming. She has been a program manager in climate research since 2002.