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

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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). Costs are also falling due to classic economics. by Bill Cooke. M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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If you’ve got an idea for a business or a new product, you usually don’t have to wait a decade to make sure it’s worth doing. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. The thermostat chased me for 10 years. Nest Gets Googled.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Cyclonatix, Inc is developing an industrial-sized motor/controller to operate with either DC or AC power sources, for applications in electric vehicles, solar-powered pumps, HVAC&R, gas compressors, and other commercial and industrial machines which require high efficiency, variable speed/torque, and low cost.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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And oil only seems cheap. While we’re fixing vehicles, we can also equip them with low-cost real-time MPG indicators that show us how to save money and still get to places quickly. Our effort will inspire other startups to accelerate development of liquid fuels from algae and agricultural waste products.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. "Its a completely different business model."

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and one-third of all U.S. Firms can reduce emissions by substituting low-GHG fuels for other fuels, or by undertaking other changes in the methods of production. Pricing GHGs will increase the prices consumers pay for greenhouse-gas-intensive products. Participating U.S.

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