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GE and CPECC Sign Agreements with USTDA to Advance Commercial Scale IGCC in China

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This follows the memorandum of understanding signed between CPECC and USTDA in November as part of the US-China Clean Energy Announcements made by President Obama and President Hu in November 2009. and the Polk Tampa Electric IGCC plant in Florida that helped demonstrate the commercial feasibility of IGCC.

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US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

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Awards under this category focus on research and development of concepts and components that could be part of a CSP baseload system. The most significant maintenance cost of a CSP plant is cleaning and replacing the mirrors, and thus this new reflector design could have a significant impact on total plant cost. Terrafore, Inc.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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Florida Corridor (Orlando, Tampa, Miami). Joint 2006 study by the Center for Clean Air Policy and Center for Neighborhood Technology. Chicago Hub Network( Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St. Louis, Kansas City, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville). Vision for High-Speed Rail in America.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

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It’s also actively working to develop floating wind farms in federal waters in the Gulf of Maine to harness that clean power. The Tampa Bay Times reports that House Speaker Paul Renner (R-Palm Coast) said: I think it’s very similar to offshore drilling. So what’s the point of this straw man ban, anyway?

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