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Argus: China’s Southern Rare Earth ups Tb, Ho, Gd, Dy prices; rising magnet demand

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Argus produces price assessments and analysis of international energy and other commodity markets, in addition to offering bespoke consulting services and conferences. Renewed demand from major rare earth and downstream metal processing plants prompted suppliers to raise dysprosium prices. Prices for 99.5% The range for 99.5%

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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). Many participants at the conference expect a 30% decline for the year overall. by Bill Cooke. Billion vs. $28.3

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

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The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. Artificial Moore’s Law for Cleantech: Renewable Standards, by Steps : [.] Artificial Moore’s Law for Cleantech: Renewable Standards, by Steps : [.]

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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At a renewable energy conference in February of this year Doug Berven, the director of Corporate Affairs at ethanol producer POET, shared the following capacity projections for the ethanol business: At the beginning of this year the industry had 12.1 Our goal is to combine agriculture with renewable energy. Earlier post.).

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. SZ (1) 6753.T

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California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

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The treasure chest was cleverly disguised in the form of Federal stimulus money from the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. But snatching victory from the jaws of defeat – like a last second Derek Fisher three pointer at the buzzer – as I discovered from Brian Gitt, is the infusion of ARRA stimulus money.

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Stimulus Bill Provides Major Increase in Plug-in Vehicle Purchase Credit Program

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The $787-billion stimulus bill (HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) that emerged from the joint House-Senate conference committee this week provides funds for a large range of transportation-related projects. The conference agreement follows the Senate version with substantial modifications. Department of Energy.

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