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Tax Credit Romney Rejected made wind project possible

May 10 -- A controversial wind energy tax credit made MidAmerican Energy’s big new project in Iowa possible, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. MidAmerican has been one of Iowa’s biggest recipients of federal tax money through the production tax credit, a lucrative incentive for those who build and operate wind farms. >>View Article

Buffett’s MidAmerican Plans $1.9 Billion of Wind Farms in Iowa

May 9 -- A unit of Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. plans to invest $1.9 billion to build additional wind farms in Iowa that would increase its wind generating capacity in the state by about half. MidAmerican Energy Co., Iowa’s largest utility, plans to build as much as 1,050 megawatts of new wind power plants in the state, adding to about 2,285 megawatts of projects that it already owns and operates, the Des Moines, Iowa-based company said today in a statement on its website. >>View Article

Consumer Reports: Tesla best car since 2007

May 9 -- A day after Tesla Motors reported its first quarterly profit ever, the electric car maker is receiving another huge boost: Consumer Reports magazine says the Tesla Model S is the best car it has tested since 2007, achieving its highest score. >>View Article

Tesla Smashes Earnings And Revenue Expectations

May 9 -- Tesla reported adjusted earnings of $0.12 per share. This beat expectations of $0.03 per share. Sales were up 83% from the last quarter, to $562 million. This is Tesla's first profitable quarter. The stock is up over 13% in after hours. >>View Article

GE Sees U.S. Wind-Turbine Installs Doubling Next Year After Lull

May 9 -- General Electric Co. (GE), the biggest U.S. supplier of wind turbines, expects domestic installations to double next year after the renewal of a tax credit boosts demand. Wind-farm developers including NextEra Energy Inc. (NEE) and Invenergy LLC may install 3,000 megawatts to 4,000 megawatts of turbines in the U.S. this year and as much as 7,000 megawatts next year, Anne McEntee, GE’s vice president of renewable energy, said today in an interview. >>View Article

The Top 10 Cities For Green Jobs

May 8 -- If you’re a job seeker in Boston, Chicago or San Francisco with experience in energy efficiency, environmental compliance or sustainable supply chain, you may be in luck. Those are three of the top cities for green jobs right now, according to job aggregator site SimplyHired.com. >>View Article

Parity Time: Large-Scale Solar Power Plants Now Cost Effective In Oregon

May 8 -- The Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association has just published a major new peer-reviewed study, Vision to Integrate Solar in Oregon (VISOR). Bonneville Environmental Foundation was the principal sponsor of this work by Chris Robertson & Associates. >>View Article

MLP Parity Act: Enormous Benefits For Renewable Energy Industry

May 8 -- In what is the second bill introduced recently to reinforce the idea of energy efficiency in the last few weeks, a major financial breakthrough could clear a path towards substantial renewable energy growth in the US. >>View Article

Ford’s Hybrid Surge

May 7 -- There’s an unlikely new player in the hybrid-car market: Ford. For much of the past decade, innovation in using electricity to power vehicles has been powered either by foreign companies or by startups: Toyota has made the Prius a household name, and the three Prius models account for about 45 percent of hybrids sold every month. Nissan has invested huge sums to produce the Leaf, an all-electric vehicle made in Tennessee. >>View Article 

Solyndra Was This Much Of An Outlier In The Energy Department's Portfolio

May 7 -- The latest data from the Department of Energy indicates that the same loan guarantee program which was roundly criticized after the failure of Solyndra has now created more than 20,000 jobs in clean energy, with several companies already paying back their obligations.>>View Article

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