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Trump Administration Cuts Clean Energy Programs Again in 2020 Budget Request

The proposal zeroes out the DOE loan program and ARPA-E budget. An official said funding will focus on “basic science” and clean energy technologies “that make sense to us.” The Trump administration’s budget for fiscal year 2020 again proposes eliminating programs that fund renewable energy, including the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy and the Department of […]

POWERHOME Solar Launches in Indiana

Solar Energy Company Helps Customers Save Money and Use Renewable Energy, Creates Jobs in Indiana MOORESVILLE, N.C.: Indiana residents soon will have another alternative to grid energy with POWERHOME Solar (POWERHOME) announcing today the expansion of its operations into The Hoosier State. POWERHOME, one of the fastest growing American companies to specialize in solar energy […]

Ameren issues new report detailing its efforts to build a cleaner energy future

ST. LOUIS: Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) has issued a new report, Building a Cleaner Energy Future, a comprehensive look at the steps the company is taking to meet its obligation to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy in an environmentally responsible manner to its customers and the communities it serves while effectively balancing climate-related risks. The report is […]

Exclusive: U.S. EPA aims to curb biofuel credit speculation by blocking outsiders

WASHINGTON: The Environmental Protection Agency will attempt to stamp out speculation in the U.S. biofuel credit market by barring trading by non-industry players, publicizing large positions, and improving price transparency, a source familiar with the agency’s proposals told Reuters on Thursday. The measures, included in a broader policy reform under review by the Trump administration, […]

UMass Lowell Joins Greentown Labs as Newest Gigawatt Sponsor

Partnership aims to support clean energy commercialization through cross-collaboration among students, faculty, and entrepreneurs SOMERVILLE, Mass.: The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell), one of the nation’s leading research universities, today announced its sponsorship of Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in the United States. The three-year partnership will uncover and create opportunities for […]

Clean and green: Duke Energy issues second green bond

— Duke Energy Progress becomes second Duke Energy subsidiary to issue clean energy investment opportunity — Company collaborates with diversity-owned banks for $600 million transaction CHARLOTTE, N.C.: Duke Energy Progress, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), has completed its first issuance of $600 million in green bonds that will finance eligible green energy projects, […]

Quinbrook Announces Final Closing at USD $1.6B of Investor Commitments

NEW YORK: Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (“Quinbrook”), a specialist global investment manager that is focused exclusively on lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure investment and operational asset management in the US, the UK and Australia, has announced the successful closing of its Low Carbon Power Fund, raising a total of over USD $1.6B in investor commitments […]