• Thursday, July 29, 2010, 1:42pm PDT

  LS9 to make fuel from sugar (San Francisco)

  Biofuel business LS9 Inc. published a paper in the journal Science detailing its discovery of genes that make important components of gasoline and other fuels directly from sugar. Continue reading

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• Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 4:07pm PDT

  Duke Energy wants to be the Amazon of utilities (Charlotte)

  Duke Energy's CEO Jim Rogers thinks Amazon's doing business the right way, and he wants his company to follow the business model: Use a smart-grid system to offer customers discounts for energy-efficient appliances. Continue reading

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• Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 3:28pm PDT

  California may kill $30M in energy grants

  The California Energy Commission may cancel more than $30 million in proposed State Energy Program awards to four counties, as well as the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles, as the federal government tries to work out the legalities of Property Assessed Clean Energy financing. Continue reading

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• Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 2:56pm PDT

  Smart grid washing machine debuts (Austin)

  An Italian appliances manufacturer is preparing to market a smart grid washing machine using Freescale Semiconductor Inc. technology. Continue reading

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• Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 2:50pm PDT

  Solyndra swaps CEOs (San Francisco)

  Solar panel maker Solyndra Inc. hired Brian Harrison as president and CEO, replacing Chris Gronet, who started the Fremont company. Continue reading

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• Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 2:45pm PDT

  First Wind gets $117M loan guarantee for project in Hawaii

  First Wind Holdings Inc. has received a $117 million federal loan guarantee for a wind power project in Hawaii, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday. Continue reading

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• Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 9:03am PDT

  Enterprise buying 500 electric cars from Nissan (St. Louis)

  Enterprise Rent-A-Car said Tuesday it plans to buy 500 electric cars from Nissan starting in January 2011 and will roll them out in eight markets, including Portland.  Continue reading

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• Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 8:57am PDT

  Thin-film solar forecast: Partly cloudy

  Solexant Corp.'s thin-film solar technology is headed for a manufacturing plant in Gresham, but a story out of Boston suggests there might be a cloudy future for the thin-film photovoltaic industry. Continue reading

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• Monday, July 26, 2010, 10:57am PDT

  St. Louis lands over $100M in biofuels funding

  Biofuels is big business. Last year, investments in biofuels companies or in the global biofuels sector totaled $8.7 billion, according to Biofuels Digest, an industry publication. Continue reading

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• Monday, July 26, 2010, 10:57am PDT

  Thermo Fluids launches oil filter recycling (Phoenix)

  Thermo Fluids Inc. has made a business of taking dirt out of the automotive industry. Continue reading

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