The United States Needs 13 Million More Acres of Fruits and Vegetables to Meet the RDA
July 28, 2010Leave a Comment
Washington, D.C.—“ We don’t produce enough fresh fruits and vegetables in the United States for everyone to eat a balanced and nutritious diet,” says Jon Scholl, President of American Farmland Trust (AFT). “In fact, it is estimated that we need at least another 13 million acres of farmland growing fruits and vegetables just for Americans [...]
Outperforming the Status Quo
July 15, 2010Leave a Comment
EnergyBiz Insider, July 5, 2010
Laurel Lundstrom “What I like most about my job is that I cannot exceed the imagination of my colleagues,” said Byron Washom, the University of California at San Diego’s director [...]
U.S. Discovers $1 Trillion Afghan Mineral Deposits: Report
July 12, 2010Leave a Comment
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Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Afghanistan could be holding $1 trillion of untapped mineral deposits including critical industrial metals such as lithium, the New York Times reported, quoting U.S. government officials.
The previously unknown deposits of iron, copper, cobalt and gold are so huge that it could transform the [...]
Pennsylvania’s Green Economy
July 2, 2010Leave a Comment
When asked why he was so good, hockey icon Wayne Gretzky replied: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”*
As Leo Gerard, President of the Steel Worker’s Union, and Michael Peck of Gamesa, said in a recent editorial, “The world is skating toward multiple clean sources of energy [...]
Early-stage Solar Deal Values Fell in 2009 as VCs Doubled Down in Late-stage Investments
June 30, 2010Leave a Comment
Since 2000, solar technology has attracted enthusiastic support from venture capitalists (VCs), who have cumulatively invested over $7.5 billion. However, 2009 was a harrowing year for the solar industry and for its VC backers. In a recent Lux report, we observed that VC funding for solar firms had dropped 55% in [...]
GE Unit Invests in 183-MW Idaho Wind Power Portfolio, State’s Largest Wind Deal to Bring Jobs, Clean Energy to Idaho
June 30, 2010Leave a Comment
June 29, 2010 12:30 UTC
NEW YORK & TWIN FALLS, Idaho — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Maintaining momentum in its renewable energy investing, GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), announced today that it has made an equity investment in Idaho’s largest wind power project. The almost half billion [...]
Agriculture and Bio-Based Industries to Generate $230 Billion; Create More than 800,000 Jobs
June 30, 2010Leave a Comment
World Economic Forum Report outlines Future for Biorefining Industry in U.S. and Globally
WASHINGTON， Jun 29, 2010– Today, during a keynote address at the BIO World Congress conference, Steen Riisgaard, CEO of Novozymes, a world leader in bioinnovation, unveiled a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) which concludes that [...]
Governors’ Biofuels Coalition Chair Determined to Help Pass Biodiesel Tax Incentive
June 28, 2010Leave a Comment
Chet Culver tells nation’s struggling biodiesel industry to keep pushing “energy revolution”
WASHINTON, DC – Iowa Governor Chet Culver, who is Chair of the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition, yesterday told the nation’s biodiesel industry that he is more determined than ever to help get the extension of the federal biodiesel tax incentive passed in [...]
Venture Capitalists Shift Direction on Biofuels… Again
June 28, 2010Leave a Comment
VCs are favoring biofuel companies with new business models, new technologies and new geographies in pursuit of successful exits
Boston, MA – June 23, 2010 – Although 2009 saw venture capitalists (VCs) invest $877 million across 51 deals for bio-based fuel and materials production, that level of funding represents a 26% drop from [...]
Industry leader Cascades doubles renewable energy production for North River brand
June 23, 2010Leave a Comment
After 45 years of manufacturing recycled paper, the Cascades Tissue group, a division of Cascade Inc. (CAS- Toronto Exchange) will be doubling their commitment to purchase renewable wind energy for the production of its North River brand of towels and tissues. Cascade is seeking to increase its efforts by purchasing 20,000 megawatt hours of green [...]