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Clean Energy: How Much Hot Air? 3 Feb 2012, 4:41 pm
NewScientist’s January 28 issue is likely to unsettle clean energy advocates — but it is worth the read.The cover article, “Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever,” posits that even renewable energy can warm the planet, and eventually change climate, if we continue to ratchet up power production to serve our ever
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Suntech, DuPont to Collab on Solar Backsheets, Supply Chain 3 Feb 2012, 4:36 pm
It’s easy to think about modules as singular units of power output, but the reality is that they are a collection of diverse components, each with influence over the end system’s total cost and performance. For DuPont, its focus is of course on the materials side, from metallization pastes used to form contacts on the solar cell, to backsheet materials that protect the panels themselves.
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DOE’s Untold Impact on Solar 3 Feb 2012, 2:30 pm
The Obama Administration’s $60 billion Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) for renewable energy is considered a failure because of Solyndra, Beacon Power, and potential 2012 bankruptcies. What is not well known is that 75 percent of the program’s deployed funds went to relatively low risk power plants that will catapult the U.S. to a leadership role in the utility-scale solar sector. This is hardly the hallmark of a “failed program.” The program is akin to Shakespeare’s King Henry V, who said as a delinquent Prince: “I’ll so offend as to make offense a skill, redeeming time when men think least I will.”
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Wind Power to the South: AEP Contracts to Lower Electricity Costs 3 Feb 2012, 2:01 pm
In a series of deals the investor-owned utility says is good for consumers’ wallets, American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) recently signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65 MW of capacity from wind projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
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NLP Solar Sales Training Live Webinar February 8th & 9th 2 Feb 2012, 10:03 pm
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Miasolé Claims 17 Percent Efficient CIGS Device, 14 Percent In Production 2 Feb 2012, 8:23 pm
Miasolé says it has created a 17.3 percent “champion” thin-film copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic device, results obtained in its own labs and not (yet) independently verified.
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Offshore Wind One Step Closer to Reality in the Mid-Atlantic 2 Feb 2012, 7:11 pm
Today the Obama administration moved forward with plans to develop the enormous offshore wind energy resources along the Mid-Atlantic coast, using a “Smart for the Start” approach designed to expedite the siting process while incorporating strong environmental protections.
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Experts Predict End of Month for Ontario FIT Review Update 2 Feb 2012, 3:02 pm
By late February the renewable energy industry should have direction from the Ontario government on some of the major changes ahead for the province’s landmark feed-in tariff program. “I am hoping we will have an announcement then with the megawatt (MW) targets and pricing, then new rules and contracts in March, and application processi
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If Solar is Contagious, Can Utilities Help Spread the Bug? 2 Feb 2012, 3:00 pm
You may have heard it before, but it is worth mentioning again: In residential communities, solar is contagious. But a recent study, “Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels,” conducted by Bryan Bollinger of the NYU Stern School of Business and Kenneth Gillingham of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, published in December sheds some new light on the phenomenon.
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Executive Roundtable: The Future of Utility-Scale Renewables 2 Feb 2012, 2:37 pm
Renewable energy in the United States is at a crossroads. With several federal tax grants set to expire by the end of 2012, utilities are trying to decide if the falling prices of solar and wind technology makes renewable energy competitive enough to invest in despite vanishing federal aid.
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Executive Roundtable: The Future of Utility-Scale Renewables 2 Feb 2012, 2:37 pm
Renewable energy in the United States is at a crossroads. With several federal tax grants set to expire by the end of 2012, utilities are trying to decide if the falling prices of solar and wind technology makes renewable energy competitive enough to invest in despite vanishing federal aid.
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Latin America Report: Energy Summit Headed to Rio 1 Feb 2012, 5:05 pm
Twenty years ago, international leaders descended on Brazil to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Kyoto Protocol. This summer, a 20-member United Nations panel will once again head to Rio de Janeiro with an even more ambitious agenda.
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China Set to Vigorously Develop Green Economy 1 Feb 2012, 4:51 pm
Due to growing urbanization and resulting environmental threats, China has invested nearly US$50 billion annually into its renewable energy sector since 2009. China’s five-year investment in environmental protection is on track to reach 3.1 trillion yuan (US$454 billion). By 2015, its environmental protection industry is expected to top 2 trillion yuan (US$317 billion).
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A Low-cost, Low-risk Path to Meeting U.S. Biofuels Targets 1 Feb 2012, 2:47 pm
Nine years from now, in early 2022, the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard will have reached its intended target, 36 billion gallons of biofuel blended into the U.S. domestic auto and truck fuel supply.
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Evaluating Institutional On-site Clean Energy 31 Jan 2012, 5:07 pm
Earlier this month, I attended EUCI’s Utilizing Clean Power Development Conference in Philadelphia. The conference attracted a variety of large institutions (hospitals, municipalities, universities, etc.), developers, and financers to discuss the opportunity and challenges surrounding deployment of on-site renewable energy. Instit
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Integrating Anaerobic Digestion Into Our Culture Part 2: Stats, Reality and the Future 31 Jan 2012, 4:37 pm
North America is at an inflection point in managing organic materials. Just as paper, metal and plastics were the darlings of the recycling industry a couple decades ago, our society is defining a new relationship with organic materials: one that harnesses the full carbon, energy and nutrient potential of organics. In order to help shape that new relationship, industry leaders are cultivating North America’s awareness and understanding of anaerobic digestion’s features, benefits and potential role in society.
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Operation Sustainability: U.S. Military Sets Ambitious Environmental Goals 30 Jan 2012, 5:36 pm
With personnel nearly the population of Chicago and a fleet of over 500,000 aircrafts, vessels, and vehicles, the U.S. Department of Defense is a massive and energy-hungry institution.
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs — From Community Fuels 30 Jan 2012, 3:13 pm
In New York, the expected release dates for the Obama Administration’s Bioeconomy Blueprint came and went, leaving Novozymes and Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s “Moving Towards a Next-generation Ethanol Economy” report, released this month, as the most intriguing assessment of the job-creating potential of an expanded bioeconomy. In this case of this report, BNEF focused on the potential for ethanol production from agricultural residue.
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Asia Report: DOC Extends Solar Trade Case Deadline to March 2 30 Jan 2012, 1:43 pm
Solar players on both sides of the Pacific have been warily anticipating the Feb. 13 deadline when the Department of Commerce was set to announce whether it would impose duties on solar cells and modules coming in from China.
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Integrating Anaerobic Digestion Into Our Culture Part 1: Language, Visuals and Values 26 Jan 2012, 8:36 pm
North America is at an inflection point in managing organic materials. Just as paper, metal and plastics were the darlings of the recycling industry a few decades ago, our society is defining a new relationship with organic materials — one that harnesses the full carbon, energy and nutrient potential of organics. In order to help shape that new relationship, industry leaders are cultivating North America’s awareness and understanding of anaerobic digestion’s features, benefits and potential role in society. This two-part article explores the ways the waste, energy and agricultural industries are integrating this technology into our culture.
Energy Efficiency News
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Clean Energy: How Much Hot Air? 3 Feb 2012, 4:41 pm
NewScientist’s January 28 issue is likely to unsettle clean energy advocates — but it is worth the read.The cover article, “Power paradox: Clean might not be green forever,” posits that even renewable energy can warm the planet, and eventually change climate, if we continue to ratchet up power production to serve our ever
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Much Light, Little Heat Efficiency 27 Jan 2012, 2:00 pm
Energy efficiency in the U.S. is much light and little heat — literally. Government policy pays a great deal of attention to saving electricity, but focuses little on the thermal energy we waste.“Policy is electricity-centric in the U.S. Unless you are making kilowatts, the most efficient investments are off the radar,” sa
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Understanding Manufacturing Economics for Grid-scale Energy Storage 25 Jan 2012, 2:57 pm
I have a new favorite word — aggregation. At the risk of sounding like a reporter, I’m going to summarize a pre-holiday news story you might have missed but need to know about.
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Smart Grid Initiatives Address Cyber Security, Renewable Energy Intermittency 25 Jan 2012, 2:33 pm
Securitizing renewable energy networks from cyber-attacks is not complicated by their oft-cited operational headache of intermittency, but rather by their separation from a utility’s control system, said smart grid executives at the Gridwise Global Forum in Washington, DC in early November. Though renewable intermittency adds to the challenge of stabilizing a grid, the forum revealed new evidence of real-world smart grid load shifting that continues to chip away at the tired argument that renewable energy cannot successfully integrate into a legacy grid.
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Three Jokers in the Energy Deck 20 Jan 2012, 5:49 pm
This is the era of Big Oil. Could the next be the era of Big Efficiency?A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy suggests the possibility. Re-invented with today’s smart energy technologies, energy efficiency could displace 40 to 60 percent of our total energy needs by the year 2050, according to The Long-Te
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When We Struggle, We Learn 16 Jan 2012, 3:42 pm
If there was one key takeaway from the most recent RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Solar Power-gen webcast it was that the year ahead will be difficult for large-scale solar power development due to poor access to capital, an uncertain policy landscape, the pending trade case against China and module prices that are too low to support a healthy indust
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Electric Vehicles: No House of Cards 11 Jan 2012, 2:58 pm
Once again, John Petersen has gone too far with his petrol-head arguments against Electric Vehicles (EVs.)
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Tackling the Renewable Energy Transmission Tiger – Is There Hope? Is There Help? 10 Jan 2012, 11:36 am
Building transmission to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy generation in the U.S. is seen as essential by much of the renewable energy industry. But can it be justified? Doing so will necessarily involve constructing some of the longest stretches of wire ever undertaken in this country. Much of the best wind and solar resource is located quite distant from the load. Ultimately, thousands of miles of huge power lines will have to be built. It is not illogical to ask whether investment in such massive infrastructure “costs too much and provides too little.” It is also not illogical to answer “no,” not if the value proposition is laid out appropriately and a well crafted policy and regulatory approach can be established that effectively addresses the issues.
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Energy Storage: Four Break Out Stocks and a Short Circuit 9 Jan 2012, 2:33 pm
On December 16th I wrote: “My favorites for a strong 2012 include AONE, MXWL, AXPW.OB, ZBB, JCI, ENS, ACPW and XIDE. They all merit serious attention from investors who want exposure to the energy storage sector.” Since then four of my favorites have bottomed and turned sharply higher while the Pride of Palo Alto endures a short circuit. The following table compares today’s closing prices with the December 16th closing prices for those five companies.
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U.S. Beats Expectations Saving Energy 9 Jan 2012, 1:45 pm
Americans tend to beat themselves up over their imperfections. We eat too much, watch too much TV and owe China too much money. Despite all of our sloth, we can feel good about one area: our progress saving energy.A report issued this week by the Institute for Electric Efficiency found that we saved enough electricity to power almost 10
Geothermal Energy News
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Executive Roundtable: The Future of Utility-Scale Renewables 2 Feb 2012, 2:37 pm
Renewable energy in the United States is at a crossroads. With several federal tax grants set to expire by the end of 2012, utilities are trying to decide if the falling prices of solar and wind technology makes renewable energy competitive enough to invest in despite vanishing federal aid.
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Latin America Report: Energy Summit Headed to Rio 1 Feb 2012, 5:05 pm
Twenty years ago, international leaders descended on Brazil to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Kyoto Protocol. This summer, a 20-member United Nations panel will once again head to Rio de Janeiro with an even more ambitious agenda.
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China Set to Vigorously Develop Green Economy 1 Feb 2012, 4:51 pm
Due to growing urbanization and resulting environmental threats, China has invested nearly US$50 billion annually into its renewable energy sector since 2009. China’s five-year investment in environmental protection is on track to reach 3.1 trillion yuan (US$454 billion). By 2015, its environmental protection industry is expected to top 2 trillion yuan (US$317 billion).
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Asia Report: DOC Extends Solar Trade Case Deadline to March 2 30 Jan 2012, 1:43 pm
Solar players on both sides of the Pacific have been warily anticipating the Feb. 13 deadline when the Department of Commerce was set to announce whether it would impose duties on solar cells and modules coming in from China.
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Dark Clouds Threaten German Clean Energy Ambitions 26 Jan 2012, 3:37 pm
During the fourteen years that I’ve lived in Switzerland, the Germans have been the world’s staunchest supporters of green power and alternative energy. Their aggressive development of wind power was breathtaking, as was their warm embrace of photovoltaic power.
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Accelerating Geothermal Growth Through DOE Initiatives 26 Jan 2012, 2:15 pm
The U.S. geothermal power industry is poised for a bit more rapid growth now that the U.S. Department of Energy’s geothermal development program is maturing with demonstration-stage pilots. This acceleration of growth also will be spurred on by an increasing number of municipalities and utilities that are turning to geothermal as an alternative energy option for either renewable mandate or investment reasons, industry executives say. While the U.S. geothermal power market is still somewhat tepid in comparison to the international market, U.S. technology exports will help U.S. companies weather the wait for a more rapid domestic market expansion.
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Smart Grid Initiatives Address Cyber Security, Renewable Energy Intermittency 25 Jan 2012, 2:33 pm
Securitizing renewable energy networks from cyber-attacks is not complicated by their oft-cited operational headache of intermittency, but rather by their separation from a utility’s control system, said smart grid executives at the Gridwise Global Forum in Washington, DC in early November. Though renewable intermittency adds to the challenge of stabilizing a grid, the forum revealed new evidence of real-world smart grid load shifting that continues to chip away at the tired argument that renewable energy cannot successfully integrate into a legacy grid.
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Asia Report: China Has Strong Words Over U.S. Wind Trade Investigation 23 Jan 2012, 3:03 pm
So far, the complaint by American wind tower manufacturers against their competition from Asia has mirrored the solar industry petition filed in October.
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Latin America Report: Critics Urge More Solar, Wind, Geothermal in Chile 18 Jan 2012, 8:00 pm
Chile is built for renewable energy. The seemingly unending coastline that runs the length of its boundary is prime real estate for wind development, and eventually the offshore wind projects, that could power the cities found along its spine. The nation’s solar resources, especially in the northern regions, are among the best in the world. And its place along the ring of fire means its geothermal potential is vast, yet untapped.
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Leading Global Investors Call the False Dichotomy Between Economy and Environment "Nonsense" 18 Jan 2012, 6:32 pm
A top GE executive is calling the political battle between economy and environment “nonsense.”In a video interview at an international clean energy investment conference last week, Mark Vachon, vice president of GE’s successful Ecomagination program, hailed “environmental performance” as a key driver for business.
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Evaluating Institutional On-site Clean Energy 31 Jan 2012, 5:07 pm
Earlier this month, I attended EUCI’s Utilizing Clean Power Development Conference in Philadelphia. The conference attracted a variety of large institutions (hospitals, municipalities, universities, etc.), developers, and financers to discuss the opportunity and challenges surrounding deployment of on-site renewable energy. Instit
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Kyocera to Launch Solar With Li-Ion Battery Storage for Homes in Japan 30 Jan 2012, 6:13 pm
A big energy-related disaster doesn’t just leave horrible marks on people’s lives; it also can propel better and quicker policy and technology adoption. Kyocera on Monday said it plans to start selling a system that pairs solar panels with lithium-ion batteries for the residential market in Japan starting this summer.
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Viewpoints from the Board Room: Interview with Voith Hydro CEO and President Kevin Frank 24 Jan 2012, 2:00 pm
Kevin Frank was named chief executive officer and president of Voith Hydro Inc. in November 2010. Frank discusses technology, policy and the factors driving the hydropower market.
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When We Struggle, We Learn 16 Jan 2012, 3:42 pm
If there was one key takeaway from the most recent RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Solar Power-gen webcast it was that the year ahead will be difficult for large-scale solar power development due to poor access to capital, an uncertain policy landscape, the pending trade case against China and module prices that are too low to support a healthy indust
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Solar Fred Solar Marketing Tip: What If We Sold Residential Solar Like Cars? 16 Jan 2012, 2:00 pm
While solar is making steady progress towards the main stream, it ain’t there yet. Many consumers are still suspicious of solar because it’s unfamiliar. They’ve seen panels and solar homes in pictures, but it’s not like buying or selling a car… or is it?Making analogies to something familiar can be very helpful fo
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Tackling the Renewable Energy Transmission Tiger – Is There Hope? Is There Help? 10 Jan 2012, 11:36 am
Building transmission to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy generation in the U.S. is seen as essential by much of the renewable energy industry. But can it be justified? Doing so will necessarily involve constructing some of the longest stretches of wire ever undertaken in this country. Much of the best wind and solar resource is located quite distant from the load. Ultimately, thousands of miles of huge power lines will have to be built. It is not illogical to ask whether investment in such massive infrastructure “costs too much and provides too little.” It is also not illogical to answer “no,” not if the value proposition is laid out appropriately and a well crafted policy and regulatory approach can be established that effectively addresses the issues.
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Clean Energy Expert Tam Hunt: Rapid Clean Energy Growth Inevitable 3 Jan 2012, 10:50 am
At Scaling Green, we periodically attempt to highlight some of the brightest, most up-and-coming stars – key industry players, thinkers, etc. – in the cleantech world. Today, we feature Tam Hunt, the “managing member of Community Renewable Solutions LLC, a renewable consulting and project development company focused on community-
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Interview with the President and CEO of Hydro Green Energy LLC 27 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
Michael P. Maley is the newest member of the executive team at Hydro Green Energy LLC, a developer of low-head hydropower projects. Maley discusses the company’s technology, its business strategy and his decision to jump into the hydropower business.
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Solar Fred’s Top 5 Solar Marketing Wishes for 2012: Build Solar Communities 19 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
Welcome to Solar Fred’s 3rd annual Solar Marketing Wish List for the coming year. If you haven’t granted my last two years worth of wishes, take another shot: Here’s 2010 and 2011.For 2012, the theme is focusing your marketing on building solar communities. And when I say “communities,” I’m not just tal
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California Struggles To Embrace TRECs 13 Dec 2011, 5:09 am
With the implementation of AB32, many solar advocates are hoping that the California TREC program will boost solar development the way SREC markets have in the country’s fastest growing solar markets on the East Coast. After much delay, the TREC, or tradable REC or unbundled REC program, finally launched on December 10th, allowing utiliti
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Evaluating Institutional On-site Clean Energy 31 Jan 2012, 5:07 pm
Earlier this month, I attended EUCI’s Utilizing Clean Power Development Conference in Philadelphia. The conference attracted a variety of large institutions (hospitals, municipalities, universities, etc.), developers, and financers to discuss the opportunity and challenges surrounding deployment of on-site renewable energy. Instit
Source: Hydrogen – Fuel Cells News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
When We Struggle, We Learn 16 Jan 2012, 3:42 pm
If there was one key takeaway from the most recent RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Solar Power-gen webcast it was that the year ahead will be difficult for large-scale solar power development due to poor access to capital, an uncertain policy landscape, the pending trade case against China and module prices that are too low to support a healthy indust
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Tackling the Renewable Energy Transmission Tiger – Is There Hope? Is There Help? 10 Jan 2012, 11:36 am
Building transmission to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy generation in the U.S. is seen as essential by much of the renewable energy industry. But can it be justified? Doing so will necessarily involve constructing some of the longest stretches of wire ever undertaken in this country. Much of the best wind and solar resource is located quite distant from the load. Ultimately, thousands of miles of huge power lines will have to be built. It is not illogical to ask whether investment in such massive infrastructure “costs too much and provides too little.” It is also not illogical to answer “no,” not if the value proposition is laid out appropriately and a well crafted policy and regulatory approach can be established that effectively addresses the issues.
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Baby Steps in Climate Negotiations are Still Steps in the Right Direction 12 Dec 2011, 3:36 pm
I wasn’t able to attend the [frustrating] climate change talks in Durban, South Africa this year, although I would have loved to. South Africa is an incredible place to visit.I say the talks are frustrating because they always seem to go the same way. The European nations and some smaller countries attend the meeting armed with serious data
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Renewable Energy Groups Seek 1603 Extension; Analysts Offer Hope for Life After the Grant 2 Dec 2011, 5:34 pm
This week more than 750 large companies, small businesses and organizations sent a letter to Congress calling for a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury’s Section 1603 Program.
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Electric Vehicle and Lithium-ion Battery Investing For Imbeciles 1 Nov 2011, 1:00 pm
In their 1969 bestseller “The Peter Principle” Laurence Peter and Raymond Hull quoted a Latin-American student named Caesare Innocente who lamented, “Professor Peter, I’m afraid that what I want to know is not answered by all my studying. I don’t know whether the world is run by smart men who are, how you Americans say, putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it.” After watching the events of the last few weeks, I think most of my regular readers would agree that the imbeciles are clearly steering the ship.
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Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards: Nominate Now! 27 Oct 2011, 5:43 pm
Get ready to celebrate the industry’s achievements. At RenewableEnergyWorld.com, we are ready to accept nominations for the Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. These awards recognize the best companies, people and projects in the North American renewable energy industry.
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Japan’s Tipping Point 27 Oct 2011, 1:43 pm
Most of you in the renewable energy world probably don’t know me yet. This is my first blog here, so let me introduce myself. I write books for a living (a sort of living). In 2010, I published a book on public health (Inside the Outbreaks), and as a follow-up, I concluded that the overarching threat to the world’s public health t
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In Australia, Can Renewable Energy Get Over the Tea Party Blues? 27 Oct 2011, 12:00 pm
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.”Niccolò MachiavelliAustralia’s government is trying to initiate a new era of clean energy and facing such powerful opposition that some renewables companies th
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Obama Cleantech Stimulus: Bad Policy, Bad Politics and Bad for Cleantech 26 Oct 2011, 3:06 pm
The Solyndra debacle is no surprise to this cleantech venture capitalist. The inherent conflict between trying to get money out of the U.S. Treasury as quickly as possible to stimulate the economy and, at the same time, have government agencies that are ill-suited at making business decisions do just that was nothing other than a recipe f
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Executive Roundtable: The Future of Utility-Scale Renewables 2 Feb 2012, 2:37 pm
Renewable energy in the United States is at a crossroads. With several federal tax grants set to expire by the end of 2012, utilities are trying to decide if the falling prices of solar and wind technology makes renewable energy competitive enough to invest in despite vanishing federal aid.
Source: Hydropower News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Latin America Report: Energy Summit Headed to Rio 1 Feb 2012, 5:05 pm
Twenty years ago, international leaders descended on Brazil to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Kyoto Protocol. This summer, a 20-member United Nations panel will once again head to Rio de Janeiro with an even more ambitious agenda.
Source: Hydropower News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
China Set to Vigorously Develop Green Economy 1 Feb 2012, 4:51 pm
Due to growing urbanization and resulting environmental threats, China has invested nearly US$50 billion annually into its renewable energy sector since 2009. China’s five-year investment in environmental protection is on track to reach 3.1 trillion yuan (US$454 billion). By 2015, its environmental protection industry is expected to top 2 trillion yuan (US$317 billion).
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Run-of-the-River Hydropower Goes With the Flow 31 Jan 2012, 2:35 pm
In recent years, run-of-the-river hydropower projects have emerged as a viable, low-impact alternative to existing large-scale projects. Run-of-the-river facilities use conventional hydropower technology to produce electricity by diverting river flow through turbines that spin generators – before returning water back to the river downstream.
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Asia Report: DOC Extends Solar Trade Case Deadline to March 2 30 Jan 2012, 1:43 pm
Solar players on both sides of the Pacific have been warily anticipating the Feb. 13 deadline when the Department of Commerce was set to announce whether it would impose duties on solar cells and modules coming in from China.
Source: Hydropower News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Dark Clouds Threaten German Clean Energy Ambitions 26 Jan 2012, 3:37 pm
During the fourteen years that I’ve lived in Switzerland, the Germans have been the world’s staunchest supporters of green power and alternative energy. Their aggressive development of wind power was breathtaking, as was their warm embrace of photovoltaic power.
Source: Hydropower News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Under Pressure: Startup Company Turns Water into Power 25 Jan 2012, 7:39 pm
When Frank Zammataro thinks about water pressure, he sees an opportunity to create electricity.Zammataro, 53, is President and Co-Founder of Rentricity—a New York City energy company that has discovered a new way to tap into the excess pressure in water-treatment plants, reservoirs, and factories to help power our water infrastructure, which consumes four percent of America’s electricity.
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Smart Grid Initiatives Address Cyber Security, Renewable Energy Intermittency 25 Jan 2012, 2:33 pm
Securitizing renewable energy networks from cyber-attacks is not complicated by their oft-cited operational headache of intermittency, but rather by their separation from a utility’s control system, said smart grid executives at the Gridwise Global Forum in Washington, DC in early November. Though renewable intermittency adds to the challenge of stabilizing a grid, the forum revealed new evidence of real-world smart grid load shifting that continues to chip away at the tired argument that renewable energy cannot successfully integrate into a legacy grid.
Source: Hydropower News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Viewpoints from the Board Room: Interview with Voith Hydro CEO and President Kevin Frank 24 Jan 2012, 2:00 pm
Kevin Frank was named chief executive officer and president of Voith Hydro Inc. in November 2010. Frank discusses technology, policy and the factors driving the hydropower market.
Source: Hydropower News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Asia Report: China Has Strong Words Over U.S. Wind Trade Investigation 23 Jan 2012, 3:03 pm
So far, the complaint by American wind tower manufacturers against their competition from Asia has mirrored the solar industry petition filed in October.
Ocean Energy News
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Viewpoints from the Board Room: Interview with Voith Hydro CEO and President Kevin Frank 24 Jan 2012, 2:00 pm
Kevin Frank was named chief executive officer and president of Voith Hydro Inc. in November 2010. Frank discusses technology, policy and the factors driving the hydropower market.
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When We Struggle, We Learn 16 Jan 2012, 3:42 pm
If there was one key takeaway from the most recent RenewableEnergyWorld.com and Solar Power-gen webcast it was that the year ahead will be difficult for large-scale solar power development due to poor access to capital, an uncertain policy landscape, the pending trade case against China and module prices that are too low to support a healthy indust
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Tackling the Renewable Energy Transmission Tiger – Is There Hope? Is There Help? 10 Jan 2012, 11:36 am
Building transmission to accommodate utility-scale renewable energy generation in the U.S. is seen as essential by much of the renewable energy industry. But can it be justified? Doing so will necessarily involve constructing some of the longest stretches of wire ever undertaken in this country. Much of the best wind and solar resource is located quite distant from the load. Ultimately, thousands of miles of huge power lines will have to be built. It is not illogical to ask whether investment in such massive infrastructure “costs too much and provides too little.” It is also not illogical to answer “no,” not if the value proposition is laid out appropriately and a well crafted policy and regulatory approach can be established that effectively addresses the issues.
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Renewable Energy Recap: United Kingdom 29 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
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Renewable Energy Recap: South Korea 27 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
Developers, manufacturers, investors and other renewable energy industry stakeholders need to know where the next big market is going to be so that they can adjust their business decisions accordingly.
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Asia Report: China Takes Sharp Turn in Push for Solar Energy 19 Dec 2011, 2:20 pm
Facing a manufacturing overcapacity and a growing need for clean energy, China announced a plan that could have impacts on both fronts.
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Baby Steps in Climate Negotiations are Still Steps in the Right Direction 12 Dec 2011, 3:36 pm
I wasn’t able to attend the [frustrating] climate change talks in Durban, South Africa this year, although I would have loved to. South Africa is an incredible place to visit.I say the talks are frustrating because they always seem to go the same way. The European nations and some smaller countries attend the meeting armed with serious data
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Renewable Energy Groups Seek 1603 Extension; Analysts Offer Hope for Life After the Grant 2 Dec 2011, 5:34 pm
This week more than 750 large companies, small businesses and organizations sent a letter to Congress calling for a one-year extension of the Department of Treasury’s Section 1603 Program.
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Predictions for Cleantech in 2012 2 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
It’s December again (how did that happen!?) and our annual time for reflection here at Kachan & Co. So as we close out 2011, let’s look towards what the new year may have in store for cleantech.There are eggshells across the sector for 2012. Global economic uncertainty is leaving some skeptical about the chances for emerging clean
Source: Ocean Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Investment Continues to Flow into Marine Energy: Siemens and OpenHydro Ride the Tide 17 Nov 2011, 2:36 pm
Marine resources — tidal, wave and ocean thermal — are ripe for providing massive amounts of energy to coastal communities. But the technologies are still budding, preventing companies from realizing that available potential.
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Suntech, DuPont to Collab on Solar Backsheets, Supply Chain 3 Feb 2012, 4:36 pm
It’s easy to think about modules as singular units of power output, but the reality is that they are a collection of diverse components, each with influence over the end system’s total cost and performance. For DuPont, its focus is of course on the materials side, from metallization pastes used to form contacts on the solar cell, to backsheet materials that protect the panels themselves.
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DOE’s Untold Impact on Solar 3 Feb 2012, 2:30 pm
The Obama Administration’s $60 billion Loan Guarantee Program (LGP) for renewable energy is considered a failure because of Solyndra, Beacon Power, and potential 2012 bankruptcies. What is not well known is that 75 percent of the program’s deployed funds went to relatively low risk power plants that will catapult the U.S. to a leadership role in the utility-scale solar sector. This is hardly the hallmark of a “failed program.” The program is akin to Shakespeare’s King Henry V, who said as a delinquent Prince: “I’ll so offend as to make offense a skill, redeeming time when men think least I will.”
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NLP Solar Sales Training Live Webinar February 8th & 9th 2 Feb 2012, 10:03 pm
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Miasolé Claims 17 Percent Efficient CIGS Device, 14 Percent In Production 2 Feb 2012, 8:23 pm
Miasolé says it has created a 17.3 percent “champion” thin-film copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) solar photovoltaic device, results obtained in its own labs and not (yet) independently verified.
Source: Solar Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Experts Predict End of Month for Ontario FIT Review Update 2 Feb 2012, 3:02 pm
By late February the renewable energy industry should have direction from the Ontario government on some of the major changes ahead for the province’s landmark feed-in tariff program. “I am hoping we will have an announcement then with the megawatt (MW) targets and pricing, then new rules and contracts in March, and application processi
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If Solar is Contagious, Can Utilities Help Spread the Bug? 2 Feb 2012, 3:00 pm
You may have heard it before, but it is worth mentioning again: In residential communities, solar is contagious. But a recent study, “Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels,” conducted by Bryan Bollinger of the NYU Stern School of Business and Kenneth Gillingham of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, published in December sheds some new light on the phenomenon.
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Executive Roundtable: The Future of Utility-Scale Renewables 2 Feb 2012, 2:37 pm
Renewable energy in the United States is at a crossroads. With several federal tax grants set to expire by the end of 2012, utilities are trying to decide if the falling prices of solar and wind technology makes renewable energy competitive enough to invest in despite vanishing federal aid.
Source: Solar Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Europe’s 2011-2012 PV Installs: Two Tales of Growth 1 Feb 2012, 8:55 pm
Two reports out in the past week examine Europe’s solar PV market in 2011, indicating slowing growth in the flagship countries and promise in some smaller regions for 2012 and beyond. Note that the data that follows is preliminary; final 2011 numbers won’t be known until later in the first quarter, including some likely revisions thanks to a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter in several key regions (more on that below).
Source: Solar Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Solar Trade Dispute: Behind the Jobs Numbers 1 Feb 2012, 7:11 pm
A recent report has generated lots of buzz by finding that as many as 50,000 jobs could be lost over the next three years if a 100 percent tariff is placed on Chinese solar panels. Yet from where I’m sitting, I see a far different number from the same report: The industry could add 15,000 jobs by 2014.
Source: Solar Energy News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Latin America Report: Energy Summit Headed to Rio 1 Feb 2012, 5:05 pm
Twenty years ago, international leaders descended on Brazil to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Kyoto Protocol. This summer, a 20-member United Nations panel will once again head to Rio de Janeiro with an even more ambitious agenda.
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Wind Power to the South: AEP Contracts to Lower Electricity Costs 3 Feb 2012, 2:01 pm
In a series of deals the investor-owned utility says is good for consumers’ wallets, American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) recently signed long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65 MW of capacity from wind projects in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Offshore Wind One Step Closer to Reality in the Mid-Atlantic 2 Feb 2012, 7:11 pm
Today the Obama administration moved forward with plans to develop the enormous offshore wind energy resources along the Mid-Atlantic coast, using a “Smart for the Start” approach designed to expedite the siting process while incorporating strong environmental protections.
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Executive Roundtable: The Future of Utility-Scale Renewables 2 Feb 2012, 2:37 pm
Renewable energy in the United States is at a crossroads. With several federal tax grants set to expire by the end of 2012, utilities are trying to decide if the falling prices of solar and wind technology makes renewable energy competitive enough to invest in despite vanishing federal aid.
Source: Wind Power News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Understanding Wind Farm Exposures and Managing Risk 2 Feb 2012, 2:00 pm
Wind energy is becoming one of the most widely used sources of renewable energy. In fact, according to the American Wind Energy Association, the wind energy industry has added more than 35 percent of all the new power generating capacity since 2007. As the industry grows in popularity, new developers continue to enter the market, and existing developers may likely expand their investments in wind farms.
Source: Wind Power News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
Latin America Report: Energy Summit Headed to Rio 1 Feb 2012, 5:05 pm
Twenty years ago, international leaders descended on Brazil to lay the groundwork for what would eventually become the Kyoto Protocol. This summer, a 20-member United Nations panel will once again head to Rio de Janeiro with an even more ambitious agenda.
Source: Wind Power News – RenewableEnergyWorld.com |
China Set to Vigorously Develop Green Economy 1 Feb 2012, 4:51 pm
Due to growing urbanization and resulting environmental threats, China has invested nearly US$50 billion annually into its renewable energy sector since 2009. China’s five-year investment in environmental protection is on track to reach 3.1 trillion yuan (US$454 billion). By 2015, its environmental protection industry is expected to top 2 trillion yuan (US$317 billion).
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Project Roundup: Slew of Wind Projects Go Online 31 Jan 2012, 9:55 pm
With developers having made their final end-of-year push through the last day of December, the January ritual of announcements concerning new projects entering commercial operation and new PPAs kicking in continued this week.
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Wind Power Posts Strong Q4 Results, but PTC Uncertainty Looms 30 Jan 2012, 3:58 pm
The U.S. wind industry posted strong fourth quarter results, AWEA reported on Thursday during a webinar for members and press.
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Asia Report: DOC Extends Solar Trade Case Deadline to March 2 30 Jan 2012, 1:43 pm
Solar players on both sides of the Pacific have been warily anticipating the Feb. 13 deadline when the Department of Commerce was set to announce whether it would impose duties on solar cells and modules coming in from China.
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Dark Clouds Threaten German Clean Energy Ambitions 26 Jan 2012, 3:37 pm
During the fourteen years that I’ve lived in Switzerland, the Germans have been the world’s staunchest supporters of green power and alternative energy. Their aggressive development of wind power was breathtaking, as was their warm embrace of photovoltaic power.
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A123′s Elegant Financing Transaction 23 Jan 2012, 3:38 pm
On Friday A123 Systems (AONE) announced a direct registered offering that’s an elegant example of a well-structured financing transaction in a difficult market. A123 had a solid financial base before the offering and the stock was starting to turn a critical corner into an upward trend. The new financing should add momentum to that trend.
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Gambling on Iraq’s Oil 23 Jan 2012, 1:00 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s recent efforts to arrest Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on terrorism charges have elevated the risk of renewed sectarian violence in the wake of the 18 December U.S. military withdrawal.
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Solar Fred Solar Marketing Tip: What If We Sold Residential Solar Like Cars? 16 Jan 2012, 2:00 pm
While solar is making steady progress towards the main stream, it ain’t there yet. Many consumers are still suspicious of solar because it’s unfamiliar. They’ve seen panels and solar homes in pictures, but it’s not like buying or selling a car… or is it?Making analogies to something familiar can be very helpful fo
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Electric Vehicles: No House of Cards 11 Jan 2012, 2:58 pm
Once again, John Petersen has gone too far with his petrol-head arguments against Electric Vehicles (EVs.)
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Solar Fred’s Top 5 Solar Marketing Wishes for 2012: Build Solar Communities 19 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
Welcome to Solar Fred’s 3rd annual Solar Marketing Wish List for the coming year. If you haven’t granted my last two years worth of wishes, take another shot: Here’s 2010 and 2011.For 2012, the theme is focusing your marketing on building solar communities. And when I say “communities,” I’m not just tal
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Shanghai to Provide Free License Plates for Electric Vehicles Through Auctions 7 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
As part of the EVZone project, thirty municipal electric buses are already cruising the streets of the district, with the goal of replacing all existing buses in the Anting section within the next two years. To date, the construction of 100 charging poles in public areas has been completed in the zone, with plans to end the year with 770 charging poles in operation, along with supporting charging facilities placed in both residential neighborhoods and office buildings. Plans further call for the placement of between two and three thousand charging poles, deemed a sufficient number to satisfy the recharging needs of local EVs, over the coming two to three years.
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Why America Will Still Win the Solar Race 2 Dec 2011, 3:08 pm
As I have said before, there is deliberate bearishness about solar power, much of it coming from the fossil fuel industries. They ignore solar economics. Install a capital good now and money comes out day-after-day, year-after-year, literally for decades. Regardless of the current price of grid electricity you will, in time, pay for that c
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Predictions for Cleantech in 2012 2 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
It’s December again (how did that happen!?) and our annual time for reflection here at Kachan & Co. So as we close out 2011, let’s look towards what the new year may have in store for cleantech.There are eggshells across the sector for 2012. Global economic uncertainty is leaving some skeptical about the chances for emerging clean
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Psst! Solar Fred Market Research Tip for PV Companies: Think Small and Think Service 2 Dec 2011, 2:00 pm
Good news, solar PV manufacturers (and inverter companies, too). You may not be just a $/watt commodity after all, at least according to some new solar market research that was recently given to me by one of my solar market research friends, Jon Worren of ClearSky Advisors.I saw Jon at SPI in Dallas, and we started discussing the latest solar PV
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A Fusion Reactor Hollywood Could Love 28 Nov 2011, 5:30 pm
Some latest scuttlebutt from the world of nuclear fusion has all the ingredients of a Hollywood thriller screenplay (and for those who remember Inside Greentech’s Greentech Avenger, you know I know scuttlebutt!)There’ve been all kinds of cinematic ideas, and personalities, on the front lines of the crazy world of cleantech i
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