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Top tech companies plug into renewable power
2013-03-04 13:36:26| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft is building a data center next to a Wyoming landfill in order to use its methane gas to power the facility. Apple now uses a massive 100-acre solar energy farm to power its Maiden, N.C. data center. And Google has placed data centers in Oklahoma and Iowa so they can plug into wind farms. America's top tech companies are going green in a big way, so much so that the availability of clean energy resources is now a key consideration in where they locate corporate offices and data centers. The move is designed to save them millions of dollars in long-term energy costs.
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Measure would cloak terms of renewable companies' utility sales agreements
2013-03-02 04:17:05| Semiconductors - Topix.net
For the second straight legislative session, lawmakers have proposed a bill that would shade the terms of renewable companies' utility sales agreements, including price per kilowatt hour, from the scrutiny of ratepayers who cover the costs through their power bills.
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Minnesota Power's 2013 Resource Plan Reshapes Energy Supply Through Additional Renewable Resources, Less Carbon, And Balanced Approach
2013-03-01 13:52:00| pollutiononline Home Page
In its 2013 Resource Plan filed recently, Minnesota Power, a division of ALLETE, further outlined its commitment to meeting the needs of customers with a reliable, affordable and sustainable power supply now and into the future
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History of Renewable Fuels in Iowa
2013-02-28 21:05:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has released an online version of an industry scrapbook that illustrates how far the renewable fuels industry has come and how profound its impact on Iowa has been over the past decade.
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Renewable Diesel Refinery Nears Completion in Louisiana
2013-02-27 17:38:18| ENR.com: Headline News
Valeros new Diamond Green Diesel plant will create fuel from waste animal fats rather than petroleum feedstocks.
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