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A Michigan public university plans to test a floating wind turbine platform to demonstrate how wind energy could work on Lake Michigan. Grand Valley State University's Michigan Alternative & Renewable Energy Center received $1.4 million in federal funding to conduct the study. The university plans to have the platform installed by the fall of 2010. Meanwhile, We Energies plans to issue a request for proposals in early November that will be the start of a $3 million study sanctioned by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to determine the feasibility of wind turbines on Lake Michigan. We Energies spokesman Brian Manthey said the energy utility is not involved in the Michigan study, but will collaborate with Grand Valley State to share information

The U.S. saw $34 billion in private equity invested in the sector last year, a 51 percent jump from 2009, but China received $54.4 billion, increasing the lead it's held over the U.S. since 2008. Germany last year passed the U.S. with $41.2 billion invested in clean energy.

President Barack Obama sounds like his predecessors when he vows to kick the nation's addiction to foreign oil.

NRG Energy has opened its first eVgo direct-current electric vehicle charging station in Dallas, Texas, today as part of a privately funded 70-station network

City Leaders Concerned High-Carbon Tar Sands Undermine Their Municipal Clean Energy Initiatives

"U.S. Wind Market Grew by 39% The U.S. wind industry brought in a historic year in 2009, installing nearly 10,000 MW of new wind. During one of the worst financial crises in recent history, the wind market grew 39% in 2009, bringing new major developers and turbine manufacturers to the market, making the "top ten" rankings an ever-changing list. The AWEA Finance & Investment Workshop offered insights on how to position your company to gain from the tremendous wind industry growth. The expert speakers, presenters, and financial gurus shared the successes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and how creative uses of new policies could create investment opportunities for 2010. "

U.S Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell today announced that the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the first three large-scale carbon sequestration projects in the United States and the largest single set in the world to date.

Geothermal heat could meet 10 percent of America's energy needs by mid-century, according to the US Department of Energy. What's more, it would not generate the climate-warming carbon emissions associated with fossil fuels.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is giving the healthcare industry access to its expertise in energy efficiency through the Hospital Energy Alliance (HEA) in a bid to drive down consumption in the sector.

Is it ironic? Or is it a case of preferring real action over grand declarations?