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The Free e-Letter on Clean Technology From Clean Edge
Welcome to CLEANWATCH. Each issue offers the latest news, events, and other resources on clean energy, transportation, water, and materials.
Ron Pernick
By Ron Pernick
We are just weeks away from the U.S. mid-term elections and the political B.S.-meter is red hot. It’s not surprising or unexpected -- inflammatory rhetoric, last-minute “gotcha” accusations, and TV commercial-peddled nonsense is part of the American political experience, but it drowns out a much more important issue facing our nation. If the U.S. is going to be a leader in the race for clean-tech innovation and the resulting economic rewards, it needs to act fast – and it must cross ideological boundaries.
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Clean Edge's second annual report on global clean-tech employment trends including the Top 15 U.S. metro areas for clean-tech job activity.
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Clean Edge Stock Indexes: Tracking the Performance of U.S.-Traded Clean-Energy, Global Wind, and Smart Grid Infrastructure Companies.
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10/6 Clean Edge Report Reveals How Clean-Tech Jobs Race is Heating up Globally
As the economy officially pulls out of The Great Recession, clean energy continues to fuel the plans of many cities, states, nations, investors, and companies as they look for the next wave of innovation and growth. In its second annual look at the state of clean-tech jobs in the U.S. and globally, Clean Edge, Inc. today releases Clean Tech Job Trends 2010.
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10/1 Wind Will Power Fossil Fuel-Free Denmark in 2050, Report Predicts
The falling cost of renewable energy and rising cost of oil and gas will allow Denmark to develop an energy network entirely free of fossil fuels by 2050, according to a report published by the government's climate commission.
Guardian 
9/30 Clean Energy Could Power India's Poor Rural Communities, New WRI Report Finds
The market for clean energy products and services is increasing among India's rural poor, and according to a new analysis, could potentially grow to more than $2 billion per year.
Clean Edge News
9/29 Clean Energy Patent Growth Index Q2 Results Announced
Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. recently announced results for the first quarter of 2010 for the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) by the firm's Cleantech Group.
Clean Edge News
9/27 UK Wind Sails Past 5 GW as Thanet Comes On Stream
With the 300 MW Thanet Offshore Wind Farm on line today, following the opening of an extension to the onshore Crystal Rig earlier this month, the UK has hit 5 GW installed capacity, says RenewableUK.
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
9/24 Coda Unveils Electric Car Pricing at $45K
Electric vehicle maker startup Coda has finally released the pricing of its inaugural vehicle and it'll cost you almost $4,000 more than GM's Volt, and over $12,000 more than the Nissan's all-electric LEAF.
Earth2Tech
9/22 Report: U.S. Smart Grid Market to Reach $9.6 Billion by 2015
Over the next five years, the smart grid market in the U.S. will grow more than 70%, from $5.6 billion in 2010 to $9.6 billion by 2015, according to the findings of a new report from GTM Research, U.S. Smart Grid Market Forecast: 2010–2015.
Clean Edge News
9/15 VantagePoint Launches $100 Million Fund Aimed at Clean Tech in China
VantagePoint Venture Partners announced yesterday in China the firm's initial closing and launch of a $100 million (RMB680 million) fund aimed at the burgeoning CleanTech and Financial Services sectors in China's Bohai Rim region.
Clean Edge News
9/14 DOE Announces $8.5 Million for Solar Grid Integration Projects
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced that the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories is investing $8.5 million for four projects that have reached Stage III of the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) program.
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