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		<title>Germany Runs Out of Solar Panels Due to Generous Feed-In Tariff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A burst of new business at the end of 2009 put Germany close to adding a record of solar power to the grid, according to the head of Germany’s BSW solar industry association, Carsten Koernig. He estimates that in this year alone; it will be very close to 3 Gigawatts.]]></description>
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		<title>Lexus Thinks Compact LF-Ch Hatchback Hybrid Would Sell in U.S.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although the Lexus booth at the 2009 LA Auto Show was rather devoid of inspiring next-gen green automotive technology, I did make a quick stop by to look at their traveling LF-Ch exhibit. The company has put together a display that’s supposed to help figure out what styling cues show attendees like best about the concept hybrid hatchback by giving them the ability to take pictures of the car and upload them to a database. It actually was one of the worst-executed interactive displays I’ve seen in a long time. Needless to say, I decided to pass up the interactivity.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/12/21/lexus-thinks-compact-lf-ch-hatchback-hybrid-would-sell-in-u-s/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Developing World Assistance Likely to Bring $100 Billion Boom to Renewable Sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the contentious issues at Copenhagen is how much money to give to the developing world to help avert the sharp rise in carbon emissions expected in the about-to-industrialize countries. The funds are to come from the developed world, and this fund is generally framed in the US media (and not just by Glen Beck), as a giveaway. The New York Times puts it like this: Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/12/21/developing-world-assistance-likely-to-bring-100-billion-boom-to-renewable-sector/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Copenhagen Week One: Climategate, China, and the Obama Nobel Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this space last week, I wrote a column that I thought might draw the ire of some greens for its cynical outlook on Copenhagen. Instead, it drew a fair amount of attention from readers concerned that I had glossed over the significance of “Climategate.” Like that column, this one is not about Climategate in the broader sense, but about its impact on the goings-on this week in Denmark. And, as we look back at week one of COP-15, last week’s column looks to have been borne out in that context. Join me for this more complete review of the political freeze that has taken over the warming talks.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/12/21/copenhagen-week-one-climategate-china-and-the-obama-nobel-play/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>In Copenhagen, 14 of World’s Biggest Cities Commit to EVs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fourteen of the world’s largest cities agreed to take steps over the coming year to make their cities more electric vehicle-friendly. The announcement was made at the ‘Climate Summit for Mayors’, which is being held alongside the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/12/21/in-copenhagen-14-of-world%e2%80%99s-biggest-cities-commit-to-evs/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Investors Getting Serious in London — $1 Billion Renewable Energy Fund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A London-based green investment firm, Earth Capital Partners (ECP), aiming to create a €750 million ($1 billion) renewable energy fund, announced this last week that it had reached its first round fund-raising target. By November 2010, it hopes to reach its total goal of €750 million.

The company is happy with this progress and believes there is demonstrated investor interest in this topic now. Even without an international, legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean energy, investors are moving forward on this.

With the amount of capital ECP is raising, what types of energy this investment firm is specifically interested in is important. They seem to be aiming at specific sectors of the market.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/12/21/investors-getting-serious-in-london-%e2%80%94-1-billion-renewable-energy-fund/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Housing+ for on-site renewable energy generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Designed by C. F. Møller Architects in cooperation with Moe &#038; Brødsgaard, Cenergia, Phillips, Schüco, Erik Juul and Vogt landscape, the Housing+ is a passive housing that supports on-site renewable energy generation. Located around Aalborg waterfront in Denmark, the pilot-project features a long sloping elevation, which provides a plane for a 1200 m2 solar array to produce the 104.400 kwh of electricity (annually) to power 60 housing units without external resources. The sustainable housing uses the fjord to power heat pumps, while a highly insulated water-tank (W 3 x H 12 m) is integrated to store the solar energy. Apart from solar array and heat pump, the housing project also integrates 4 vertical low-noise wind turbines that generate energy to recharge electric cars. Moreover, the slope shelters a public gazebo and cafe for community gatherings.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/12/21/housing-for-on-site-renewable-energy-generation/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Virtual Reality Offers Solution to Driving Phobias</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nervous drivers are being helped to overcome their road phobias by donning Cyclops-style goggles that transport them to a three-dimensional virtual world.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/12/15/virtual-reality-offers-solution-to-driving-phobias/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Switchgrass Produces Biomass Efficiently</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A USDOE and USDA study concluded that 50 million U.S. acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass could be harvested for use as a biofuel feedstock. Economically viable production of a perennial grass monoculture from which substantial quantities of biomass are removed annually is expected to require nitrogen fertilizer.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/11/24/switchgrass-produces-biomass-efficiently/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<title>Is Global Warming Unstoppable?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions -- the major cause of global warming -- cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humacon.org/2009/11/24/is-global-warming-unstoppable/#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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