Global wind energy capacity edges towards 200GW – 27 Sep 2010 – BusinessGreen.com.

In 2010 alone 40 GW of wind power was brought onto the global grid, a sizeable increase and encouraging if the pace continues.

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Copenhagen: Soros Proposes $100B Climate Fund. Soros will invest $1 billion of his own money into a fund for clean tech and green energy initiatives.

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A report by Thomson Reuters on the growing alternative energy sector has been published:

British Petroleum , or BP, has closed its London headquaters for alternative energy and its head has stepped down and is cutting way back on its 1.4B dollar investment. Well that’s just great. Thanks BP.

BP = “Back to Petroleum?” | Mother Jones.

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When I used to visit my grandmother in Sun City West, Arizona, I always remarked to myself, why did Del Webb not put solar panels on every roof of his identikit homes. Now that would have been forward thinking, a lot like this new building, Masdar Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, which powers itself, gives back to the grid, and even powers itself during its construction.

Stunning Solar Building Will Generate More Power Than It Needs >> MetaEfficient Reviews.

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Not known for being a bastion of progressiveness, Wal-Mart will be powering 360 of its stores with wind power. Goes to show that switching to alternative energy can affect the bottom line. Even if oil stays low for awhile, it’s a more volatile cost to try to forecast, whereas wind power they wiull be able to know what their costs are ahead of time.

360 Wind Powered Wal-Mart Stores by April 2009 : TreeHugger.