MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal officials say they’ll give a Wisconsin organization nearly $15 million in stimulus money to make industrial energy systems more efficient. U.S. Department of Energy officials say Clean Tech Partners of Madison will get $14.5 million ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Gregory Thomson will set his sights high Friday as his architectural student team preps for a trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the national Solar Decathlon Competition. Certainly, the assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ...

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M. Scott Carter Dolan Media Newswires Oklahoma City — The market for alternative energy will grow so much over the next two decades that it may generate more than 37 million new jobs and could produce $4.2 trillion in new ...

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Jay Lindsay AP Writer Tyngsborough, MA — Spinning flywheels have been used for centuries for jobs from making pottery to running steam engines. Now the ancient tool has been given a new job by a Massachusetts company: Smooth out the ...

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Frito-Lay gets state money for expansion, Green Tier status Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle on Wednesday announced that the state will provide $2 million to Frito-Lay’s Beloit production facility to support a $28.5 million expansion and modernization project. Doyle also announced ...

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Bob Geiger Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The U.S. Departments of Treasury and Energy have awarded a total of $502 million for 12 renewable-energy projects, including the Moraine II Wind Farm in southwest Minnesota. The 50-megawatt Moraine II, owned by ...

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Toyota plans to end production at California plant Washington (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. plans to end production in March 2010 at a California joint venture where it has built vehicles with General Motors, the company said Thursday. The decision ...

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Alana M. Fuierer Dolan Media Newswires Rochester, N.Y. — A review of recent trends in clean technology patents reveals clean energy innovation has reached an all-time high. Headlines lately seem to be filled with news on wind energy. A great ...

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