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Welcome to this special Labor Day edition of our latest weekly round-up, summing up the biggest stories in US renewable energy over the past seven days, as featured on BrighterEnergy.org.

Among the headlines, California has set out how codes and standards could be set requiring commercial buildings to generate as much energy as they consume by 2030.

Nissan announced the start of its keenly-awaited ordering process for the all-electric LEAF.

And, while Massachusetts saw a legal decision made in favor of its Cape Wind offshore wind project, Rhode Island saw a fresh legal challenge made against its Block Island offshore wind project.

Click on the links below for a selection of our top stories from this week, or see www.BrighterEnergy.org for our full daily news service.

Marine and Hydro:   The state of Maine has called for initial proposals for offshore wind and tidal energy projects to be developed in state waters. A Request for ...   [Read more »]

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Transport:   Connecticut has set its sights on putting 25,000 electric vehicles on its roads by 2020. An advisory group has delivered a series of recommendations ...   [Read more »]

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Legislation:   Pennsylvania's Governor Edward G Rendell has called on state lawmakers to increase clean energy portfolio standards. In particular, the Governor ...   [Read more »]

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Heat and Efficiency:   California looks set to bring in a series of codes and minimum standards requiring that by 2030, all new commercial buildings have a "net zero" ...   [Read more »]

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Bioenergy:   A joint $8.9 investment by the US Departments of Energy and Agriculture has been announced, intending to improve feedstocks for bioenergy ...   [Read more »]

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Bioenergy:   Efforts to establish more than 75 new renewable fuel filling stations across California over the next two years got underway this week. Celebrations ...   [Read more »]

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Wind:   The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of the Cape Wind offshore wind project being granted all state and local permits. The ...   [Read more »]

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Wind:   WindTamer Corporation has completed installation of two rooftop-mounted small wind turbines at a shopping and entertainment complex in Syracuse, New ...   [Read more »]

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Transport:   Motor manufacturer Nissan has announced the start of the ordering process for its all-electric LEAF car, set for release at the end of the year. The ...   [Read more »]

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Bioenergy:   Petrochemical technology firm UOP has won a contract to provide process equipment for a new advanced biofuel plant in Rialto, California. The ...   [Read more »]

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Solar:   A college in Northern California has approved plans to expand its solar generating capacity to produce more energy than it consumes. Butte College, ...   [Read more »]

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Bioenergy:   Fuel company Valero Energy Corporation is to sell ethanol fuel at all of its new Corner Store filling stations. The firm said it would be selling ...   [Read more »]

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Wind:   Just a few months after granting permission for Ohio's first large-scale wind projects, state regulators have given the green light to two more large ...   [Read more »]

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Solar:   Plans for a 709 megawatt solar power facility in California's Imperial Valley are moving toward approval by the California Energy Commission. The ...   [Read more »]

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Wind:   Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against state's first offshore wind power contract. The Block ...   [Read more »]

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