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Dairy farmer says he saves $200,000  by converting cow manure to electricity, CNN reports here: Remaining waste from 600 cows is used as fertilizer and mulch.

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CNN reports here: The world’s largest, fastest fully solar-powered boat is being built in preparation for a round-the-world challenge. “Planet Solar” has 470 square meters of panels — equivalent to two tennis courts.

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AP reports here at Yahoo News: NEWARK, New Jersey – Regulators approved more than $515 million in projects Wednesday that will more than double the amount of solar power generated in New Jersey and will solidify the state’s No. 2 spot behind California in power produced from the sun.

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Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: NEW DELHI – India will unveil its first solar power target as soon as September, pledging to boost output from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2020 as it firms up its national plan to fight global warming, draft documents show.

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CNET News.com reports here: Moves to promote technologies that improve energy security and reduce carbon emissions will take decades to bear fruit, says National Research Council.

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Scientists researching turbines that turn ocean currents into electricity, CNN reports here: Turbines could generate power for up to 7 million homes in fuel-starved Florida.

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