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When (not if) wind power generation regains the affections of investors, here are four small companies that offer pure-play exposure to the U.S.-based sector: Broadwind Energy, Inc., (NASDAQ: BWEN); Juhl Wind, Inc.

For a number of years, notes ecologist and UC Santa Barbara Professor Emeritus Daniel B.

Big Stone II was a 2004 proposal for a roughly 500-megawatt coal-fired power plant near Milbank, South Dakota, which would have expanded the capacity of the existing Big Stone 450-megawatt plant and delivered power primarily to a large and growing Twin Cities (Minnesota) population.

California is building a zero-carbon city, Ford is staking its business future in electric and hybrid vehicles, and Iberdrola is planning to build Europe's largest on-shore wind farm.

These are just the macro announcements.  There have be many other amazing discoveries and developments this week that could have lasting effects on the clean energy sector.

Like a fierce gale sweeping across the landscape, Spain's Iberdrola (OTC: IBDRY), the world's largest wind farm owner, continues adding to its wind assets (in 10 countries and counting).

Arizona celebrated its first commercial-scale wind power project in a big way.

Ken Salazar, the U.S. Interior Secretary, joined federal, state and local officials, energy industry leaders, ranchers and school children in the celebration at the dedication of the Dry Lake Wind Power Project.

Recently, the U.S. Treasury Department and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) jointly announced $502 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act cash assistance on.

This week watermelon and cassava left the dining room table and entered the fuel tank; Scotland gave word that the Isle of Islay will soon be generating all its electricity from tidal energy sources; Nissan announced it will be manufacturing an affordable electric vehicle; and a portable geothermal power generator was designed by an Alaskan resort owner.

The near collapse of the global financial markets last year created massive credibility and cash flow problems for the banking sector. As economies around the world crawl out of the morass, it is clear that industry practices need a major overhaul. Can clean tech help?

Several CEO's of companies that are members of the RES Alliance for Jobs are scheduled to meet with top Senate leaders today to discuss strengthening the Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) in new energy and climate legislation that will be in play in the Senate this fall.&nb