NYSERDA commits $100M to energy efficiency

New York’s businesses will be able to tap into $100 million in funds to improve the energy efficiency of their manufacturing facilities and data centers.

Albany-based CHA is one of three engineering firms that will receive $2 million each to help companies identify cost-effective measures and educate them on the funding that is available through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the nonprofit that administers state energy programs. The two other engineering firms, Energy & Resource Solutions and Willdan Energy Solutions, are in New York City…Read full story

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UAlbany’s NanoCollege to receive $1.5M to incubate clean energy companies

The University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in New York will receive $1.5 million to fund an incubator program for new clean energy companies.

The program at Albany NanoTech is the sixth statewide college incubator program to receive money from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to fund incubator programs. NYSERDA recently helped fund similar incubators at the University at Buffalo, Rochester Institute of Technology, The Tech Garden in Syracuse, the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Brooklyn and Stony Brook University. Three of the six incubator programs are located at State University of New York colleges…Read full story

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The basic materials and financial sectors on Wednesday lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new 2010 intraday high of 10,766.

The U.S. stock market rose on the easy monetary policy of Japan and the U.S. and a lower than expected U.S. Producer Price Index.

The Dow is up 79.28 points, or 0.74 percent, to trade at 10,765.26 at 2:20 pm EST. The S&P 500 Index is up 10.10 points, or 0.87 percent, to trade at 1,169.60.

Asian markets mostly closed higher. The Hong Kong Hang Seng rose 1.72 percent. Nikkei, boosted by the Bank of Japan’s decision to expand credit, closed up 1.17 percent.

Korea’s KOSPI Composite Index was up 2.11 percent, rising on the successful trading debut of Korea Life.

European markets also closed modestly up, with the U.K. FTSE 100 climbing 0.43 percent.

The leading sectors of the U.S. stock market are basic materials, energy, and financial…Read full story

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The general manager of El Tiempo Latino, Arnie Applebaum, was named general manager of Capital Business. He will oversee strategy and day-to-day operations of the new publication while remaining general manager of El Tiempo Latino and Express, a free Monday through Friday publication for commuters.

In an interview, Beyers said Capital Business will try to help the Washington business community navigate the region’s economy. He hopes “every article” in the publication will generate a business lead for readers or an idea about a business opportunity…Read full story

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The 7,500-square-foot building is under construction at 2000 Zearing NW, near the Sawmill neighborhood. It could be one of the only small commercial buildings in New Mexico to earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a U.S. Green Building Council standard) certification, said ACCIÓN officials.

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