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Here are the Top 10 Renewable Energy News Stories You May Have Missed this Week:

1.  Air Force Scientists Collect 99 Percent of Wave Energy - A growing industry, wave power technology is increasingly becoming more efficient. Scientists at the U.S. Air Force Academy base in Colorado Springs have demonstrated that submerged wave energy converters can harness up to 99 percent of the kinetic energy inherent in an ocean wave.

A new series looking at renewable energy's role in major sports can only start off with the world's biggest, most celebrated athletic activity: soccer -- otherwise known as the real football. 

Leaders in the transition toward a new energy future are not only found in companies developing innovative technologies, but also in those choosing to incorporate these technologies into their business or organization. 

Buildings are the largest consumers of energy in the United States.  According the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, buildings consume 72% of America's electricity, account for 55% of the nation's natural gas consumption, and are definitely the country's energy hog -- eating 40% of all energy produced.  The energy costs for America's buildings are estimated to be US$350 billion p

A fruit orchard on the east coast of the United States is using the sun to grow fruit and provide power to the farm.

This is the final part of my three-part series with Scot Horst, senior vice-president at the USGBC. Here Scot talks about the Harvard report "The State of the Nation's Housing 2010", energy efficiency, and the future of renewable energies.