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The road to the Copenhagen Climate Conference is paved with irony.

The first-ever U.S.-China Electric Vehicle Forum brought together more than 140 U.S. and Chinese officials from government, industry, academia and advocacy groups to discuss progress made in the electric vehicle industry and opportunities for collaboration in the future.

Here we are staring at another weekend through the eyes of a Friday afternoon.  This also means we are staring down at another exciting and informative amalgamation of renewable energy and clean tech stories. 

So, before you "cash out" for the weekend, let's get you up to date with everything you ought to know about clean energy this week.

The US is known as a world leader in innovation, but the lack of strong national energy policies and years of weak federal support for clean energy research have opened the door for China to position itself as an emerging leader to watch on clean technology.

Starting last January the United States implemented tariffs on imported solar panels, however, foreign manufacturers only recently became aware of the tax.

Got refuse from your chicken coop you don't know what to do with? China may have the answer: turn chicken waste into biogas energy.

China has made huge commitments to renewable energy, especially wind power, however, the country's electric grid and electricity demands mean that coal will remain a fixture in China's energy generation for a long time to come.

The Chinese government will continue its progressive shift to mandating cleaner and more environmentally sound energy use within the country by introducing a carbon-trading scheme.

According to a new study by the China Greentech Initiative, China couple potentially develop into a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for renewable technologies.

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) has signed an agreement to build a two-gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, China.