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Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffDo not miss the opportunity to take a deep look into the Latin American Wind Power market.
Hot Japan’s Cool Green Trends
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffBy Madeline Ashby. There's a commercial here, I wrote to a friend about Japan, and it seems to say: "If Fat Cat can go green, so can you." Japan <a href="http://scomu.jp/makocat/"loves cats. So it's not surprising that a ...
How Europe Does It
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments OffCap and Trade from the Continent by Eric de Place World Wildlife Fund has a helpful eight-page position statement that outlines the key features of the European Union's cap and trade program (called the Emissions Trading Scheme, or ...
Water Corruption Prevents Progress
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffAfrica's largest water transfer effort, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, plans to supply water to the industrial heartland of South Africa and to generate energy for impoverished Lesotho. The multi-billion dollar investment offers economic growth ...
Paper from Wheat, not Wood
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Emerging Technologies, Green News | Comments OffBy WorldChanging Canada writer Rod Edwards. There's an interesting development lurking in your magazine rack (provided you subscribe to Canadian Geographic): paper made from wheat straw—the stem & stalk waste product of grain farming. Indistinguishable from regular ...
Consumers Energy Dedicates US $5M Training Center
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffConsumers Energy dedicated its new Marshall Training Center, a US $5 million investment that the company says will help prepare utility workers to meet the challenges of the 21st century, including service to the growing renewable energy market.
Independent Wind From Control Center Goes Live in UK
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffNatural Power switched on the UK's first independent Operational Control Center (OCC) this week. The company said that the OCC will help to keep wind farms safe and controlled for all staff on site.
Horizon Wind Energy Partners With Snohomish PUD
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffHorizon Wind Energy LLC has just entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Snohomish County Public Utility District (Snohomish) in Oregon to sell renewable wind energy from the Wheat Field Wind Farm. Horizon's Wheat Field Wind Farm, located ...
AVA Solar Completes US $104M Equity Financing
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAVA Solar, an advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer announced it has completed its second institutional equity round of financing. This US $104 million funding was led by DCM and included new investors Technology Partners, GLG Partners and Bohemian Companies, ...
US $2.3B Biomass Energy Contract Approved in Texas
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Austin City Council on Thursday gave Austin Energy, its city-owned electric utility, approval to enter into a US $2.3 billion contract to purchase all power produced over a 20-year period by a proposed 100-megawatt (MW) wood-waste-fueled biomass power plant. ...
Democrats find ‘green’ political convention tough to enforce
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Back to School
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Education, Green News | Comments OffBack to school season is helping us all live smarter. By WorldChanging Canada writer Peter ter Weeme. If the shorter days and first signs of changing leaves haven’t reminded you of the waning days of summer, all of ...
Green Credits
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffGovernments everywhere face the challenge of how to engage their citizens in a program of carbon emissions reductions. There have been two main approaches so far – carbon taxes and personal carbon quotas. We propose Green ...
Green Credits: A Unique and Innovative Program for Governments to Reduce the Carbon Emissions of Individuals and Business
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Columns, Green News | Comments OffGovernments everywhere face the challenge of how to engage their citizens in a program of carbon emissions reductions. There have been two main approaches so far – carbon taxes and personal carbon quotas. We propose Green ...
GE reshapes the future of wind power
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Clean Energy Patent Growth Index 2d Quarter 2008
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffHeslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C., an intellectual property law firm based in Albany, New York, is pleased to announce results for the second quarter of 2008 for the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI) by the firm's Cleantech Group.
Melrose Law Center Goes Green with Largest Solar Energy System in Vista, California
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe Melrose Law Center marked a green milestone for Vista, California by completing the city's first commercial solar energy system under the California Solar Initiative (CSI) Program and the largest system in Vista to date. Melrose Law Center chose ...
Follow-Up: How Can China’s Wind Power Industry Be Growing So Fast?
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThis summer, a two-part story written by China Strategies LLC elicited many questions about the Chinese wind power industry. Many of the questions were raised by the investment community and centered around a US $450 million contract between Chinese ...
Geothermal Energy’s Potential
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe presidential candidates are stumping hard. And while energy and environmental issues are getting frequent mentions, both the Republican and Democratic leaders are neglecting one area: geothermal energy.
The Cacophony in Today’s Energy Policy Debate
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEscalating oil and gasoline prices have consumers and politicians lashing out in every direction. U.S. politicians have singled out their favorite scapegoats namely, the big oil companies, whose recent earnings are perceived to be "windfall profits." Creeping into this ...