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Archive for April, 2009

LA Metro & Chevron Unveil 1.2-MW Solar System

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has unveiled a solar energy project at one of the its bus maintenance facilities. The 6,720 individual solar panels at Metro's Support Services Center in downtown Los Angeles are capable of generating ...

Solargiga Establishes PV Module Joint Venture

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Chinese monocrystalline solar ingot and wafer manufacturer, Solargiga Energy, announced that Jinzhou Yangguang Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, entered into a formal joint venture agreement with two independent third parties, including Kinmac Holdings Limited, for the establishment of ...

First Wind Selects RMT as Balance-of-Plant Contractor for Milford Wind

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

RMT has been awarded balance-of-plant engineering and construction work for the Milford Wind Corridor Phase I project in Beaver and Millard Counties, Utah. Phase I has a nameplate generating capacity of 203.5 megawatts (MW), making it one of the largest ...

AEP Doubles Renewable Energy Goal to 2,000 MW

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

American Electric Power (AEP) is doubling its goal of adding 1,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy to 2,000 MW by the end of 2011. This would bring the company's total renewable energy portfolio to more than 2,600 MW by the ...

South Korea Taps Germany To Help Grow Its Solar Industry

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Once an importer of Germany's solar technology, South Korea is now partnering with the world champion to help build up its own home-grown photovoltaic (PV) industry with an eye on supplying the growing Asian market in the future.

Geoengineering and the New Climate Denialism

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off

This is a draft essay, and obviously still rough in patches. I'd appreciate feedback! - Alex GEOENGINEERING AND THE NEW CLIMATE DENIALISM by Alex Steffen The Idea of Geoengineering is Being Used Dishonestly Though we spend our time here at ...

Swine Flu: We’re All In This Together

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Features, Green News | Comments Off

Ayer 26 de Abril, algunos católicos se reunieron en la catedral metropolitana (México D.F.) para pedir a Dios. Por los enfermos, los tomadores de decisiones y la sociedad en general. Para que hagan "lo correcto" frente ...

Why Regional Cap-and-Trade Programs Matter

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Climate Change, Green News | Comments Off

Polluters prefer unified federal policy. So do we. In a nutshell: regional cap-and-trade programs matter because the threat of disjointed regional action is one of the single biggest drivers of climate policy at the federal level. Though ...

The Green FDR: Obama’s First 100 Days Make — And May Remake — History

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Off

The media just keeps missing -- or messing up -- the story of the century. Future historians will inevitably judge all 21st-century presidents on just two issues: global warming and the clean energy transition. ...

Bangladeshi Lawyer Fights Toxic Ship-Breaking

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News, Health | Comments Off

Six relatively unknown grassroots activists from around the globe receive a moment in the spotlight when the Goldman Environmental Prize announces its list of annual recipients. The prize, now in its 19th year, is considered the ...

Where federal energy research money should go

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Mercedes-Benz F-Cell caught in the wild

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‘Late Night’ with the Tesla S

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Help wanted: Real estate professionals seek green building education.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Over the past couple of years, a growing interest in sustainable building practices has led many in the real estate industry to build a foundation around the emerging green building industry.

Oil giant Total invests in butanol maker Gevo

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Spain plugs in largest solar-tower power plant

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KACO Solar Announces Corporate Identity Shift

Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

We're not going anywhere but we're whitewashing our siding and you'll find the new look very attractive. From our logo to our training and everything in between it's a new KACO Solar. You'll see straight away that ...

U.S. Wind Industry Installs 2,800 MW In First Quarter

Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

The wind energy industry installed more than 2,800 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity in the first quarter of 2009, with new projects completed in 15 states, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced today in its first quarter market ...

Intertek White Paper Helps Simplify Path to Compliance for Wind Power Products

Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Intertek (LSE: ITRK), a global leader in testing, inspection and certification services, has announced the release of a white paper to help wind power stakeholders simplify their product safety certification process and avoid costly delays arising from regulatory challenges. ...

Senior Scientist from NREL Boosts the SkyFuel and ReflecTech R&D Team

Monday, April 27th, 2009 Posted in Green News | Comments Off

Arvada, Colorado April 20th, 2009: SkyFuel, Inc. is pleased to announce that Gary Jorgensen, a Senior Scientist with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has joined SkyFuel as a "Scientist in Residence" under a ...