Willingboro Municipal Utilities Authority Breaks Ground New 1.05 MW Solar Wastewater Treatment Plant
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U.S. wind power growing fast but still lags
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NREL Launches Strategic Energy Analysis Institute
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has established a new global institute dedicated to analyzing, speeding and smoothing the transition to sustainable energy worldwide. NREL Senior Scientist Doug Arent has been named executive director of the ...
Victor Valley College Installs 1-MW SolFocus System
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffVictor Valley College and SolFocus announced that they are installing a 1-megawatt (MW) system of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems for Victor Valley College in Victorville, California. The Victor Valley College solar facility will produce 2.5 million kilowatt hours per year, ...
SG Biofuels Launches First Elite Jatropha Cultivar
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSG Biofuels said that it has launched its first JMax 100 cultivar, a proprietary cultivar of Jatropha optimized for growing conditions in Guatemala with yields 100 percent greater than existing varieties.
SCE Launches 250-MW Solar RFO
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSouthern California Edison (SCE) this week launched a request for offers (RFO) from independent power producers for the utility's solar photovoltaic program.
Energy Storage’s Quiet Revolution
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffWhen A123Systems saw its shares jump more than 50 percent in a successful Nasdaq debut back in September, some industry insiders expected it would be the first of a bevy of big energy-storage headlines. Instead, energy storage seems to ...
Poll: Support Strong for Utility-Scale Solar
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffAs more utilities support the development of large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) plants in the around the U.S., some citizens have raised questions about the environmental sustainability of certain projects. However, a new poll released yesterday ...
GE Makes Thin-film Solar R&D Push
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffGE this week announced it is focusing its research and development efforts on thin-film solar photovoltaic (PV) technology in conjunction with PrimeStar Solar Inc., the startup firm in which GE is a majority investor.
EnergyPeriscope.com Enters Production Mode
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffEnergyPeriscope is a professional-level renewable energy project performance estimating and financial analysis engine. Use it to create financial performance reports for single- or multiple-technology energy solutions. Includes sales and project management tools to help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of ...
Skyscrapers Give Back to the Environment with Solar Energy Use
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffSolar panel development brings solar energy to large companies by switching from windows to solar panels. Skyscrapers can now run on energy from to sun in order to protect earth's nonrenewable resources.
India & Turkey on Track To Be Wind Powers
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffIndia and Turkey are both poised to become world players in the wind industry thanks to good wind resources, growing demand for electricity and emerging political frameworks to support the development of gigawatts of wind projects in the coming ...
Toshiba says good-bye to incandescent era
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Ben Saunders and the Future of Exploration
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffOur friend and ally Ben Saunders, polar explorer and contributor to the Worldchanging book, is about to head off on a new expedition, North2, where he will attempt to set a new world's record for fastest ...
Japan, China, and the Low-Carbon Economy
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffI've had the good fortune to view the world through a Japanese lens over the past 10 days — specifically, the worlds of green business and clean technology, about which I've come to Japan to speak. My ...
Bright spot for one California college: A solar farm
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Climate Action: Burning Forests to Avoid Megafires
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffPrescribed burns in the forests of the western U.S. will prevent larger wildfires and significantly cut the nation’s carbon footprint, according to a new study. Controlled burns, a forestry management strategy used to destroy underbrush and ...
GE places solar bets on thin-film cells
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CPUC Decision Allows Tradable RECs
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 Posted in Green News | Comments OffThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) this week issued a decision that would allow the use of tradeable renewable energy credits (TRECs) in the state. The legislature had previously authorized the CPUC to allow the use of TRECS in 2006. ...