December, 2006
$1 Million Available for NYC Buildings that Switch to CFLs
Public Energy Solutions has launched Operation Kill-A-Watt in New York after being contracted by Con Edison to manage its targeted load reduction program throughout the City.
The companies are urging New Yorkers in selected zip ...
GE Selling Hydro Business to PGC
BHEL Wins Another Contract From Indian Oil for Co-Generation Plant
Mercedes-Benz Pays $1.2 Million for Clean Air Act Violation, Spends $59 Million on Recall
Golf Course Upgrades Could Yield 30% Energy Savings
A three-year pilot project now underway in Southern California hopes to show that by upgrading irrigation systems, golf facility operators can reduce operating costs by using less energy and water. Southern California Edison is ...
New York State Evaluating PHEV Technology
The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority has awarded A123Systems, a developer of nanophosphate-based batteries, and Hymotion contracts to provide three converted plug-in hybrid electric passenger vehicles. NYSERDA wants to ...
Boston to Require LEED Standards
Boston plans to amend its building code to require that all new private construction of at least 50,000 square feet must meet the minimum criteria of the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in ...
GHG Certification Standard Out for Stakeholder Comment
Constellation Energy Wins Wind Power Agreement With WSSC
Constellation Energy has inked a 10-year contract to provide wind power to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission. The 10-year agreement will meet WSSC's goal of using wind power for approximately one-third of its ...
NRG Selected by NYPA to Build $1.5 Billion IGCC Plant
NRG Energy received a conditional contract from the New York Power Authority to build a 680 net megawatt Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle plant at its Huntley facility in Tonawanda, New York. The project, ...
Poultry Industry Evaluates Solar for Growout Houses
WorldWater & Power will build a $500,000 PV system to power Allen Family Foods' poultry growout house in Laurel, Delaware. Growout houses take day-old chicks and raise them to maturity.
The poultry industry is looking ...
Constellation NewEnergy Sends RECs with Holiday Cards
EU Rethinks Airline Emissions Trading, Throws U.S. a Bone
Palo Alto Named Green Power Community
Palo Alto is the first city in California, and the fourth city in the country, to be certified as a Green Power Community by the EPA. Palo Alto qualified for this certification with a ...
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Enel Picks Fusina for Site of Hydrogen Power Plant
Enel has chosen Fusino as the site for the world's first hydrogen Power Plant. Enel will invest 40 million euros in the project. The Veneto Region ...
300 Computer Products Meet EPEAT Standard
Mass. to Retrofit 8400 Diesel Buses by 2010
Massachusetts will spend (PDF) $22.5 million to retrofit 8400 public school and regional transit buses by 2010. The deal is designed to offset pollution from the Big Dig, The Boston Globe reports.
Some 7,800 ...
UK’s Biggest Grocer to Run Biodiesel Fleet
Corning Cuts Lighting Costs 40%
High-efficiency fluorescent lamps chosen by Corning Inc. for its Kennebunk, Maine factory combined with other improvements, have cut electricity use for lighting by roughly 40 percent, Maine Today reports.
The Corning plant, which employees 300 ...
Solar Entech Readies Power Conditioning Software
Solar EnerTech says it is looking forward to the sales and marketing boost it will get from the one-year extension of the solar ITC in H.R. 6111. The act extends the 30 percent solar ...
Mars Drinks Unveils Recyclable Packaging, Cuts Carbon 40%
