http://www.environmentalleader.com The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:16:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/uk-to-ease-rules-for-on-site-renewable-energy-installations/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/uk-to-ease-rules-for-on-site-renewable-energy-installations/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:38:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27492 Aimed at helping cut carbon emissions, the UK has proposed new planning rules that will allow home owners, offices, schools, stadiums and railway stations to install solar panels without planning permissions, reports the Telegraph. Councils will also be able to install charging stations for electric cars in public parking lots without filling out forms, according [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/18/uk-to-ease-rules-for-on-site-renewable-energy-installations/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/biomass-plays-big-role-in-uk-renewable-energy-picture/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/biomass-plays-big-role-in-uk-renewable-energy-picture/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:21:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27376 As the UK pursues its goal for 20 percent of the commonwealth’s energy to come from renewable fuels by 2020, biomass is increasing in popularity, according to research from Verdantix. While the market currently is dominated by utilities, if the government enacts feed-in tariffs for biomass generators in 2010, as expected, it will be more financially [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/17/biomass-plays-big-role-in-uk-renewable-energy-picture/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/southern-power-sinking-500m-into-biomass-facility/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/southern-power-sinking-500m-into-biomass-facility/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:34:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27154 Austin, Texas, will be closer to meeting its goal of 30 percent renewable energy once a biomass facility from Southern Power comes into play. Southern Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, recently acquired a not-yet-constructed biomass facility from American Renewables LLC. The facility is being built in Sacul, Texas. Southern Power plans to spend $475 million [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/12/southern-power-sinking-500m-into-biomass-facility/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/tescos-uk-import-warehouse-to-be-100-biomass-powered/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/tescos-uk-import-warehouse-to-be-100-biomass-powered/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:15:55 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=25160 UK retailer Tesco plans to tap into a 295 megawatt biomass power plant in Teesport, England, to supply 100 percent of the energy needs for its import warehouse, reports, Biomass Magazine. The $815 million powerplant will be run by MGT Power. It will use about 2.4 million metric tons of wood chips a year and will [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/19/tescos-uk-import-warehouse-to-be-100-biomass-powered/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/downtown-seattle-buildings-benefit-from-renewable-fuel-facility/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/downtown-seattle-buildings-benefit-from-renewable-fuel-facility/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:47:57 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=23804 About 200 buildings in downtown Seattle and First Hill will be heated by a renewable fuel boiler. The boiler, run by Seattle Steam, will operate on urban waste wood, according to a press release. Using waste wood will displace about half of the natural gas previously used in the operation. Seattle Steam says that about $5 million [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/14/downtown-seattle-buildings-benefit-from-renewable-fuel-facility/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/21/industrial-biotech-can-reduce-emissions-by-2-5b-tons-annually/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/21/industrial-biotech-can-reduce-emissions-by-2-5b-tons-annually/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:06:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21303 The industrial biotechnology sector can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 2.5 billion tons per year, according to a new report. WWF, the world’s largest environmental NGO, has calculated that industrial biotechnology could generate between 1 billion and 2.5 billion tons of greenhouse gas reductions per year by 2030, contributing to a new green economy. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/21/industrial-biotech-can-reduce-emissions-by-2-5b-tons-annually/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/11/sca-sees-environmental-benefit-from-new-wastewater-treatment-plant/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/11/sca-sees-environmental-benefit-from-new-wastewater-treatment-plant/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:22:14 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21020 A wastewater treatment plant at SCA’s Munksund paper mill in Sweden went online in June. The mill produces paper mass and kraftliner, a starting material for packaging. SCA says that the new treatment plant will reduce oxygen-consuming matter in wastewater by more than 70%. Construction on the MultiBio-based plant began at the beginning of 2008 at [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/11/sca-sees-environmental-benefit-from-new-wastewater-treatment-plant/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/18/carbonfund-retroactively-adds-offsets-for-landfill-project/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/18/carbonfund-retroactively-adds-offsets-for-landfill-project/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:29:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=19832 A landfill is receiving carbon offsets for emissions that were avoided in 2008. Carbonfund.org is certifying the carbon offset project by Casella Waste Systems Inc for a process to capture methane emitted by a landfill in New York. The Clinton County Landfill Methane Project, near Plattsburgh, N.Y., is receiving credit for methane diverted from January through [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/08/18/carbonfund-retroactively-adds-offsets-for-landfill-project/feed/ 4 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/27/kimberley-clark-tops-epa-list-of-on-site-renewable-energy-users/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/27/kimberley-clark-tops-epa-list-of-on-site-renewable-energy-users/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:45:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=18793 In EPA’s latest rankings of the top-20 users of on-site renewable energy, Kimberley Clark came out on top with more than 192 million kilowatt hours, comprising about 7 percent of its total electricity needs. The paper product giant uses a biomass generator. The next three positions on the list were occupied by cities. Los Angeles County [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/07/27/kimberley-clark-tops-epa-list-of-on-site-renewable-energy-users/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/29/anheuser-busch-taps-landfill-gas-for-houston-brewery/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/29/anheuser-busch-taps-landfill-gas-for-houston-brewery/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:47:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=17199 The Anheuser-Busch brewery in Houston will begin using landfill biogas as an alternative fuel source. The gas will be carried through a six-mile pipeline from the McCarty Road landfill to the Anheuser-Busch brewery to help generate steam energy for the brewery’s power plant. More than 55 percent of the brewery’s fuel demand will be supplied [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/06/29/anheuser-busch-taps-landfill-gas-for-houston-brewery/feed/ 0