http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 06:58:28 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77288 Proctor & Gamble, owner of the Tide, Pampers and Gillette brands, will convert its battery-operated forklift fleets at three facilities to ones powered by hydrogen fuel cells. New York-based Plug Power, which has Walmart, Sysco and Coca-Cola as customers, will supply the technology. P&G’s manufacturing facilities in California, North Carolina and Louisiana will be the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/25/pg-shifts-200-forklifts-to-hydrogen-fuel-cell-power/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 15:51:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=77317 Goldman Sachs Group plans to invest $40 billion over the next 10 years into renewable energy, an area where the bank expects demand to grow as the global appetite for energy increases and major manufacturing countries like China set more aggressive emissions targets, Reuters reported. But the bank’s new clean energy target would average about [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/24/goldman-sachs-to-pump-40bn-into-clean-energy/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/apple-data-center-to-be-powered-by-100-renewable-energy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/apple-data-center-to-be-powered-by-100-renewable-energy/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 06:29:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=76873 Apple said it will power its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., entirely with renewable energy by the end of the year. The announcement, which was posted on Apple’s website, follows protests against Apple by Greenpeace activists who criticized the company for powering its iCloud using coal-fired power plants. Apple received the fifth-lowest score in Greenpeace’s [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/18/apple-data-center-to-be-powered-by-100-renewable-energy/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/cox-saves-17400-tons-of-carbon-over-five-years/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/cox-saves-17400-tons-of-carbon-over-five-years/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 14:15:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75437 Cox Enterprises has saved 17,400 tons of carbon through alternative energy projects since 2007 and conserves 20 million gallons of water annually, according to data the company released on the fifth anniversary of its national sustainability program. The communications, media and automotive services company has implemented energy-efficient heating and cooling systems, green energy sources, hybrid [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/01/cox-saves-17400-tons-of-carbon-over-five-years/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:03:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75113 Here’s the latest news on renewable power installations, contracts, financing, permits and market changes affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Markey Group has opened a £1.1 million ($1.8 million) biomass generator that runs on the wood waste produced from its subsidiary Premiere Kitchens, a supplier of kitchens to public housing projects. The generator features a 2.1 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/26/renewables-briefing-markey-group-constellation-energy-u-s-air-force/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/utc-fuel-cell-powers-news-corps-ny-headquarters/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/utc-fuel-cell-powers-news-corps-ny-headquarters/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:40:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75012 A fuel cell system at the News Corporation headquarters in New York City will soon provide hot water and a significant portion of electricity needs for TV studios, while reducing the building’s carbon emissions. Located three levels below ground at the 1211 Avenue of the Americas building, the fuel cell will run on natural gas [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/25/utc-fuel-cell-powers-news-corps-ny-headquarters/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/defense-department-targets-3gw-of-renewables-by-2025/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/defense-department-targets-3gw-of-renewables-by-2025/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:15:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74112 The Department of Defense has pledged to deploy 3 GW of renewable power – including solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal – by 2025, in what the White House called one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history. The renewable resources will appear on Army, Navy, and Air Force installations, with each military branch [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/12/defense-department-targets-3gw-of-renewables-by-2025/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/ge-pushes-gm-to-second-place-in-2011-u-s-cleantech-patents/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/ge-pushes-gm-to-second-place-in-2011-u-s-cleantech-patents/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:43:10 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=74012 GE led companies securing U.S. patents for clean energy technologies in 2011, with 184, pushing last year’s top company GM down to second place with 127, according to a report from the cleantech group of Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. Clean tech patents reached an all-time high of 2,331 in 2011, rising by 450 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/11/ge-pushes-gm-to-second-place-in-2011-u-s-cleantech-patents/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/jail-gets-microgrid-powered-by-wind-solar-fuel-cell/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/jail-gets-microgrid-powered-by-wind-solar-fuel-cell/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:20:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=72047 The Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Calif., recently teamed up with Chevron Energy Solutions to create its own microgrid, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The 3,000-inmate penitentiary uses about as much electricity as a small town, and has an annual utility bill around the $3 million mark, the paper reports. The new microgrid is powered [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/19/jail-gets-microgrid-powered-by-wind-solar-fuel-cell/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/air-products-venture-developing-a-fuel-cell-that-produces-hydrogen/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/air-products-venture-developing-a-fuel-cell-that-produces-hydrogen/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:30:54 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=71957 FuelCell Energy and Air Products are working to develop fuel cell power plants that can simultaneously produce hydrogen. The fuel cell provider and the supplier of industrial gases have signed a memorandum of understanding to work towards the market development of the Direct FuelCell tri-generation megawatt-class plants, which would also produce electricity and usable heat. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/03/16/air-products-venture-developing-a-fuel-cell-that-produces-hydrogen/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/23/apple-facilities-report-biggest-on-site-fuel-cell-planned-for-n-c-data-center/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/23/apple-facilities-report-biggest-on-site-fuel-cell-planned-for-n-c-data-center/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:54:49 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70505 Apple is building the largest non-utility fuel cell installation in the country, the company has announced in its 2012 facilities report. The 5 MW system at Apple’s Maiden, N.C. data center will be powered entirely by biogas and will generate over 40 million kWh a year. As previously reported, Apple is building a solar array [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/23/apple-facilities-report-biggest-on-site-fuel-cell-planned-for-n-c-data-center/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/us-foods-installs-n-j-solar-array/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/us-foods-installs-n-j-solar-array/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:13:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70008 US Foods has announced that nearly 85 percent of its New York City area division’s annual energy will come from solar power by July 2012. The installation of rooftop solar panels at the warehouse in Perth-Amboy, N.J., is currently underway. The solar installation is the fourth at a US Foods distribution facility. When completed the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/us-foods-installs-n-j-solar-array/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-mediterranean-blue-economy-uk-solar-tariff-revamp-energy-dept-loans/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-mediterranean-blue-economy-uk-solar-tariff-revamp-energy-dept-loans/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:04:46 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69820 Delegates from 22 Mediterranean and EU countries have called for the creation of a “blue economy” initiative to safeguard the Mediterranean environment, mirroring the UNEP’s green economy initiative. The delegates hope to see a strategic policy framework adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Conference (Rio+20) in Brazil this June. The UK government has announced its plans for [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/13/policy-enforcement-briefing-mediterranean-blue-economy-uk-solar-tariff-revamp-energy-dept-loans/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/solvay-unveils-1mw-nedstack-fuel-cell/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/solvay-unveils-1mw-nedstack-fuel-cell/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:25:37 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69556 Chemicals company Solvay has unveiled its 1MW fuel cell built by Nedstack. The emission-free system was installed at the Solvay’s Lillo, Belgium, facility in September 2011. After a few weeks of testing, it has now been running continuously for 2 months, Nedstack says. It is currently running at 50 percent electrical efficiency, with a total [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/07/solvay-unveils-1mw-nedstack-fuel-cell/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/lawyers-warn-of-fuel-cell-black-boxes/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/lawyers-warn-of-fuel-cell-black-boxes/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:06:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68908 From the c-suite perspective, a $250,000 fuel cell is essentially a “black box” posing significant operational risk, two lawyers have warned in the latest issue of Executive Counsel. Roy Palk and Samuel Brumberg of LeClairRyan write that companies may turn their fuel cells on or off, but can’t open the box to make routine repairs [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/25/lawyers-warn-of-fuel-cell-black-boxes/feed/ 4