Clean Energy
Clean energy includes renewable energy sources that have minimal impact on the environment such as solar and wind power which do not emit greenhouse gases (GHGs). They also are referred to as green energy because they do not deplete fossil fuels and other natural resources.
Defense Department Targets 3GW of Renewables by 2025
The Department of Defense has pledged to deploy 3 GW of renewable power - including solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal - by 2025, in what ...
GE Pushes GM to Second Place in 2011 U.S. Cleantech Patents
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 ...
Ebay Installs Solar Panels after Utah Lobbying Victory
Ebay has installed its largest renewable energy project - a 665 kW solar installation at its Topaz data center in South Jordan, Utah - enabled ...
Leakage Rates ‘Threaten Green Benefits of Natural Gas’
Failure to reduce methane leaks has the potential to eliminate much, if not all, of the greenhouse gas advantage of natural gas over coal, according ...
Renewables Briefing: Riverside, 8minutenergy, Cogenra Solar, MLB Teams
Here's the latest news on renewable power installations, contracts, financing and permits affecting corporate environmental and energy executives.
The recently-completed $42 million Riverside Renewable Energy project ...
Solar Installations to Flatline in 2012, Rebound by 2017, Lux Says
Annual solar capacity additions will rise by just 0.4 GW in 2012, with 26.9 GW expected to be installed this year, and industry revenues will ...
The Story of Ethylene: Now Starring Natural Gas
It's a $160 billion a year market you've probably never heard of.
Ethylene, the intermediary chemical compound from which popular plastics ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Registrations, EPA Delays, BPA in Packaging
Here's the latest policy, enforcement and legal news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today's briefing includes 13 items.
The EPA approved the first applications for ...
Q-Cells, Solar Trust of America File for Bankruptcy; Serious Energy Sheds Staff
Solar manufacturers Q-Cells and Solar Trust of America have filed for bankruptcy, leaving the fate of a 1,000 MW California solar thermal project in doubt, ...
LG Joins EPA’s Green Power Partnership with 100% Green Energy Use at HQ
LG Electronics USA is purchasing more than 1.5 million kWh of green power over the next 18 months in cooperation with the EPA's Green Power ...
Environmental & Energy Executive Moves: Adobe, TripAdvisor, Gamesa, NextEra Energy, GE
Adobe has named Michelle Crozier Yates to the position of director of corporate social responsibility. Prior to the appointment at Adobe, Yates was ...
Renewable Energy Is No Longer a Pipe Dream
In October 2011, the global population reached seven billion. It is on its way to more than nine billion, and it took ...
Consumer Engagement: Gaining Customers or Mitigating Risk?
I'm ashamed to say that there is one phrase in particular that makes me lose all measure of diplomacy and tactful behavior ...
Coal Power Plants to Increase Capacity, GBI Says
The consumption of coal in North America is expected to grow to 940.4 million metric tons (MMt) over the next eight years, as a result ...
Energy Use in Manufacturing Down 10% in Four Years
Energy consumption in the U.S. manufacturing sector fell from 21,098 trillion Btu (tBtu) in 2006 to 19,062 tBtu in 2010, a decline of almost 10 ...
Danone Developing Bio-Based Bottles with Avantium
Danone, the global food and drinks manufacturer, has partnered with biotech company Avantium to produce bio-based plastic bottles made from renewable material that ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Va. Offshore Wind, 'Big Oil' Repeal Fails, Germany Cuts Solar Tariffs
Virginia has approved a plan for the installation of a single 5 (MW) wind turbine off its coast. If it clears federal approval, construction of ...
All Nippon Group Sets 20% Carbon Reduction Goal
ANA Group, Japan's largest airline group, is aiming to cut its carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels.
Dubbed ANA Fly Eco ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Indian Point, EPA Overruled on Coal, UK Delays GHG Reporting Law
Entergy, the owner of Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan, N.Y., has agreed with the New York State DEC to pay a $1.2 million penalty ...
Financing the New Age of Electricity
The world's energy demands continue to rise at a time when there is a growing need to reduce carbon emissions and protect the ...
