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/2012/02/24/policy-enforcement-briefing-all-of-the-above-energy-deepwater-horizon-calif-safer-consumer-products-regs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/24/policy-enforcement-briefing-all-of-the-above-energy-deepwater-horizon-calif-safer-consumer-products-regs/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:08:36 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70580 At the University of Miami, President Obama gave his first remarks on rising gasoline prices, saying that the U.S. is producing more oil now than at any time during the last eight years. But Obama said a three-point plan – drill, drill, and keep drilling – would not lead to lower gas prices because levels of domestic [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/24/policy-enforcement-briefing-all-of-the-above-energy-deepwater-horizon-calif-safer-consumer-products-regs/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/policy-enforcement-briefing-fy-2013-budget-8-3bn-for-vogtle-nukes-pvc-emissions-set/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/policy-enforcement-briefing-fy-2013-budget-8-3bn-for-vogtle-nukes-pvc-emissions-set/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:30:08 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69995 President Obama has proposed his FY 2013 budget, whose measures include the cancellation of $4 billion a year in oil and gas tax breaks and an extension for the Section 1603 tax credit, which covers up to 30 percent of the costs for renewable energy development, according to the Chicago Tribune and Business Week. The [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/15/policy-enforcement-briefing-fy-2013-budget-8-3bn-for-vogtle-nukes-pvc-emissions-set/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/mercer-plans-steam-turbine-for-german-plant/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/mercer-plans-steam-turbine-for-german-plant/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:50:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68730 Pulp company Mercer International Inc. has announced a project to increase production and efficiency through initiatives including the installation of an additional 40 MW steam turbine at its mill in Stendal, Germany. The project, titled Project Blue Mill, is designed to increase the mill’s (pictured) annual pulp production capacity by 30,000 air-dried metric tons to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/mercer-plans-steam-turbine-for-german-plant/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/renewables-briefing-sunpower-cei-sound-solar-matinee-chp-in-cambridge-perdue-and-fibrowatt/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/renewables-briefing-sunpower-cei-sound-solar-matinee-chp-in-cambridge-perdue-and-fibrowatt/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:00:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67801 Matinee Energy Inc. has broken ground on a 120MW solar power plant planned for Benson, Ariz. WEIS GmbH Consortium from Germany supplied project partners for elements of construction, solar components and financing. Agriculture firm Perdue AgriBusiness and animal waste utility developer Fibrowatt LLC have proposed building a 10 MW biomass power facility in Salisbury, Md. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/04/renewables-briefing-sunpower-cei-sound-solar-matinee-chp-in-cambridge-perdue-and-fibrowatt/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/67283/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/67283/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:27:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67283 Google and global investment firm KKR have made a significant investment into a portfolio of solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities serving the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) held by Recurrent Energy. The four projects totaling 88 MW, with estimated completion in early 2012 for three of them and the fourth later in 2012, are expected to [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/21/67283/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/19/predictions-for-cleantech-in-2012/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/19/predictions-for-cleantech-in-2012/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:27:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=67115 As we close out 2011, let’s look towards what the new year may have in store for cleantech. There are eggshells across the sector for 2012. Global economic uncertainty in particular is leaving some skeptical about the chances for emerging clean technologies. And those who watch quarterly investment data, or who look only in a [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/19/predictions-for-cleantech-in-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/ev-briefing-frito-lay-adds-8-smith-electric-trucks-chryslers-ram-1500-phev-ikea-kohls-work-with-ecotality/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/ev-briefing-frito-lay-adds-8-smith-electric-trucks-chryslers-ram-1500-phev-ikea-kohls-work-with-ecotality/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:43:35 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=66930 PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America will roll out eight new electric trucks in the Boston area, bringing the company’s all-electric trucks fleet up to 176 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada. The trucks, designed by Smith Electric Vehicles, generate zero tailpipe emissions and operate for up to 100 miles on a single charge. Frito-Lay said distribution [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/16/ev-briefing-frito-lay-adds-8-smith-electric-trucks-chryslers-ram-1500-phev-ikea-kohls-work-with-ecotality/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/financing-a-green-energy-future-in-north-america/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/financing-a-green-energy-future-in-north-america/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:55:03 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65126 A panel on “Financing a Green Energy Future in North America,” which took place at the 2011 UNEP FI Global Roundtable on Sustainable Finance in Washington D.C. Speakers in the video are John C. S. Anderson, Senior Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance Origination at John Hancock; Robert Nicholson, Managing Director of Power and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/12/01/financing-a-green-energy-future-in-north-america/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/google-axes-renewables-cheaper-than-coal-project/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/google-axes-renewables-cheaper-than-coal-project/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:28:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=65722 Google is abandoning efforts to make renewable energy cheaper than coal, the company blogged yesterday. The internet giant said is cancelling seven projects, including the aptly named Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal (RE<C) initiative, in a bout of “spring cleaning.” These projects haven’t had the impact Google was hoping for, senior vice president of operations [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/23/google-axes-renewables-cheaper-than-coal-project/feed/ 8 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/27/new-plants-research-break-the-bounds-for-concentrating-solar/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/27/new-plants-research-break-the-bounds-for-concentrating-solar/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:45:40 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64235 Torresol Energy has opened the Gemasolar concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, the first commercial-scale plant that uses molten salt to transfer heat The array near Seville, Spain, is also the first power plant that can generate solar power 24 hours a day, thanks to the salt’s capacity for energy storage, the New York Times reports. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/27/new-plants-research-break-the-bounds-for-concentrating-solar/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-train-act-pa-shale-ruling-ethanol-cutbacks/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-train-act-pa-shale-ruling-ethanol-cutbacks/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:27:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62328 The House of Representatives on Friday approved legislation that would establish an interagency committee to weigh the economic costs of any new EPA rules, and also delay for several years two EPA regulations on power plants that would limit mercury emissions and cross state pollution from ozone and particulate pollution, The Hill reported.  The vote [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/26/policy-enforcement-briefing-train-act-pa-shale-ruling-ethanol-cutbacks/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/google-invests-in-hog-waste-energy-diaper-recycling-plant-opens/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/google-invests-in-hog-waste-energy-diaper-recycling-plant-opens/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:49:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=61565 Google has invested in a pilot project by Duke University and Duke Energy that converts waste from a pig farm into usable energy. The system, on a hog finishing facility 25 miles west of Winston-Salem, N.C., converts hog waste into electricity and creates carbon-offset credits. The two Dukes have spent $1.2m on the system so [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/google-invests-in-hog-waste-energy-diaper-recycling-plant-opens/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/policy-hecla-settles-rggi-all-time-low/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/policy-hecla-settles-rggi-all-time-low/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:42 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=61536 A group of environmentalists has launched a campaign urging EPA administrator Lisa Jackson not to resign, after President Obama ordered the agency to scrap a two-year-old proposal to tighten national air quality standards for ground-level ozone, The New York Times reported. After Jackson refused to defend Obama’s decision last week, the Earth Day Network established [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/12/policy-hecla-settles-rggi-all-time-low/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/09/doe-announces-246m-for-renewables-evs/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/09/doe-announces-246m-for-renewables-evs/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:23:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=61469 The Department of Energy has announced $245.9 million in loan guarantees and grants for a variety of renewable energy and electric vehicle projects. Energy secretary Steven Chu (pictured) announced $43 million over the next five years aimed at speeding technical innovations, lowering costs, and shortening the timeline for deploying offshore wind energy systems. The 41 [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/09/doe-announces-246m-for-renewables-evs/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/08/ge-leads-funding-for-pre-fab-commercial-eco-buildings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/08/ge-leads-funding-for-pre-fab-commercial-eco-buildings/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:55:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=61383 GE Energy Financial Services has led a $22 million investment round for Project Frog, a venture selling pre-fabricated, energy efficient commercial building kits. The round, joined by other investors including Claremont Creek Ventures, Greener Capital Partners and RockPort Capital Partners, aims to help Project Frog expand its sales pipeline and execute on orders. The investment [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/08/ge-leads-funding-for-pre-fab-commercial-eco-buildings/feed/ 0