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Green Marketers To Get Discovery Channel Dedicated to Green Topics
Discovery Channel is launching the first-ever 24-hour TV network dedicated solely to green lifestyle programming. The initiative, launching next year, includes a $50 million investment in new original content and a multi-platform offering with interactive ...
LA to Supply Clean Energy to 70,000 Homes
The LA City Council has approved two agreements that will provide enough renewable energy to power 70,000 homes. These agreements, each of which provide 25 megawatts of renewable power for a total of 50 megawatts, ...
EU Leaders Agree: 20% Green Power by 2020
EU leaders agreed Friday that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources by 2020, AP reports. No enforcement mechanism has been agreed on yet. The deal makes three main promises ...
Johnson Controls Launches New Renewable Energy Services
Johnson Controls is expanding its business services to include the design, installation and servicing of geothermal, solar, biomass, wind and other renewable sources. “We expect demand from businesses and organizations for onsite renewable energy to ...
Standard Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase and Sale Contract Released
The American Council On Renewable Energy has released a standard form contract for national trading of Renewable Energy Certificates. The contract is intended as infrastructure to help buyers and sellers transact, foster market mechanisms to ...
Bush’s Budget Earmarks $24 Billion for Department of Energy
President Bush's $24.3-billion budget for the Department of Energy remains a tiny part of the overall $2.9-trillion budget plan for 2008. the Detroit Free Press reports. The proposed budget for the Department of Energy includes $42 ...
Bush’s State of the Union Energy Plan Gets Mixed Reaction
President Bush set a goal of reducing U.S. gasoline consumption by 20 percent in the next 10 years during last night's State of the Union speech. The White House dubbed the program Twenty in ...
MIT Panel: Geothermal Could Answer Electricity Needs
Mining the huge amounts of heat that reside as stored thermal energy in the Earth’s hard rock crust could supply a substantial portion of the electricity the U.S. will need in the future, probably at ...
2006 National Green Power Award Winners & Project Descriptions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Center for Resource Solutions recently announced the annual Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing leading national green power purchasers and suppliers. Descriptions ...
TechVision21: Billions in Federal Alt Energy Funding
Speaking before the Electric Drive Transportation Association on Tuesday, TechVision21 CEO Kelly Carnes outlined the billions of dollars in federal alternative energy grants, loan guarantees, and other financial assistance flowing to companies, agricultural ...
IRS Approves 610 CREBs Applications
Last week, the IRS announced that 610 projects have been given the authority to issue Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, New Rules Project reports. Projects for the governmental borrowers will receive allocations in 24 states ...
Southern California Edison Signs Seven New Renewable Power Contracts
Southern California Edison has signed seven new long-term contracts with independent renewable energy power generators. The agreements secure up to 324 megawatts of clean power, the amount needed to serve 190,000 average homes. "These new contracts help us ...
Most Consumers Will Pay More for Renewable Energy
Seventy-six percent of Americans feel it’s extremely important that their electric utility offers power produced from renewable sources, according to Energy Pulse, a study from the Shelton Group, a marketing company. So important, in ...
San Diego Gas & Electric Increases Renewables by 120MW
San Diego Gas & Electric has contracted for an additional 120 MW of solar and geothermal power by 2010. Two solar contracts with Bethel Energy will add nearly 100 MW of ...
More Companies Concerned About Financial Implications of Climate Change
Climate change has become a major concern among leading US financial institutions and companies, according to a recent report by the Carbon Disclosure Project, a coalition of global investors with more than $31.5 ...
GM Facilities Cut Energy Use by 25%
General Motors reduced its energy use by 25 percent and added solar and landfill gas as energy sources at its North American facilities over the past five years. According to GM, the company ...
City Waives Alt-Energy Permit Fees, If There’s Not Too Many
The Hillsboro, Oregon City Council voted recently that solar panels and similar devices will be exempt from payment of the normal permit fees associated with installation or construction. The list of qualifying devices includes passive solar ...
Nevada Utilities Issues Renewable Energy RFP
Sierra Pacific Resources' two Nevada-based utility subsidiaries, Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power Company, have issued a Request for Proposals for renewable energy resources. Proposals will be considered for wind, geothermal, biomass and other non-solar resources ...
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