Geothermal
Geothermal is a renewable energy source available for heating and cooling. According to the EPA, geothermal can reduce energy consumption and related emissions by 72%. We explore how different industries are using geothermal in the greening of their facilities, the availability of geothermal, the technology required to extract geothermal energy from the Earth, the outcomes of its use and any regulations related to geothermal.
Vail Releases Green Details Of ‘Ever Vail’ Development
More details have come out about Vail Resorts' $1 billion Ever Vail development, the largest LEED-certified, multi-use resort development project in the nation.
Vail says it's several steps closer to making the 9.5-acre project ...
Motorsport Facility Installs Grey-Water Geothermal System
Prairie Hills Motorsport Club, located in Lake Village, Indiana and scheduled to open in the spring of 2009, is using a grey water geothermal system from Encore Energy for heating and cooling. Upon ...
GridPoint Tops List of 100 Innovative Greentech Companies
AlwaysOn has released a list of private greentech companies that it feels are transforming the global energy, water, agriculture, transportation, construction, manufacturing, and resource recovery establishments.
Hundreds of private companies were nominated for the GoingGreen ...
Ford, McDonald’s, IBM, Abbott, Time Inc. To Share Sustainability Strategies
With new sustainability initiatives being launched daily, U.S. companies are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their climate change credentials. Corporate Climate Response, a newly announced conference, is pulling together corporate sustainability leaders to talk about ...
CEOs Sign Numerous Environmental Pledges At Global Compact Summit
A flurry of press releases have come out of the Global Compact leaders Summit that's finishing up in Geneva.
Top executives of corporations such as Coca-Cola, Petrobras, Fuji Xerox, China Ocean Shipping Group, Tata Steel, L M ...
Senate Approves Energy Bill
The Senate approved energy legislation that would increase fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles, provide tax incentives for development of alternative fuels and require greater use of ethanol, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The measure now faces ...
Top 10 Greenest Companies In The World
The Independent, along with Ethical Investment Research Services, has put together a guide to the greenest companies in the world.
1. Vestas Wind Systems has more than 30,000 wind turbines generating electricity globally ...
Sony Buys Geothermal For Tokyo’s Sony Building
Sony Corp. has signed an agreement for more than 10 million kWh of geothermal power per year with Japan Natural Energy Co., TechOn reports. Combined with its preceding contract for wind power generation of 5.5 million ...
Survey: Midwesterners Aware of Alt Fuel & Vehicles, Not Much Else
Eighty-seven percent of homeowners in the Midwest consider the development of alternative energy products and processes to be very important to critical. However, less than one percent are aware of any alternative energy technology outside of what has been ...
AIG, Ben & Jerry’s, Citigroup, Alcoa, Intel, Timberland, Toyota and HP to Debate Climate Change Strategies
Environmental Leader is pleased to be a supporting partner of Ethical Corporation's Climate Change Strategies and Environmental Communication conference:
With CEO after CEO now committing to act on climate change, big US brands are scrambling to ...
Chevron Releases Corporate Responsibility Report
Chevron issued its 2006 corporate responsibility report highlighting the company's environmental and social performance in 2006 including steps it has taken to reduce emissions, increase energy efficiency, and invest in the communities around the world in which ...
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 ...
