Government
FBI Raids Offices of Bankrupt Solar Company
FBI agents searched the offices of recently-bankrupt solar company Solyndra on Thursday, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
The raid is believed to be in connection ...
DOE Announces $246m for Renewables, EVs
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 ...
Deutsche Lowers EU Carbon Price Forecast
Deutsche Bank has downgraded its year-end forecast for the price of carbon in Europe’s emission trading program.
The bank has lowered its year-end 2011 ...
Obama Axes Ozone Rule; Could Have Cost Business $90bn
President Obama climbed down this morning from proposed national ozone standards that have been heavily criticized by industry and the GOP.
In a ...
Solyndra Files for Chapter 11
Solar system manufacturer Solyndra is filing for bankruptcy and has laid off 1,100 staff.
The company, which was host to a high-profile visit from President Obama in ...
$510m Biofuel Partnership Seeks Industry Ideas
Three federal departments have requested ideas from industry on how to establish a viable market for drop-in biofuels.
Secretary of agriculture Tom Vilsack, secretary ...
Small Business Sustainability Efforts
Various Fort Collins, Colorado (where EL is headquartered) companies describe their sustainability efforts.
China, U.S. Keep Renewable Investment Top Spots
China and the United States have maintained the top two places in Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index.
The Chinese government has announced in the ...
Campus Microgrid Market to Boom
Total installed generation capacity for campus microgrids will increase by 164 percent between 2011 and 2017, rising from 620 megawatts to 1.6 gigawatts, according ...
Policy and Enforcement Briefing: Regulation Repeals, Exxon in the Arctic, Wind Energy
The leadership of the GOP majority in the U.S. House of Representatives told its membership that it will seek to repeal or delay ...
Obama Announces $510m for Biofuels
The Departments of Agriculture, Energy and Navy will invest up to $510 million over the next three years to produce advanced drop-in aviation ...
U.K. Groups Recalculate Costs of Mandatory GHG Reporting
Environmental groups in the UK are making their case for the value of mandatory carbon reporting after a government ...
Plan to Consolidate Fed Data Centers Easier Said than Done
Since 1998 the Federal government quadrupled the number of data centers in operation, and recently found that on average these centers have been using ...
Auto Manufacturers, Groups Support New Fuel Efficiency Standard
President Obama signed an agreement Friday with thirteen major automakers to pursue the next phase in the Administration’s national vehicle program, increasing fuel economy to ...
Verizon, NREL Sign Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid MOU
Verizon and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop ways to reduce energy use in ...
USPS Saves $400m on Energy Since FY2007
The U.S. Postal Service has accumulated over $400 million in avoided energy costs since fiscal year 2007, the service has announced.
USPS made the announcement ...
Fewer than 25% of Local Governments Use Alternative Energy, Says Report
Fewer than a quarter of US local governments employ any form of alternative energy generation, according to survey results.
Just 23.4 percent of the more than 2,100 ...
IBM, Accenture Lead Responsible Government Suppliers
IBM, Accenture, HP, Merck, Dell, Boeing and McKesson have all held their positions among the most responsible government contractors, according to rankings ...
Ameresco Energy Contract to Save County $50k a Year
Renewable energy company Ameresco Inc. has signed an agreement with Las Animas County, Colo., to begin the implementation of a budget-neutral energy savings performance contract that should ...
FERC Chairman Wellinghoff Discusses Urban Smart Grid
Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, gives keynote at Urban Smart Grid and Energy Innovation ...
