http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/renewables-briefing-world%e2%80%99s-biggest-offshore-wind-farm-1-3-mw-solar-installation-at-navys-spawar/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/renewables-briefing-world%e2%80%99s-biggest-offshore-wind-farm-1-3-mw-solar-installation-at-navys-spawar/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:22:47 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69782 The $1.5 billion, 367 MW Walney Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind project, opened in the Irish Sea nine miles off the shore of the U.K. Denmark-based Dong Energy installed 51 3.6-megawatt turbines and linked them to the grid last year, and completed the second stage installation of 51 more turbines in the past six [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/10/renewables-briefing-world%e2%80%99s-biggest-offshore-wind-farm-1-3-mw-solar-installation-at-navys-spawar/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:53:16 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69417 Siemens Government Technologies Inc. is to build the U.S. Army’s largest solar photovoltaic system at the White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico. The 4.465 MW solar photovoltaic power generating system is part of a wider $16.8 million contract to implement energy-conserving upgrades. U.S. Bancorp, the U.S.’s fifth-largest commercial bank, is planning to invest hundreds [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/03/renewables-briefing-siemens-and-army-bancorp-bets-on-renewables-and-wind-power-getting-cheaper/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/white-rose-ariz-schools-install-over-9-mw-of-solar/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/white-rose-ariz-schools-install-over-9-mw-of-solar/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:16:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69290 White Rose, an independent wholesale food distributor, has begun operation of a 4.88 MW roof-mounted photovoltaic system at its warehouse in Carteret, N.J. The system is operated by KDC Solar Nugen WR, a joint venture of KDC Solar and Nugen Capital Management, which describe the array as the second-largest roof-mounted PV system in the state. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/white-rose-ariz-schools-install-over-9-mw-of-solar/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/walmart-rockets-from-15th-to-third-on-epa-green-power-rankings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/walmart-rockets-from-15th-to-third-on-epa-green-power-rankings/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:50:52 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69273 Walmart has shot to third place on the EPA’s rankings of the country’s top green power purchasers, from 15th place just last quarter. The Green Power Partnership ranking, for the retailer’s Texas and California facilities alone, pushes Whole Foods down to fourth place. According to the EPA’s data, Walmart’s facilities in the two states use [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/walmart-rockets-from-15th-to-third-on-epa-green-power-rankings/feed/ 3 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/why-solar-is-down-but-not-nearly-out/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/why-solar-is-down-but-not-nearly-out/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:58:02 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=69131 In CNBC’s recent special report on “Green Winners and Losers,” I had the good fortune to write about three winners: recycling, energy efficiency and electric vehicles. In the same report, CNBC also defined solar as a loser. On the surface, that might be hard to argue. But a look at numbers shows something different. Yes, [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/30/why-solar-is-down-but-not-nearly-out/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/green-roof-product-cools-solar-panels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/green-roof-product-cools-solar-panels/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:05:05 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68996 Green Roof Technology has launched a system for integrating solar power into a green roof, optimizing energy production by creating a cool micro-climate. The company, a division of Green Roof Service, calls its Sun-Root product the first fully integrated, non-penetrative solar and extensive green roof system in North America.  Through the system, plants cool the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/26/green-roof-product-cools-solar-panels/feed/ 2 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/sandia-casino-expects-75-energy-drop-with-led-lights-solar-panels/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/sandia-casino-expects-75-energy-drop-with-led-lights-solar-panels/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:12 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68723 Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque will consume about a quarter the energy in its parking lots through switching hundreds of gas discharge lamps to Noribachi LED bulbs, the two companies have said. The resort, owned and operated by the Pueblo of Sandia, has replaced 400W and 175W metal halide bulbs with LED bulbs using [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/23/sandia-casino-expects-75-energy-drop-with-led-lights-solar-panels/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-world-future-energy-summit-local-carbon-trading-for-china-obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-council-supports-aggressive-energy-policy/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-world-future-energy-summit-local-carbon-trading-for-china-obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-council-supports-aggressive-energy-policy/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:52:09 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68491 At the Abu Dhabi opening of World Future Energy Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon laid out three core goals for 2030 in his launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All campaign: to ensure universal access to modern energy services; to double the rate of improvement of energy efficiency; and to double the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/18/policy-enforcement-briefing-world-future-energy-summit-local-carbon-trading-for-china-obama%e2%80%99s-jobs-council-supports-aggressive-energy-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/us-replaces-china-as-top-clean-energy-investor/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/us-replaces-china-as-top-clean-energy-investor/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:50:22 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68427 The United States has regained its place as the world’s number one investor in clean energy, reclaiming the top spot from China, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. In 2011, U.S. total investment in clean energy surged to $55.9 billion, up 33 percent from 2010; China saw investment rise just 1 percent to $47.4 billion [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/17/us-replaces-china-as-top-clean-energy-investor/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/13/renewables-briefing-vestas-layoffs-dubais-1000-mw-solar-plant-bp-and-sempra-team-up-and-more/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/13/renewables-briefing-vestas-layoffs-dubais-1000-mw-solar-plant-bp-and-sempra-team-up-and-more/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:06:01 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68337 Vestas Wind Systems, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, is to lay off 2,335 staff worldwide. The company has also warned of a potential further 1,600 job cuts if the U.S. Congress doesn’t extend tax breaks for renewable energy, reports the Associated Press. Dubai is building a 1000 MW solar power plant that should be operational [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/13/renewables-briefing-vestas-layoffs-dubais-1000-mw-solar-plant-bp-and-sempra-team-up-and-more/feed/ 0