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Renewables Briefing: NextEra, Google, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Boeing and SolarCity
A NextEra Energy Resources LLC wind farm in Oklahoma providing energy to Google is operational, according to McClatchy-Tribune Regional News.
The 100.8 MW Minco II Wind ...
More Americans Seeing Solid Evidence of Global Warming
There has been a moderate uptick over the past two years in the percentage of Americans that believe in climate change, although substantially fewer Americans say ...
Washington Gas Announces 70% Greenhouse Emissions Cut
Washington Gas is targeting a 70 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from its fleet and facilities operations by 2020, compared against a 2008 baseline.
To meet ...
JPMorgan, Citi, BofA Slammed Over Coal Investment
JP Morgan Chase, Citi and Bank of America have been branded the worst three "climate killers" in the financial sector over their large-scale investments ...
AEG Releases Efficient Data Center Power Supply Range
AEG Power Solutions has released its super-efficient Protect Blue family of modular uninterruptible power supplies for data centers.
The UPS family is engineered around AEG Power Solutions' ...
Dominion, Power Assure to Attach Data Centers to Smart Grid
Virginia utility Dominion Power has invested $1 million in data center power management software company Power Assure as the companies begin a partnership to integrate data ...
HFC Emissions Threaten Climate, says UN
A study has demonstrated that refurbished refrigeration and air conditioning can produce 93 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than new equipment, as the UN reports that ...
Water Bottle Filler, Mobile Market Win Chicago Innovation Awards
A bottle filling station for drinking water designed by Elkay, a construction fleet tracking system by Navman Wireless and a school bus converted into a market ...
Navy Launches Algae-Powered Destroyer
The U.S. Navy sent a destroyer ship powered by algae-based fuel on a 20-hour trip Wednesday, the largest alternative fuel test it has undertaken to date.
Some ...
Siemens: ‘World’s Most Efficient’ Gas Turbine Set For US Manufacture
Siemens has just opened a U.S. facility that will produce what the company is calling the world's most efficient gas turbines, reports Greentechmedia.
The 340-megawatt H ...
McDonald’s Supplier Slammed with Humane Society SEC Complaint
The Humane Society of the United States has lodged a legal complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that Smithfield Foods, a pork supplier ...
Report: Energy Management for Industry to Reach $5bn in 2020
Energy management solutions for industrial and manufacturing companies are a billion-dollar opportunity for energy management software and services vendors, according to a new report from Pike ...
Recyclers Petition FTC Over Car Dealer Warranty Claims
Trade body the Automotive Recyclers Association has filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission asking the agency to keep a close eye on potentially unfair language ...
Best Buy Energy Automation to Cut Costs 15% in Three Years
Best Buy is to implement a new energy management system across its 1,105 U.S. retail locations, in a move expected to reduce the company's energy costs ...
Austin, Texas, Joins US’s Top Ten Renewable Energy Buyers
The recent announcement by the City of Austin, Texas, that it is now powers all of its facilities using only renewable energyhas made the municipality ...
Under 14% Satisfied With US Approach to Energy
Less than 14 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the right direction on energy according to a poll released by The University of ...
Solar Briefing: SPI 2011 News, University of Gothenburg, Standard Solar, Samba Energy
Canadian Solar has used the 2011 Solar Power International conference in Dallas to launch its Intelligrated Power module series. The Intelligrated CommercialAC is ...
Granite Construction Buys 1.2MW Solar Array
Granite Construction Inc. has completed a 1.2 MW solar array at its aggregate and hot mix facility in Coalinga, Calif., using parts from eIQ Energy Inc., Siemens ...
‘$1bn’ University Green Endowment Plan Launched
Harvard and Stanford are among 32 universities that have committed $65 million to new energy efficiency financing initiative Billion Dollar Green Challenge.
The fund aims to get ...
Wireless Tech ‘Key to Energy Savings’
An emerging wireless-enabled environment has the potential to drive billions of dollars in energy savings in a range of American industries, according to a report by ...
Tesco Tackles Food Waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips
