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The latest utility news that commercial and industrial companies need to know.

Applied Materials Plans Largest Corporate Solar Power System in U.S.

Applied Materials announced it will install the largest solar power installation on an existing corporate facility in the U.S. The plan calls for over 1.9 megawatts of solar power generation capability at its research campus in Sunnyvale, California. “When the project is complete we will have a silent, non-polluting 1.9 megawatt power plant on what is currently open roof space

EU to Ban Inefficient Light Bulbs

The European Union's 490 million citizens will have to use energy-efficient lighting by the end of the decade, Reuters reports EU leaders as having decided. "The European Council ... invites the Commission to rapidly submit proposals to enable increased energy efficiency requirements for office and street lighting to be adopted by 2008 and on incandescent lamps and other forms of

Kroger Opens Energy-Efficient Store in Ohio

Since grocery retailer Kroger began its energy conservation campaign in the early 2000s, it has reduced its annual electricity consumption by 1 billion kilowatt-hours, The Enquirer reports. Denis George, an engineer and corporate energy manager at Kroger, says that annual savings from energy conservation is about $120 million. But a new store in Ohio's Miami Township has the most energy-efficient

Adobe’s Energy-Efficient Headquarters Saves $1.2 Million Annually

When San Jose-based software firm Adobe Systems hired Cushman & Wakefield in 2001, Adobe wasn't looking to go green - it just wanted to cut energy consumption to save money, the Monterey Herald reports. As a result of the work, Adobe was the first in the world to attain LEED's platinum certification, the highest level of environmental efficiency possible. Cushman

Google, Gap, Others Pledge to Reduce Emissions

Google, Gap, Pacific Gas & Electric and other companies have joined the Business Council on Climate Change (PDF), a coalition of San Francisco Bay Area businesses that promise to report and reduce carbon emissions, share the best green practices and advocate for policies to address global warming, Associated Press reports. The BC3 coalition, which is seeking...

Applied Materials Increases Renewable Energy Purchase

Applied Materials says it will purchase 8,220,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually from wind and solar generation sources in California in lieu of energy from nonrenewable sources. The annual amount represents approximately 12 percent of the energy used in the company’s Santa Clara facilities and will reduce...

HP, IBM, Microsoft, Others Launch Hi-Tech Energy Efficiency Initiative

Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Dell, HP, IBM, Microsoft, AMC, SprayCool, Rackable Systems, VMware, and Sun Microsystems have launched an initiative called The Green Grid that aims to develop standards, measurement methods, processes and technologies to improve the energy efficiency of high technology products...

Yahoo Develops Web Site for CFL Campaign 18Seconds

Yahoo, Wal-Mart, Environmental Defense, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy, along with other private companies and government agencies, has launched a marketing campaign called 18Seconds to persuade people to switch to CFLs, AP reports. Yahoo has developed...


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