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

GE to Supply 300 Turbines to Noble’s NY Wind Projects

GE Energy will supply 300 1.5-megawatt wind turbines to Noble Environmental Power. The company will use the new GE turbines for the second phases of the Bliss Windpark, located in Wyoming County in western New York; and the Clinton Windpark, located in Clinton County in northern New York. As of Dec. 31, 2006, the state's installed wind energy capacity stood

GE Invests in U.S., French Wind Power

GE Energy Financial Services has announced that it is investing $270 million in wind farms in California, Illinois, New Mexico and Pennsylvania, Business Week reports. In addition, yesterday, the company announced it would sell 165-megawatt wind farms in Germany for 5.2 million shares of Theolia, a Paris-based company that generates electricity from wind power. GE Energy Financial Services also purchased

Study: U.S. Data Centers Consume As Much Electricity as State of Utah

A new report from the Alliance to Save Energy says computer data centers offer an important area for increasing the nation’s energy efficiency and notes policies and measures that could help mitigate the energy used by this emerging sector. Energy Efficiency in Data Centers: A New Policy Frontier says the thousands of high-density data centers nationwide that house some 10

Raleigh Cuts Energy Costs with LEDs

Raleigh, North Carolina is experimenting with cutting energy consumption and maintenance costs by replacing conventional public light fixtures with ones based around LEDs, CNET reports. Raleigh - with LED manufacturer Cree - has already replaced high-pressure sodium lights in a downtown parking garage with LED lights. Early projections indicate that initial expenses will get recovered in cost savings in two

Police Dept’s Solar System Will Reduce Energy Costs 40%

The Rocklin, California Police Department has a new 143kW AC dual solar energy system and carport structure at its new facility. The system has the potential to offset approximately 3,803 tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 25 years. The Police Department will earn credits at the utility’s retail electric rates, reducing about 40 percent of their annual electricity

PG&E Only US-CAP Member with Energy Star Headquarters

More than 3,200 top performing buildings have earned the Energy Star for cuts to their energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions, the EPA reports. These buildings represent almost 575 million square feet, save an estimated $600 million annually in lower energy bills, and prevent almost 11 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, equal to emissions from almost 900,000 vehicles. Buildings

Austin Aims for Zero CO2 Emissions by 2020

Austin has announced an aggressive climate protection plan that will cut its carbon dioxide emissions to almost nothing by 2020, the American Statesman reports. The broad goals proposed by Mayor Will Wynn do not include cost estimates, details or timelines. That information will come incrementally as the City Council considers individual proposals. The plan will eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from

Newport Harbor Corp. Converts to 100% Wind Power

Newport Harbor Corporation, a hospitality company located in Newport, RI, has converted its electrical needs at all of its hotel, restaurant, corporate, real estate and event spaces to wind power. It's making the purchases through Sterling Planet. Newport Harbor Corporation will purchase 2400 Megawatt hours in 2007 to supply power to all of its hospitality businesses. The corporation's estimated annual

PG&E offers Incentives to Increase Data Center Energy Efficiency

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is leading a nationwide coalition of utilities to tackle energy efficiency programs for the high tech sector, focusing on data centers. PG&E says it has developed programs and services for the IT industry, and is sharing the information with other utilities. Many regions across the U.S. are experiencing huge new demands for electric infrastructure as

Barclays to Buy 300GWh Renewable Energy Over Next 3 Years

Barrclays has made a renewable energy purchase that will reduce its carbon footprint by up to 125,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year - the equivalent to the emissions produced by 19,000 homes in the UK in the course of a year, the company reports. Starting from April 2007, 50 percent of Barclays UK electricity consumption...


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