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Siemens Sustainability Report: Water Use Down 5%, Energy Efficiency Improves 4%

Siemens has reduced its water consumption by about 5 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2009 compared to a year earlier, using approximately 14.1 million cubic meters of raw water worldwide, according to the company’s Sustainability Report 2009. This figure excludes approximately 15.7 million cubic meters of cooling water drawn from ... Read more »

‘Green’ Portfolio Keeps Siemens on Growth Path

Peter Loscher, CEO of Siemens AG told The Peninsula in an interview that the company targets global megatrends including climate change, which will transform environmental technologies. Already, energy-efficient solutions are generating 25 percent of the company’s total revenue, he said. Here are some highlights from the interview. Shifting demographics and ... Read more »

Progress Energy Carolinas Taps Vogt Power, Siemens to Supply HRSG Systems

Progress Energy Carolinas has selected Vogt Power International to supply custom-designed heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) for the company’s Lee and Sutton combined cycle power plants in North Carolina. Vogt Power will design, manufacture and deliver three HRSGs with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to the H. F. Lee Energy ... Read more »

Graphic Packaging to Use Recycled Wastewater

Graphic Packaging will use recycled wastewater from a new $20 million project that will reduce water use at the Sparta Aquifer in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana, according to a report in the Monroe News-Star. According to the report, the city of West Monroe, LA, is building a 45,000-square-foot water ... Read more »

Leading CEOs Share Best Sustainability Practices

CEOs from Wal-Mart, Fedex, PepsiCo, Whirlpool and Verizon are among the 97 executives from leading U.S. companies that share some of their best sustainability initiatives in the Business Roundtables’ annual report. These companies have committed to reducing emissions, increasing energy efficiency and developing more sustainable business practices. The report, “Enhancing ... Read more »

Federal Advisory Council Wants to Block Cape Cod Offshore Wind Farm

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is asking the U.S. Interior Department to block the $1-billion wind project off Cape Cod in Massachusetts because it would impact 34 historic properties including those of local Indian tribes, reports Reuters. Cape Wind Associates has been battling local businesses, politicians and environmentalists for ... Read more »

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