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San Diego Gas & Electric Increases Renewables by 120MW

November 15, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

San Diego Gas & Electric has contracted for an additional 120 MW of solar and geothermal power by 2010. Two solar contracts with Bethel Energy will add nearly 100 MW of renewable electricity to SDG&E’s energy portfolio. Another contract with Esmeralda Energy will supply an additional 20 MW of geothermal energy ... Read more »

Green Mountain Launches Site, Viral Campaign to Sell Offsets

November 14, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Green Mountain Energy has launched a new site, BeGreenNow, a My Space viral campaign, and a social networking program to sell carbon offset credits. BeGreenNow has a carbon calculator that lets individuals figure out their carbon footprint. It then sells carbon offset purchases that go to Green Mountain Energy projects. There’s information for ... Read more »

NJ Doubles Solar Capacity in 9 Months

November 14, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

New Jersey has more than doubled its solar capacity in the first nine months of 2006 and now has more than 1840 solar electric systems across the State with over 26 MW of installed solar capacity, according to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. BPU says a combination of state ... Read more »

Whole Foods Sells Wind Energy Credits

November 10, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Whole Foods Market has signed up with Renewable Choice Energy to sell a Wind Power Card, available at approximately 80 Whole Foods Market locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. Produced by Renewable Choice Energy, Wind Power Cards let consumers buy certified wind energy credits equivalent to ... Read more »

Special Inspection Planned for Largest Nuclear Plant in U.S.

November 10, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials will begin a special inspection of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station’s core safety injection valves next week. NRC officials have scheduled a Nov. 20 meeting with the executives of the triple-reactor plant west of Phoenix to discuss ongoing repair issues, the Houston Chronicle reports. The ... Read more »

NY Power Plant Burns Biofuel Blend

November 10, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

The Charles Poletti Power Project in Queens, NY, an 885 megawatt plant that runs on natural gas or heating oil, ran biofuel from soybeans fuel blended with heating oil at concentrations between 5 percent and 20 percent for two days in late October, Reuters reports. It was the largest use ... Read more »

Impact of Renewable Energy on the Electric Power Grid

November 10, 2006January 9, 2018 by Paul Nastu

With a $1.23 million grant, researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be creating a distributed power test bed to study how the electricity distribution grid might be affected by the widespread adoption of clean, renewable energy sources. The two-year project, which is funded by the New York State Office of Science, Technology ... Read more »

Post-Election Energy Legislation Predictions

November 9, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a Washington D.C.-based energy think tank, has put together a list of efficiency-related items that it thinks could move forward in Congress next year due to Tuesday’s election. 1. A “Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard” and an “Energy-Efficiency Resource Standard”: Both are gradually growing ... Read more »

NYC Elementary School Goes 100% Renewable

November 9, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

The Metropolitan Montessori School has become the first private, primary/elementary school in New York City to purchase renewable Green Power for 100 percent of its electricity supply. That translates into 136,000 kilowatt-hours of of Wind Energy, which will provide power to the school’s 16,000-square-foot campus. White Plains, NY-based ConEdison Solutions partnered ... Read more »

Companies Set Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goals

October 17, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Thirteen companies are setting new targets for reducing their emissions, which range from nine percent up to net zero. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing these Climate Leaders for pledging to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, EPA is welcoming 21 new organizations to its program. Efforts by ... Read more »

Pepco Wins Baltimore City Public Schools Contract

October 12, 2006November 20, 2006 by Paul Nastu

Pepco Energy Services will provide a comprehensive energy efficiency and guaranteed savings program for the Baltimore City Public School System. Pepco Energy Services has served as the electricity supplier to the Baltimore City Public School System since June, 2006. Pepco says the contract is worth $55 million and will provide ... Read more »

REI Joins List of Top 20 U.S. Purchasers of Renewable Energy

October 5, 2006October 2, 2009 by Paul Nastu

Recreational Equipment, Inc. and its adventure travel company, REI Adventures, have entered into a partnership with Bonneville Environmental Foundation to compensate for the greenhouse gas impact of all REI Adventures trips and REI Outdoor School outings. BEF is a nonprofit environmental foundation that markets green power products and funds new ... Read more »

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