First Marquiss Wind Power Turbines Connected to Northern California Power Grid
Marquiss Wind Power, an innovator in developing and deploying wind turbine technology, announced that its wind turbine technology has met the requirements from two Northern California electric utilities to ...
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September 18, 2008
New Loan Program Makes Roof-Top Solar Easier to Own
One of the US states that doesn't get very much credit when it comes to "green" initiatives is Arizona. However several large organizations in AZ are implementing impressive strategies for protecting the environment. A good illustration of this is a new loan program will enable more APS customers to take ...
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August 31, 2008
Banking the Green
EcoAlign, a strategic marketing agency focused on energy and the environment, today released the results of the fourth EcoPinion Survey on what type of incentives or promotions will motivate customers to adopt clean and green offerings. The fourth EcoPinion Survey highlights the fact that consumers care first and foremost about saving ...
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August 21, 2008
Google Goes Geothermal
In the continuing effort to develop electricity from renewable energy cheaper than from coal, Google, through its philanthropic arm Google.org, announced $10.25 million in investments in a breakthrough energy technology called Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). The announcement also includes funding for research on next-generation geothermal resource mapping, EGS information tools, ...
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August 20, 2008
BioSolar Reveals Secret of Less Costly Solar Power: Cotton and Castor Beans
BioSolar surprised attendees at today’s SPIE Symposium on Solar Applications and Energy in San Diego by revealing that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company’s proprietary BioBacksheet, a protective covering, traditionally made from expensive petroleum-based film, used in the back of virtually all photovoltaic solar cells. “Until today, ...
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August 13, 2008
GE Unit Partners with Leading Wind Farm Developer in $381 Million Project
GE, announced today it is partnering with ACCIONA, a world leader in wind farm development, and is investing $141 million in the Tatanka Wind Farm on the North Dakota-South Dakota border. The transaction represents the GE unit’s first wind equity investment in the Dakotas and the first wind farm in ...
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August 11, 2008
B&W Vølund to Supply Environmentally Friendly Biomass Gasification Plants in Italy
Denmark-based Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S (B&WV), a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), is significantly growing the global reach of its renewable power generation technology. The company has signed an agreement potentially worth up to €100 million (U.S. $156 million) to supply biomass plants ...
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August 11, 2008
Pakistan’s First Sugarcane Biogas Plant Powered by GE Energy’s Jenbacher Gas Engines
Pakistan’s first renewable energy project to use sugarcane-waste biogas created from the production of ethanol recently began supporting the national grid. The plant is powered by eight of GE Energy’s ecomagination-certified Jenbacher biogas engines. The commercial start-up of sugarcane milling company Shakarganj Mills Ltd.’s new biogas power plant in Jhang, Pakistan ...
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August 1, 2008
AEI Expands into Pakistan
AEI announced today that it has acquired a controlling interest in DHA Cogen Limited (DCL), located in Karachi, Pakistan. Closing of the acquisition, which includes AEI’s right to hold up to a 52.99 percent interest in DCL, occurred July 18. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. While the ...
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July 28, 2008
Video: IT is Going Green
Earlier this week, Google and Intel announced they're leading an initiative to reduce the amount of power wasted by personal computers. The Climate Savers Computing Initiative, which has the support of the Environmental Protection Agency, has signed up more than 25 environmental groups, companies and universities for the energy ...
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July 27, 2008
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