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Envirepel Energy Submits 240 MW Of Renewable Energy Projects To SDGE Vista CA (SPX) Jun 07, 2007 
As the deadline to submit offers to SDG and E closed on May 30, Envirepel Energy announced it had submitted for consideration, an additional 240 Mega Watts of renewable ultra low emissions biomass energy projects to the electric company.
The request for offers to companies like Envirepel Energy answers California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Renewable Energy mandate that utilities purc ... read more
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Malaysia On Palmoil Charm Offensive In Europe
Brussels (AFP) June 06, 2007Malaysia, a leading palm oil producer, sought Wednesday to dispel concerns in Europe that palm oil plantations endanger tropical forests. Malaysia and Indonesia are leading a campaign to fight environmentalist claims that the plantations destroy vast swathes of tropical forest, pushing endangered animals like the orangutan towards extinction. After describing such claims as "disinformation ... more New Solar Homes Outpace The Market 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 07, 2007For eight communities in the Whitney Ranch residential development in Rocklin, Calif., outside Sacramento, an average of 1.9 homes have sold each month since 2006. A ninth community, Grupe Homes' Carsten Crossings, stands out with more than twice as many sales, or an average of 4.6 homes sold per month over the same time period. Four miles down the road in West Roseville's West Park residential ... more Toyota Taken To Task In Britain For Prius Advert 
London (AFP) June 06, 2007Britain's advertising watchdog told Toyota on Wednesday to modify a television commercial that it found misled consumers about how much the Japanese automaker's Prius car benefited the environment. The advertisement claimed that the hybrid gas-electric vehicle emitted up to one tonne of carbon dioxide less per year than a similar family car with a diesel engine. But the Advertising Standar ... more Castle And Cooke To Build Hawai'i Largest Solar Farm On Lana'i 
Lana'i City HI (SPX) Jun 07, 2007Castle and Cooke announced that it has signed a contract through its subsidiary, Lana'i Sustainability Research, LLC, to build the largest solar photovoltaic farm in Hawai'i and the fourth largest in the United States. The 1.5-megawatt solar farm will be built on a 10-acre site in south Lana'i by SunPower Corp., a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar ... more Tampa Electric Completes First Phase Massive Air Pollution Control Project 
Tampa FL (SPX) Jun 07, 2007Tampa Electric announced that phase one of the installation of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) equipment at the company's Big Bend Power Station is complete. Big Bend Power Station's unit four was the first to receive the new equipment, which is designed to further reduce nitrogen oxide emissions at the plant. The $330 million emission control project, which will make the Big Bend Powe ... more |
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Heiligendamm, Germany (UPI) June 05, 2007The 19th-century Grand Hotel in this German resort is usually a hot spot for wealthy Baltic Sea tourists, who can enjoy five-star-plus service and a stretch of sandy beaches just a stone's throw from their rooms. For the Group of Eight summit, however, Heiligendamm has been turned into a high-security fortress. At first glance, it looks somewhat surreal: a large, seemingly endless metal fe ... more In Praise Of Pessimism 
Washington (UPI) June 05, 2007Many of these columns have been critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Others have been critical of American President George W. Bush. Those who object to my criticism of Putin see me as a conservative, while those who dislike my criticism of Bush see me as a liberal. But I am neither a conservative nor a liberal. Instead, I am a pessimist -- at least insofar as international relations ar ... more China Says Pollution Woes To Ease This Year 
Beijing (AFP) Jun 05, 2007The amount of pollution being pumped into China's environment will finally begin to fall this year, the nation's environment ministry said Tuesday, after a similar goal was missed in 2006. "We should see a turning point... this year," Zhang Lijun, the vice minister of the State Environment Protection Administration, told reporters in a briefing to mark World Environment Day. "This will be ... more Why Global Warming Has Brought The G8 To Boiling Point 
Paris (AFP) Jun 05, 2007In 2004, climate change did not even rate a mention in the summary of the Group of Eight (G8) summit at Sea Island, Georgia. Today, it is the issue that may make or break the rich nations' get-together in Heiligendamm, Germany. Summit host German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces an unenviable choice. She can insist that the summit endorse an ambitious plan for tackling greenhouse gases, although t ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jun 05, 2007General Motors said Tuesday it will speed up development of electrically driven vehicles as part of a program to reduce gasoline usage. Rick Wagoner, chairman and chief executive, said the company was moving forward on several fronts to develop alternative-fuel vehicles. "Energy diversity means that we'll continue to improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine, as we have for ... more UN Chief Concerned Over Impact Of Travel On Climate Change 
Madrid (AFP) Jun 05, 2007United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon expressed concern during a visit to Spain on Tuesday over the impact that the drastic rise in global travel is having on climate change. "Some 840 million people travel across borders each year. An even greater number move within their own countries," he said at the Madrid headquarters of the UN's World Tourism Organization. "This mass travel contributes ma ... more Canadian Solar and City Solar Partner For Big Solar Farms In Germany And Spain 
Jiangsu, China (SPX) Jun 06, 2007Canadian Solar has commenced delivery of solar modules to City Solar AG, Germany for a series of large-scale, ground-mounted solar farm projects. The deliveries are part of an annual project sales contract CSI signed with City Solar in January, 2007 to supply approximately 31 MW of solar modules to 7 specific projects in Germany and Spain. About half of the projects are expected to be completed ... more Solar Energy Gets Funding At Distributed Energy Systems And SkyPower 
Wallingford CT (SPX) Jun 06, 2007Distributed Energy Systems has completed the initial $12.5 million financing with an investment fund managed by Perseus. Perseus is a merchant bank and private equity fund management company headquartered in Washington, D.C. Under terms of the previously announced agreement, Distributed Energy Systems received $12.5 million in cash from Perseus. In exchange, the company issued Perseus 12.5 ... more
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