Ditlev Engel, President and CEO of Vestas Wind Systems A/S and convener of the working group for creating green jobs, is asking every G20 Head of State for a date – one hour in their calendar over the coming months. Mr Engel and working group colleagues offer to personally present tailor-made recommendations specific to each [...]
Walmart Canada has announced the opening of its first sustainable fresh food distribution centre, a state-of-the-art facility that will be an estimated 60% more energy-efficient than the company’s traditional refrigerated centres and that will help the company avoid approximately $4.8 million in energy costs over five years. One of North America’s most energy-efficient distribution centres, [...]
Ameresco, Inc. has announced a partnership with the city of Englewood, Colorado, has unveiled a new solar initiatives and energy conservation program. Ameresco and Englewood partnership is designed to reduce costs and generate renewable energy for the municipality. This extensive, two-tiered program includes the installation of a solar energy system and an energy conservation program. [...]
SolFocus CPV Solar Systems Installed at U.S.-Mexico Border Region The new solar power project with the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) demonstrates the promise of clean power, economic growth and bilateral partnership. SolFocus has installed a 16.8 kilowatt (Kw) installation of high-concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems at the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) BECC offices in [...]
EPA Administrator Names Executive Director for New Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force WASHINGTON – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has named John H. Hankinson, Jr. to be the executive director of the newly established Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. President Obama signed an executive order earlier this month establishing [...]
EnviroMission Solar Tower Power Purchase Agreement With SCPPA Up For Approval A Power Purchase Agreement for the sale of electricity from the proposed EnviroMission Arizona Solar Tower development to the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) has been placed on the agenda for approval at the next SCPPA board meeting on October 21, 2010. EnviroMission [...]
Arizona Public Service Company’s efforts to increase the adoption of renewable energy continue to earn national recognition. In the last week, two prestigious organizations, the Solar Energy Power Association (SEPA) and the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), recognized APS for programs that are leading Arizona down a path where renewable energy plays an increasingly larger [...]
Paris – Alstom and BrightSource Energy announced a business partnership agreement to provide solar thermal power plants in particular in the Mediterranean ring and Africa. The agreement brings together Alstom’s experience in the field of turnkey power plants and key power equipment (such as steam turbines) with BrightSource’s Luz Power Powersolar thermal technology. The agreement [...]
Ameresco, Inc., a leading comprehensive energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced that the Company has worked with the Massachusetts State Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to sign agreements to design, construct, finance, own, and operate solar power systems on five state facilities. Under 20-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Ameresco, the state facilities will [...]
Electricity and hot water for remote, off the grid health clinics and schools is the focus of the “Small Scale Solar Organic Rankine Cycle for Rural Cogeneration” project that is the winner of the 2010 ConocoPhillips, Penn State Energy Prize. The ConocoPhillips Energy Prize recognizes new ideas and original, feasible solutions in three areas that [...]
Eskom generates approximately 95% of the electricity used in South Africa and approximately 45% of the electricity used in Africa. In an effort to meet the rising demand for electricity, Eskom has embarked on a massive build programme of R385 billion over the five years to 2013. In order to explore new generation options, find [...]
As the worlds economy struggles to rebound from the worst recession most of us have seen in our lifetime the price of oil and gas has stayed relatively low. A rebound in the economy and industrial demand will come with an increase in fossil fuel demand and prices at the pump. If there ever was [...]
The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) has released the eligibility criteria for their new Photovoltaic Technical Sales Certification. The organization is also pleased to announce that applications to sit for the Certification exam will be available on October 12, 2010 – a date selected to coincide with NABCEP’s presence at the Solar [...]
SkyFuel First in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Industry to Offer Insurance-Backed Warranty
Solar Thermal Developer Solar Millennium Sells Additional Investments
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Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
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