Apr 30, 2010 – SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) announced it has executed an agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) that completes contractual arrangements for the development of a 250-megawatt (AC) solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in San Luis Obispo County, Calif. The agreement adds 40 megawatts (MW) of capacity to SunPower’s existing [...]
The first U.S. offshore wind farm, five miles off the Massachusetts coast, was approved on Wednesday. There was opposition from local Indian tribes and the Kennedy family. The project will consist of 130 wind turbines that will produce 420 megawatts of electricity by 2012. Siemens AG of Germany will provide the turbines.
Bolivia, the poorest country in South America, could become the richest. Bolivia holds vast reserves of lithium under its salt flats. Lithium is needed for electric car batteries.
Hot States For Green Jobs – CNBC. The above links to a slide show of the ten best states for green jobs.
QT423YZ33XPT Apr 24, 2010 – John Tierney reports on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in The New York Times. He has some information from Stewart Brand’s new book, “Whole Earth Discipline,” in which he urges greens to “question convenient fables.” How on target were the green movement leaders over the last 4 decades? “1. [...]
Apr 22, 2010 – Henry Fountain reports in The New York Times on Ocean Renewable Power, one of a number of start-ups trying to develop tidal energy — water-powered turbines that spin in the current as the tides come and go, turning generators to make electricity that is clean and, they hope, reasonably priced. Read [...]
According to CNBC’s Fast Money show, AutoDesk now incorporates green features in their software which is used for construction modeling. The software is used for construction projects as large as power plants and other industrial facilities. The user to select various materials and the software calculates energy use. More information about Autodesk Green Building Studio [...]
Apr 22, 2010 – Happy Earth Day. Remember that all your efforts to support green energy and this website supports the goals of Earth Day and helps the earth!
Apr 21, 2010 – E.ON has placed an order with Siemens Energy for the supply of 87 SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines for the Papalote Creek II wind power plant in San Patricio County, Texas. With a total installed rated capacity of more than 200 MW, the Papalote Creek II wind farm is expected to provide clean [...]
More than 75 developers globally are studying the use of algae to create biofuel. Making fuel from algae has the potential to generate more energy per acre than any other crop used for making biofuell. The U.S. Department of Energy and big oil companies plans to invest $600 million on research over five years. Japan [...]
April 19, 2010 – Empire Power Systems (EPS) announced that it will install Arizona’s largest commercial rooftop solar power system on an 850,000-sq-ft building in Phoenix. The 2.4-megawatt SunPower T5 Solar Roof Tile system chosen for this rooftop represents approximately 6.5 acres of solar panels. The installation is scheduled to begin immediately. The building is [...]
Apr 14, 2010 – Set to be complete this summer, a Lancaster, Calif., home will be a test case for a first-of-its-kind residential solar system with backup battery technology. Los Angeles-based production builder KB Home has started construction on the prototype dwelling that not only will run on solar power but also capture it in [...]
Apr 14, 2010 – George F. Will reports in Newsweek that “This Nuclear Option is Nuclear” interesting statistics about nuclear energy and its competitive forms of energy production. First, safety. He points out the large number of miners that have been killed mining coal from accidents as well as from industry-specific diseases. This compares to [...]
Apr 14, 2010 – Mercedes-Benz announced its new S 400 HYBRID. “A Cleaner, safer, greener future. That is what drives us.” Gee, and we thought it was the company chauffer. The S 400 sedan is powered by the world’s first hybrid compact lithium-ion battery. With no loss of trunk space, you simply experience the peerless [...]
Cafe Portofino at the Doubletree Guest Suites Naples will be a 2-Star Certified Green Restaurant. In the past two years, the hotel began working with the Green Restaurant Association (GRA) to certify one of its restaurants. Cafe Portofino is the first GRA two-Star Certified restaurant in Naples. The restaurant is located at The Doubletree Guest [...]
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