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DOE readies $85 billion for algal and advanced biofuels
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week, the availability of up to $85 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the development of algae-based biofuels and advanced, infrastructure-compatible biofuels. DOE is seeking to bring together leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and government to develop new methods to bring [...]
Rain Tube Wins Green Honors
GLI Systems Inc. of Jacksonville, Oregon, manufacturer of RainTube, has been awarded an unprecedented six 2008 Green Building Pages Benchmark Sustainability Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental and Social Sustainability.
Largest Solar System in the Wine Industry
J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines today unveils the largest solar tracking array in the wine industry, a 3-acre, state-of-the-art, 756 kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) single-axis tracking system designed to offset 75% of the winery’s energy usage at its Paso Robles operations.
Climate Watch Companies Targeted by Investors
Leading U.S. investors today named nine companies to a Climate Watch List, citing concerns that the firms are lagging behind their industry peers and are potentially undermining their long-term competitiveness in responding to the business challenges from global climate change.
LA Street Light Retrofit
Over the next 5 years the City of Los Angeles will be undergoing the largest LED street lighting retrofit project to date. Working with the Clinton Climate Initiative’s Outdoor Lighting Program, they will replace 140,000 incandescent, mercury vapor, metal halide and high pressure sodium lights with high efficiency LED lights.
