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National Grid Announces Plan to Buy Electricity from Cape Wind
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Wednesday announced that electric utility National Grid and Cape Wind, the proposed offshore wind farm, have secured a deal to negotiate for a long-term power purchase agreement.
Tidal Power Turbines Producing More Energy Than Expected
SeaGen tidal power turbines in the UK are producing more energy than project developers expected.
All New Starbucks Stores to Be LEED-Certified
Company officials for Starbucks today pledged LED lights for 8,000 existing stores and LEED-certification for all new company-owned stores.
Oil Prices On the Rise Despite Poor Demand
After a sharp dip from the June high last week, Oil Prices continue to steadily rebound. Light crude closed at $67.16 a barrel yesterday, and despite an over abundance of gasoline and low pump prices, the price per barrel has risen $0.22 today.
U.S. House of Representatives Passes $150 Million Bill for Natural Gas Vehicle R&D
Yesterday, the House of Representatives, by unanimous consent, passed H.R. 1622 – a bill that would direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) conduct a five-year program of natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration; and (2) coordinate with the natural gas vehicle industry and with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding [...]
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 [...]
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.
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