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Calpine’s Bear Canyon Geothermal Power Plant Maintains Minimal Air Emissions

Calpine has set up a number of geothermal power plants for the generation of electricity from clean sources. Some of the major power plants of the company include the Bear Canyon, Big Geysers, Calistoga, Cobb Creek, Eagle Rock, Grant, Lake View, McCabe, Quicksilver, Ridge Line, Socrates, Sonoma, Sulphur Springs and West Ford Flat.

18 Nov 2009

Power Producers Welcome Advancement of BC Hydro's Clean Call Project

BC's Independent Power Producers Association today welcomed the advancement of BC Hydro's Clean Call with the selection of 13 projects to negotiate electricity purchase agreements along with 34 other projects that are still under consideration.

17 Nov 2009

Calistoga Geothermal Power Plant Established by Calpine

Calpine has established a number of geothermal power plants as part of its commitment to offering clean electricity. Some of the company’s projects include the Calistoga, West Ford Flat, Socrates, Sonoma, Quicksilver, McCabe, Bear Canyon, Big Geysers, Lake View, Ridge Line and Eagle Rock.

17 Nov 2009

New EPA Web Site Provides Tools to Cut Energy Costs and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Homes

Home owners, buyers and renters have a new resource for going green indoors and outdoors. EPA’s new Green Homes Web site will help people make their homes greener with tips on reducing energy consumption, carbon footprints, waste generation and water usage, as well as improving indoor air quality.

16 Nov 2009

UAB Teams Up With Partners to Seek Safe Carbon Dioxide Storage for "Greener" Power Generation

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to fund research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Engineering on technologies that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the ...

9 Nov 2009

Technological Developments Moving Us Towards Personalised Solar Energy

New scientific discoveries are moving society toward the era of “personalized solar energy,” in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their own homes and communities

9 Nov 2009

Solar Power Pioneer Moves On To Next Generation Solar Cells

A pioneer in solar power in the 1990s before it became "sexy," University of Houston Professor Alex Freundlich recently entered into a collaborative research agreement with U.K.-based start-up QuantaSol for the development of the next generation of super efficient solar cells

9 Nov 2009