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Company Offsets 100 Percent of Electricity Use and Emissions Produced from Business Travel

Sterling-Rice Group, a Boulder, Colo.-based brand-building and marketing communications firm, today announced it has purchased 339,300 kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable energy credits (RECs) generated by wind farms across America.

10 Jun 2008

AMSC Receives Order for Electrical Components for Wind Turbines

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, today announced that it has received a $450 million order from Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Corporation Limited for core electrical components for 1.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbines.

10 Jun 2008

Cooperative Effort Urging Congress to Revisit Nation's Food-to-Fuel Policies

Today, the Food Before Fuel Campaign - a partnership of more than 20 environmental, retail, hunger, Hispanic and food industry groups - launched a cooperative effort urging Congress to revisit the nation's food-to-fuel policies, a key factor in the growing global food crisis.

10 Jun 2008

Duke Energy Plans to Install Solar Panels at up to 850 North Carolina Sites

Duke Energy Carolinas is proposing a $100 million plan to install electricity generating solar panels at up to 850 North Carolina sites including homes, schools, stores and factories.

10 Jun 2008

Simple Conservation Measures Can Keep You Comfortable and Save Money

Dominion Virginia Power urges customers to stay safe in the heat and to use electricity wisely as regional temperatures and humidity are expected to remain extremely high today and Tuesday, forecasted to top 100 degrees in some locations.

9 Jun 2008

Largest Residential Solar Electric System Still Standing After Tornado

Bella Energy, a Louisville, Colorado-based solar energy company serving the Rocky Mountain Region, found that one of their systems, the largest residential solar electric system in Colorado, is still standing after a Class F3 tornado blew through Northern Colorado last week. Tornados are rated 1-5, with 5 being the strongest.

9 Jun 2008

Democratic and Republican National Conventions to be Powered by Renewable Energy

The 2008 Democratic and Republican national conventions will be powered with clean, renewable wind and solar energy, Xcel Energy announced today. This is also the first time the same electric utility will serve both conventions in separate cities in the same year.

9 Jun 2008

Utility Signs a Third Long-Term Agreement for Low Cost Wind Power

Delmarva Power and Arlington, Virginia-based energy supplier AES Corporation have signed a long-term contract under which Delmarva Power would purchase up to 70 megawatts of land-based wind power to help meet its renewable energy goals in Delaware.

9 Jun 2008

HKE to Build and Operate a 50MW Wind Power Project in Inner Mongolia

Hong Kong Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKC (Holdings) Limited, is pleased to announce that approval has been obtained from the Development and Reform Commission of Siziwang Qi for the rights to build and operate a 50MW wind power project in the region subsequent to the application made on 21 April 2008.

9 Jun 2008

Callaway Gardens Chooses Wind Power to Offset 100 Percent of Its Electricity

Callaway Gardens, a 13,000-acre destination comprised of award-winning gardens, upscale lodge and spa, recreation and residential communities all focusing on connecting man with nature, has offset all of its electricity use with renewable energy by purchasing 21,000,000-kilowatt hours of renewable energy credits (RECs).

7 Jun 2008