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VA Announces Solar, Wind and Geothermal Energy Projects

Patients, staff and visitors at the Loma Linda, Calif., and Dallas VA medical centers who happen to gaze skyward in the coming months are likely to see a flurry of roof-level activity. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will be installing a rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system at each campus to provide clean, natural, sun-powered electricity this summer.

10 Apr 2008

Clear Wind to Acquire Wind Energy Projects from Chermac Energy Corp

Clear Wind Renewable Power, Inc. announced today the execution of a purchase agreement to acquire four wind energy projects with a total planned capacity of 320 MW from Chermac Energy Corporation. The four wind projects are at various stages of development.

10 Apr 2008

Wind Farm Project Expected to be Online by 2011

Dominion announced today plans to develop a 300-megawatt wind generation facility in Central Illinois. Prairie Fork Wind Farm would feature 150 to 200 turbines constructed across approximately 25,000 acres in Christian and Montgomery counties, about 25 miles southeast of Springfield.

10 Apr 2008

First U.S. Auto Company Plans to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 30%

Religious and other institutional investors joined today with Ford Motor Co. in announcing that Ford is the first U.S. auto company to spell out how it plans to reach the goal of reducing by at least 30 percent the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its new vehicle fleet by 2020.

10 Apr 2008

EMC Corporation's Parking Facilities First to See Significant Energy Savings

Groom Energy Solutions today announced the availability of its GES Hybrid parking garage lighting fixture, a patent-pending retrofit kit that reduces by 50 percent, the energy consumed by typical parking garage lighting fixtures.

10 Apr 2008

Contributing to a Bright Future For Residents in Alaska

Fowler Oil + Gas (Fog) would like to inform Alaska residents about our plans for contributing to your future prosperity and well-being.

10 Apr 2008

Sugar-Powered Car

Chemists are describing development of a "revolutionary" process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen, which could be used to cheaply and efficiently power vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel cells without producing any pollutants.

9 Apr 2008

West Coast Markets Dominate the Cars.com Green Index

Going green is all the rage, so it's not surprising that searches for hybrid vehicles on Cars.com are at an all-time high. In fact, a recent Cars.com survey showed that 59% of car shoppers have purchased or would consider purchasing a hybrid as their next car(1).

9 Apr 2008

Nexant to Develop and Install Energy Efficiency Management Information System at Utility Subsidiaries

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company has chosen Nexant, Inc. to develop and install a new integrated energy efficiency management information system at two of its utility subsidiaries, MidAmerican Energy Company and PacifiCorp.

9 Apr 2008

Ready Solar Announces Expansion of its Flagship Product, Solar in a Box

Ready Solar announces the expanded manufacturing/mass production of its flagship product, Solar in a BoxTM, the industry's first standardized pre-assembled solar electric appliance.

9 Apr 2008

GW2E Announces Distribution Agreements for Brazil, Dominican Republic and Kyrgyzstan

Global Waste-To-Energy, Corp (GW2E) announced today that it has signed an additional agreement with Freedom Renewable Energy Corporation (FREC) to be the sole distributor of the Biosphere Gasification System(TM) for the countries of Brazil, Dominican Republic and Kyrgyzstan.

9 Apr 2008

Mintel Finds More New Products Boasting Environmentally Friendly Claims

Americans increasingly express environmental concerns, so manufacturers are taking steps to convey the eco-friendliness of their products. According to Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD), the number of new products with an environmentally friendly claim has grown substantially over the past five years.

9 Apr 2008

Free Gas and Bus Passes as Part of Consumer and Green Awareness Effort

Most people might assume that a promotion campaign called "Pump & Pass" would have something to do with a quarterback of a football team. "Not so in this case," says Jim Miele, spokesperson for WSS-Warehouse Shoe Sale, a 50-store shoe chain in Southern California.

9 Apr 2008

FIJI Water to Engage with Suppliers to Disclose their Emissions

FIJI(R) Water announced today that it had joined the Carbon Disclosure Project Supply Chain Leadership Collaboration to fully disclose the carbon footprint of its products. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), the world's largest investor coalition on climate change, will work with FIJI Water to engage with suppliers to disclose their emissions.

9 Apr 2008

Worldwide Demand for Transparent Conductive Films is Rapidly Increasing

Carbon nanotubes are promising materials for many high-technology applications due to their exceptional mechanical, thermal, chemical, optical and electrical properties.

9 Apr 2008