IT Cabling Manufacturer Siemon’s American Operations are Significantly Carbon Negative
July 24, 2010Leave a Comment
Company’s carbon reductions and offsets exceed actual emissions by over 330%
Watertown, CT, USA – Siemon, a worldwide leader in IT network infrastructure, today announced that its U.S. and Canada operations have achieved carbon negativity. Siemon reached this green benchmark through an aggressive program of environmental improvement initiatives, including the development of more energy-efficient and [...]
California Public Utilities Commission Votes to Maximize Smart Grid Benefits
July 24, 2010Leave a Comment
Utilities Required to Demonstrate How Plans will Benefit Consumers and the Environment
(Sacramento, CA – June 24, 2010) Environmental Defense Fund today praised the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for adopting a comprehensive plan to maximize the environmental and consumer benefits in the smart grid plans of state investor-owned utilities, PG&E, San Diego Gas [...]
Clean Energy Leaders Declare Need for World Governments to Align to Ramp Up Clean Energy Deployment
July 24, 2010Leave a Comment
Clean Energy Ministerial Stakeholder Meeting Hosted by American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Washington D.C. — On Monday, July 19, the Clean Energy [...]
Greendix and Sonelis Show the Concept of the Solar-Powered ‘Energy Apple’ Tree
July 21, 20101 Comment
Solar-Powered Fruit Tree Acts as a Portable Charging Station via Energized Apples
Los Angeles, Calif. – July 21, 2010 — Greendix, a fast rising supplier of custom solar panels, debuts the concept of a solar tree with “energy apples”. Sonelis Technologies handles supply and distribution in the Americas (N. and S. America) for [...]
CEDA: The Clean Energy Deployment Administration
July 20, 2010Leave a Comment
PART II
Looking to help bridge the gap in new cleantech and biotech projects, is a proposed government based solution called the Clean Energy Deployment Admin. (CEDA).
There is a house and senate version, as well as a house Green Bank bill to provide gap financing.
Recently, over 42 companies, representing many industries and organizations, signed a letter [...]
EPA Requires 800 million Gallons of Biodiesel in the U.S. Domestic Market in 2011
July 15, 20101 Comment
WASHINGTON, DC – – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would require the domestic use of 800 million gallons of biodiesel in 2011. This is consistent with the renewable goals established in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), which expanded the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) and specifically [...]
APX Launches the North Carolina Renewable Energy Tracking System
July 15, 2010Leave a Comment
Hoboken, NJ – July 1, 2010 – APX Inc., the leading infrastructure provider for environmental and energy markets, is pleased to announce that the North Carolina Renewable Energy Tracking System (NC-RETS) launched today. NC-RETS will provide account holders with an easy-to-use, web-based system that creates, tracks, and enables trading of renewable energy and energy efficiency [...]
Three EPRI Scientists Selected
July 12, 2010Leave a Comment
PALO ALTO, Calif. – July 7, 2010 — The Electric Power Research Institute announced today that three of its scientists have been selected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as lead authors for its fifth assessment report on climate change, which will be released in 2013-2014.
They will serve on the [...]
Obama Urges Senators to Back Combined Energy and Climate Bill
July 8, 2010Leave a Comment
Meets with lawmakers after trip to oil spill site
Smart Grid Today, June 30, 2010
A comprehensive energy and climate bill “would hope to include a renewable-electricity standard” under which “a certain percentage of energy comes from renewable sources by a date certain,” Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to President Barack Obama for [...]
Green Building Buzz
July 7, 2010Leave a Comment
Below we highlight some recent developments and news stories from the green building and energy efficiency markets that we found interesting:
General Electric Co. to double investment in energy efficiency. General Electric Co. announced last week that its plan to invest $5 billion into energy efficiency and environmentally-oriented projects was met a year ahead of schedule. [...]