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10 Reasons to Toast the Day with Sustainably-Grown California Wine

Global warming, greenhouse gases and carbon footprint have become household terms, and consumer groups, government agencies, and businesses are working on ways to preserve the land, air, water and other natural resources.

26 Mar 2008

Project Will Produce Enough Renewable Energy to Supply 1,200 Residential Customers

Nevada Power Company announced today plans to build a six-megawatt (MW) waste-heat recovery renewable energy project in the Goodsprings area approximately 35 miles south of Las Vegas.

25 Mar 2008

Sales of the Eagle Solar Roof Quickly Gaining Momentum

Open Energy Corp. today announced that sales of the Eagle Solar Roof are quickly gaining momentum nationwide. The Eagle Solar Roof powered by Open Energy's SolarSave® Integrated Solutions provides an environmentally sound and beautiful way for homeowners to save on their electricity costs.

25 Mar 2008

Companies Committed up to $1 Billion on Photovoltaic Projects

The AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC today announced that they have committed up to $1 billion as part of a new joint venture to develop a global platform of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects.

25 Mar 2008

Largest Denver Law Firm Will Buy 1.86 Million kWhs of Renewable Energy

The Denver office of Hogan & Hartson LLP has completed an agreement to purchase renewable wind energy credits for 2008, becoming the region's largest law firm to offset all of its annual electricity costs.

25 Mar 2008

Long Road to Artificially Imitating Photosynthesis

Jülich scientists have made an important step on the long road to artificially imitating photosynthesis. They were able to synthesise a stable inorganic metal oxide cluster, which enables the fast and effective oxidation of water to oxygen.

25 Mar 2008

Three-Year Agreement to Supply RECs Directly from Wind Facility

UPC Wind, an independent wind power developer, and Bowdoin College, announced today that the UPC Wind affiliate that owns the Mars Hill wind project reached a three-year agreement under which that affiliate will provide Bowdoin with renewable energy certificates (RECs) from its Mars Hill Wind project in northern Maine.

24 Mar 2008

Customer Can Offset Energy Needed With Clean Renewable Energy

United States Secure Hosting Center (USSHC) announced today a new program designed to reduce the environmental impact associated with colocated equipment.

24 Mar 2008

Researchers Receive Grant to Continue Leading-Edge Research on Solar Cells

The University of Delaware's Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) will receive $3.75 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative over the next three years to continue leading-edge research on photovoltaic-based solar cells.

24 Mar 2008

Black Carbon Has Warming Effect 3 to 4 Times Greater Than Prevailing Estimates

Black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution most often produced from biomass burning, cooking with solid fuels and diesel exhaust, has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates, according to scientists in an upcoming review article in the journal Nature Geoscience.

23 Mar 2008