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Saint-Gobain Wins EPA's ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Saint-Gobain as a 2009 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for outstanding energy management and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

4 Mar 2009

ABB Gets Order to Improve Efficiency of Gulf Region Steel Plants

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received orders of around $16 million to install flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) for two steel plants in the Gulf Region

4 Mar 2009

New York City's Greenest Residential Building Set To Open This Summer

The Green Envy Development Group announced today that The Silhouette residential project in Brooklyn will be completed by summer 2009

4 Mar 2009

Tesla Electric Cars Begin Sales in Canada

Tesla Motors Inc. will start selling cars in Canada today, and the automaker will begin delivering cars to Canadian customers starting in the fourth quarter

4 Mar 2009

Butte College Is Now The Largest Solar Campus in California

With national attention focused on renewable energy policies, Butte College cemented its leadership in use of solar power by unveiling three new solar projects which will help the college achieve its goal of becoming a carbon neutral campus by 2015

4 Mar 2009

United States Ethanol Production for 2008 Exceeds 9 Billion Gallons

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), American ethanol facilities produced more than 9.2 billion gallons of ethanol in 2008

4 Mar 2009

NASA and Cisco Team Up To Monitor Climate Change With Planetary Skin Project

NASA and Cisco Inc. announced Tuesday a partnership to develop an online collaborative global monitoring platform called the "Planetary Skin" to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environmental conditions around the world

4 Mar 2009

Los Angeles Honored by U.S. EPA For Being Top in Energy Efficient Construction

The City of Los Angeles has the most Energy Star buildings – structures that use approximately one-third less energy – in the U.S., leading the way with 25 buildings completed as of 2008

3 Mar 2009

Governor Announces Solar Electricity Project For Long Island, New York

Speaking at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Governor David A. Paterson announced that the largest solar energy project in New York State history is moving forward on Long Island

3 Mar 2009

Siemens and Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Sign Joint Venture to Develop New Nuclear Technologies

Siemens and the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the creation of a joint venture in the field of nuclear energy. The joint venture plans to push ahead with further development of Russian pressurized water reactor (VVER) technology

3 Mar 2009