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New Cable Solutions Released for Photovoltaic Arrays

Champlain Cable Corporation of Colchester, Vermont has entered the renewable energy industry with two new cable solutions for photovoltaic arrays

2 Mar 2009

Building Sustainable Offices Using Innovative Building Materials

Niche developer WCR Group is building sustainable offices using the H+H Thin Joint system as a structural element to compliment its green-technology external treatments and services

2 Mar 2009

WWF Develops Climate Change Action Plan

With a series of critical European Union meetings on a new global climate deal about to begin, WWF has set out what Europe needs to do to grow in a green way while contributing to helping the world avoid passing the 2 degree threshold of warming that presents unacceptable risks of catastrophic climate change

2 Mar 2009

PG and E Plans to Develop Up To 500MW of Solar Power in California

Pacific Gas and Electric Company has announced plans for a five-year program to develop up to 500 megawatts (MW) of clean solar photovoltaic (PV) power in its northern and central California service area

2 Mar 2009

Largest Solar Energy Project in New York History Announced

Governor David A. Paterson today announced that the largest solar energy project in New York State history is moving forward on Long Island, increasing the State's total solar energy production threefold

1 Mar 2009

Starbucks Goes Green With The Opening of LEED Certified Coffee Roasting Plant

Starbucks Coffee Company has announced the opening of its state of the art roasting plant located in Calhoun County in central South Carolina

1 Mar 2009

Hungary Loses Green Credibility By Propping Up Budget Rather Than Spending Carbon Credit Money on Renewable Energy

Hungary - a major seller of carbon credits– will weaken its credibility in the growing international carbon markets by using revenues to prop up its budget rather than green its energy production, WWF-Hungary has warned

1 Mar 2009

Making a High-Energy Fuel by Recycling a Greenhouse Gas Using the Sun

A team of researchers at Penn State has come up with an ingenious method of turning captured CO2 into methane using the energy of the sun

1 Mar 2009

Magnesium to be Key Material for Energy Efficient Transport

Magnesium and its alloys are being considered for structural applications in every type of vehicle because of their favorable combination of tensile strength, elastic modulus, and low density, according to ASM International, the materials information society

1 Mar 2009

Natural Defences of Crops Against Predators

Ever since insects developed a taste for vegetation, plants have faced the same dilemma - use limited resources to out-compete their neighbors for light to grow, or, invest directly in defense against hungry insects

1 Mar 2009