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Customers Would Have Option to Buy All or Part From Renewable Sources

Dominion Virginia Power, a subsidiary of Dominion, asked the Virginia State Corporation Commission today for permission to offer its customers two new options to purchase renewable energy.

29 May 2008

Second Phase of Pennsylvania Wind Farm will Deliver Over 100 MW of Energy

WindConnect(R) has been awarded the balance of plant construction work for the second phase of the Locust Ridge Wind Farm, located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. When complete, Locust Ridge II is expected to produce 102 MW of clean energy -- enough electricity to power nearly 30,000 homes.

29 May 2008

Outlook for Electric Generation Capacity Around the World

A report commissioned by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and prepared by economists at The Brattle Group and Energy Ventures Analysis has assessed the outlook for electric generation capacity in the largest electricity and fuel markets around the world and found that there is little uniformity in preferred new generation choices and in the reasons behind these observed preferences.

29 May 2008

Renewable Fuels Company Announces Formation of Organic Chemicals Division

BioGold Fuels Corporation plans to implement organic chemical production as an added feature to add to its BioGold Bio-Refinery, a facility that will take all forms of waste for conversion to energy and fuels.

29 May 2008

Montour Plant Among the Cleanest Coal-Fired Power Plants in the Country

State legislators, environmental officials and community leaders joined PPL on Thursday (5/29) to mark the completion of a $600 million environmental improvement project at PPL's Montour power plant north of Danville, Pa.

29 May 2008

SkyPower's Growth and Penetration in the Canadian Renewable Landscape

Canada's leading renewable energy developer, SkyPower Corp, a Lehman Brothers Company, announced today that it is considering strategic alternatives to augment its growing capital base and accelerate development of its wind and solar pipelines.

29 May 2008

New Ways to Store and Recycle Nuclear Waste

Auburn University professors are researching new ways to store and recycle nuclear waste as the federal government seeks to boost nuclear power production.

29 May 2008

Financial Markets Reward Green Firms

When a company improves its environmental performance, it is common to think that the accompanying economic improvements are based on the company's more efficient use of resources.

29 May 2008

Reducing the Cost of Removing Carbon Dioxide from Natural Gas

URS Corporation today announced that the Company has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil to provide detailed engineering, procurement and construction management services for a commercial demonstration plant that will use ExxonMobil's Controlled Freeze Zone(TM) (CFZ(TM)) technology.

29 May 2008

Industry-First Real Time Energy Metering of Lighting Circuits

Cooper Controls Ltd., a subsidiary of Cooper Industries, Ltd., announces the launch of iLumin, a new architectural control system for complete lighting management in North American markets.

29 May 2008

Wireless Monitoring and Control Solutions for Sustainable Buildings

A group of key companies across North America and Europe have united to form the EnOcean Alliance. The Alliance's mission is to enable intelligent green buildings based on EnOcean energy harvesting wireless technology.

29 May 2008

enXco Signs Power Purchase Agreement with SMMPA

enXco, the US subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, announces the signing of a power purchase agreement with the Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA).

29 May 2008

Floating Panel Innovation Saves Valuable Vineyard Acreage

The Floatovoltaic installation, designed and installed by SPG Solar, Inc. of Novato, Calif., with technology developed by Thompson Technology Industries, Inc. (TTI) of Novato, Calif., creatively couples photovoltaic (PV) energy with water, saving valuable vineyard acreage from being sacrificed for land-mounted arrays.

29 May 2008

Citibank and CitiFinancial Branches Designed with Sustainable Features

As part of its commitment to address global climate change, Citi announced that it is the first company to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) pre-certification for a retail commercial interior prototype through a pilot U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) program.

29 May 2008

Green Experiences Generate Dramatic Results

From the first Concert for the Environment in the '90s to the latest Jack Johnson world tour - to significantly boosting revenues for an array of organic brands like Ben + Jerry's, Stonyfield and CLIF Bar - MusicMatters is proving that green experiences generate dramatic results.

29 May 2008