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Deepwater Wind, Alstom Agree to Supply the Block Island Wind Farm with Offshore Wind Turbines

Deepwater Wind and Alstom today announced the signing of major agreements to supply the Block Island Wind Farm with five of Alstom’s 6-megawatt (MW) Haliade 150 offshore wind turbines, bringing the world’s most innovative offshore wind technology to the United States and jumpstarting an East Coast offshore wind industry.

11 Feb 2014

Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring Conference 2014 Issues Call for Papers

The organisers of WWEM 2014, theinternational Water, Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring conference, have issued a call for papers in preparation for this year’s event, which will take place on 5thand 6thof November in Telford, UK.

11 Feb 2014

Strong Trade Winds in Pacific Ocean Keep Global Surface Warming under Check

The strongest trade winds have driven more of the heat from global warming into the oceans; but when those winds slow, that heat will rapidly return to the atmosphere causing an abrupt rise in global average temperatures.

10 Feb 2014

Assurant Solutions' Albany Call Center Receives ENERGY STAR Certification

Assurant Solutions, a global provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and part of Assurant, Inc., has earned the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® certification for its call center in Albany, OR.

10 Feb 2014

Sunpreme's Double Glass PV Panels Successfully Pass Severe Test Condition

Sunpreme Inc., a US-based solar photovoltaic company that designs and manufactures its own cells, panels and systems, is pleased to announce that its advanced double glass PV panels have successfully passed severe test conditions of extreme low temperatures and mechanical robustness.

10 Feb 2014

Sumitomo Sets Up World's First Large-Scale Power Storage System with Used Batteries

Sumitomo Corporation has developed and installed the world's first large-scale power storage system which utilizes used batteries collected from electric vehicles. This commercial scale storage system, built on Yume-shima Island, Osaka, will begin operating in February 2014.

10 Feb 2014

Simon Property Group Opens First Fast-Charging NRG eVgo Freedom Station in Los Angeles Area

Today, Simon Property Group, a leader in the global retail real estate industry, and NRG eVgo (ee-vee-go), a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. announced the opening of the first fast-charging NRG eVgo Freedom Station® in the Los Angeles area.

10 Feb 2014

Canadian Wind Energy Market Records Strong Growth in 2013

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) today released its 2013 market statistics, showing global wind energy capacity has tripled over the past five years to reach a total of 318,137 MW.

10 Feb 2014

New Plimsoll Report on Global Biodiesel Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Biodiesel Global - Industry Report

7 Feb 2014

SolarCity’s Solar Power System Helps Planet Honda Cut Energy Costs

New Jersey's Planet Honda is cutting energy costs and reducing its environmental impact with a solar power system from SolarCity. By using solar electricity, the dealership is expected to save over $70,000 on energy costs over the next 20 years while reducing CO2 emissions by 2.5 million lbs., the equivalent of planting over 28,000 trees.

From Tesla Energy Foster City 7 Feb 2014

ABO Publishes Update to Standards for Industrial Algae Measurements

The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, announced the publication of "Industrial Algae Measurements, Version 6.0" (IAM 6.0), a significant update to the common standards established by the organization for measuring and comparing algae industry operations.

7 Feb 2014

Synthetic Biology Can Play a Major Role in Turning Natural Gas into Clean Fuel

Rice University synthetic biologist Ramon Gonzalez sees a future – a near future, in fact – in which Americans get enough clean transportation fuel from natural gas to help make the nation energy independent.

7 Feb 2014

Tri-State and NextEra Energy Resources Enter Agreement for New 150 MW Wind Carousel Wind Farm

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. announced that it has entered into a 25-year agreement with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC for a 150 megawatt wind power generating facility to be constructed in eastern Colorado, in the service territory of Tri-State member cooperative K. C. Electric Association (Hugo, Colo.).

7 Feb 2014

New, Fully Recyclable Eco-Friendly Coffee Cup Replaces Styrofoam Cups at United Airlines

United Airlines is introducing a new, eco-friendly coffee cup to its United Club beverage service beginning this month and on United flights beginning mid-March. The insulating InCycle® cup, manufactured by Washington-based technology company MicroGREEN, is fully recyclable and made from up to 50 percent recycled materials. The InCycle cup will replace the non-recyclable Styrofoam hot beverage cups the airline currently uses.

7 Feb 2014

Whole Foods Market Commissions 325kW Solar Carport System

Whole Foods Market recently commissioned a 325kW solar system featuring six Solaire Generation solar parking canopies at their new, highly sustainable grocery store in Brooklyn, NY.

6 Feb 2014