Business and Environmental Groups Unite in Support of Climate Legislation
Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe and Natural Resources Defense Council President Frances G. Beinecke today urged Midwest business leaders to support comprehensive climate legislation. In a panel discussion at the Economic Club of Chicago, Rowe and Beinecke said economy-wide cap-and-trade legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is essential...
Offshore wind power to contribute to Europe’s economic recovery
The European Commission recognised offshore wind energy as a key technology in Europe’s attempt to stimulate the Union’s economies. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) considers that the €500mn in “smart investment” to specific offshore projects that the EC has earmarked is money well spent. All projects are in an advanced stage of...
Welwind Announces Final Approval for Zhanjiang Wind Farm PPA From Local Government
Welwind Energy International Corp. announces that it has received a letter of final approval from the local regional Mayor for the Zhanjiang Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). As per China’s Renewable Energy Law, the Power Purchase Agreement with the local utility is mandated by the central Government of China. Through this legislation, the State...
European Commission announces first building-blocks of a future super-grid
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) welcomes the key role given to offshore wind energy in the European Commission’s Strategic Energy Review (SER) published this morning, and above all its commitment to publish a Blueprint for a North Sea offshore grid. With 1, 486 MW of capacity currently installed offshore and 30, 882 MW more capacity...
Renewable Choice Energy Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Product: ‘GREEN YOUR PHONE’
As the environmental impact of conventional energy production and electricity consumption continues to be a growing concern with Americans, Renewable Choice Energy has developed GREEN YOUR PHONE, a first-of its-kind retail product which enables cell phone users to offset their mobile device’s electricity use with wind power. GREEN YOUR PHONE allows...
Rising Oil Prices and Energy Security Issues Heighten Interest in Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
Increasing oil price and growing concerns over energy security are helping accelerate the development and commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Federal and local governments have been proactively funding fuel cell technology and in the medium term, there would be rigorous developments in fuel cell technology, standardization of production...
Bruce Power to Conduct Environmental Assessment for Nuclear Generating Station in Haldimand-Norfolk
Bruce Power is pleased to announce it will conduct an Environmental Assessment (EA) as it considers building a nuclear generating station in the Haldimand-Norfolk region of southern Ontario. The assessment, which could take nearly three years to complete, will examine the environmental and social impacts of building two reactors to generate between...
China to Lead Way From Global Recession to Greener World Through Innovative Technologies, Declares Distinguished Scientist
At a Press & Investor Conference at The Geological Society of London on 30th October 2008, Professor Kenneth Hsu, Director of Kenneth Hsu Consulting (UK), announced the company’s technological inventions, to alleviate the global energy, water, environmental and economic crises, to an audience which included Chinese government officials, overseas...
UISOL Presents Workshops on Demand Response Management
Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL) announced that it will be presenting on the topic of Demand Response Management (DRM) at two utility industry events in November. UISOL CEO Ali Vojdani will present Demand Response Business Network on November 6th at EUCI NextGen: The Future of Demand Response & Energy Efficiency in Boston, MA. Vojdani...
Duke Energy Ohio Reaches Agreement on Electric Security Plan
Duke Energy Ohio announced today that a settlement agreement has been reached with most intervening parties, the Staff of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel on its electric security plan under Ohio’s new energy law. The agreement, which establishes generation rates for 2009 through 2011, must be...
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