First Affirmative Financial Network, LLC, a leading provider of investment management and consulting services to financial advisers and their socially conscious clients, has built the first office in Colorado Springs to achieve a LEED® for Commercial Interiors (CI) certification.
First Affirmative’s 4,400 square foot office provides numerous green and sustainable features, including cabinets made from 100% [...]
Representatives from three leading international solar companies and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) — Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Suntech’s Chairman and CEO, Jeremy Leggett, Executive Chairman of Solarcentury, Mike Ahearn, Chairman and CEO of First Solar, and Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director — gathered at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland to [...]
Sharp, a world leader in solar cell production, announced today at Solar Power International 2008 that it will introduce next generation thin film solar cells in the U.S. market in the near future. With its thin film solar product, Sharp will be capable of handling multi-megawatt, large-scale utility projects that are best served by a [...]
New Gold Inc. announces that authorities in Chile have approved an Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) for the El Morro project in northern Chile. New Gold is a 30 percent joint venture partner in the project, with Goldcorp Inc. (“Goldcorp”), the project developer, holding 70 percent.
The granting of the EIA facilitates commencement of construction activities by [...]
Estrakon, Inc., will officially launch its new Krystal Frame edge-lit LED product line at GlobalShop 2011 — at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas next month, Booth # 656.
Krystal Frame features open-edge, glowing displays that are lightweight, thin, energy-efficient and elegant. “The non-animated Krystal Frame expands the possibilities of items we [...]
Ventyx®, the world’s largest private software and services provider to the energy and utility industry, today released Electric Power Horizons, a scenario-based analysis of plausible energy futures to the year 2032. The detailed study investigates renewable generation, third-generation nuclear energy, natural gas supply and greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations and analyzes their predicted effects on America’s [...]
In testimony before the U.S. Senate Energy Committee on Sept. 12, Exelon Chairman, President and CEO John Rowe will call on Congress to develop a 21st century Marshall Plan for energy, as part of a three-part plan to address the nation’s energy challenges.
“I believe nothing less than a comprehensive national effort for energy will put [...]
The Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) today announced its decision regarding Portland General Electric Company’s 2011 general rate case, ending a public review process that began in February 2010. The commission approved an overall price increase of approximately 3.9 percent, which will be allocated across all PGE customer classes.
Together with other pending adjustments reflecting various [...]
POWERTECH URANIUM CORP. and SOCIETE BELGE DE COMBUSTIBLES NUCLEAIRES SYNATOM SA announce that they have entered into a Loan Agreement, pursuant to which Synatom has provided the Company with a bridge loan in the amount of Cdn.$2,500,000. The Company has also entered into a Private Placement Agreement with Powertech (USA) Inc. and Synatom pursuant to [...]
The largest and most complex scientific instrument ever built will be officially inaugurated at CERN, European Centre for Nuclear Research, on October 21, 2008 by government representatives from the CERN member states, and many other dignitaries. On September 10th, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was successfully started, emitted its first beam of protons and is [...]