Electric vehicles, infrastructure power 2009 Beyond Oil conference

Shiny new electric vehicles, emitting only low-whirring sounds, glistened as they darted among the few sun breaks in Seattle outside a Cascadia Center conference titled Beyond Oil: The Sustainable Communities Initiative. The all-electric Ford Focus made its debut at the late-October event, co-sponsored by Idaho National Laboratory. Ford’s Focus added to a charged atmosphere around the Department of Energy’s $100 million grant for a 36-month... Read more..

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 2,000 and 3,000 megawatts of low-emissions electricity. It will also consider how other clean energy... Read more..

Reducing Carbon Footprint with Sunrise Solar

Sunrise Solar Corp. introduces new carbon offset strategies for investors. With 40% of carbon dioxide emissions coming from electricity generation, solar energy solutions deliver a very high carbon offset to solar energy investors. The need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions has become so severe that in some states, such as Hawaii, legislatures have begun to mandate solar installations in new home construction. State Senate Bill 644 would require... Read more..

AEHI Submits Rezone Application for Idaho Energy Complex Nuclear Plant

Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. has submitted an application to Elmore County to rezone 1,400 acres of land from agricultural to industrial, a crucial first step to developing the Idaho Energy Complex (IEC). The IEC (www.idahoenergycomplex.com) is a proposed 1,600-megawatt third-generation advanced nuclear reactor to be located about 65 miles southwest of Boise. “This rezone application is a key step that must be taken to add another profitable,... Read more..

Crystal Rock Solar PV System Goes Live

Crystal Rock LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vermont Pure Holdings Ltd., the largest independent home and office distributor of its kind in the United States, today announced that the 300kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system at the company’s Watertown, Conn., bottling facility is now operational and generating electricity. Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell spoke at the system’s unveiling today. “I am proud of Connecticut’s commitment... Read more..