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Walgreens Sets Goal to Build Nation’s First Net Zero Energy Retail Store in Evanston, Ill.
07 March 2013 2:00 PM | No CommentsDEERFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Walgreens today announced plans to build what the company believes will be the nation’s first net zero energy retail store, which engineers predict will produce energy equal to or...
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NRG Begins Operations at 26 MW Borrego Solar Photovoltaic Facility
05 March 2013 7:02 PM | No CommentsPRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG), through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, announced the start of commercial operations for the Borrego I Solar Generating Station, a 26 megawatt (AC)...
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Zayed Future Energy Prize Opens Submissions for 2014 Award in U.S.
03 March 2013 8:41 AM | No CommentsABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Zayed Future Energy Prize, the world’s preeminent award for innovation in renewable energy and sustainability, will open for ...
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First Solar Sets New World Record for CdTe Solar Cell Efficiency
26 February 2013 9:01 PM | No CommentsTEMPE, Ariz. & PERRYSBURG, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced it set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell conversion efficiency, achieving 18.7 percent cell...
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Wheelchairs Run on Sunshine: KYOCERA Solar Modules Generate Energy to Charge Electric Wheelchairs
26 February 2013 1:07 PM | No CommentsKYOTO, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced that an exceptional solar project utilizing the company’s solar modules has been awarded the 2012 Swiss Solar Prize: The wheelchairs of ten inhabitants at the...
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Renewable Energy Archive
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San Francisco Housing Authority and Ameresco Announce Donation to Mayor Edwin Lee’s “I am the Future” Scholarship Fund
Posted on August 9, 2012 | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company that was selected competitively by the Housing Authority to manage projects and improvements in over 5,400 public housing units... -
BMW Partners with Green Mountain Energy Company to Support Clean Energy
Posted on July 31, 2012 | No CommentsAUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–BMW and Green Mountain Energy Company today announced their partnership to offer drivers of the BMW ... -
Renewable Energy Group Now Offering Biodiesel via New Lebanon, Ohio Terminal
Posted on June 28, 2012 | No CommentsLEBANON, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Petroleum marketers now have access to high quality, large volume quantities of biodiesel from a new terminal in southwest Ohio. The nation’s leading biodiesel producer and marketer, Renewable Energy... -
Zayed Future Energy Prize to Address Integration between Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at Panel
Posted on June 19, 2012 | No CommentsABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With the ever increasing importance of implementing a synergetic approach to the adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures, The Zayed ... -
REG Announces New Mexico Biodiesel Availability at New REG Clovis Terminal
Posted on June 4, 2012 | No CommentsCLOVIS, N.M.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–New Mexico’s largest B100 biodiesel terminal is set to open in July. “We intend to complete construction of REG Clovis as a biodiesel production site, the timing of ... -
Hawaiian Electric Receives Approval for Biodiesel Contract with Renewable Energy Group
Posted on May 23, 2012 | No CommentsHONOLULU–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hawaiian Electric Company has received approval from the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission for an additional three-year biodiesel contract with Renewable Energy Group (REG), the nation’s largest biodiesel ... -
EnergySource’s First Geothermal Plant in Imperial Valley Lauded for Creating Jobs, Boosting the Economy, Delivering Clean Energy to 50,000 Homes; Second Plant to Follow
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsCALIPATRIA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EnergySource, an independent renewable energy generation company that develops utility scale geothermal power plants, today hosted a dedication ceremony in Imperial County... -
New York’s Largest On-Farm Biogas Power Project Generates Renewable Energy for Nearly 1,000 Homes
Posted on May 1, 2012 | No CommentsCOVINGTON, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) joined state and local officials today at the grand opening of New York state’s largest on-farm, ‘co-digestion’ biogas power project, marking an important boost... -
GE Gas Engine Technology to Power China’s Largest Landfill Gas Project
Posted on February 23, 2012 | No CommentsSHANGHAI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that its ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher gas engines will power China’s largest landfill gas (LFG) power generation project. The Laogang LFG project is owned by Laogang ... -
Hydrovolts Uses Autodesk Software to Create Plug-and-Play Water Turbines
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsSAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Clean technology innovator Hydrovolts is using software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to create unique hydrokinetic turbines that are more easily installed in rivers, canals and other waterways...