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Renewable Energy Powers Super Bowl XLVI: Travel Offsets and Solar Energy Expand “Greening”
02 February 2012 5:20 PM | No CommentsINDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The National Football League has been “greening” the management of Super Bowl for 18 years. This year, together with the Indianapolis Super Bowl XLVI Host Committee, the NFL has extended...
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Arizona’s Buckeye Union High School District Dedicates 4.29-Megawatt Solar Generation Project from Constellation Energy
31 January 2012 7:00 PM | No CommentsBALTIMORE & BUCKEYE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) and the Buckeye Union High School District, today announced the completion of an aggregate 4.29-megawatt (DC) solar ...
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Solar-Powered Car, SolarWorld GT, Sets out on U.S. Leg of First Round-the-World Journey
30 January 2012 6:35 PM | No CommentsCAMARILLO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A solar-powered car sponsored by SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar panel manufacturer for more than 35 years, this week begins the U.S. ...
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Solar Trade Barriers Threaten Over 60,000 American Jobs: New Study
30 January 2012 6:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–An economic analysis prepared by The Brattle Group and released today finds that a 100% tariff on imported solar PV cells and modules from China would result in as many...
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KYOCERA to Start Exclusive Sales in Japan of New Residential-Use Energy Management System Combining Solar Power with NICHICON’s Li-ion Battery Storage Unit
30 January 2012 1:00 PM | No CommentsKYOTO, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) and Nichicon Corporation (TOKYO:6996) announced that the two companies have completed an agreement for Kyocera to begin domestic sales this summer of a new ...
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Renewable Energy Powers Super Bowl XLVI: Travel Offsets and Solar Energy Expand “Greening”
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Carbon offsetting through the CDM delivers only one-third of buyers’ money to environmental projects
Posted on December 7, 2009 | No CommentsNew research shows that most of the money spent on carbon offsetting through the Clean Development Mechanism is lost to investors, brokers and other actors, rather than being spent on environmental projects.The CDM is a large scale UN programme through which projects such as wind farms and hydroelectric dams are built in poor countries. Buyers in rich countries fund the projects by paying for carbon credits, which are used to offset their carbon footprint. But. -
Is the UK ready for carbon credits, and will they work?
Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments-eWEEK Europe UK webinar debates ‘Carbon Credits, Copenhagen and UK IT’- eWEEK Europe UK, www.eweekeurope.co.uk, is exploring the technology impact of the UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme in its new live events channel. The online publication designed for the new era of IT is...