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U.S. Continues to Lead the World in Wind Power Growth
By: Pennwell - Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Source: Utility, Automation & Engineering
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2007 edition of its Annual Report on U.S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performance Trends, which provides an overview of developments in the evolving U.S. wind power market. Notably, the report finds that U.S. wind power capacity increased by 46 percent in 2007, with $9 billion invested in U.S. wind plants in 2007 alone, making the U.S. the fastest-growing wind power market in the world for the third straight year. The report also showed that wind is on a path to becoming a significant contributor to the U.S. power mix—wind projects accounted for 35 percent of all new U.S. electric generating capacity in 2007, and transmission facilities capable of generating a total of over 200 GW of wind power are in the early stages of development throughout the nation.
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U.S. House Pledges Billions for Green Schools
By: DOE - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Source: Green Building
The U.S. House has voted to devote more than $20 billion to make the nation’s schools more environmentally friendly. The 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act will retrofit and build green schools to be more energy efficient and provide a healthier environment for students. The legislation will now move to the Senate but the White House may veto the bill because of the price tag.
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Duke Plans $100M Investment in Solar Energy
By: Company - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Source: Duke Energy
Duke Energy Carolinas wants to invest $100 million in up to 850 solar energy arrays that could sit on the rooftops of as many as 850 homes, schools, stores and factories.
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Timberland Builds Green Mall Shops
By: Company - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Source: Timberland
Two Timberland mall shops have earned LEED certification through the Retail Commercial Interiors pilot program, making them the first mall-based stores in two states to earn the LEED seal.
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State of California Creates Green Buildings Database
By: CDGS - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Source: GreenerBuildings.com
The California Department of General Services has developed a directory of state-run buildings that have received or applied for LEED certification, or are undergoing energy efficiency retrofits.
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Wisconsin Public Service and enXco Sign Wind Farm Sale Agreement
By: Company - Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Source: WPSC
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC), a subsidiary of IntegrysEnergy Group, Inc. (NYSE: TEG), and enXco, an EDF Energy Nouvelles companybased in California, agreed to terms of a transaction in which WPSC willpurchase a 99-megawatt wind farm to be constructed near Riceville in HowardCounty, Iowa, by enXco. The Crane Creek wind project is expected to cost$251 million for acquisition and construction-related activities withclosing of the sale to occur in the third quarter of 2008.
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Act Now to Extend the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives
By: Company - Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Source: Energy Center
The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) strongly supports renewable energy and energy efficiency by administering programs including the California Solar Initiative, the Solar Water Heating Pilot Program, and the Energy Resource Center, which demonstrates best practices in energy technologies and techniques. The success of these programs is due in part to the tax credits given to those who install solar or energy efficient technologies. These federal tax credits are set to expire by the end of 2008.
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EPA Achieves Highest Status in Government Under the President's Management Agenda
By: EPA - Thursday, January 31, 2008
Source: EPA
EPA achieved the highest score possible on the President's Management Agenda (PMA): five 'greens' on all five government-wide initiatives. On Jan. 31, the White House Office of Management and Budget released the latest scorecard that uses a color-coded "stop light" system to rate each federal agency's status under each of the PMA initiatives.
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Nation's Capital Hosts International Clean Energy Conferences
By: EERE News - Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Source: DOE
The State Department announced in early October that the U.S. government will host an international renewable energy conference in Washington, D.C., from March 4th through March 6th, 2008. The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008 will be the third global ministerial-level conference on renewable energy, following similar events in Beijing, China, in 2005 and in Bonn, Germany, in 2004. WIREC 2008 will be an international platform for government, private sector, and non-governmental leaders to jointly address the goal of advancing renewable energy. It will focus on the four pillars necessary to support renewable energy industries: agriculture and rural development; research and development; financing; and commercialization. In tandem with the event, the American Council on Renewable Energy and the leading U.S. renewable energy trade organizations will host a co-located trade show.
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