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California Gains its First Combined Hydrogen and Gasoline Station
By: Company - Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Source: Shell
Shell Hydrogen and General Motors Corporation (GM) opened a hydrogen fueling station at an existing Shell gasoline station in West Los Angeles in late June. The combined hydrogen and gasoline fueling station is a first for California, and only the second in the country: Shell and GM opened a similar station in Washington, D.C., back in 2004.
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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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Study Finds Solar Could Provide 10% of U.S. Generation by 2025
By: Company - Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Source: RenewableEnergy.com
A new study from Clean Edge says that solar energy could reach cost parity with retail-electricity rates in most regions of the U.S. in less than a decade. The "Utility Solar Assessment (USA)" study, produced by Clean Edge and Co-op America, provides a roadmap for utilities, solar companies and regulators to reach 10% solar in the U.S. by 2025.
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New center to research ways to convert sunshine into low-cost electricity and fuels
By: National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Monday, April 21, 2008
Source: NREL
The newest research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory aims to find ways to directly convert the sun's energy to low-cost electricity and fuels. The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP), announced today by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar and the Collaboratory at the state Capitol in Denver, will be dedicated to basic and applied research at the Collaboratory's four member institutions, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), Colorado State University (CSU) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder).
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New Strategy to Help the Nation's Ports Go Green
By: Company - Friday, March 7, 2008
Source: EPA
EPA has unveiled a new plan of action for working with public port authorities and other interested groups to reduce the environmental impacts of moving goods through ports. The "Vision, Mission, and Strategy for Sustainable Ports" recognizes the steady growth in global maritime commerce and the critical role American ports and related transportation and supply chain partners play in managing the environmental impacts of moving goods across the country.
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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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States and Cities Get Smarter About Smart Growth
By: - Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Source:
EPA recognized one state and four local authorities for innovative community development that protects the environment, preserves community identity and expands economic opportunity. The winners of the 2007 National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement went to the Housing Authority of Portland, Ore.; the Seattle Housing Authority; the state of Vermont; the town of Barnstable, Mass.; and Manhattan.
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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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