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Seth Dunn is not alone in his expedition to ground zero of the hydrogen economy: hundreds of scientists, politicians, investors and journalists have visited Iceland over the past year to learn about that nation's plans.
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Under proposed guidelines, new renovations or expansions to healthcare facilities would have to comply with green building standards.
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The United Kingdom's Green Building Council is forming a task force to develop a Code for Sustainable Buildings to aid the industry in meeting the government's 2019 zero carbon target for new non-residential structures. The organization said the new code should be "open source" to enable it to be used in a range of tools "without confusing the industry with different standards."
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Reuters) – Fuel cell technology may have been used for the Apollo and Space Shuttle space programmes but its first mass commercial use is likely to be closer to earth -- in our homes and offices.
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ENS) – A unique process of biomass energy production will be used in a demonstration plant planned for Western Australia. The facility will turn a variety of eucalyptus trees known as mallee trees into energy, high value activated carbon and eucalyptus oil.
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ENS) – Windmills on Toronto's waterfront will soon be a reality after the government announced its approval for an innovative project that will allow the public to invest directly in green power.
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A new Hemispheric Sustainable Energy Fund will help prepare and define sustainable energy projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
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ENS) – The Secretary of the Army is sponsoring the Army Worldwide Environmental and Energy Conference (AWEEC) 2000 this week in Atlanta. This is the Army's first worldwide conference and is a follow-up to the Army Senior Environmental Leadership Conference (SELC) 2000 held in March.
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ENS) – World Energy Alternatives, the largest primary biodiesel supplier in the country, has built its customer base with virgin soy biodiesel, the fuel the company says is the most mature and widely recognized type of biodiesel. Now, after four years of research and development, World Energy supplies biodiesel made from every available feedstock, including reclaimed restaurant oil.
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Sweden's National Energy Administration said on Tuesday it was investing $3 million in a project to examine the health risks from burning biomass.
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The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories will buy wind-generated electricity in an effort to encourage the wind power industry in New Mexico, labs officials announced Tuesday.
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FuelCell Energy Inc. of Danbury, Conn., has earned an important vote of confidence on its road to being the first company to sell individual fuel cell power plants to industrial customers.
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A rapidly growing multinational company competing in advanced technology markets has inaugurated in Montreal what it says is the largest commercial solar research, development, and manufacturing facility in North America.
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Plans are underway for the world's longest solar race, the American Solar Challenge, to be held in mid-July 2001 along U.S. Route 66, which runs from Chicago to Los Angeles. The 2,300-mile race will be open to solar-powered cars built by university teams, companies, clubs and individuals worldwide.
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The French government hopes to reduce the cost of storing and destroying ground-up animal carcasses by using them as a source of fuel, an official heading efforts to dispose of the banned animal feed said on Friday.
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ENS) – The use of renewable energy to generate electricity will grow slowly over the next 20 years, with most of the growth coming from states that have enacted renewable portfolio standards, shows an energy outlook from the U.S. Department of Energy.
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John F. Kennedy University announced Wednesday that it aims to become the first university in the United States to be designed in its entirety using green principles.
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ENS) – Renewable energy will be the fastest growing source of power over the next 20 years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The bad news is that the combined share of the energy mix from solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable energy sites will rise to only 3% by 2020 from its current level of 2%.
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The U.S. EPA and the Department of Energy have announced the addition of Energy Star benchmarks for K-12 schools to the first national energy efficiency rating system for buildings. Previously, Energy Star benchmarks were only available for U.S. office buildings.
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Reuters) – European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said yesterday he would put forward proposals to allow generous state aid and tax incentives to promote renewable energy schemes.
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Reuters) – The world's first commercial wave power station has started operations on the small Scottish island of Islay, operators Wavegen said yesterday.
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Cuba is seeking foreign partners to invest in biomass electricity generation projects that would use sugar cane residue left over from the island's sugar industry.
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Reuters) – Energy firms do not expect undue financial costs from implementing the Kyoto treaty on global warming, an industry survey by consultants Wood Mackenzie shows.
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The Fall 2000 edition of Fuel Cells 2000's Fuel Cell Directory is now available.
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Industries throughout the U.S. economy stand to save billions of dollars over the next decade if they follow new U.S. Department of Energy policy recommendations, according to a new report.