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New Yorkers who only skim their electric bills probably don't notice that it contains a charge for something called SBC/RPS. And why would they? The Systems Benefits Charge only averages out to $1.08 per month for most New York City residents.
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The western Negev's Kibbutz Reim will soon receive the distinction of being the first Israeli community to rely entirely on solar energy as a result of an installation project with the firm Sunday Solar.
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In a move that has angered environmental activists, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has ceased issuing fines against Indiana state agencies that violate environmental permits. Instead, the agency is using legal settlements, or 'agreed orders', to take care of issues.
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Last week, the Pearl Avenue Branch Library in San Jose, CA became the first municipality in the United States to install permanent public art combining photovoltaic cells and art glass.
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Many companies are only now discovering the wonders of solar energy, but New Mexico radio station KTAO has been broadcasting with help from the sun since 1991.
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San Francisco gets all the credit in California for being sustainable, but Burbank has something up its sleeve: the West Coast's first hydrogen fuel cell bus.
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Business development centers in Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada and New York are receiving a total of $500,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help fund energy efficiency projects.
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A poll of Nevadans conducted by Public Opinion Strategies has shown that residents of the state strongly favor renewable energy.
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North Carolina businesses, homeowners and schools would be able to rent their rooftops to Duke Energy Carolinas for solar power installations, if the utility's plan wins regulatory approval.
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The Apollo Alliance's extensive plan for America's future includes clean energy, energy efficiency, green building and green jobs investments.
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Waste-heat recovery attracts less attention than other types of clean energy but a Chinese company is proving the technology can slash emissions at some of the world's largest corporations, and in some cases, generate a carbon credit revenue stream at the same time.
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We've heard a lot of talk recently about improving aircraft sustainability, but Shangri-La Construction is taking the aircraft industry to a new level of green-ness with the world's most sustainable aircraft hangar.
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Last night, Exelon CEO John Rowe outlined what he believes are the top five most important elements for United States energy policy.
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It seems like you can't make a move without bumping into a news story about the electric transportation company 'Better Place'. The innovative organization, which recently brought electric car charging stations to San Francisco, is placing charging stations across the entire state of Hawaii.
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When it goes online in 2010, Florida Power & Light Company's hybrid plant will also be the second largest solar energy facility in the world and is expected to provide 75 megawatts of solar thermal capacity while directly displacing fossil fuel use, the utility said.
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Earlier today, Southern California Edison announced the completion of the largest solar installation in the state -- two square miles of panels.
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Renewable Energy Credits are designed to spur the development of renewable energy by selling the rights to its environmental benefits. Carbon credits often aim to do much the same thing. Can the two get along?
by Ted Rose
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Waste-to-energy (WTE) projects have been popping up everywhere, and now Solargy Systems has announced that it plans to construct a $120 M hybrid solar WTE facility in West Africa.
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With the energy crisis likely to outlast the current economic crisis, investing in on-site renewable energy generation can insulate your company from the shocks, scarcity, and rising prices of energy.
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Big plans for a smart power grid in the United States are in the works — so big that the grid will be a $63 billion industry by 2013.
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Short-term wind power investments are on the decline, but that hasn't stopped Wal-Mart from announcing a plan to buy wind power from Duke Energy Corp. The purchase will power up to 15 percent of the company's 360 Texas facilities.
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In the midst of our excitement abut renewable energy, it's important to remember that no business sector is immune to the current financial crisis — including the solar industry. BP Solar has announced that it will stop producing solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels at its Sydney Olympic park plant in March 2009.
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Next month, Air New Zealand will attempt to fly a Boeing 747 using biofuel. One of the plane's four engines will contain a 50/50 blend of conventional fuel and fuel made from jatropha seed oil.
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Although a hot commodity right now, hybrids like the Toyota Prius are widely believed to be an interim step toward fully electric vehicles, if only the manufacturing price could come down. A panel of experts suggested some ways to make electrics affordable.
by Marc Gunther
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Times Square isn't exactly known as a haven of sustainability, but Ricoh Americas Corporation is trying to make the tourist mecca just a little bit greener with a $3 million solar and wind-powered billboard.