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Progress Energy Florida Signs Contract for Renewable Energy from Biomass Pland
September 2007
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  • Green Building

As part of its ongoing growth in renewable energy and developing technologies, Progress Energy Florida (PEF) has signed a long-term contract to purchase electricity generated by what will be the largest waste-wood biomass plant in the nation.

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South Pacific to Be the Model for Clean, Renewable Energy
September 2007
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  • Green Building

Vancouver, Washington-based Trimodal Group announced it would provide a comprehensive renewable energy program to be executed in conjunction with South Pacific International Inc. (SPI), a Nevada corporation.

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Steam and Gas Turbines Market to Rise in Central and Eastern Europe
September 2007
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  • Green Building

New research from Frost & Sullivan, a company that specializes in market research and analysis, found the central and eastern European steam and gas turbine markets earned revenues of $1.52 billion in 2006. Frost & Sullivan estimates market revenue to reach $5.34 billion in 2013.

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Growing Green by Giant Leaps
August 2007
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  • Green Building

In an attempt to make amends with the environment, the US government may be attempting too much of a leap.

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Solar Power Surge
August 2007
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  • Green Building

A limited supply of silicon used to make solar panels and a deluge of homeowners rushing to install solar power before state rebates are reduced have made it difficult for installation companies to meet demand.

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California to Track Renewable Energy Production
by
Rick Laezman
| August 2007
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  • Green Building

The California Energy Commission has launched the world’s largest renewable energy registry and tracking system called the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS).

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Renewable Energy Whisked Away to Malaysian Resort Island
August 2007
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  • Green Building

Distributed Energy Systems Corporation announced the shipment of two 100-kW wind power systems for installation this summer on the Malaysian resort island of Pulau Perhentian.

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Staring Directly into the Sun—Solar Collection Made More Efficient
August 2007
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  • Green Building

A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems—parabolic troughs— more affordable and energy efficient.

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Wind Power Sailing Toward Another Record Year
by
Rick Laezman
| August 2007
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  • Green Building

With help from the federal renewable energy tax credit, as well as state regulations favoring the industry, wind power continues to set new records for installed capacity.

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Duke Energy Becoming Solar Power Role Model
July 2007
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  • Green Building

Duke Energy has installed photovoltaic systems in 10 Indiana schools to raise awareness of solar power among future generations.

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Nothing Goes to Waste in Los Angeles
by
Rick Laezman
| July 2007
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  • Green Building

On April 5, 2007, the city of Los Angeles celebrated a groundbreaking of the nation’s first power plant fueled by human waste.

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Sustainable Success
by
Jeff Gavin
| July 2007
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  • Green Building

National green certification programs now exist to recognize and encourage green building. They share the same goal—to promote green construction and create buildings and homes that use less energy, water and other natural resources; improve indoor air quality; and create less waste. The U.S.

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Stanford Researching Alternative Energies
July 2007
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  • Green Building

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), formed in 2002, currently has 42 initiatives underway, involving 59 principal investigators at 10 institutions around the globe.

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Solar Systems
by
John Paul Quinn
| July 2007
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  • Green Building

There seems to be two conflicting certainties about the photovoltaic (PV) or solar module installation market: It is a rapidly expanding and lucrative opportunity, and curiously, not that many electrical contractors are aware of it or have chosen to explore its potential.

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Here to Stay
by
Darlene Bremer
| July 2007
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  • Green Building

"Sustainable development involves … meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” was said at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and subsequently adopted by the President’s Council on Sustainable Development.

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MIT Report Finds New Ground for Geothermal Energy
July 2007
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  • Green Building

A Study of the Potential for geothermal energy within the United States, led by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has found mining the heat in the Earth’s hard rock crust could supply a substantial portion of electricity to the United States.

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Oregon Adopts Standard for Renewable Power
by
Rick Laezman
| July 2007
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  • Green Building

Oregon has joined a long and growing list of states with policies for increasing the use of renewable power.

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Sun Shines Brightly on the Horizon for Solar Power
by
Rick Laezman
| July 2007
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  • Green Building

After years of struggling to become cost competitive in mainstream markets, solar power may finally have its day.

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Integrating PV into Building Systems
by
Thomas E. Glavinich
| July 2007
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  • Green Building

The Integration of photovoltaics (PV) into building systems represents a growth market for the electrical contracting firm. PV combined into exterior building elements such as the building’s roof and exterior walls is typically referred to as building-

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There's Wind off Them Shores!
July 2007
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  • Green Building

It would only be fitting that the first offshore wind farm in the United States could be off the shore of the first state, Delaware.

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