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Look inside New Bio Science Building

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:34:17 +0000

The building's designers hope it is certified by the US Green Building Council. The lights work on sensors, storm water is retained and it is built from recycled materials. The building has three floors and each one has a theme, Earth, Canopy and sky.

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Look inside New Bio Science Building

Guam Power Authority Selects Tropos Networks for Wireless Smart Grid

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:06:10 +0000

TAMUNING, Guam, May 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Tropos Networks(R), the leading provider of reliable wireless IP broadband networks for the smart grid, today announced that Guam Power Authority (GPA) has selected Tropos(R) as the network communications …

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Guam Power Authority Selects Tropos Networks for Wireless Smart Grid

Group Of Wind Energy Companies Expresses Support For Federal Wildlife Guidelines

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:45 +0000

by NAW Staff on Thursday 17 May 2012 Forty organizations representing the US wind energy industry have united to write to US Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in support of new federal guidelines designed to minimize the impacts of wind …

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Group Of Wind Energy Companies Expresses Support For Federal Wildlife Guidelines

Canadians squall about Vermont wind energy project

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:47:45 +0000

By WILSON RING, AP – 1 minute ago STANSTEAD, Quebec (AP) — The winds blowing through Canada's broad St. Lawrence Valley and across Vermont's hilltops are stirring up an international tempest over which country's laws should govern how those breezes …

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Canadians squall about Vermont wind energy project

Arista Power to Present at Storage Week 2012

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:36:32 +0000

ROCHESTER, NY, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Arista Power, Inc. ("Arista Power" or the "Company") (OBB:ASPW) , a manufacturer, designer and integrator of renewable energy generation, management and distribution systems, today announced that …

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Arista Power to Present at Storage Week 2012

Apple to use only green power for main data center

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:36:32 +0000

By Poornima Gupta (Reuters) – Apple Inc plans to power its main US data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer …

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Apple to use only green power for main data center

Small Wind Energy Goes Urban In Italy Korea Brazil And Texas Yes Texas

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:36:32 +0000

So having that energy provided by some form of renewable energy, means that every cent is saved and for municipalities, whose budgets are being squeezed, that's something serious to consider. Take Trondheim, Germany for example.

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Small Wind Energy Goes Urban In Italy Korea Brazil And Texas Yes Texas

Smart Grid Security An Inside View from Patrick C Miller

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:22:27 +0000

Smart Grid Security: An Inside View from Patrick C. Miller A March survey revealed that two-thirds energy security professionals think smart-grid projects do not …

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Secretary Chu at the World Renewable Energy Forum in Denver

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:58:00 +0000

Energy Secretary Steven Chu, right and Susan Greene, center, President of ACES, talk to Michael Zuercher-Martinson, left, at the Solectria Renewables booth in …

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Yingli Green Energy Responds to U S Department of Commerce's Preliminary

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:57:32 +0000

BAODING, China, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE:YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic …

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Yingli Green Energy Responds to U S Department of Commerce's Preliminary

Apple's main data center to go fully renewable this year

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:57:32 +0000

Apple is doubling up on solar energy at its Maiden, NC, data center, and plans to make it run entirely off renewable energy by the end of 2012. by Josh Lowensohn May 17, 2012 12:49 PM PDT Follow @Josh Apple today said it plans to make its Maiden, NC, …

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Apple's main data center to go fully renewable this year

US imposes stiff tariffs on Chinese for 'dumping' solar panels

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:57:32 +0000

Those tariffs were seen as modest and unlikely to have much of an effect on the growing solar energy market in the US And Chinese companies and government officials largely took that decision in stride. But the anti-dumping duty could have widespread …

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US imposes stiff tariffs on Chinese for 'dumping' solar panels

Energy Subsidies You Decide

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:52:48 +0000

“With natural gas prices not far from $2 per million BTU, the competitiveness of wind power is highly suspect. If Congress allows a tax subsidy for renewables to expire this year, as it should for the sake of taxpayers, even the wind lobby in …

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Energy Subsidies You Decide

After Greenpeace Protests Apple Promises to Dump Coal Power

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:52:48 +0000

(Photo: Greenpeace) The computer company says that by early next year, the energy used to power its worldwide data centers will all come from renewable sources, such as solar, wind power, or hydro-electric dams. It announced the news Thursday in a post …

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After Greenpeace Protests Apple Promises to Dump Coal Power

Alliance Power Awards RMT Colorado Highlands Wind Farm

Tom Gardner — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:52:48 +0000

RMT is a leading EPC contractor specializing in the design and construction of wind power and solar energy generating facilities. Wind energy developer Alliance Power, Inc. has selected RMT, Inc. (RMT), a renewable energy engineering, procurement and …

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Alliance Power Awards RMT Colorado Highlands Wind Farm