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Weekly Clean Energy Roundup:February 22, 2006

News and Events Denver Plans to Build One- to Two-Megawatt Solar Power Plant California to Set Cap on Utility Greenhouse Gas Emissions Building Groups to Set Minimum Standard for Green Building USDA Offers Grants and Loans for Efficiency, Renewable Energy Illinois Rural Electric Cooperative Wins DOE Wind Award Site NewsEfficiency Group Lists “Greenest” Vehicles for 2006 Energy ConnectionsEnergy Outlook Forecasts Minimal Clean Energy Impact by 2030 News and EventsDenver Plans to Build One- to Two-Megawatt Solar Power PlantDenver Mayor John Hickenlooper announced last week that the city plans to build a large solar power plant on the site of the former Stapleton Airport. The solar plant will have a capacity between one and two megawatts, and will provide power for the Denver County Jail. The city will be responsible for the overall management of the solar plant but will contract out its construction and operation. The city hopes to break ground on the plant later this year and complete it in 2007. Responses to the city’s request for proposals are due in March. See the Mayor’s press release.California to Set Cap on Utility Greenhouse Gas EmissionsThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced last week that it will develop a cap […]

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Global Warming Breaches Dyke of Corporate Consciousness

URL: http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/global-warming-breaches-the-dyke-around-corporate-worldsconsciousness/2006/02/22/1140563859577.html Website: http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/global-warming-breaches-the-dyke-around-corporate-worldsconsciousness/2006/02/22/1140563859577.html     

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Mexican Industry Takes Voluntary Action against Climate Change

In a first for a developing country, fifteen major Mexican companies have voluntarily reported their greenhouse gas emissions publicly. Mexico has a public-private initiative known as the Mexico Voluntary Accounting and Reporting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Program. The Mexico GHG Program is a voluntary program established in 2004 through an agreement between the Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Mexico-based CESPEDES is also involved as a program administrator. Mexico’s environment ministry (SEMARNAT) recognized the following companies: Altos Hornos de Mexico, Grupo Cementos Chihuahua, Cooperativa La Cruz Azul, CEMEX, Cementos Portland Moctezuma, Ford de Mxico, Grupo Modelo, Grupo Porccola Mexicano, Holcim Apasco, Mittal Steel Lzaro Crdenas, NHUMO, PEMEX, SICARTSA/Villacero, Siderrgica Tultitln, and Sumitomo Corporativo de Mxico. The Mexico GHG Program provides technical tools and training to develop inventories of corporate GHG emissions based on the accounting and reporting principles of the WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Companies that participate in the program can identify opportunities to improve their energy efficiency and develop effective strategies to participate in carbon markets and reduce GHG emissions. Twenty-seven companies in Mexico are currently participating in the program, including those from the most-energy […]

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