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*News and Events California to Host World’s Largest Photovoltaic System L.A. Utility Pursuing Power Production from Yard Waste New Water Pipeline Feeds World’s Largest Geothermal Facility California Marks the Success of its Renewable Energy Program Arizona Public Service Doubles Incentives for Solar Energy Toyota Boosts Prius Production for U.S. Market by 31 Percent*Site News Wind Energy Development Programmatic EIS Information Center*Energy Connections New DOE Reports Highlight Climate Change Technologies———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS ———————————————————————- California to Host World’s Largest Photovoltaic SystemTrueSolar Solutions, LLC will build a 5-megawatt solar photovoltaic power system — the largest of its type in the world — in southern California’s Mojave Desert next year, according to Southern California Edison (SCE). The utility will buy all the power produced by the system under an agreement approved by the California Public Utility Commission on December 4th. TrueSolar Solutions will work with Global Solar Energy to begin construction of the system in early 2004. The solar power plant will be located on a 40-acre site near Barstow, about 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles. [sorry this link is no longer available]As reported in this newsletter a year ago, the largest photovoltaic system in the world is currently a 3.3-megawatt system in […]
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“This is the data we’ve been waiting for – it proves that car-sharing is changing the car culture for the better,” said City CarShare Executive Director Larry Magid. The country’s first major study of the impacts of car-sharing, financed by the Federal Highway Administration’s Value Pricing Program shows the San Francisco Bay Area’s City CarShare, a non-profit group, is having measurable impacts in reducing driving, transportation costs, private car ownership, and environmental hazards. The findings by Robert Cervero, a professor with Univeristy of Califonia at Berkeley’s Institute of Urban and Regional Development, are the latest in his three-year evaluation of the City CarShare’s effects on travel, car ownership, the environment, parking and the quality of life in neighborhoods. Cervero’s study shows that many hoped-for benefits have occurred: * 30% of households that participate in City CarShare have sold one or more of their privately-owned cars; 67% have chosen not to purchase an additional car.* Most trips are made outside of peak travel hours.* Overall per-capita automobile travel among City CarShare members has dropped 47 percent, while use of public transit, walking and bicycling by CarShare members has increased.* City CarShare is saving 13,000 miles of vehicle travel, 720 gallons of […]
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WCI Communities, Inc. (NYSE: WCI), a leading builder of highly amenitized lifestyle communities, is the first homebuilder to have a residential community certified as an Audubon International Gold Signature Sustainable Development. Demonstrating its environmental commitment and incorporating green building principles into traditional home building, WCI received certification for two of its residential Florida communities. Evergrene, a 364-acre development in Palm Beach Gardens and home to WCI’s newest concept green house, the Geni G, is located on the East Coast of Florida; and Sun City Center, an active adult community in Fort Myers, is located on the West Coast. Geni G, – short for Generation Green – is a 1,500-square foot home styled as an American bungalow, and is the culmination of hundreds of hours of research on cost-effective green-building techniques, systems, appliances and finishes by WCI designers and engineers. It incorporates the latest energy-efficient building technologies, use of recycled materials and features that promote indoor air quality. It has bamboo flooring, a rain collection/storage system for irrigation, and paints and finishes that emit little or no fumes. The $75,000 in green building options include carpet made from recycled soda bottles, touchless faucets that encourage water conservation and fiber-optic cable lighting […]
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On December 1, California Governor Schwarzenegger announced the winners of the 2003 Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards. Established in 1993, the awards recognize individuals and organizations that sustain economic development while protecting California’s environment. 24 businesses, organizations and government offices in seven award categories won awards. Sustainable Practices: Pioneering efforts to integrate environmental values into long-term management practices. Fetzer Vineyards: Sustainability has long been at the core of Fetzer’s business philosophy. Fetzer was the first winery to be completely sustainable in California and is recognized as an industry leader for growing, producing, and marketing organic wines. Among its many accomplishments, it reduced landfill waste by 94%, reduced energy consumption by 28%, and increased sales by 15% annually. CourseCo, Inc. Golf Course Environmental Management: The California-based company manages 13 golf courses. Its sustainable practices include the use of reclaimed water, development and cultivation of disease resistant grasses, delineation of environmentally sensitive areas within course boundaries, using native plants and minimizing pesticides. Petaluma Poultry: is a leader in organic poultry farming, minimizing energy consumption and waste. Greening Ethnic Restaurants: partners with city, county and private organizations to implement 57 environmental measures in ethnic restaurants that minimize waste, and maximize water and […]
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If each of America's 100 million households switched just 10% of their spending to green businesses it would produce $170 billion in social change capital. Buy Green this holiday season!
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Forest certification is making great gains. Meet some of the movers at the FSC fundraiser in Berkeley Dec. 9.
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It's a great day when a company's stock rises because its been accepted into the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and that's starting to happen.
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*News and Events Coming Soon: “Made With Renewable Energy” Labels on Products Aeronaut’s Goal: Around the World on Solar Power Seattle-Area Utility Pursues Wind Power, Energy Efficiency California Plant Begins Continuous Production of Biodiesel Canadian Company Continues to Advance BioOil Technology Two DOE-Funded Reports Show Promise for LED Lighting*Energy ConnectionsEPA’s Voluntary Programs Reduced Greenhouse Gases in 2002———————————————————————-NEWS AND EVENTS ———————————————————————- Coming Soon: “Made With Renewable Energy” Labels on ProductsThe Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) — the people that brought you the “Green-e” certification for green power products — announced in early November that it will launch a new “Made With Renewable Energy” label for products in 2004. The label will feature the distinctive Green-e logo and will be available to companies that buy a “significant” amount of certified renewable energy for their buildings and factories. According to CRS, a number of companies have already applied for the label, including White Wave (a maker of soy milk products), the Interface Fabrics Group, Choice Organic Teas, and Lundberg Family Farms, a producer of rice. http://www.green-e.org/media_ed/made.htmlThis Thanksgiving, shoppers in much of the eastern United States had the opportunity to buy turkey that had been raised using 100 percent wind energy. Plainville Turkey Farms […]
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*News and Events DOE Helps Launch an International Partnership for Hydrogen DTE Energy to Build Hydrogen-Fueled Microgrid in Detroit Hybrid Toyota Prius Named Motor Trend “Car of the Year” Marine Corps Base Installs Large Solar Power System CEC Report: California Green Power Could Increase 10-Fold*Site News Reflective Insulation Manufacturers Association———————————————————————- NEWS AND EVENTS ———————————————————————- DOE Helps Launch an International Partnership for HydrogenSecretary of Energy Spencer Abraham joined with ministers representing 14 nations and the European Commission to establish the International Partnership for a Hydrogen Economy (IPHE) last week. Representativesfrom Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Commission, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States signed the Terms of Reference, formally creating the IPHE as an international mechanism to coordinate hydrogen research and hydrogen technology development and deployment. The IPHE will provide a mechanism to organize, evaluate and coordinate multinational research, development, and deployment programs that advance the transition to a global hydrogen economy. See the November 20th press release on the DOE Web site at:[sorry this link is no longer available]The spirit of cooperation also spilled over to the international fuel cell industry, as the world’s leading fuel cell organizations agreed to […]
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*News and Events EERE Research Grants Available to Small Businesses Hydrogen Technology Projects Slated for Michigan, California HelioVolt and NREL to Advance Thin-Film Solar Power NRDC Opens Highly Energy Efficient Building in California CEC Approves New Energy Efficiency Standards for Buildings CEC Committee Recommends Approval of New Geothermal Plant*Site News Reflective Insulation Manufacturers Association———————————————————————- NEWS AND EVENTS ———————————————————————- EERE Research Grants Available to Small Businesses DOE recently issued its fiscal year 2004 solicitation for its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTT) programs. Although the solicitations cover a wide range of energy technologies, several grants are being offered through DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Specifically, EERE is seeking grant applications for research in lighting technologies, energy efficient membranes, materials for industrial energy systems, sensors and controls, and innovative waste heat recovery methods. EERE is also seeking grant applications for projects to develop new renewable energy sources, including materials and components for solar energy systems, low-head hydropower systems, and hydrogen production via electrolysis, using wind or solar photovoltaic systems. See the EERE solicitation at:[sorry this link is no longer available]Grant applications are due by January 6, 2004. The full SBIR/SBTT solicitation, including all […]
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