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NCAA Schools Big On Environmental Initiatives

With March Madness upon us, Juice Energy has put together a list of what the leading conferences are doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The ACC is a perennial powerhouse in March, but is also recognized for its environmental initiatives. Duke,...

Published 03-19-2008 11:53 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, U.S., Clean Energy, Education, Contracts & Installations

SAS Considering Campus Solar Farm

Software maker SAS is studying the feasibility of building North Carolina’s biggest solar energy farm on its corporate headquarter campus in Cary, The News & Observer reports. The company will try and come to a decision in the coming weeks....

Published 03-18-2008 1:07 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Facilities, U.S., Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Solar Energy, Contracts & Installations

Steelcase Buys Naming Rights To Wind Farm

Steelcase will purchase all the renewable energy credits produced by a new 10 megawatt wind farm in Panhandle, Texas developed by John Deere Renewables, the wind-energy development unit of Deere & Co., for at least the first five years of its operation...

Published 03-18-2008 12:44 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Facilities, U.S., Marketing, Clean Energy, Electricity, Wind Energy, Contracts & Installations, Carbon Offsets/RECs

Big Business Talks Green At WSJ’s ECO:nomics Conference

The Wall Street Journal held its CEO-level “ECO:nomics - Creating Environmental Capital” conference in California last week. Here are some of the highlights as reported on WSJ’s Environmental Capital. Wal-Mart: Lee Scott, president and...

Published 03-16-2008 4:41 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Sustainability, Climate, Business-to-Business, Business-to-Consumer, Efficiency, Clean Energy, Economics, Biofuel, New Technology, Predictions, Nuclear, Strategy & Leadership

Whole Foods Powers Store With Fuel Cell

A new Whole Foods Market in Glastonbury, Connecticut will be the first supermarket to generate most of its power on-site with a fuel cell. The new 46,000-square-foot store will generate 50 percent of the electricity and heat and nearly 100 percent of...

Published 03-11-2008 11:52 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, Facilities, U.S., Clean Energy, Fuel Cells, Contracts & Installations, Retail & Restaurants

GE’s Green Marketing Results In Consumer Awareness

When respondents to EcoAlign’s third EcoPinion Survey were shown a mix of 12 companies representing various industries and asked which they thought were most committed to using or providing renewable energy, 81 percent picked GE. Toyota was second...

Published 03-10-2008 7:03 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Major Players, U.S., Marketing, Business-to-Consumer, Clean Energy, Strategy & Leadership, Today's Green Trend

China’s Solar Industry Feels The Heat

Luoyang Zhonggui High-Technology Co. in China’s Henan Province is a green energy company that produces polysilicon for solar panels. But, according to a Washington Post article, the company is guilty of dumping silicon tetrachloride, the byproduct...

Published 03-10-2008 6:04 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Business-to-Business, Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Asia, Solar Energy, Products & Planning

3Tier Unveils Global Wind Map For Developers

Forty percent of the world’s land mass has wind speeds at more than 6 m per second, according to Seattle-based 3Tier, which has unveiled a global wind map - a project dubbed REmapping the World - which can be viewed for free on the Internet. Even...

Published 03-05-2008 9:12 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, Business Services, Clean Energy, Wind Energy, Research & Technology, Today's Green Trend

PG&E Gets Energy From Cow Manure

Pacific Gas and Electric and BioEnergy Solutions say that their biogas-to-pipeline injection project in Fresno County has begun producing renewable natural gas derived from animal waste. It is the first project in California that will deliver pipeline...

Published 03-05-2008 8:30 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Emissions, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, U.S., Agriculture, Clean Energy, Electricity, Utilities, Contracts & Installations

Clean Tech Deals Grab $3 Billion In 2007 VC Funding

Venture capitalists invested a record $3 billion in 221 “clean technology” deals worldwide in 2007, a 43 percent increase over the $2.1 billion invested in 173 similar deals in 2006, according to new data from Dow Jones VentureSource. The...

Published 03-03-2008 2:33 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Global, Business-to-Business, U.S., VC Funding, Clean Energy, New Technology, Research & Technology

BP Fuzzy On Future Alternative Energy Plans

In his first strategy presentation as BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward said the company has received little, if any, uplift from its investments in wind and solar power and fuels made from crops, Reuters reports. Hayward believes BP’s alternative energy...

Published 02-28-2008 12:06 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Europe, Feature, Major Players, Business-to-Business, Fossil Fuels, Clean Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Strategy & Leadership, Oil & Gas

The Center for Resource Solutions has launched Green-e Climate, what it says is the nation’s first independent certification for carbon offset products. The company has certified products offered by retailers 3Degrees, Bonneville Environmental Foundation...

Published 02-27-2008 12:41 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Clean Energy

Google, News Corp., Patagonia, Others Form Calif. Green Power Group

Fourteen California companies have formed a California affiliate network of The Green Power Group which will share best practices for purchasing and developing renewable energy. The big names involved include Advanced Micro Devices, Apple, BT Americas...

Published 02-27-2008 10:10 AM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Feature, Major Players, Climate, Business-to-Business, U.S., Hi-Tech, Clean Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Strategy & Leadership

Companies Prepare To Roll Out Green Mobile Networks

Cellular base stations in far-off places located beyond the reach of reliable - or any - electricity almost always get their power from diesel generators. But after experimenting for years with base stations powered by wind, solar energy, or biofuel,...

Published 02-22-2008 12:43 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Clean Energy, New Technology, Products & Planning, Finance & Reporting

APS Plans 280 MW Solar Power Plant

Arizona Public Service plans to build one of the world’s largest solar facilities – a 280-megawatt concentrating solar power plant 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Arizona. The Solana Generating Station will produce enough energy to serve...

Published 02-21-2008 11:05 PM by Environmental Leader

Filed under: Clean Energy, Utilities, Solar Energy, Contracts & Installations

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