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U.S. Not Keeping Pace With Foreign Rivals on Solar Production: Despite a dramatic increase in solar cell production in the United States last year -- up 48 percent to 266 megawatts -- the nation's share of global production and installations continued to fall in 2007, according to the latest Vital Signs Update from the Worldwatch Institute, produced in collaboration with...; Tags: Renewable Energy, Germany, Photovoltaics, Tariff, mW, Telecom & Utilities, Free Trade, Finance, David Phillips; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Shell to Exit Wind Project: By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters UK) - Royal Dutch Shell RDSa aims to sell its stake in one of the world's largest planned wind farms, drawing criticism from the government, its partners and environmentalists for jeopardising the project. The Anglo-Dutch oil major, whose corporate advertising ...; Tags: Renewable Energy, Shell, Telecom & Utilities, Oukbs, Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Windfarm; News items 2008-05-01
The Industry Handbook - Oil Services Industry: This article is about the handbook on oil services industry pertaining to the companies in the upstream sector. There is no doubt that the oil/energy industry is extremely large. According to the Department of Energy, "petroleum is the single largest source of energy used in the United States." The nation...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Investopedia, petroleum, handbook, nuclear energy, renewable energy, natural gas, industry; White papers
Hydroelectric Power: Hydropower is America's leading renewable energy resource. Of all the renewable power sources, it's the most reliable, efficient, and economical. TVA maintains 29 conventional hydroelectric dams throughout the Tennessee River system and one pumped-storage facility for the production of electricity. In addition, four Alcoa dams on the Little Tennessee River...; Tags: renewable energy; White papers
Energy Wood Production Chains in Europe (ECHAINE): The white paper target is to double the share of renewable energy from 6% to 12% in the EU by 2010. This means that, additionally, over 26 Mtoe of wood could be used for energy. The future development of the renewable energy sources depends also on the impacts on the...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, renewable energy, Europe, environment; White papers

Dexter School: Brookline, Massachusetts: Dexter School is a non-profit independent day school for boys. It offers pre-school through grade nine, preparing students for admission to leading secondary schools. In 2002, the school opened the Clay Center for Science and Technology with a solar photovoltaic and wind installation. The solar and wind power system costs...; Tags: renewable energy, photovoltaics; Case studies
Franchise Tax Board Sacremento, California: The need for sustainable design and energy conservation in California has become increasingly important. As progressive agencies, the Department of General Services and the Franchise Tax Board sought ways to use renewable energy sources to satisfy their energy needs, implement the Blue Print and meet the Executive Order's goals. After...; Tags: PowerLight Corp., renewable energy, photovoltaics, California, agency; Case studies
Connecticut Transit: Connecticut Transit CTTRANSIT is the Connecticut Department of Transportation-owned bus service, serving the greater Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden, Bristol and Wallingford areas. CTTRANSIT wanted to showcase how clean, renewable solar energy could be deployed to power the Hartford Maintenance facility. The solar generation project was made...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, PowerLight Corp., renewable energy, solar energy, storage; Case studies
City of Vallejo: Beautiful historic Vallejo has long been at the forefront of communities championing renewable energy and conservation, from solar and wind power, to clean air vehicles. Vallejo, always interested in deploying reliable renewable resources and energy conservation techniques, needed a cost-effective solution to reduce the operating costs associated with running the...; Tags: PowerLight Corp., renewable energy, wind energy, technique; Case studies
FALA Direct Marketing: Farmingdale, New York: Under Governor George Pataki, the Long Island Power Authority LIPA launched the Clean Energy Initiative to promote the development and use of renewable energy technologies such as solar and wind generation. Fala Direct Marketing, one of the nation's largest privately held direct marketing companies, chose to install an on-site solar...; Tags: Sales channel, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing research, Telecom & Utilities, PowerLight Corp., direct marketing, renewable energy, solar energy; Case studies
United States Postal Service: Marina Del Rey, California: Since 1776, the United States Postal Service has been the gateway to the household - binding friends, families, and neighbors together. The Postal Service needed a cost-effective solution to operate more energy-efficient facilities. They also needed to support the President's initiative to reduce federal energy consumption by ten percent. Installing...; Tags: PowerLight Corp., photovoltaics, renewable energy, environment; Case studies
American Honda Northwest Regional Facility: Gresham, Oregon - Multi-Use Facility in Gresham Wins Unprecedented LEED Gold Award: Honda places a high priority on environmental and energy conservation issues. When the building was originally proposed, Honda's management specified it would be built to high environmental standards. While the facility was still in design, the goal was set to strive for the LEED Gold rating. The building not only...; Tags: American Standard Inc., Honda Motor Co., renewable energy; Case studies
A Net-Zero Fossil Fuel Use Home Case Study: This case study, sponsored fully by the NAHB Research Center, is a preliminary effort to understand how a new house design may be modified so that the use of renewable energy technologies supply all of the annual energy needs of the home. The effort makes use of a "typical" home...; Tags: NAHB Research Center, renewable energy; Case studies
University of California: Berkeley, California: Berkeley is the oldest of the UC campuses and serves as the flagship of California's public university system. The Associated Students of the University of California ASUC wanted to deploy a renewable energy system, but needed a way to finance it. In a virtually unanimous vote, the students and Graduate...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, PowerLight Corp., University of California, solar energy, renewable energy, California, finance, environment, benefit; Case studies
Solar Water Heating: Mr Prior lives in a detached three-bedroom bungalow in Blairgowrie, near Perth featured in the picture above and installed a solar water heating system with the help of a grant from the Scottish Community & Householder Renewables Initiative SCHRI. SCHRI is funded by the Scottish Executive and offers homeowners in...; Tags: renewable energy, geothermal energy; Case studies
Case Study: Arizona: In February 2001, Arizona began implementation of an Environmental Portfolio Standard EPS, which required electricity utilities to provide 1.1% of the total retail energy sales through qualified renewable energy resources by 2007. Recognizing that solar was the most abundant renewable energy source; the EPS directed that 60% of these projects...; Tags: Arizona, renewable energy, analysis, benefit; Case studies
Coastal North Carolina Wind Resource Assessment Project: Recent advances in wind turbine technology combined with work done by the North Carolina State Energy Office to map the wind resource in eastern North Carolina show that the Coastal region of North Carolina holds substantial wind power potential for wind energy development. This article focuses on the Coastal North...; Tags: wind energy, North Carolina, turbine; White papers
A Sustainable Energy Industry Cluster for Mesa Del Sol: This review outlines the characteristics of, and potential participants in, a sustainable energy industry cluster. It defines the terms: sustainability, sustainable energy, and industry clusters. It further outlines the factors driving these industries. This article maps the principle sectors of illustrative sustainable energy industries and notes some financing opportunities. Finally,...; Tags: Strategy, sustainability, industry, financing; White papers
City of Vacaville: Vacaville, California is located in northern Solano County, midway between San Francisco and Sacramento. Historic Vacaville has long been at the forefront of communities championing renewable energy and conservation, from solar power to clean air vehicles. Vacaville's mission is to understand and balance their citizens' needs, desires and resources to...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, PowerLight Corp., renewable energy, incentive program, solar energy, cost savings; Case studies
City of San Francisco: On November 6, 2001, San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved two landmark propositions, B & H, which enabled the City of San Francisco to deploy solar electricity and other renewable energy resources on city-owned buildings. San Francisco, a leader in the use of clean and renewable energy sources, looked to the...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, PowerLight Corp., renewable energy, San Francisco, pollution, leader, job, environment; Case studies