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South Region High School #15 set to be Americas greenest school ever

Posted by DeshRaj on 17/11/2009

Soaring high on hopes, the South Region High School #15 in the City of Angels will soon be generating 100 percent of its own electricity, and almost certainly will register itself to be Americas greenest school ever. Soon youll see its roof...

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Lower Renewable Energy Benchmark May Discourage Production

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

As more utilities begin offering customers the ability to purchase electricity generated from renewable sources, other utilities may benefit from a drop in the benchmark price that they must pay independent producers for renewable energy.The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has propo ...

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Southern Power Sinking $500M Into Biomass Facility

Posted by Environmental Leader on 12/11/2009

Austin, Texas, will be closer to meeting its goal of 30 percent renewable energy once a biomass facility from Southern Power comes into play.Southern Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, recently acquired a not-yet-constructed biomass facility from American Renewables LLC. The facility is ...

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Young students transform trash to treasure at Corriher-Lipe

Posted by AditiJ on 09/11/2009

Creativity and ingenuity of young students was on display at a recycled art show of a middle school system. Dubbed as Trash to Treasure, the recycled art show held at Corriher-Lipe last week, displayed work of about 300 middle school students...

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DOE Awards $155M to Make Industrial Sector More Energy Efficient

Posted by Environmental Leader on 04/11/2009

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $155 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for 41 industrial energy-efficiency projects across the country. These awards include funding for industrial combined heat and power systems, district energy systems ...

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