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Ford Adds Two Wind Turbines to Power Belgium Plant

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2009

Expanding its on-site wind power portfolio sprinkled throughout the UK and Germany, Ford of Europe has added two wind turbines, each with a height of 150 meters, to supply a significant amount of electricity for its Genk plant in Belgium.Five years ago, Ford’s Dagenham Diesel Centre in the ...

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TXU, Marriott Identify $250K in Energy Savings at 40 Texas Hotels

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2009

TXU Energy recently conducted energy audits at Texas Marriott locations, identifying energy saving opportunities.If fully implemented across Marriott’s 40 properties in Texas, the savings could amount to 2 million kilowatt hours a year, or about $250,000 in costs, according to a press relea ...

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Carbon Traders Adjust to New Copenhagen Expectations

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2009

With it now practically a given that Copenhagen will yield no global climate deal, carbon traders say that a final agreement in 2010 is crucial to the vitality of the carbon offset sector.Companies that have invested in carbon offset projects in anticipation of a climate deal being struck may end ...

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Modular Liquid-Cooled Server Cuts Cooling Costs 93%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2009

A new computer server from Iceotope has modular liquid-cooled components which the company says can help cut a data center’s cooling costs by 93 percent.The product is geared toward companies that want to upgrade existing, traditional air-cooled data centers, which Iceotope says can consume ...

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Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated

Posted by Environmental Leader on 17/11/2009

Italian finance police have arrested two prominent businessmen — including one with ties to a former investor in the Cape Wind project in Nantucket — in the wind energy sector on charges of fraud. Arrested were Oreste Vigorito, head of the IVPC energy company and president of Italy ...

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