Features: North America
9 April 2010
A 2.5 million square foot piece of land an hour north of New York is aiming to become the US East Coast's answer to Silicon Valley. With stimulus funds pushing growth in the renewable energy space, TechCity has begun the transformation from a wasteland to a thriving business hub.
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29 March 2010
Global efforts to tackle climate change by big businesses have stalled over the past year, according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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17 February 2010
Ontario's lucrative Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) programme for renewable energy will mean the development of new and highly efficient energy technologies that will secure the Province's clean energy supply for generations, says the chairman of North American renewable energy company Atlantic Wind and Solar (AWSL).
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9 February 2010
A number of businesses have responded to an environmental sustainability model with the substitution of old out dated equipment, parts and systems for new energy efficient systems.
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28 January 2010
As part of his State of the Union address, US President Barack Obama announced plans to introduce a new climate bill and offer reimbursements to US citizens who make their homes more energy efficient in his vision for a clean energy economy.
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26 January 2010
The Copenhagen Accord has disappointed many observers of the negotiations, particularly as no legally binding agreement was reached and no specific reduction targets were agreed upon. Still, the Accord addresses many crucial elements of a framework for tackling climate change and was drafted by the heads of state and government of leading emerging markets and the US and agreed by many industrial countries. For these countries the Accord may acquire politically rather than legally binding force, according to Caio Koch-Weser of Deutsche Bank Group.
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11 January 2010
The US renewable energy industry is being hindered by unrealistic targets and flawed financing strategies, writes institutional investor Karl Miller.
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20 October 2009
Daimler has joined the Pew Center's Business Environmental Leadership Council and its efforts to address global climate change.
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20 October 2009
UniSource Energy Services (UES) has agreed to purchase the output of a new wind farm and large solar array that Western Wind Energy will develop in the Kingman, Arizona by June 2011. Western Wind Energy plans to develop between 7MW and 11MW of wind generating capacity as well as a solar array that can produce[...]
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2 October 2009
Massachusetts, US-based energy harvesting wireless sensor network provider EnOcean has validated its wireless lighting controls, manufactured by Canada's Echoflex Solutions, and demonstrated significant energy savings in independent testing, according to a statement.
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7 September 2009
Fresh on the heels of the Energy Department's decision to move forward with FutureGen, a public-private partnership to design, build and operate the world's first coal-fueled, near-zero emissions power plant in Illinois, US Senators Bob Casey and Mike Enzi have introduced the Carbon Storage Stewardship Trust Fund Act of 2009 (or the 'Casey-Enzi Bill'), writes Annemargaret Connolly and Matthew Morton of law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges.
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4 September 2009
With the debate over US energy policy now at a fever pitch, the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-based international environmental research organisation looks at the effect the new administration is having on efforts to create a greener economy.
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6 August 2009
US energy holding company NV Energy, through its two Nevada-based utility subsidiaries have issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for renewable energy resources.
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22 July 2009
US electricity company Oncor has filed three applications to the US Department of Energy for a total of $317m of Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to support the company's smart grid projects.
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30 June 2009
NewNet's Private Equity and Venture Capital Clean Energy Investor Forum was an exclusive event, attended by over 170 leading decision makers and investors. Here, speakers and delegates discuss their outlook for the industry, and the opportunities available for investors.
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1 June 2009
The St James's Palace Nobel Laureate Symposium brought together scientists and leaders to concentrate on solving the climate challenge. This effort is an example of the growing worldwide awareness of the severity of the threat to our very way of life from a changing climate, according to US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, here highlighting President Obama's commitment to improving America's energy policy and addressing the global climate crisis.
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29 May 2009
As financial markets deteriorated in October 2008, Solar Electric Power Association executive director Julia Hamm challenged the solar and utility industries to deploy solar power on a massive scale despite new economic barriers. SEPA, an organisation comprised of over 550 utilities and solar industry members, has also issued a report demonstrating how the industry has responded amidst a tough economic climate.
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21 May 2009
US President Barack Obama has proposed a new fuel economy standard for the US auto industry, improving the energy efficiency of all US automobiles to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, an increase of more than eight miles per gallon per vehicle. This will result in projected reduction in oil consumption of approximately 1.8 billion barrels, or, in the President's words, ‘more oil than we imported last year from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Libya, and Nigeria combined.'
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15 May 2009
In an interview with FOX Business Network, energy tycoon and wind investor T Boone Pickens predicted oil prices will hit ‘$70 before $50' and that oil will be at ‘$75 a barrel by the end of the year'.
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5 May 2009
The emphasis placed upon building a green economy in President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment plan has sparked a wave of interest in the growing renewables sector, with solar continuing to be one of the forerunners.
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