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The federal government is speeding up plans to produce more renewable fuels, announcing Friday it will spend nearly $600 million to help build plants that turn wood chips, cornstalks and algae into fuel.
The New Hampshire Electric Cooperative announced plans for layoffs.
TOLEDO, Ohio — The U.S. Energy Department says it will spend close to $600 million to help build renewable energy plants that will turn wood chips, cornstalks and algae into fuel.
Associated Press - December 4, 2009 12:55 PM ET The U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday that it will spend $564 million to speed up construction of 19 biorefineries that will turn...
Some people light up the room when they arrive. Sweetbay Supermarket customers will light up the freezer aisle in the company's new Tarpon Springs store.Opened last month on South Pinellas Avenue, Sweetbay built the store as a virtual showcase of eco-friendly, energy-saving projects not usually seen in grocery stores. There are motion sensors that turn on lights only when customers walk nearby ...
It’s true you don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind blows. But you will need a good attorney to tell you how to build a wind farm. In Minnesota, that’s often Girard Miller, a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski who has represented alternative-energy projects since the early 1990s.
Minneapolis-based National Wind LLC this week announced the formation of Judith Highlands Energy LLC, and plans to develop more than 500 megawatts of community-owned wind projects in four central Montana counties.
Less than a month after the New York Power Authority (NYPA) presented details of its offshore wind initiative to the city of Oswego, it announced Tuesday that bids would be sought for the development of such projects in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- China Longyuan Power Group Corp. , the nation’s largest wind-power producer, raised HK$17.5 billion ($2.26 billion) in the world’s third-biggest initial public offering by an alternative energy company.
Upstate NY Power Corporation’s plans to run power from a wind turbine farm on Galloo Island in Jefferson County, through sections of Oswego County, has been met with resistance by a few county legislators.
PENDLETON, Ore. -- Idaho Power may route a transmission line through south-central Oregon rather than along the Interstate 84 corridor. The line would run from southwest of Boise in Idaho to Boardman along the Columbia River, where wind power has been adding sources of electricity. Spokeswoman Piper Hyman says Idaho Power has held public meetings in Grant and Harney counties in the past few ...
OMAHA - Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announced the appointment of Jeffrey S. Briggs as Chief Operating Officer effective November 23, 2009. Mr. Briggs will be responsible for all operations across the Company, including Agribusiness and Ethanol Production.
Duke Energy has brought a 99-megawatt wind farmonline in Wyoming, producing enough power for about 30,000 homes a year.
Two developments Thursday will help Pacific Gas and Electric Co. deliver energy from the atmosphere and, possibly, near-Earth orbit. The utility announced plans for a $900 million wind farm in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains, in Kern County. While PG&...
Nevada utility regulators plan to use about $800,000 in federal stimulus funds for employee training and to add two new staff members to focus on renewable energy.
(AP:LAS VEGAS) Nevada utility regulators plan to use about $800,000 in federal stimulus funds for employee training and to add two new staff members to focus on renewable energy.
